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10m.

Rockfax Description
Start from a boulder and head right to a shallow groove. Climb this (again little in the way of gear) to an exit under the Needle. © Rockfax

FA. Nat Allen 1958.

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Mark Stevenson 22 Apr, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: Is the FA info correct as the route is listed in Eric Byne's 1951 'Climbs on Gritstone 2, The Sheffild Area' guide? - "...A little to the right of Balcony Buttress is Green Needle Gully and then - NEEDLE CRACK 35ft Severe - A shallow winding crack up the centre of a small buttress."
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βeta: Is the FA info correct as the route is listed in Eric Byne's 1951 'Climbs on Gritstone 2, The Sheffild Area' guide? - "...A little to the right of Balcony Buttress is Green Needle Gully and then - NEEDLE CRACK 35ft Severe - A shallow winding crack up the centre of a small buttress."

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Grade: VS 4c ***
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