Lower Norquay Slabs
Hors D’Oeuvre
• 135m (443ft) • FA: Chris Perry and Jack Firth
Introducer
• 120m (394ft) • FA: Andy Genereux, Bill Rennie and Rob Launthier
Summertime
• 120m (394ft) • FA: Dave Morgan, Bev Huseby, Chas Yonge and Jack Firth
Inspirational
• 125m (410ft) • FA: Andy Genereux and Chris Perry
Inclination
• 125m (410ft) • FA: Andy Genereux and Rob Launthier
Slab Happy
• 120m (394ft) • FA: Dave Morgan and Bev Huseby
Intrepid Jewel
• 125m (410ft) • FA: Andy Genereux and Rob Launthier
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
• 150m (492ft) • FA: Andy Genereux and Francis Sutherland
Escargot Corner
• 260m (853ft) • FA: Murray Toft and Allan Derbyshire
• 260m (853ft) • FA: Brandon Pullan and Michael Quigley
A great route climbing a broken up series of cracks and chimneys in an area that could reveal some hard slab routes!
Approach: As for Upper Norquay
Gear: 2 X 60m Ropes, standard rack to four inches.
P1) Climb the corner right of Escargot (60m, 5.7)
P2) Up les corner to its end on a ledge. (20m, 5.5)
P3) Climb the corner till it steepens at overlaps, break out left around arete and traverse (run out) to flakes and up to face crack (40m, (5.9)
P4) Up the stellar crack, at its end go left up flake then across delicate slab holds to the next bomber crack, belay in. (60m, 5.8)
P5) Up the great hand crack to loose black, head right and up another crack to another right facing crack to ledge. (60m, 5.7)
P6) Up right facing crack to ledge, traverse left to upper chimney and top. (50m, 5.8)
Decent: As for Escargot.
The Baker–Cain Route
• 245m (804ft)
Longrider
• 6 pitches
Mother, Jugs, and Speed
• 190m (623ft) • FA: John Forrest and Tom Black
Sea of Tranquility
• 160m (525ft) • FA: Saul Greenberg, Clive MacKay and Brian Wyvill
Spiky Plus
• 210m (689ft) • FA: Jeff Perron and Peter MacPherson