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Climbing at Serra Range - Dreamtime 29-Sep-2014 At 11:58:47 AM gfdonc

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On 28/09/2014 Js wrote:
>Does anyone know for those super long routes at Serra Range, is there
>a middle anchor for descending?I've only got a 70m rope, so climbing those
>50m routes would be a problem.

I haven't been there for a year or so, but in general no. You need a second rope to get off things such as Gulgun Manja or The Perfect Extraction.
There may be exceptions at the left end where I recall you can actually get down from the top in one 60m rap (just) but there's an intermediate rap station anyway (the rap lengths in the guide may be overstated).
Likewise the buttress around Short Memory has a rap station at the top of this route which I recall was less than 30m so you can probably get down from the routes above it with one rope.
I don't have a guide with me to check any of this so use the information with caution.

Steve