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Speed King Wall

(16 routes)

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 Gone Natural pro Link to edit content
P2P Poison to Poison 23 15m
2.01
 6bolts
The LH pocky groove through bulge to finish on slab.
Ian Binnie
TA The Antidote 21 17m
2.01
 6bolts
The RH pocky groove, through bulge with slabby finnish.
Ian McLaren
SK Speed King 15 22m
3
 6bolts
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
 6bolts
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
 6bolts
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
 5bolts
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
 3bolts
Dyno up through overhanging corner.
Al Mark 1990
GF Grippton Factor 25 21m
2.01
 7bolts
Pock crank up through to the thin crux at 6th bolt.
Ian McLaren
PiP Pretty in Pink 25 18m
1.02
 4bolts
Climb past flake and getting crimping to the slabby top out.
Ian Binnie 1989
Pretty in Punk 25 18m
1.02
 4bolts
A direct line through Pretty in Pink.
Dave Fearnly
LB Lycra Bandit 19 16m
1.02
 3bolts
Climb through scoops, up the typical slab to PiP finnish and rap stn.
Who Flogged my Walkman? 13
0
 1bolts
On gully opposite PiP wall. Long boulder problem
John Fraser
Sharkey's Day 12
0
 1bolts
On a small black slab R of WFMW.
Cath Fraser 91
BC BC VE 3m
0
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