Mike and Pete's New Routes

Kalbarri

Sad Effort 6m 6 solo

In the aviary, small corner at the top, more of a descent gully than a climb.

Peter Hinchy, Mike Dufty 1993

Get Fucked you Fucken Fuckwit 10m 12 solo

Peter Hinchy solo 13 April 98

Grape Bee 10m 20

From the second terrace up on the left hand side of the Gorge looking downstream from the Z bend lookout. About half way between the lookout and the promenade. On a red wall with a cave on the right. Small roof at base of climb the rest of the climb is all overhung but not so steep. The climb is a shallow right facing corner. Jump from rock near base of climb to first jugs or traverse in from just to the right. Follow corner/cracks to top. led on preplaced natural gear.

Peter Hinchy, Mike Dufty 13 April 98

Dance of the Mad Bastards 15m 17

On the "unadventurous climbers crag" incorrectly called coriander wall in the old guidebook. The large hand crack with overhanging start in the middle of the grey wall. up crack, step L to continue up very dodgy almost completely detached flake then up face to top.

Mike Dufty, Peter Hinchy 1993

Pathetically Difficult 15m 14

On the "unadventurous climbers crag" incorrectly called coriander wall in the guidebook. The corner at the RH end, big gear.

Peter Hinchy, Mike Dufty 1993

***Quedge 100m 17

In the amphitheatre. The line left of Akira,excellent face climb right up the guts. 4 pitches.

Below left end of low ledge 8m L of Akira. Use short vertical crack to gain ledge, move up and left from ledge to use more shallow cracks then straight up vertical wall until angle starts to ease off. Trend L to belay at base of small R facing roof capped corner.
Go L to shallow roof capped corner, up and over roof. Belay in main cove as for Wicked City and Akira.
Scramble up around R of overhangs then back L to belay below short black corner below cave in headwall.
Up to cave in headwall. Steep start to headwall in L corner of cave. Exit cave immediately, step left to finish up shallow corner. Possible loose rock in corner.

Descend via gully to L(downstream) of amphitheatre as for Wicked City 2 25m absiels from white gums.

Mike Dufty, Peter Hinchy alt 1997

Photo - Peter Hinchy on the second belay of quedge.

Four Ways Area (Kalbarri)

Ditherington 15m 16

10m left of the last of the large rooves containing Andromeda Strain (See Northern Rock Guidebook). Start on first terrace above river, below right end of small roof at 2m. Up roof step left to 10cm ledgethen up slab using thin crack for protection (small gear). Up shallow corner to small needle tree at top. descend on left.

Mike Dufty, Peter Hinchy March 1997

Photo - Michael Dufty on the first ascent of ditherington.

Clixby 12m 16

Start from Right end of second terrace above river, 20m left of the top of Ditherington Climb the left leaning crack on the small vertical face. Serious descent by abseil off gum tree at far right of final ledge, (near Andromeda Strain).

Peter Hinchy, Mike Dufty March 1997

Albany

These climbs are on a small E facing crag about 15 minutes walk west along the beach/rocks from Natural Bridge. The crag is directly below the large erosion gully/sand fan visible from Natural Bridge.

Happy Vertical People Transporter 10m 13

Start up the left most crack on the face. At half hieght move 1m left to new cracks. Well protected.

Mike Dufty, Peter Hinchy January 1996

Share and Enjoy 7m 10

The left trending crack starting at top of large boulder to right of Happy Vertical People Transporter.

Peter Hinchy, Mike Dufty January 1996

The following climb is located in a small zawn about 50m further west from Happy Vertical People Transporter and Share and Enjoy

Mostly Harmless 8m 14

Obvious crack up the western side (east facing) of the zawn.

Peter Hinchy, Mike Dufty January 1996

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