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You Yangs
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You Yangs Guide

Urinal Wall West Face. Owen leading Round The Bend.Owen takes on "Round The Bend", grade 17 at Urinal Wall.
Ben leading "Washing The Defectives", grade 17 at Urinal Wall.Ben leading "Silver Knight", 15m grade 16 at Gravel Pit Tor.

Me leading "Asylum for the Insane", grade 17 at Gravel Pit Tor. Me leading "Asylum for the Insane", grade 17 at Gravel Pit Tor. Me leading "Asylum for the Insane", grade 17 at Gravel Pit Tor.
 
Owen leading "Night Fall" 12m grade 15, at Nightfall Pinnacles. Owen leading "Night Fall" 12m grade 15, at Nightfall Pinnacles. Owen leading "Night Fall" 12m grade 15, at Nightfall Pinnacles. Owen leading "Night Fall" 12m grade 15, at Nightfall Pinnacles.

Ben leading "Knight Moves", 12m grade 16 at Nightfall Pinnacle. Ben leading "Knight Moves", 12m grade 16 at Nightfall Pinnacle. Ben leading "Knight Moves", 12m grade 16 at Nightfall Pinnacle. Ben leading "Knight Moves", 12m grade 16 at Nightfall Pinnacle.

Video Clips

Golden Showers Video Clip Silver Knight (2.2 Meg, 36 seconds)
Ben leading "Silver Knight" 12m grade 16 at Gravel Pit Tor, You Yangs. The crux of this short route is a thinky tips only layback at three quarter height. Footage shot from above. Video by Michael Boniwell.
Golden Showers Video Clip Nightfall (1.8 Meg, 29 seconds)
Owen leading Nightfall 12m grade 15 on Nightfall Pinnacle, You Yangs. Nothing dramatic, just an example of a fun little climb on a granite blob in the middle of nowhere. Video by Michael Boniwell.


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Photos By David Clarke (circa 1980's)
 Steve again, this time on Pit Simitri (26), Christmas Day, 1985Kim Carrigan failing to free Orpheus in the Underworld.Steve Monks soloing Exam Technique, Christmas Day, 1985.
 Above Left: Steve Monks on Pit Simitri (26), Christmas Day, 1985. Above Middle: Kim Carrigan failing to free Orpheus in the Underworld. Above Right: Steve Monks soloing Exam Technique, Christmas Day, 1985.
Chris Shepherd on Edging Bets (26)David Clarke on Slip Slop Slap (23 - just about climbing my age then).
Above Left: Chris Shepherd on Edging Bets (26). Above Right: David Clarke on Slip Slop Slap (23 - just about climbing my age then).
Tom Greenwood (I think I got the last name right) reaching the last moves on Question of Ethics (20) at Gravel Pit Tor
Above Left: Kim Carrigan's attempts to free Orpheus in the Underworld. Above Right: Tom Greenwood (I think I got the last name right) reaching the last moves on Question of Ethics (20) at Gravel Pit Tor

Photos By Neil Monteith
Kathy checks out the view from atop Gravel Pit Tor.This is Gravel Pit Tor, one of the better outcrops in the very limited You Yangs park
Neil onsights the classic grade 20 at Gravel Pit Tor, 'A Question of Ethics'Nick onsights a great 17, 'Asylum for the Insane' at Gravel Pit Tor.Dave redpoints the scary friction slab of Magnetic Attraction grade 20
Above Left: Neil onsights the classic grade 20 at Gravel Pit Tor, 'A Question of Ethics'. Above Middle: Nick onsights a great 17, 'Asylum for the Insane' at Gravel Pit Tor. Above Right: Dave redpoints the scary friction slab of Magnetic Attraction grade 20
Jono on Grimulace (20), Northern Outcrop, You Yangs
Above: Jono on Grimulace (20), Northern Outcrop, You Yangs

Doug Hockly shows superb three point contact Pain and Frequency (28), You Yangs. Doug Hockly shows superb three point contact Pain and Frequency (28), You Yangs Doug Hockly shows superb three point contact Pain and Frequency (28), You Yangs

Above: Doug Hockly shows superb three point contact Pain and Frequency (28), You Yangs.


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