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Another Game of Bowls Sir Walter?* E1 5b

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[Another Game of Bowls Sir Walter ? E1 5b, 3 kb]14m. Climb a short flake just right of the arete then make awkward moves to better holds. Continue steeply keeping right of the arete throughout and using loads of rounded holds. © ROCKFAX
FA. Chris Craggs 1992. The name is a historical blooper confusing the Armada with Napoleon's mob, I was only 200 years out!

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 124 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 19/May/13

Wayne S - Lead - 03/Mar/13 with Peter McNair

mark20 - Lead O/S - 16/Feb/13

Stiff start and then pleasant to the top.
Ropeboy - Lead - 05/Jan/13

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Nov/12

airwalk123 - 2nd O/S - 03/Nov/12

Haydn Jones - 2nd O/S - 23/Sep/12 with pep

Gudge - Lead O/S - Sep/12 with Pete Staves

Wayne S - 2nd O/S - 28/Aug/12 with Deacon

deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/12

Lots of slopers, fun on a top rope at the end of the evening but would be a nerve racking lead.
Andrew Lodge - TR - 18/Jun/12 with Bob

Nigel Bond - 2nd - 29/Mar/12 with Bern Hardman

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/12

rounder than round
rurp - Lead O/S - 01/Nov/11

First E1 clean.
finchelata - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/11

My first night lead, great view, shame I couldn't enjoy the view!
Jonathan Hall - Lead - 29/Sep/11 with Sam Stringer

fatbuoybazza - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/11 with liv_the_div

Decked trying to rock up round arete. placed one nut which intelligently tried to grab as fell past. ripped it out.
clairejane - Lead dnf - 15/Aug/11 with will

james Campbell - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/11

Liam Ingram - 2nd O/S - 13/Jul/11 with Jamie Sparkes, Ally Rocke

buxtoncoffeelover - Lead - 01/Jul/11

climbing_wiggy - 2nd β - 26/Jun/11 with Dale

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/11

tomthecoolperson - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/11 with Andrew

quite eliminate - not the best route
Bart Shaw - 2nd O/S - 29/May/11 with Luke

fell off lower crux.seemed to be poor rounded hand holds.
mark4344 - Lead dnf - 08/May/11 with Matt Payne

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/11

stuaart - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Sandra McCabe, Neil Redgrave

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/11

David Smith - 2011

mwatson - 2011

patsaunders - 2011

patsaunders - Lead - 2011

DeanD - 2011

DeanD - 2011

Hidden - Dec/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/10

good start
Cake - 2nd O/S - 30/Oct/10 with Matt

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/10

Tony Holdsworth - Lead O/S - 07/Oct/10 with Guido

Stig - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/10 with Goi

PeteH - 2nd O/S - 22/Sep/10 with Alex

grubes - 2nd - 05/Sep/10 with Haydn, Alex

Haydn's lead. Awkward sloping holds... starts hard, eases up, then stings at the end...
Alex Thompson - 2nd O/S - 05/Sep/10 with Luke, Haydn Martin

Sweaty and rounded
Hardonicus - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Luke Donaldson, Alex Thompson

All very rounded and nervy. Massive foot ledges helped keep it together though.
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/10

JamieSparkes - 2nd O/S - 10/Aug/10 with Liam, harry, Claire

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/10

llamaglama - Lead - 10/Aug/10 with Jam

Alroy - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/10

Felt more like VS as it all went very smoothly
Pilch - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/10

petegruf - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Chris B

Adam Potter - 2nd - 05/Jun/10

was a bit cautious on the lower crux part having seen a guy fall upside down onto the slaby wall below earlier
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 27/May/10 with Richard

leon - Lead rpt - 15/May/10 with Steven Davidson

disturbed_one51 - 2nd - 20/Apr/10 with Rob Middleton

b.hayley - 2nd O/S - 27/Mar/10

Mr Sparkle - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/10 with Ben Hayley

