<guide><header id="1" name="Cluan Tiers" walk="15-30 min" rock="Dolerite and Sandstone" acknowledgement="Information provided by Gerry Narkowicz" intro="There are two crags in the Cluan Tiers about 45 mins from Launceston: Cluan Tier Crag and Whiskey Jim Hill." access="See the map and gps point below for access."/><gps id="2" kml="<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2"> <Document> <name>Cluan Tiers</name> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <Style id="style1"> <LineStyle> <color>730000FF</color> <width>5</width> </LineStyle> </Style> <Style id="style2"> <LineStyle> <color>73FF0000</color> <width>5</width> </LineStyle> </Style> <Style id="style7"> <IconStyle> <Icon> <href>http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png</href> </Icon> </IconStyle> </Style> <Style id="style3"> <LineStyle> <color>7300FFFF</color> <width>5</width> </LineStyle> </Style> <Style id="style8"> <IconStyle> <Icon> <href>http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png</href> </Icon> </IconStyle> </Style> <Style id="style6"> <IconStyle> <Icon> <href>http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png</href> </Icon> </IconStyle> </Style> <Style id="style4"> <IconStyle> <Icon> <href>http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png</href> </Icon> </IconStyle> </Style> <Style id="style5"> <IconStyle> <Icon> <href>http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png</href> </Icon> </IconStyle> </Style> <Placemark> <name>Track to Cluan Tiers Crag</name> <description><![CDATA[<div dir="ltr">At the cross roads at 12km take the road on the right which goes steeply up a hill. At the top of the hill, keep following the main road and take left hand turns at the two intersections you come across. The road passes underneath a powerline and curves around to meet the powerline again about 1km further. Park here at the powerline easement marked by a cairn on the left. Follow the powerline easement up the hill for 10 minutes to the top of the cliff. After some easy bashing through a grove of ferns for about 100m, there is a good gravel track up the easement. At the powerpole closest to the cliff edge, turn left and follow a rough path for 50m to the descent gully marked by a cairn. 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Turn left at Exton onto C502, signposted Quamby Brook and Golden Valley. Continue straight ahead at the crossroads after 4km. About 3km later is a gravel road on the left signposted to the Cluan Tier. From here it is 16km on logging roads to Cluan Tier. Follow the main Cluan Tier Road and after about 12km is a crossroads. 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" easting="487202" northing="5386393" height="0"/></gps><text id="3" class="heading2">Cluan Tier Crag</text><text id="4">There is an online guide for the Cluan Tier Crag at http://www.climb.org.au/index.php?page_id=10&action=area&area_id=782</text><text id="5" class="heading2">Whiskey Jim Hill</text><text id="6">Whiskey Jim Hill is a sandstone crag above the Liffey Valley up to 50m high and with some sections of good quality rock. It features the steepest crack climb in Tasmania, the incredible Whiskey Jim Crack (25) which climbs a splitter crack through a 9m stepped roof on excellent rock. Potential is limited though there is alot of rock, many of the faces are blank and featureless or just choss. Access is very easy; a 45 minute drive from Launceston and a 15 minute flat walk on a track, though very complicated to explain - see the map above. People wanting to visit this cliff should ring Gerry Narkowicz (0428 505259) for a guided tour, otherwise you are likely to get lost. It is quite close to the Cluan Tiers, so a visit to both cliffs would be possible on the same day. So far 2 routes have been done.</text><climb id="7" name="The Wailing Wall" length="15m" grade="27" extra="Þ" fa="Nick Hancock 2008">The bolted face climb at the far LHS of the cliff.</climb><text id="9">To get to Whiskey Jim Crack from the end of the track do a 100m bush bash along cliff top to point opposite huge detached pillar (50m high). Rap from tree here and leave fixed rope, then walk 30m across to the right to Whiskey Jim Crack. Jumar out.</text><climb id="8" name="Whiskey Jim Crack" length="20m" grade="25" fa="Gerry Narkowicz, Sep 2010.">Starts up an overhanging fist crack through a small roof for the first 10m. The crack then becomes splitter hand size but goes virtually 6m horizontal out to the lip. A hanging slab just before the lip gives some respite before tackling the crux, which is turning the lip and gaining the flared finger crack for the last 5m up the headwall. It opens up again to hands before the final offwidth slot. The lip is 15m off the ground, and a rope will hang 9m out from the base of the route. A unique crack climb in Tasmania. Gear: Wild Country Cams 3.5, 3, 4, 3, 2.5. Camalots 0.5, 1, 2, 3. FA: </climb></guide> |