Scoop Rocks & The Tower, Grampians
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11/5/03

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Poison Cave, Scoop Rocks Neil pops the sloper start of Poison Bait (25), Scoop Rocks Neil works Talon (28?) in the Poison Cave, Scoop Rocks Neil works Talon (28?) in the Poison Cave, Scoop Rocks Jono raps down the impressive south face of The Tower
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Neil Monteith on the FFA of Iron Arms (24), The Tower, Grampians Kent Paterson on Iron Arms (24), The Tower, Grampians Kent Paterson on Iron Arms (24), The Tower, Grampians Neil Monteith on first ascent of Goil (22), The Tower

SCOOP ROCKS, VICTORIA RANGE, GRAMPIANS

Hippy Tree Hugger Direct 16m 21
Overhung corner ten metres left of Angry Arborist. Thin laybacking past BR leads to short wide juggy crack. Finish up easy wall as for original route.
FFA Neil Monteith & Kent Paterson 10.5.2003

THE TOWER, VICTORIA RANGE, GRAMPIANS

* Iron Arm 18m 24
Pumpy orange overhang. Starts 5m left of Popeye at scoopy overhung wall. Technical climbing up scoop past three FH’s leads to jugs and cave rest (medium cams). Blast up reachy wall above past last FH and head left to chain.
FFA Neil Monteith & Kent Paterson 11.5.2003

Olive Oyl 18m 19
Nice jug hauling spoilt by a dirty halfway ledge. Starts about 80m right of Popeye and in centre of wall on a separate buttress below Kent’s bolted Project. Up left facing flake to vegetated ledge. Swing up overhung wall above trending left to bollard belay.
FFA Neil Monteith & Jono Schimdt 11.5.2003

Grease Me Up Laddie 70m un-graded
Squeeze into slot under Kent’s bolted Project (50m right of Popeye). Squirm your way through to the other side of The Tower heading for the light. Finish in the bouldering cave. Neil Monteith & Jono Schimdt 11.5.2003

Goil 11m 22
Small south facing grey wall on boulder about 100m below the north-west end of the Tower. Start is marked by cairn. Up overhung juggy crack to start then onwards up slopers and faint corner with spaced good gear. Crux move in corner near end. Rap off tree leaning against boulder to descend.
FFA Neil Monteith & Jono Schimdt 11.5.2003