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grades in the wolgan? 25-Sep-2013 At 10:31:35 AM Nick Clow

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> The Slider and Lysander on lower Baldy are excellent cracks

MAB, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, so fair enough. My view however is that 'excellent' is probably too strong a word!

Slider (an open book thin crack corner) looks a million dollars, but the experience of getting on it and hearing crunchy sounds (like you are standing on cornflakes) and dealing with the dirt and run-off rather puts you off.

Equally, Lysander - consisting of a couple of ok moves up to a choss-lip and mantle onto a choss beach (where you lie in the sand, no doubt explaining the name of the climb) - is not that great either.

But each to their own. Maybe I'm just soft (actually there's no maybe), but I really think you have to pick your spot in the Wolgan. I formed the view that the quality of climbs outside those at The Coal Mines, The Coke Ovens and Old Baldy Upper was variable and often disappointing, Great climbs at these three cliffs though.