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<guide guidestars="*"><text class="heading1">Bluff River</text><text
class="text">The Bluff River Gorge, north of Buckland, has a bunch of good sandstone boulders. The area has potential for at least 50 problems, but a fair bit of cleaning is required.</text><text
class="text">From Hobart drive to Sorell and then take the East Coast Highway towards Orford. At Buckland turn left and drive 12.8km. Turn right on the first road after the road becomes gravel. Drive 1.2km down this road to where a sandy track goes right. Head down the sandy track for 1.4km. Ignore the first scrappy bits of rock on the left, and go another 100-200m to where you can see some decent sized boulders down to the left, which should be the Trench area. You can park right above the climbing, after about an hours driving from Hobart.</text><text
class="heading2">The Trench Area</text><text
class="text">The Trench can be found just below where you park.</text><text
class="heading3">Trench Top Wall</text><image
src="Bluff Rivertrenchtop1.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V0" name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">
</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V0" name=" " number="2."
stars=" ">Slab left of flake</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" name=" " number="3."
stars=" ">
</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V0" name=" " number="4."
stars="*">Featured slab</problem><text
class="text">To the right is a steeper, higher slab.</text><image
src="Bluff Rivertrenchtop5.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V4" name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">
</problem><text
class="text">Further right is another clean slab.</text><image
src="Bluff Rivertrenchtop2.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="VE" name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">Slab just right of tree</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Red Raw" number="2."
stars="*">Start as for no 4 and traverse leftwards across the slab to finish up no 1.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="Pinch Me" number="3."
stars="*">Up face left of tree to top out on bizarre pinches</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=" " number="4."
stars=" ">Slab right of tree on knobs</problem><text
class="heading3">Radiator Boulder</text><text
class="text">This small free standing boulder is down the hill and across from the previous problems. Needs some more cleaning.</text><image
src="Bluff Riverfree1.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V0"
name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">Slab left of arete</problem><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="The Radiator" number="2."
stars=" ">Up through bulge</problem><text
class="heading3">Smelly Shoe Boulder</text><text
class="text">The squat boulder 100 metres past the Radiator boulder.</text><image
src="Bluff RiverBoulderTopo3LowResArrows.jpg"/><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V3" name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">Start on flats. Up on ears.</problem><text
class="heading3">The Wasp Boulder</text><text
class="text">The Wasp Boulder is the large free standing boulder that forms the bottom wall of the Trench. The first problems are in the Trench.</text><image
src="Bluff Rivertrenchbot1.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V0" name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">
</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V2" name="Stench Trench" number="2."
stars=" ">
</problem><text
class="text">This face is to the right and through the gap.</text><image
src="Bluff Rivertrenchbot2.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V3/4" name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">Just right of arete on small holds, up to break and top out.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name=" " number="2."
stars=" ">Project - very thin slab</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V5" name=" " number=" "
stars="*">Face directly opposite no 1. on small holds without using the left arete. Move right slightly to top out next to the tree.</problem><text
class="text">This face is the bottom side of the Wasp Boulder.</text><image
src="Bluff Riverwasp1.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V?"
name="Hornet's Nest" number="1."
stars="*">Project - Start at the big knob 2m left of the arete and traverse the boulder rightwards to finish up no. 5</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name=" " number="2."
stars=" ">Project - Knobs 1m left of the arete.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name=" " number="3."
stars=" ">Project - Follow the knobs to the top 1m right of arete.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name=" " number="4."
stars=" ">Go up. Top could be cleaner.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name=" " number="5."
stars=" ">Up on knobs.</problem><text
class="heading3">Fly Boulder</text><text
class="text">This is the long low boulder to the right of the Wasp Boulder.</text><image
src="Bluff Riverfly1.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V2"
name=" " number="1."
stars=" ">
</problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V3"
name=" " number="2."
stars=" ">
</problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V3"
name=" " number="3." stars=" ">
</problem><text
class="heading2">Bushfire Boulder Area</text><text
class="text">From the Trench Area head south across the hill for 100-150 metres to find a group of about 6 free standing boulders.</text><text
class="heading3">Bushfire Boulder</text><text
class="text">This is the largest free standing boulder in the area.</text><image
src="Bluff Riverbushfire1.jpg"/><problem extra="(SDS)"
grade="V4/5" name="The Bushfire" number="1."
stars="**">Climb up bulgey arete on knobs.</problem><text
class="text">These two boulders are directly above the Bushfire Boulder.</text><image
src="Bluff Riverbushfire2.jpg"/><problem extra="(SDS)"
grade="V2" name=" " number="1."
stars="*">Up steep arete</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
grade="V2" name=" " number="2."
stars=" ">
</problem><text
class="text">This boulder is just across from the previous ones.</text><image
src="Bluff Riverbushfire3.jpg"/><problem extra="(SDS)"
grade="V1?" name=" " number="1." stars=" ">Arete</problem></guide>
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