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Narrowneck ladders 27-Sep-2006 At 10:21:04 AM Fool in the Rain

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On 26/09/2006 Dr_nik wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>Just a little beta, I went out to narrowneck in the Blueys on the weekend
>and *gasp* the ladders have been removed!!!!!
>
>Actually, for many years the ladders have been cut off at the top and
>bottom and were replaced by wooden ladders by climbers. We found that as
>of the last couple of weeks the top wooden ladder had broken and so now
>you need to abseil down 5m or so to the top of the steel ladders. THis
>isnt a problem if you are climbing out, but if you cant climb out I guess
>you have a 20km walk around to the golden stairs to get out.
>
>Cheers
>
>Dr Nik

Sorry Dr Nik, but you don't have to walk that far. The Devil's Hole is only 400m or so metres north of the old ladders and is an easy walk.
Alternatively you could walk a couple of kms south and head up Red Ledge pass. If you want to make things really hard for your self you can walk further south and ascend either Catlon Head or Tarros ladders, both of which you'd walk past on the way to the Golden Stairs. You really don't know the area do you?
You can rap in at three points, 100ft slab, Cave Climb and Herbaceous Gully. Choose the nearest to the climb you want to do. The Cave Climb access is probably the quickest with a two minute walk and a 50m rap to the deck.