Speed King Wall

An enticing piece of rock. The pilgrimage to sample the delights of Speed King is an essential part of climbing at Hanging Rock.

Type:

Wall

Aspect:

North

Walk time:

20min

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality	Bolts
P2P	Poison to Poison	23	15m	2.01	6
	The LH pocky groove through bulge to finish on slab. Ian Binnie
TA	The Antidote	21	17m	2.01	6
	The RH pocky groove, through bulge with slabby finnish. Ian McLaren
SK	Speed King	15	22m	3	6
	Wander around line of pockets and large holds. At 6th bolt go L, onto slab Direct variant 17 John Fraser
B	Brittlemania	19	22m	1.02	6
	RH end of the wall. Thrash youself into the starting scoop and carry on up the wall with another crux at the 6th bolt Geoff Ellis
	Sonic Spoon	15		0
	Large Chimney (solo) Dave Fearnley
P	Protoplasm	29	25m	1.02	6
	On the next buttress: Power your way up the massivley overhung buttress. Exit stage R to arete to finish. Nick Sutter 1991
	Open project			0

ST	I Might Like you Better if we Slept Together	27	23m	0	5
	Start in corner and traverse L and up through bulges to complete large scoops. Brian Alder 1990
HDH	Hanging Around Like a Dog on Heat	23	13m	0	3
	Dyno up through overhanging corner. Al Mark 1990
GF	Grippton Factor	25	21m	2.01	7
	Pock crank up through to the thin crux at 6th bolt. Ian McLaren
PiP	Pretty in Pink	25	18m	1.02	4
	Climb past flake and getting crimping to the slabby top out. Ian Binnie 1989
	Pretty in Punk	25	18m	1.02	4
	A direct line through Pretty in Pink. Dave Fearnly
LB	Lycra Bandit	19	16m	1.02	3
	Climb through scoops, up the typical slab to PiP finnish and rap stn.
	Who Flogged my Walkman?	13		0	1
	On gully opposite PiP wall. Long boulder problem John Fraser
	Sharkey's Day	12		0	1
	On a small black slab R of WFMW. Cath Fraser 91
BC	BC	VE	3m	0

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