Type
Part of
Climbing and bouldering in urban Timaru. Its pretty small but as accessible as it gets!
The crag is a small basalt outcrop found on the western end of Orbell Street, in the big dip near Morgans Road. Halfpipe Wall is directly behind the skate halfpipe (which is now gone). For the Aoraki Ara Timaru OE Memorial Wall follow the main track for about 150m, then turn right and up a faint track for 20m.
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Walktime
1 - 3 min
Aspect
North West
Lat/lon
POINT (171.21483299 -44.38333335)
Topo50
BZ19 578 840
Approach
The land is owned by the Timaru District Council (thanks to Bill Steans, Parks and Rec manager, for support and permission).
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Attribution
Sash Nukada and Robert Scott
UUID
bf8d0722-7a02-4a5b-9890-d230f4d12b49
Have there been any updates on this wall?
In reply to Have there been any updates by ADean
All updated and ready for climbing and bouldering. Even in June, if the sun is out, its very warm between 1-3pm.
Doh! I always fall for that trick. Heading back down to Timaru in August, watch out Orbell St...
The inside of the gate has a latch that's separate from the padlocked part.
Access seems to have been cut off by a deer fence and a padlocked gate. Or did I miss something? Thanks for comments, heading back there in a couple of days and as mentioned the site certainly is accessible.
EnjoOrbell St is not in any guide book that I have seen, go climbing and put something together. Enjoy!
Not sure which edition of RD South it's in. Possibly the first? May not have been added in the end. Tried to contact Ivan for the info but was not successful. Next option would be to climb the problems and add them based on that.
Here's the flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/45577132@N07/4187386664/
Grade suggestions seem about right, and it shows some of the stand out lines. There's a fair bit more though.
Definitely a couple that would take gear and go to the top.
Please feel free to just add it. There is nothing in RD South, and where is the commercial sensitivity?
Heading to Timaru this week and hoping the weather will allow some climbing. I can get the MojoZone site mentioned here but not the Flickr link that coli_me mentions. I gather Ivan Vostinar has published the 30 odd problems that he and Rich worked on in Rock Deluxe South. What is the process or protocol of getting that information onto this site? Or is it commercial and I just need to buy the book?
I am still pretty sure I had heard of it before, but here is the info I remember reading back on the old MojoZone site: http://web.archive.org/web/20130210072517/http://mojozone.co.nz/forum/t…
The link to the pics on Flickr is still valid too.
Sounds vaguely familiar, must have either seen it in an old guide at some point or it might well have been mentioned on the old mojozone site. I don't remember seeing any proper route descriptions or such though...
I'll have a poke around and see if I can dig up the info.