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'''Approach.'''  

Show Time starts left of centre of the main Yellowwood Amphitheatre about 7 metres left of the start of Newborn.  The first few bolts of Newborn or visible from the base of the wall and the start of Show Time is marked by a small cairn of stones adjacent to a small flat clearing used as a bivvy spot.

'''Pitch 1 50m 20'''

Climb easily up the gray slabs for about 30m just left of a vague recess and past an overhang.  Head up right to the gray face and climb the shallow left facing corner and continue up to the overhang capping the red-orange rock.  Move left to a ledge.  (Find a good small cam placement in a pocket on the face above the ledge.

'''Pitch 2 55m 22 S3'''

This pitch has two potential deck falls although the moves are not very hard.  The first is stepping off the ledge to start “overhanging strenuous gnarly looking crack” and the second is starting up the left facing corner past the “thin flake plastered against the wall”.

Move to left end of the ledge  and step across the void to below a crack that can be vegetated.  The crack does take good pro if cleaned.  Continue up to and then past the large overhang on its left and climb the left facing dihedral to a large ledge on the right.  Climb the overhanging strenuous gnarly looking crack for about 10m to a ledge system.  Move left 2m and climb the left facing corner starting at a thin flake plastered against the wall on the left.  Continue easily up the orange left facing corner to the grey overhang and pass it on the right.  Semi-circle up and right to avoid the very steep crack in the white rock (climb it if you are bold and strong).  Head easily up and left to a right facing corner system on yellow rock topped by a robust bush to a stance. With 50m ropes, stance 5m lower on a decent ledge, then scramble up the corner system to start of pitch 3.

'''Pitch 3 20m 23'''

(Don’t be tempted to combine pitch 3 with any part of pitch 4 unless you have done it before.  It will be very tiring and you may run out of gear, communication and end up in a crappy hanging stance anyway!) 

Strenuous climbing past an inverted 1” cam placement and a fixed nut brings you to a juggy rest.  (The nut marks the way). Continue up to the overhang and the move right on the gnarly rock to pass the roof on the right.  Continue up a few meters to a hanging stance under the overhang.

'''Pitch 4 48m 24'''

If you are lucky and you manage to work out the best way to climb this pitch, then it is probably only grade 23.  However the on-sight sans beta is probably closer to 26 if you get anything wrong.  This pitch is a brutal beast and has yet to be done on-sight free as at 29 March 2015.  It is extremely challenging for short people and has two very difficult cruxes.
Climb the left facing corner to the overhang.  Step right onto the arête and clip the fixed wire if you wish.  Continue up past the small overhang to easier ground.  Continue straight up for 4m or so and then move left about 3m.  Do not climb the obvious white recesses but climb the grey rock bulge between them!  directly above the bomber rock 1 placement (only grade 19) to a large rail under the overhang.  You can place a large cam on the right to protect your second but the rail generally is at least size 4.5 Camelot.  Rail all the way left easily to the grotty corner and climb it.  Or keep moving left on a clean rail to circumvent it.  Climb up to the (halfway) ledge and clip a bolt left there by some Spanish climbers and stance right there so you can see your second.  If you did not find pro in the large rail for your second then move all the way back right to stance above that point so your second is protected with a more vertical rope.  (Sounds complicated but will be evident when you are there.)

'''Pitch 5 24 35m'''

Lie back the gray flake on the left and continue up the brittle recess until the holds run out.  (There is good pro but the holds seem very dodgy).  Step out left on to the arête on good rock and continue to the small overhang.  Compose yourself on good holds.  Continue straight up if you are bold and strong or move left 3m and climb the crack into a shallow recess past a “nice-to-have” thread that is in situ.  Continue up about 10m and rail right to a good ledge.

'''Pitch 6 30m 16'''

It seems sensible to climb straight up but there is no pro and it is tricky indeed.  So move right 3m and climb the easy recess for about 5m.  Then climb diagonally back left above the stance to the obvious rail capped by an overhang.  Rail easily all the way left to a good ledge at the base of the right facing corner.

'''Pitch 7 35m 21'''

Climb the corner that is vegetated in places for 30m to where it steepens.  Climb the steep overhanging crack till you can rail 3m right to a good ledge.  (This pitch has really good climbing despite the chossy appearance.)

'''Pitch 8 40m 19'''

Climb up to the overhang past the right side and then up easy blocky climbing to a rail system.  Move right about 10m and avoid the first left facing yellow-orange recess.  Continue to the next grey one and climb up it.  Head easily diagonally up left to a grey overhanging crack and crank through this to top out.

Enjoy the view.

'''Descent:'''

Have a good look of the lay of the land before you start the route.  Take photos with you or have them loaded to a large screen smart phone.

Head east (towards Rawsonville) to the Timerity abseil 10-15 minutes.  Keep going downwards past the largest gully (Yellowwood Crack and the Tea Time abseil) and then head north-east  for the furthest and lowest gully.  You will eventually see cairns leading you to the gully.  Abseil 3 abseils down the Timerity rap route to the drip

'''Gear:'''
50m ropes are fine for this route but be careful on the second abseil if you use the Timerity Rap Route.  Do not miss the abseil point at 35m as the next one is 15m below and the ropes may not reach.

Doubles on cams to 1,5 inch is recommended.  Single set nuts to size 10 or 12.  .  4 QD’s 10 Slings or 8 Slings and one very long sling is useful.  No RP’s required.  No 4.5 Camelot is useful but not essential.  

First attempt to halfway ledge:  Charles Edelstein and Deon Van Zyl March 2011
First complete ascent:  Charles Edelstein and Willem Le Roux April 2011
Further failed attempts by Charles Edelstein and Willem LeRoux in 2012, 2013 with Douw Steyn and 2014.
'''FFA''' 28 March 2015 Charles Edelstein and Willem Le Roux