Hanging Rock

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Further notices will be placed here if more information is available.

WARNING 8 September 2016 (copied from post on Christchurch Climbing Facebook page): Notice for climbers about Hanging Rock, South Canterbury.

There has been a significant outcrop collapse at the east end of the outcrop row on Gould's property at Hanging Rock. Advice from geologists is that the rock fall has not yet finished, and may have rendered other nearby outcrops dangerous as well. The climbing areas known as 'East End' and 'Jungleland' are now very unsafe for climbing, or accessing at all - including walking below or above the outcrops in the area.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS AREA AS IT IS VERY UNSAFE.

Hanging Rock is a limestone crag on farmland overlooking the Opihi River. The rock is pocketed and more featured than Castle Hill, this is a great place to apply similar moves to sporty routes.

Climbing Notes
The bolting varies. The best bolts are 12mm stainless carrot bolts with hangers, or 12mm glue-in bolts. These are more trustworthy than the 10mm galvanised carrot bolts, which are usually hangerless.

Most of the anchors are equipped with chain, but occasionally there is only one bolt to lower off. Use your own judgement on this. A single sport rope is generally fine, and you will need to take a handful of wires for threading the naked bolts.

The usual Castle Hill bouldering kit comes in handy at this crag and some of the climbs are much easier if they are spruced up. Take a couple of plastic brushes; one big one for dusting off the slabs, and a tooth brush for fine-tuning the small, feisty holds.