Hidden - Lead rpt - 2010

3kidsandamortgage - 2nd - 26/Sep/09 with Pete Templar

Climbed once on a top rope clean then led clean.
teflonpete - Lead RP - 26/Sep/09 with Barry

felt good on this.
duzinga - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/09 with Celine

gazfellows - 2nd - 06/Aug/09

Chris wilson - 2nd - 15/Jul/09 with John F

jored - Jul/09 with Chris W

bigphil - 2nd - 25/May/09 with Paul Willinson

jameshall - 2nd - 10/May/09 with Martin

Brown - Solo O/S - 19/Mar/09 with Solo

ilikemonkys - 15/Mar/09 with Rob emery

Sal37 - Lead O/S - 2009

thought the start to this looked easier than martello buttress, how wrong i was. possibly the most scared i've ever been. bloody slopers. -1'c.
Milne - Lead O/S - 03/Dec/08 with paul strutt

Byronius Maximus - Lead O/S - 05/Oct/08 with Paul du Toit

Hidden - Lead - 07/Sep/08

Hidden - 16/Aug/08

Hidden - TR - 01/Jul/08

Pretty good but might as well stick to the arete at the top as it is very eliminate otherwise.
Jon_Warner - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/08 with Dave Pattinson

burto - Lead O/S - 18/May/08 with calum

Hidden - Lead dnf - 08/May/08

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Apr/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Feb/08

lowersharpnose - Lead - 01/Jan/08

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2008

PenJD - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/07 with Jenny Dargue

snowy owl - 2nd - 15/Sep/07 with Penny Longstaff

Martin Haworth - Lead β - Aug/07 with Richard

Hidden - Lead - Jul/07

Joe Dove - 2nd - 10/Jun/07 with paul

A Crook - 2nd - 05/Jun/07 with Dom Stockton

Hidden - Lead - Jun/07

Hidden - 2007

Dom Whillans - 2007

@ndy - 2nd O/S - 2007 with John_Hat

Sidekick - Lead O/S - 2007

maybe_si - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/06 with tris

tristangale - 2nd - 13/Oct/06 with Chevis

Luke Brooks - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/06 with Rob Grant

OffshoreAndy - 2nd - 23/Sep/06 with Skell

dpurf - 2nd rpt - 18/Aug/06 with Patrick

Good stuff.
goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/06 with Lewis Ashton

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Solo O/S - 01/Jul/06

Iggy_B - Lead O/S - Apr/06 with Richard Turkington

Very rounded, and feels slightly eliminate higher up - worthwhile though.
Wil Treasure - Lead O/S - Feb/06 with Malcolm

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/05

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Sep/05

Hidden - 2nd β - 14/Aug/05

chris sm - Lead O/S - Jun/05 with Pippa Froggatt

cem - Lead O/S - 15/May/05 with Hans

Hidden - 2nd - 15/May/05

Skell - 2005

Chris M - 2005

ChrisBrooke - 2nd - 16/Oct/04 with John Inkpen

Hidden - TR - 28/Jul/04

Chris the Tall - Lead O/S - Apr/03 with Mark Davies

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/03

Mark A Humphries - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/02 with Mark and Davey

Climbed on a drizzely Saturday. Holding onto the geasy rounded break was interesting.
dean.lindsey - Lead O/S - 05/Oct/02 with Laraine

unfit - Lead - 05/Sep/02 with Beth Beare

Hidden - Lead - 22/Aug/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2002

Rock Fairy - 2nd - 2000

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Voting
Total votes cast 103
hard E20 of 35
E20 of 35
easy E21 of 35
hard E11 of 35
E122 of 35
easy E16 of 35
hard HVS5 of 35
HVS0 of 35
easy HVS0 of 35
hard 5c0 of 35
5c0 of 35
easy 5c1 of 35
hard 5b0 of 35
5b25 of 35
easy 5b6 of 35
hard 5a3 of 35
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easy 5a0 of 35
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 124 (1.6%)
Lead65 of 124 (52.4%)
Followed38 of 124 (30.6%)
Toproped3 of 124 (2.4%)
Alt Leads1 of 124 (0.8%)
Unknown15 of 124 (12.1%)

'Climbed'49 of 124 (39.5%)
clean O/S65 of 124 (52.4%)
clean β3 of 124 (2.4%)
clean rpt3 of 124 (2.4%)
clean RP1 of 124 (0.8%)
dnf3 of 124 (2.4%)