A rather small and remote bit of rock overlooking the tunnel entrance. Identifiable from the words ‘Dr Rock’ chipped on its right side.
Routes
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| Zero Kelvin, 21 | 21 | 0m | 2  |
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Short wall with 2 bolts. Balancy climbing to the left of the chickenhead. Up over ledges. Anchor with cams. |
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| Herb, 24 | 24 | 0m | |
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A technical testpiece. The wall and prominent diagonal crack above the roof. A nasty move on the wall leads to underclings and then jams in a flared crack. Desperate right to the top. CD for pro. |
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| Crick, 18 | 18 | 0m | |
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Climb the steep crack on the wall facing the road. |
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| Peaches, 20 | 20 | 0m | |
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The arete left of Herb. Quite technical with the crux near the top. Devious pro – double ropes essential. |
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| Popperhead, 22 | 22 | 0m | 1 |
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Start at right end of cave, follow thin crack, left past bolt, right onto ledge to the top. |
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| Chickenhead Soup, 17 | 17 | 0m | |
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Climb the wall and crack in the middle of the wall right of the main overhang. Pro in the right-hand crack and chickenhead (if you dare!). |
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| The Red Sea, 17 | 17 | 0m | 1 |
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Above Dr Rock is another wall. Climb thin crack diagonalling rightwards, then the arete. |
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| Fringe Dwellers, 22 | 22 | 0m | 2 |
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Destroyed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Start at left end of cave, move right, then up crack & right to a rap bolt. |
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