Bellbird Wall - Pulpit Rock Area - Grose Valley - 6 September 2009

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Climbers - Chuin Nee Ooi, John Robens, Dave Noble

"Bellbird Wall" (17) is a fairly new climb in the Grose Valley. We had a great day of climbing. The route is quite serious for its grade - a lot of the climbing is exposed - sensationally poised above the Grose Valley. The route is well protected by ring bolts - but some parts were a bit intimidating. The bottom two pitches are quite long and there can be a fair bit of rope drag. We climbed as a party of three - which was fine as the ledges are quite big. The whole route was in the shade and it was quite cool - especially at the top of the first pitch - where it was breezy. Chuin Nee led all the pitches.



Above - John looking down to find the rap point



Above - Chuin Nee begins the first of two 50m abseils





Above - John coming down the first abseil





Above - Chuin Nee on the second abseil



Above - John enjoys the view. The route actually comes up to this point, just left of John and then goes up behind us, crossing the rap route.



Above - John on the second abseil





Above - Dave at the first belay



Above - Chuin Nee starts up Pitch 1



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 1





Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 1



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 1



Above - Chuin Nee at the top of Pitch 1



Above - Looking down pitch 1 from part way up. It is mostly slab climbing. The crux (16) - is a rather thin section just below



Above - Looking up to Chuin Nee



Above - Chuin Nee then belays John up









Above - Chuin Nee starts out on pitch 2



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 2



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 2



Above - Pulpit Rock



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 2 - this was the crux (17) - a hand traverse and a tricky pull up



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 2



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 2



Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 2





Above - Chuin Nee belaying at the top of pitch 2



Above - John comes up



Above - Chuin Nee starting out on pitch 3











Above - Easy - but sensational moves!





Above - Chuin Nee on Pitch 3



Above - Dave on Pitch 3



Above - Looking down pitch 2



Above - At the top

After the climb we went to nearby Pulpit Rock Lookout for a late lunch. After lunch we visited some more nearby lookouts - Photos can be found here.

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