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Harding's Super Direct Finish** HVS 5a

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6m. From the balcony, step left and make a long reach round the roof from undercuts to locate jugs then sprint up the short but highly-exposed final wall. © ROCKFAX
FA. Peter Harding 1946

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500, Stanage Routes Graded List, Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs, Peak Gritstone S-HVS **+.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 248 logbooks, and on 12 wishlists.

ianjfsutcliffe - Lead O/S - 17/May/13 with George

georgedunton - 2nd O/S - 17/May/13 with Ian J F Sutcliffe

Ian MK - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with Fraser Camble

Kasia - 2nd O/S - 20/Apr/13 with Gavin Peach

Hidden - 06/Mar/13

8am Sunday morning after staying the night in the cave. Not another person about. Couldn't remember how to do the crux!
Jackwd - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/12 with Charley Fell

Our warm up at 8am after spending the night in the cave....
charley - 2nd rpt - 11/Nov/12 with JackD

Jake Young - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12 with Laura, Jack

lbarras - 2nd dog - 21/Oct/12 with jack, jake

The Biochemist - Lead O/S - 20/Oct/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead - 05/Sep/12

hotfeet - Lead - 09/Aug/12 with Alex T

tomthecoolperson - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/12 with Andrew

Absolutely amazing. Tons of exposure, great gear and unlikely looking moves. I was loving the finger jam in the roof crack.
Jimbo C - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/12 with Chris

alex thackway - 2nd - 09/Jul/12 with Alan M

salonikaboulder - 2nd O/S - 14/Jun/12

aidanb - Lead O/S - 26/May/12

Hidden - Lead - 14/May/12

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Apr/12

Lovely butch climbing. Bold, well-protected and on the roughest rock south of Skye.
Falko - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/12 with Les Deakin

Awesome bit of climbing ...no problem with it, just have to keep your cool.
valentinesbabe - TR O/S - 21/Mar/12 with Jack Drake, Charley Fell

Brilliant, committing jug pulling, great lead by Jack..
charley - 2nd O/S - 21/Mar/12 with JackD, Ange

Done as part of 'RH Cave Innominate/Harding's Finish'
deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/12

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Hidden - Lead - 2012

r fizzle - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/11 with Olli Crudge

Chalky Cat - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/11 with Dom

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/11

Hidden - 2nd β - 02/Sep/11

Fantastic
mountaingoatgirl - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/11 with Nick Bean

gronbech - 2nd rpt - 21/Aug/11 with Neil

Jeromecooper - 13/Aug/11

bibster1989 - Lead - 23/Jul/11

iamstebarker - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead - 11/Jul/11

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

Dave Mason - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/11 with Darren Belfield

Brilliant, nice exposure above the VS below.
Dan Lane - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/11 with Mark Rankine

Matt Shepherd - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/11

Gallant - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/11 with Paul Murdy

jwpil - Lead rpt - 12/Jun/11 with Ben

benscarter - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/11 with Jack

Hidden - 2nd β - 11/Jun/11

nick ferro - 11/Jun/11

Tony Holdsworth - Lead rpt - 03/Jun/11 with George Richardson

Hidden - Solo - 08/May/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/11

Chris Redding - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/11 with Tom Bullock

Chris Redding - 2nd rpt - 18/Apr/11 with Dominic Sellers

philboy - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/11

Ginger McGrath - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/11 with louise, hannah gibbs

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/11 with Carol

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Apr/11

Nigel Bond - 2nd - 11/Apr/11 with Bern Hardman

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/11

a great finish to the route below
chris_B - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/11 with Lou Atkin

JRae - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/11 with Ollie B

Intimidating, but not that hard.
hellboundblr - Lead - 27/Mar/11 with John Bayliss

john_ni - 2nd - 27/Mar/11 with Bryan Lewis

Ollie B - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/11 with M.Rankine

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 2011

JIMJIM - 2011

John Roberts (JR) - Lead - 2011

Hidden - 2011

adie84 - 2011

Hidden - Dec/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Oct/10

hrgcb - Lead - 24/Oct/10 with Dave Phillips

derekb - Lead - 24/Oct/10 with Matt - PCC

Amazing climb. Nice balancy start, vs climbing up to the cave which is enjoyable and safe, then the move over the roof is really really good. safe and has a little sequence to it which is a joy! A must in my opinion.
geoff.comley - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Antony Mckenzie

