Petgill Wall

[jordop]

Heard a rumour that people have actually climbed it Anybody out there have details, approach, "high adventure" quotient?

[G-spotter]

I approached from the road once. That was teh suck. I suggest you do like the FA party and approach from Petgill Lake trail.

[Don_Serl]

Jordop,

That's a long way back, but I was up there with Keith Nannery on an attempt which I recall as being (just?) prior to his FA with Steve Loomer - the date in my logbook is June 28, 1976. I can't remember what caused our failure - I think it had to do with the need to climb a tree on the first pitch, then to exit onto a bolt (?) before gaining a crack.

I went back several years later with John Howe (July 1981) - my notes say this was the 3rd ascent. There is really good climbing on most of the route, largely in steep but not overly hard corner-cracks. I seem to recall some loose blocks in/at a chimney high on the route. And the whole funkiness thing with the tree is worth the price of admission.

I know I came straight up alongside Gonzales Creek one time (well, actually off to the south a few hundred metres) - it's bushy, but not horrendous, and it only takes about 1 1/2 hrs. I also seem to recall traversing from the Petgill Lake trail once, but I can't recall which event was which. And while the Petgill approach was 'easier', it's considerably longer, and it's not 'easy'...

All considered, I think I'd suggest bashing up directly.

Fun, eh?

Cheers, Don

[jordop]

Thanks, Don. I always love it when beta pre-dates my own existence Nothing will have changed, I'm sure.

[G-spotter]

Actually there was a lot of windfall in the early 2000's... I was climbing over and under logs all day getting up there.