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  <text class="heading1">Crocodile Rock
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        class="text">Background Information 
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  <text
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        number="null.">Rock: Sandstone  outcrop, 8-10metre, outcrophigh ,with a few smaller ones either side. Rock brittle under the overhangs but sound otherwise.
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  <text
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        number="null.">Access: On Hunters Track above Junction Cabin. Quickest approach is to park at the Chalet and follow the track down below the road past the two boulder fields (20minutes). Look out for the mighty crag on the R. Nice walk in, not so nice walk out (3035 minutes uphill).
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        number="null.">Climbing Info: A sunny, sheltered spot among the trees with a number of surprisingly good top roped climbs; no bolts please on this craglet. Technical rather than strenuous. No aid (trees) used. Described from L to R.
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  <climb name="Thestral" stars
        extra="" grade="18" length="10m" extraname="Thestral"
        stars="">Around the corner L of the main overhang. The steep wall through the blocks, moving R with difficulty on to the slabs. Delicate climbing to the top. P. Robinson, Mar. 2004.
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  <climb name="Muggar	" stars
        extra="" grade="18" length="10m" name=" extraMuggar "
        stars="">The overhanging crack at the back of the cave, L of the main wall and beneath the large unstable roof. Watch out for brittle rock. Traverse R onto the arête as soon as possible and follow it up, keeping to the edge of the cave. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <climb name="Hedwig" stars
        extra="" grade="16" length="10m" extraname="Hedwig" new="false"
        number=""
        stars="">A traverse line on the L of the main face, R of the overhangs. Up the short, shallow corner just L of the tree (as for Muggles). Traverse L as soon as feasible above the overhang until one can climb straight up to the top. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <climb name="Muggle" stars
        extra="" grade="13" length="10m" name="Muggles" new="false" extra
        number="">Start
    just L of the treestars="">Start (as for Hedwig). The shallow corner and face to the top. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <climb name="Tomi" stars
        extra="" grade="15" length="10m" extraname="Tomi" new="false"
        number=""
        stars="">Another pleasant route, climbing the face up the main part of the cliff, halfway between the two trees. Not as juggy as it looks. Beware of seepage in wet weather. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <climb name="Gharial" stars
        extra="" grade="17" length="10m" name="Gharial" new="false"
        number="" extra
        stars="">Delicate face climbing. At the extreme R of the main wall, one metre L of the corner. Start next to a tree at the bottom of the cliff (trees not required on climb.). Straight up. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <text
        class="text">Three shorter climbs are found to the R of the main corner.
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  <climb name="Slitherin" stars="" grade="18" length="10m" extra="">climb
        extra="" grade="18" length="7m" name="Slitherin" new="false"
        number=""
        stars="">Climb up the nose, immediately R of the corner. Has a thin lower section and a bulging finish. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <climb name="Mungo" stars="" grade="13" length="10m" extra
        extra="" grade="13" length="7m" name="Mungo" new="false"
        number=""
        stars="">The middle of the broken face, R of the nose. Mantelshelf finish. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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  <climb name="Firenze" stars="" grade="17" length="10m" extra
        extra="" grade="17" length="7m" name="Firenze" new="false"
        number="" stars="">The crack, two metres R of Mungo. A good start followed by a thin finish up the wall to a ledge. P. Robinson, Aug. 2003.
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