Moonarie - A Rock Climbers Guide

This Moonarie climbing guidebook is a select, full-colour guidebook with photo topos, aerial crag shots and historic climbing photos of rockclimbing at Moonarie, in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

Moonarie: A Rockclimber's Guide is produced by climbers Rob Baker and Josef Goding. Joe has previously created the guidebook Sublime Climbs, which covers three major climbing locations (Arapiles, the Grampians and Mt Buffalo) in Victoria.

Moonarie is produced in a similar style, with a glossy cover, useful introductory text and information, maps and access information. This is a modern guidebook that should be easy to use.

Moonarie guidebook author Rob Baker has been climbing for 22 years and has climbed extensively and developed new routes at Moonarie.

The 2019 edition of this new rock climbing guidebook to Moonarie provides information on the best adventures at Moonarie and nearby selected crags including Pt Bonney, Devils Peak and Warren Gorge, and is presented in a modern A5 full-colour format. It is packed with colour photo topos and stunning, evocative climbing photos by an array of the top rockclimbing photographers in the land. The guidebook is entertainingly written, containing descriptions of the best and most alluring routes of all grades. It is a ‘must have’ for all climbers.

• Death Valley and Rawnsley Bluff
• Upper Tiers
• Pt Bonney
• Warren Gorge
• Devil's Peak

• Authors: Rob Baker, Josef Goding
• ISBN: 978-0-646-99362-1
• Pages: 336
• Full Colour
• A5

Moonarie is one of Australia’s most spectacular crags for rock climbing. Situated on the rim of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, it is surrounded by sweeping arid inland views. Superb rock and loads of fantastic quality routes make it easily South Australia’s premier crag. Moonarie offers a varied trad climbing experience, with a good range of intermediate to hard routes and a few sport routes. The rock has a similar feel to Mt Arapiles, with the same mixture of natural gear and the occasional bolts. Moonarie is a magnet for climbers of all ability levels from across the state, around Australia and the world. 

“It is the feelings of space and the timelessness of this ancient land that makes such an impression. These feelings are heightened by the adventurous nature of the climbing here. As one sits high up on a belay ledge after an engrossing pitch, looking out into the vastness of the land, gazing at the arid mountain ridges stretching away into the distance. The clarity of the light, the vividness of the colours all around, the translucent sky above, all restore and enrich the soul.” —Rob Knott