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Cathedral Rocks

The centrepiece of the Cathedral Rock National Park, Cathedral Rocks is a 500m ridge top of granite tors, featuring massive balancing boulders and spires (up to about 30m in height), and huge, steep slabs (up to about 80m in height). There are also some parallel ridges with similar spires and faces, although much of the granite appears to be unclimbable (much of it is vertical and blank or undercut).

As far as I can tell, the area has seen little or no climbing, although bouldering has been done here (and not just by us). The potential for climbing is massive (see Photo for some photos), with many obvious aid lines and some free lines as well. The bouldering is also almost unlimited with literally thousands of boulders big enough to offer at least a problem or two.

The catch? There's a 45 minute slog up the hill to get to the first decent rock, and the altitude (1500m) leaves you rather short of breath! Also, because of it's location (within a National Park), the placement of bolts is illegal (not to mention extremely unaesthetic, given the beauty and relatively undisturbed nature of the place).


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