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<guide><text class="heading1" id="1">The Gorge</text><text
        class="intro" id="2">There are quite a few good problems in the Gorge at Launceston. Gerry Narkowicz recently identified around sixty problems that start straight off the tourist track on the shady side of the Gorge. The problems described here are based on the list in the back of the Cataract guide. On the other side of the river less than a minute along the zig zag track on the sunny side of the gorge there is a semi circular group of boulders. There are around half a dozen vertical and traverse problems here.</text><text
        class="heading2" id="3">The Sunny Side</text><text
        class="access" id="4">From Kings Bridge walk up the start of the zig zag track for 1 minute to a semi circular group of boulders.</text><image
        src="The Gorgesunny1.jpg" id="5"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V0"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="6">Far left arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V0" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="7">Corner between aretes</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" name="       " number="3."
        stars="       " id="8">Arete</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V5?" name="       " number="4."
        stars="       ">Traverse right id="9">Traverse right around the group of boulders, from left to right</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="       " number="5."
        stars="       " id="10">Up face</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V?" name="       " number="6."
        stars="       " id="11">Face left of gap</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
        grade="V4" name="       " number="7."
        stars="       " id="12">Face right of gap - don't use crack</problem><problem
        extra=" extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="       " number="8."
        stars="       " id="13">Face</problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V?"
        name="       " number="9."
        stars="       " id="14">Face right of conifer</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="       " number="10."
        stars="       " id="15">Right arete</problem><text
        class="heading2">The Shady id="16">The Shady Side</text><text
        class="access" id="17">From Kings Bridge walk along the tourist track. The areas are grouped by the light posts they are near. Each light post is marked with a number such as &quot;"LP 5&quot;". Problems are described right to left as you come to them.</text><text
        class="heading3" id="18">LP 5</text><image
        src="The Gorgelp5.jpg" id="19"/><problem extra="       " grade="V2"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="20">Wall right of LP5</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="21">From holds left of LP5 go up and left to flat hold.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="       " number="3."
        stars="       " id="22">Arete to stand on head high hold</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V2" name="       " number="4."
        stars="*" id="23">Sitstart on underclings and traverse left to wide crack</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="       " number="5."
 stars="       stars" id="       24">Continue traversing across thin wall to next crack</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="       " number="6."
        stars="       " id="25">From the next arete to the left traverse leftwards to ledge</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="26">Heckle Area</text><text
        class="access" id="27">About 30m down the track is a little roof with an offwidth to the right. This is the Heckle area.</text><image
        src="The Gorgeheckle.jpg" id="28"/><problem extra="       " grade="V4"
        name name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="29">From offwidth traverse rightwards across face to corner.</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="30">Pull up on jug on arete to stand on jug, don't use crack</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V5" name="Heckle Traverse" number="3."
        stars="*" id="31">Start 4m left of the arete on good edges. Traverse rightwards around the arete to the crack and finish as for number 1.</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="4."
 stars="       stars" id="       32">From holds 2m left of the arete climb up seam to high jug</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="5."
        stars="       " id="33">From the holds at the start of the Heckle Traverse, go left past corner to another blank corner</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="34">LP 9</text><image
        src="The Gorgelp9-1.jpg" id="35"/><problem extra="       " grade="V4"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="36">From ledge left of arete traverse rightwards to arete and across face</problem><image
        src="The Gorgelp9-2.jpg" id="37"/><problem extra="       " grade="V3"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="38">Up face to sloper</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V?" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="39">Up arete without using crack</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2/3" name="       " number="3."
 stars="       stars="       id="40">Traverse leftward from one arete to the next</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V5" name="       " number="4."
        stars="       " id="41">Blank corner to the left, near LP 10. Climb until &quot;"you get too scared&quot;".</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="42">LP 12</text><image
        src="The Gorgelp12.jpg" id="43"/><problem extra="       " grade="V2"
        name="       " number="1."
 stars="       stars" id="       44">Rising hand traverse near LP 12</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V1" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="45">Arete near LP 12 without using crack</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V4" name="       " number="3."
        stars="       " id="46">Up overhanging face without using big holds to the left</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="47">LP 14</text><problem extra="       "
        grade=" grade="V4/5" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="48">Sloping traverse from right arete to corner near LP14</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="49">Traverse rightwards from LP15 to corner</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V4" name="       " number="       "
        stars="       " id="50">Climb around detached boulder near LP16</problem><text
        class="heading3">LP 17</text><image
         id="51">LP 17</text><image src="The Gorgelp17.jpg" id="52"/><problem extra="       " grade="V1"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="53">Short arete to the left of LP17</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="54">5m to the left, climb face off park bench</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="3."
 stars="       stars="       id="55">Right hand start to arete</problem><problem
        extra="(Highball)" grade="V3/4" name="Henry Barber's Arete"
        number="4." stars="       " id="56">Only use the arete</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="5."
