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Needle Crack (N Route)* HS 4a

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10m. Start from a boulder and head right to a shallow groove. Up this (not much gear) to an exit under the Needle. © ROCKFAX
(Appears as N route in BMC guides)
Nat Allen 1958
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This climb is in 98 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

No way is this HS! No pro on the first half of this route at all!
staceyjg - 2nd O/S - 19/May/13 with Chris Gardner

JonnoP - Lead O/S - 27/Apr/13 with Susie

Roberttaylor - 2nd O/S - 03/Mar/13 with Alex Toomey

pie_eater_pete - Solo O/S - 03/Mar/13 with bwestwood

Hidden - Solo - 03/Mar/13

Nick Sillem - Solo O/S - 2013

Maybe just 4c as it is quite rounded but can't vote for this
harold walmsley - Solo rpt - 04/Sep/12

deacondeacon - Solo O/S - 21/May/12

givemetea - Lead β - 20/May/12 with Tracey Tomlin

Fiona McFarlane - 2nd - May/12 with Ros MCkendry

Smithy Smith - Solo O/S - 01/Apr/12

VS,4C. Bold with virtually no gear. Placed a poor small cam from the starting block which likely wouldn't have held a fall. The only other piece of gear was a hex placement right at the top.
Big Lee - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/11 with Julia Kelly

theotherpetehill - Solo O/S - 22/Oct/11

ianjdodd - 2nd - 15/Oct/11

charley - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/11 with Steve Fletcher, Kev

chumleywarner - 2nd - 20/Aug/11

edd rab - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/11 with Lawrence Rab

SteveM - Solo - 17/Jul/11

wi11 - Solo O/S - 21/May/11 with Frank C

JSA - Solo O/S - 30/Apr/11

hard well protected (fr 1) pull onto face then v.bold for a few moves until bomber gear arrives. Harder than rib and face !
lithos - Lead - 24/Mar/11 with ade

harold walmsley - Solo rpt - 14/Mar/11

VS4c in Eastern Grit.
Eddie1234 - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/11 with Chris Anderson

chrisanderson - 2nd - 12/Mar/11

Hidden - Solo O/S - 09/Feb/11

Tithe Technique - 2nd O/S - 2011 with Steve Fletcher, Charley Fell

chumleywarner - TR O/S - 2011 with Kevin Tithe

Hidden - 2011

David Smith - 2011

mwatson - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 2011

Hidden - Dec/10

mattorford - Lead - 10/Oct/10

Hidden - 30/Sep/10

not much gear
Tony Holdsworth - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/10 with Guido

Oliver Houston - 2nd - 21/Sep/10

popebenedictus - Solo O/S - 16/Aug/10 with Soloed

Marc Murphy - AltLd - Aug/10

colin milton - Lead - 26/Jun/10 with martin

shouter - 2nd - 26/Jun/10

Wil Treasure - Lead - 2010

The Mountain Goat - 2nd O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Laurence Davis

r@bag - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Jon Miles

PenJD - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/09 with Duz Walker

Ketu - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/09 with Graeme H

THIS IS NOT HS! as per the database on here, Its a serious VS with several unprotected 4c moves above a big boulder. The only gear is right at the top after all the difficulties are over other than a poor size 0 cam at ground level. Nice climb though worth a star if you don't mind things a bit bold
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/09 with Rob

nrhardy - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Tim

mr bounce - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Neil Hardy

Dizz - 2nd - 03/May/09 with jt

iceaxejuggler - Lead O/S - 03/May/09 with Liz

fatbuoybazza - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/09 with liv_the_div

Oliver Branagan - Solo O/S - 18/Apr/09

jgrigson - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/09

Hidden - Solo - 21/Feb/09

BRUCESTRAC - 2009

mark_jc - 2009

Brown - Solo O/S - 06/Dec/08

Stig - Solo O/S - 06/Dec/08

petemeads - Solo - 23/Aug/08

Hidden - Solo - 10/Aug/08

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Apr/08

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Lev - Lead O/S - 20/Oct/07 with Suvi, Nicki

nicki_2712 - 2nd - 20/Oct/07 with Lev

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Oct/07

lizzie789 - 2nd - 19/Oct/07 with Emma

Green and poorly protected, particularly if you're short.
climbingpixie - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/07 with Flicka

Flicka - 2nd - 27/Sep/07 with Julie (Climbingpixie)

No gear placed on route
Jim Vach - Lead O/S - 13/May/07 with Tim Dorsett

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Mar/07

Chris the Tall - Solo O/S - 03/Feb/07

Hidden - 2007

Nicos - Solo O/S - 29/Sep/06 with solo

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - Jun/06

zcapxa5 - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/04 with Dave Jennions

Pythonist - 2nd O/S - Aug/04

Hidden - Lead RP - 09/Jun/04

Hidden - Solo O/S - 25/May/03

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 10/May/01

Hidden - Solo O/S - Sep/00

stp - Solo O/S - May/00

Hidden - 2000

Simon Pearce - 1999

Phil1967 - Lead - 09/Jun/95 with Nick Harris

Laramadness - Lead O/S - 05/Feb/95

charlesmfrench - Solo O/S - 22/Aug/92

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/92

Iain Thow - Solo - 07/May/91

John Marsland - Solo - 20/Jun/89

Chris the Tall - Solo O/S - Oct/88

Andy Say - Solo - 27/Aug/87

goi.ashmore - Solo O/S - 04/Jun/86

Hidden - Solo - 01/Feb/81

Hidden - Solo - 01/Feb/81

Nigel Bond - Solo - 22/Jul/80

Hidden - Solo - 12/Aug/79

Dave Musgrove - 10/Aug/75

Hidden - Lead - 27/Mar/73

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
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Voting
Total votes cast 46
hard VS0 of 17
VS1 of 17
easy VS14 of 17
hard HS1 of 17
HS1 of 17
easy HS0 of 17
hard S0 of 17
S0 of 17
easy S0 of 17
hard 4b0 of 16
4b1 of 16
easy 4b14 of 16
hard 4a0 of 16
4a1 of 16
easy 4a0 of 16
hard 3c0 of 16
3c0 of 16
easy 3c0 of 16
3 Stars0 of 13
2 Stars0 of 13
1 Star12 of 13
0 Stars1 of 13
Bag of .....0 of 13
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Style of ascent

Soloed35 of 98 (35.7%)
Lead29 of 98 (29.6%)
Followed20 of 98 (20.4%)
Toproped1 of 98 (1.0%)
Alt Leads2 of 98 (2.0%)
Unknown11 of 98 (11.2%)

'Climbed'44 of 98 (44.9%)
clean O/S49 of 98 (50.0%)
clean β1 of 98 (1.0%)
clean rpt3 of 98 (3.1%)
clean RP1 of 98 (1.0%)