goddamm7 - 2nd - 11/Oct/10 with colin little, karen hallam, Sandrex

buxtoncoffeelover - Lead - 11/Oct/10

tomB - 2nd - 02/Oct/10 with John walton

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

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/10

Phil Jennings - 2nd - 27/Aug/10 with Andy Latham

Tightsgirl - 2nd - 22/Aug/10 with Mark Freestone

Nick F Smith - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/10

Graeme Hammond - 2nd rpt - 17/Aug/10 with Andy Jobling, Jim

Graeme Hammond - Solo rpt - 17/Aug/10

dan gibson - Solo rpt - 03/Aug/10

Brilliant climb, didnt get many points for style.
Helnorris - 2nd - 02/Aug/10 with Steve Redmond

short but packs a right punch, memorable climbing
stvredmond - Lead - 02/Aug/10 with Helen Norris

jwpil - Lead rpt - 10/Jul/10 with Ben

delicate at the bottom
becster - 2nd - 03/Jul/10 with Mark Day

Thinker01 - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Bec

shouter - Lead - 26/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/10

chrisallan - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/10

vanderz - Lead rpt - 03/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/10

lamma_hippie - 2nd - 28/May/10 with Jon Lawton

Bern - Lead O/S - May/10 with Peter Brown

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/10

JamieSparkes - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Nick

Nick1812P - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Jamie

Dave Reeve - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/10 with Tim Selvage

Absolutely brilliant. Deff. need to use jam in roof crack with right hand to commit, lean out, and reach up to jug with left.
tigertim - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/10 with Dave Reeve

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Apr/10

With the 4c traversed-in start at the bottom, after lobbing off the 5a start a couple of times.
Ragnaar - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/10 with martin hirons

ross hold - Lead O/S - 2010

RossG - 2010

Sean Kelly - 2010

Wil Treasure - Lead - 2010

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Nov/09

mark20 - Lead O/S - 04/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead dog - 16/Sep/09

Twisty - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/09 with Nigel Stock

loundsy - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/09 with bex

pabbage - Lead O/S - Sep/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/09

Mark Stitson (ULGMC) - 2nd - 11/Jul/09 with David Wright

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 27/Jun/09

Laurence Everitt - 2nd O/S - 28/May/09 with Mark D, Tom Green

Jonathan Hall - 2nd - 10/May/09 with Hannah Moulton

In a howling gale. Had to wait for the wind to subside and then launch for it. I cannot think of many more spectacular sequences on grit at this grade apart from The Sloth and Flying Buttress Direct but it's much easier than both of these.
Steve Waters, Mynydd - Lead - 07/May/09 with Mike Tempest

Hidden - 2nd - 07/May/09

JimR - 26/Apr/09

markfairbank - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/09 with SteveyM

SteveMyatt - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/09 with Mark Fairbank

Pretty easy for HVS I'd say or maybe I was just having a good day... Laced it with plenty of gear as I was a bit worried about what I'd find round the lip. Turns out, with not much a reach, you can reach and enormous jug and haul yourself over! A nice finish to the previous route!
Reaver2k - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/09 with Tom Dixon

SteveM - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Faff

Sankey - 2nd - 04/Apr/09 with Luke

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Apr/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Apr/09

Tony Holdsworth - Lead rpt - 16/Mar/09 with Nick Mitchell

James got a club cam stuck and we had to leave it.
tdudley - 2nd O/S - 15/Mar/09 with James Andrews

BRUCESTRAC - 2009

gordonday - Lead - 2009

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2009

Mr Sparkle - Lead O/S - 07/Dec/08

Done as part of 'RH Cave Innominate/Harding's Finish'.
DavidR - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/08 with Holly Adamthwaite

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 19/Sep/08

Matt Fry - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/08 with Sam Dixon

petemeads - Lead - 15/Aug/08 with Anthony Meads

MikeLeeds - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/08 with Clive Greenwood

clive-greenwood - 2nd - 11/Aug/08 with Mike Nuttall

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/08

fantastic finish
roberto18 - Lead - 10/Jun/08 with Tom Nickols

madmats - Lead O/S - 20/May/08

Andy Moles - 2nd - 15/May/08 with Calum

CalumC - Lead O/S - 15/May/08 with Andy Moles

Short but action-packed. Led with Cave Innominate in one pitch.
Quiddity - Lead O/S - 10/May/08 with Hazel

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/May/08

Matthallinan - Lead - 01/May/08 with Paul Winder

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Apr/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 17/Feb/08

Hidden - Lead - 17/Feb/08

Alfredo - Lead - Feb/08 with Ben H

lowersharpnose - Lead - 01/Jan/08

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2008

towdman - Lead O/S - 19/Oct/07 with Daniel Armitage

with a bouldering mat on my back... Don't ask.
Pythonist - 2nd rpt - 04/Oct/07 with Chris Jennions

