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<guide><text class="heading1">Gordons Hill</text><text class="intro"
        new="false"
        number="null.">Another bouldering spot in suburbia worth at least one or two visits with a handful of good sandstone problems is Gordon's Hill Rocks.</text><image
        src="Gordons Hillghmap.jpg"/><text class="text"
        classnew="accessfalse">From Lindisfarne take Gordon's Hill Road and turn left onto Kent St. Take the first right (Avoca St.). The exact Parkplace here.to Walkpark fromand thestart endwalking ofseems theto streetchange intoall the bushtime, (apparentlywith therethe isever aincreasing rightencroachment of waysuburbia here nearon the vacantbush. block) and follow At the fencetime lineof untilwriting youthe seebest aplace poxyto littlepark boulder.is just Headnear uphillthe fromgate here to find19 theAvoca mainSt. group.Walk Atalong the topwire onfence theline leftfrom ishere, athen verticalturn wallright withand awander fewdown problemsto and eliminates on itthe boulders. AAs couplewell ofas metresthe downhillboulders fromshown, thisthere isare a bouldercouple whichmore is undercut on its North face and now has &quot;bong on&quot; sprayed across it- this is the Main Boulder.  problems around the area.</text><text
        class="heading3">Top Face</text><image
        src="Gordons Hillgh1.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V0"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       ">Blocky left arete then slopey topout</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       ">Face through large hueco</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="       " number="3."
        stars="*">Up the blank middle of the top vertical wall, from an undercling to small double pockets to the top.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="VE" name="       " number="4."
        stars="       ">Juggy face</problem><text
        class="heading3">Main Boulder: 
</text><image
        src="Gordons Hillgh2.jpg"/><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V1"
        name="No Entry" number="1."
        stars="       ">Move up from the black cave via jugs to the top. Eliminate the big holds to make it more interesting</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V6?" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       ">Project - Sit start at flakes in the middle of the back of the cave, out to underclings on lip and up middle of face.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V3/4" name="Gordon" new="false" number="3."
        stars="**">Sit start with your hands on the good hold at the lip on the right of the face and dyno up to the jug and then make an awkward mantle<mantle. You could probably start it further in, but it doesn't climb that well.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V4/5" name="Bong On" number="4."
        stars="*">Do the first moves on Gordon and then traverse leftwards from the jug along the horizontal break without using the top of the boulder (or the big jugs at the left end), then finish up the left hand side of the face on slopes.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V?" name="       " number="5."
        stars="       ">Arete just right of Gordon, avoiding the holds on the problems to the left and right.</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V2" name="Trash" number="6."
        stars="       ">Sit start at the right hand edge of the overhang. Up to a sidepull then up and left to topout.</problem><problem
        extra="       " grade="V5" name="       " number="7." stars="       ">Start as for Trash, then traverse leftwards along the lip to the starting hold on Gordon. Either finish upwards (easier) or as for Bong On (harder).</problem></guide>