Perry's Lookdown, Grose Valley

Down Stream and Never Never Land notes:-
Standard Grose Valley rack including 1 wild country friend size 5. These are good additions for “Never Say Never”. A Suggestion is to do “The Circuit” If climbing on single rope leave fixed rope on huge gum tree below “Slip Stream”. Climb first 2 pitches of “Down Stream” Rap back down fixed rope, then climb “Never Never Land“ walk along ledge and retrieve rap rope then climb “Never Say Never”. A great 7 pitch day with a nice warm up.

Down Stream (16) 65m

(All directions facing cliff) Rap down Slip Stream. Once you have landed on the scree ledge you can rap off huge gum tree a few meters down and right from where you land. Rap slightly left. 53m rap, bring a sling to extend if using 50m rope. Once on the deck walk 5m left. There are 2 corners facing each other 7m apart in alcove both hitting a roof at 10m. The right corner is Down Stream.

• Pitch 1 (16) 15m Up very nice corner for 10m traverse under 4 metre roof to arête, belay on small footledge, semi hanging.
• Pitch 2 (16) 25m Up stella corner crack belay off gum tree.
• Pitch 3 (16) 20m Up crack and scree to gum you rapped off. Average pitch, better to rap down and climb Never Never Land.

FA. Mark Wilson and Brendan Helmrich August 2009

Never Never Land (22) 65m

Arete left of Down Stream . Crux at first bolt.

• Pitch 1 (22) 25m Up arête past 3 carrots and natural pro. Punch past roof with much excitement and up crack to belay on small ledge at tree plus no 1 cams 2m above.
• Pitch 2 – 20 40m Up very nice crack then continue up slabby arête past 2 carrots & a no. 2 wild country friend in slot on left of arête. Climb to stance on right hand side of small roof, no.½ wild country friend. Traverse under roof then climb left side of arête past a bolt to small ledge, easy wall to big ledge. Belay at small tree, backup with wires in Never Say Never.

FA. Mark Wilson and Brendan Helmrich August 2009

A Date with Density (24) 195m

See the map and topo here (Note: this is an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file and requires Adobe Reader).

FA. Mike Law and Adrian Laing. July 2008