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/07 with Phil Baxter

Pythonist - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/07 with DaveDJ

TomHaigh - Lead β - Jul/07 with James Turnbull

Hidden - Lead rpt - 09/Jun/07

nnominate/Harding's Finish combo in 1 pitch
Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd rpt - 20/May/07 with Hazel Robson

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 20/May/07

mark4344 - Lead O/S - 02/May/07 with Dale Knox

psychicbread - 2nd O/S - 21/Apr/07 with Paul

fizzy_elephant - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/07 with Nick Fletcher

Hidden - 2007

matiyam - 2007

@ndy - 2nd - 2007 with Maciek

tumbling wizard - Lead O/S - 08/Nov/06

danm - Lead - Nov/06 with Kieran

Innominate/Harding's Finish
tom.e - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/06 with Claire

Tobias at Home - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/06 with SteveM

SteveM - 2nd - 29/Oct/06 with Tobs

reg_measures - 2nd rpt - 16/Oct/06 with pete kenyon

JonBray - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/06

OffshoreAndy - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/06 with NCC Nic

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/06 with John Nightingale

thrutch - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/06 with johnny b

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/06

Innominate/Harding's Finish combo in 1 pitch. Felt very exposed moving up & around the nose!! :)
Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd rpt - 04/Jun/06 with Thea Williams

derico - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/06 with Ben Freeman

Hidden - Lead - 18/Feb/06

dan gibson - 2006

ewen - 2006

John Lisle - 2006

ArnaudG - 2006

Neil Adams - 2006

Hidden - Dec/05

shark - Solo rpt - 29/Oct/05

Si dH - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/05 with Liz Kooper

tobydunford - 2nd O/S - 24/Sep/05 with Harry Martin

Stig - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/05 with Jonathan Teale

Rik Dawes - Lead O/S - 2005

Chris M - 2005

Hidden - Lead β - 19/Sep/04

Nicos - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/04 with mark richardson

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Mar/04

Andy Lagan - Jul/03

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/03

Hidden - Lead - 03/May/03

Paz - Lead - Apr/03 with MH

Monk - 2003

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2003

reg_measures - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/02 with pete kenyon

Ticked the Innominate/Harding's Finish combo in a single pitch
Nick Smith - UKC - Lead - May/02

malc - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/02 with Paul S

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Nov/01

Hidden - Lead rpt - 06/May/01

Phill Mitch - Lead O/S - 2001

goi.ashmore - Lead β - 14/Aug/00 with Matt Hirst

Obi-Wan is lost... - Lead - Jul/00 with Amy

JamesP - Lead - 2000

Hidden - 2000

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2000

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2000

Simon Pearce - 1999

jfmchivall - 1999

jfmchivall - 1999

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/98

CrashMat Rob - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/98 with Nicky

Dave Musgrove - Lead - Apr/98 with David

chris sm - Lead O/S - May/97 with Andy Gill

craig h - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/96 with Janet Hannah

rurp - Lead O/S - 1996

Rog Wilko - Lead - Oct/95 with Debbie Wilkinson

colin milton - Lead - 21/Jul/95 with eric milton

ChrisJD - Lead - Jul/95 with Glyn

nai - Lead - 1995

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/93

NorthernRock - Lead - Sep/92

Chris Ellis - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/92 with Mark Riley

K1 - Jul/92

WB - Lead O/S - 1992

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/90

Roget - Lead O/S - 13/May/90 with jim, jon

lithos - Lead O/S - 1990 with all sorts

Gambit - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/89 with Adam and Phil

Hidden - 2nd - Oct/88

Iain Thow - TR - 25/Sep/87 with Paul Eastwood

Hidden - Lead - 1986

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1982

done on my 21 birthday after Wall End Slab direct with no runners. A pebble crumbled and thought I was off but managed to complete the rout.
sutty - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/60

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Voting
Total votes cast 178
hard E10 of 61
E10 of 61
easy E10 of 61
hard HVS1 of 61
HVS53 of 61
easy HVS5 of 61
hard VS2 of 61
VS0 of 61
easy VS0 of 61
hard 5b0 of 59
5b0 of 59
easy 5b0 of 59
hard 5a2 of 59
5a54 of 59
easy 5a2 of 59
hard 4c1 of 59
4c0 of 59
easy 4c0 of 59
3 Stars53 of 58
2 Stars5 of 58
1 Star0 of 58
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 248 (1.6%)
Lead147 of 248 (59.3%)
Followed63 of 248 (25.4%)
Toproped2 of 248 (0.8%)
Alt Leads1 of 248 (0.4%)
Unknown31 of 248 (12.5%)

'Climbed'97 of 248 (39.1%)
clean O/S123 of 248 (49.6%)
clean β5 of 248 (2.0%)
clean rpt21 of 248 (8.5%)
dogged2 of 248 (0.8%)