        stars="       " id="57">Layback up left side of arete</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="58">LP 23</text><image
        src="The Gorgelp23.jpg"/><problem  id="59"/><problem extra="       " grade="V2"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="60">Face and mantle right of LP23</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="61">Traverse rightward along slopes</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="62">LP 25</text><problem extra="       " grade="V1"
        name="       " number="1."
 stars="       stars" id="       63">Arete left of LP25</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2/3" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="64">Slab with hole at the bottom</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="65">LP 27</text><image
        src="The Gorgelp27.jpg" id="66"/><problem extra="(Highball)"
        grade="V1/2" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="67">Layback wide crack right of LP 27</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V1" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="68">Span between crack and arete</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="69">LP 28</text><problem extra="       " grade="V3"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="70">Arete and face right of LP28</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V4" name="       " number="2."
 stars="       stars="       id="71">Traverse into blank corner left of LP28 from underclings 2m to the right of corner</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2" name="       " number="3."
        stars="       " id="72">From arete left of corner traverse left 4m</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="73">Double Dozen</text><text
        class="access" id="74">Double Dozen is the prominent finger crack in the buttress behind the next lookout.</text><image
        src="The Gorgedoubledozen.jpg" id="75"/><problem extra="       "
        grade= grade="V1" name="Double Dozen" number="1."
        stars="       " id="76">Climb the start of Double Dozen to the ledge</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V5" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="77">Traverse leftwards from the start of Double Dozen to the corner, without using the ledge</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V4/5" name="       " number="3."
        stars="       " id="78">Climb the face left of Double Dozen to the ledge, don't use the edge on DD</problem><text
        class="access">The left id="79">The left hand side of the Double Dozen buttress.</text><image
        src="The Gorgedoubledozen2.jpg" id="80"/><problem extra="       "
        grade="V1" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="81">Traverse left from crack to arete</problem><problem
        extra="       (Stand)" grade="V?V7/8" name="   Double Jump    " number="2."
        stars="       ">Project - from arete up and left to ledge</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V?**" id="82">Start on the large jug on the arete about 2.2m above the ground and huck for the rail up and left. Finish on the large undercling directly above the start hold.</problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V8" name="    Double Does It   " number="3."
   stars="**" id="83">Sit start with a small right hand sidepull crimp just left of the blunt arete and left hand on a small gaston crimp just above a right facing slopy rail. Climb straight up via some large span moves to a bad right hand pinch and then exit out right to the rail. Traverse this to finish as Double Jump.</problem><text class="heading3" id="84">LP 34</text><problem extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="1." stars="       " id="85">Low traverse from ">Projectleft -to upright arete8m to ledge</problem><text
        past LP 34, finish on ledge near stump</problem><text class="heading3" id="86">LP 34<36</text><problem extra="       " grade="V3"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       ">Low traverse from left to right 8m past LP 34, finish on ledge near stump</problem><text
        class="heading3">LP 36</text><problem" id="87">Start in cave at sharp edge, finish on top of boulder</problem><problem extra="       " grade="V3"
       V1" name="       " number="12."
        stars="       ">Start in cave at sharp edge, finish on top of boulder</problem><problem
        id="88">Hand traverse the lip of the boulder overhanging the path</problem><problem extra="       " grade="V1V2" name="       " number="23."
        stars="       ">Hand traverse the lip of id="89">Mantle onto the boulder overhanging the path</problem><problem
 extra="(SDS)"       extragrade="V10/11" name="       Project" gradenumber="V24." namestars="       ***" numberid="3."
        stars="       ">Mantle onto the boulder overhanging the path</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V3" name="       " number="4."
        stars="       ">Behind LP37 climb the overhanging face and mantle onto sloping ledge.
SDS is a project?</problem><text
        class="heading2"90">THE boulder problem in the Gorge. Directly behind LP 37  is an obvious overhanging face. Sit start with right hand low on a right facing rail and left hand on a dimpled sloper under the arete. Thug your way through crompression moves with horrible feet straight up to mantle. Avoiding the first move by starting with your right hand up on the lowest  good edge is about V9 and quite good, but the full problem really should start lower</problem><text class="heading2" id="91">Duck Reach</text><text class="text" new="false"
        number="null." id="92">There are quite a few nice sculpted boulders in the river bed both upstream and downstream from Duck Reach. The boulders just near Flooded Rocks are quite good. There is probably a lot that has been climbed on here, but equally there are a lot of nice looking boulders that need a good scrub.</text><text
        class="text" new="false"
        number="null." id="93">This nice steep boulder is down at the river below Seize the Day:</text><image
        new="false" number="null." src="duckreach1.jpg"
        widthwidth="" id="94">null</image><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V2" name=""
       " name="" new="false" number="1."
        stars="**" id="95">Nice steep line starting on left side of boulder.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="2."
        starsstars="" id="96"></problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V?" name=""
        new="false" number="3."
        starsstars="" id="97">Up steep prow.</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
        grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="4." stars="" id="98">Right hand side of boulder.</problem></guide>