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Moonarie on foot? Oct 6 29-Oct-2006 At 11:40:44 AM AZ.Steve

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Yes it is possible. I left Horsham on the V-line bus at 1:30 pm Friday and made it to Adelaide around 7. Then transferred to a Stateliner bus and arrived in Pt. Augusta around 1:15 Saturday morning (oh GOD)! Stayed at a friends place and she gave me a ride (Thanks Sarah) to Moonarie the next day. I would not suggest trying to hitch between Pt Augusta and Moonarie because there is virtually no traffic. You can however take a bus to Wilpena and they might drop you at the dirt road.
Moonarie, in my opinion has the best rock in Australia, second only to Werribie Gorge. Every route was a highlight, especially Flying Buttress, Nemesis, Hypertension and The Endless Pitch. We took a day to adventure climb and potentially put up 4 new routes. Wandering all the way to a bright red cliff on the lowest tier farthest left, visible from camp. We FFAOS’ed a new *18 single pitch called “Burn Out”, a cool 16, 2 pitch corner, a crap 17, 2 pitch corner. I attempted this thin line (probably 22) on the second tier in Roystons gully left side but a hold broke off and scared me into retreat. We then busted up the left crack in a double crack system on the farthest right of this cliff. I bet this climb had been done before; too aesthetic! But if not well call it “Huxley” 17*.
There are not too many places where a climber can go out for a day and establish new quality climbs on solid rock ground up. Moonarie is one of those places.