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The Kirkus Original* VS 4c

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12m. Start from a block to the right of the base of the gully. Go up the face to harder moves at half-height (holds to the right) which lead to a scary mantelshelf and then easier ground. Despite what you might expect from the grade, it is unprotected. © ROCKFAX
Always used to be VS 5b, now VS 4c in Rockfax and HVS 4c in BMC - I'd say VS 5a!
FA. Colin Kirkus 1930s 1935

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 132 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

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

Hidden - Solo - 03/Mar/13

Nick Sillem - Solo O/S - 2013

Mike W - Solo O/S - 04/Oct/12

Paul Hy - TR - 16/Sep/12 with Ian

soloed the hard severe peviously
deacondeacon - Solo - 28/Aug/12

prometheus - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/12 with Steven C

Stiff 4c.
Ewano - Solo O/S - 22/Jul/12

mwatson - Solo O/S - 12/Jun/12

Ian JL - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12

Graeme Hammond - Solo rpt - 27/Mar/12

Very committing move. Thankfully the ledge is as good as you'd like.
Daniel Heath - Lead rpt - 22/Mar/12 with Adam Butler

adam.butler.dsfc - 2nd O/S - 22/Mar/12

dave657 - Solo O/S - 01/Dec/11

Hidden - Lead - Nov/11

al123 - Solo - 24/Aug/11

daviesp2 - TR - 20/Aug/11

SteveM - Solo - 14/Jul/11

eel - Solo O/S - 14/Jul/11

just tried this solo as i was bored, thought it was good. looked at the guide after and turned out to be vs 4b - am i missing something?
The Green Giant - Solo O/S - 11/May/11

simon1965 - Solo - 03/May/11

w.pettet-smith - Solo - May/11

Jonathan Hall - Solo - 14/Apr/11

JG - 2011

David Smith - 2011

Hidden - Dec/10

Takacs - TR - 17/Oct/10 with Andy Cooper

Dan Geh - TR O/S - 17/Oct/10

Stepanek - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/10

disturbed_one51 - Solo - 04/Sep/10

Hidden - Solo O/S - 22/Aug/10

Nick1812P - Solo O/S - 29/Jul/10

Hidden - Solo O/S - 22/Jun/10

Shad - 2nd - 16/Jun/10 with Jon

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10

Lenny - TR O/S - 28/May/10 with Billy

reclimb of major epic from while ago, perfect this time, even easy! good to see my improvement
Tom Redmond - Lead O/S - 19/May/10 with Rian Whitham

Chris the Tall - Solo rpt - 18/May/10

jon clayton - Solo - 10/Mar/10

Intended to lead, but freezing hands and panic stuck on mantleshelf caused me to solo to top
Tom Redmond - Solo - 05/Mar/10 with Rian Whitham

RossG - 2010

never e1 or 5b
hilty - 2010

mattish2000 - Solo O/S - 18/Oct/09

simon1965 - Solo - 23/Sep/09

jchenoweth - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/09 with Bob

Commit on the first bit. easier toward the top.
Monkeymorgan - Solo O/S - 11/Aug/09

Karlos - Solo - 08/Aug/09

Sardien - Solo β - 11/Jul/09 with Rhodri Morgan, Simon Moore

willoates - Solo O/S - Jul/09

Hidden - Solo O/S - 26/Apr/09

BRUCESTRAC - 2009

catblack - 2nd - Oct/08 with rob

craig d - Solo - 30/Aug/08

quite a tricky couple of moves with fairly nasty fall potential i thought.. a little bit green as well..
Wilbur - Solo O/S - 01/Jul/08

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Apr/08

Jim Walton - 2008

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2008

jamiev - Solo β - 27/Aug/07 with Chris the Tall

Chris the Tall - Solo rpt - 27/Aug/07

Pythonist - Solo O/S - 25/Aug/07

Hidden - TR - 22/Jul/07

Hidden - Solo O/S - 12/Jul/07

Paul Tomo - Lead dog - 10/Jun/07 with Alex

Jim Vach - Solo O/S - 11/May/07

maybe_si - Lead O/S - 04/May/07 with charlie

Graeme Hammond - Solo O/S - 02/Mar/07

Nicos - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/07 with rich howels

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Wil Treasure - 2007

Sidekick - Solo O/S - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/06

not sure whether i got the line right on this one as it seemed very easy.
kwickfit - TR O/S - 02/Aug/06 with chris

Steve Vincent - 2nd - 16/Jul/06

PenJD - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/06 with Lianna Scholes

aztec_bums - TR O/S - 28/Jun/06 with phillip jennings

A bit of a seige, in that both Rob and I had a go before figuring out the crux. Ground up-ish, but without pulling the ropes. First route back on grit after returning from trekking and climbing in Nepal. Shock to the system!
Andy Clarke - Lead rpt - 24/Jun/06 with Tommo, Rob

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - Jun/06

Found this a bit more awkward than usual
Chris the Tall - Solo rpt - 27/Apr/06

Nicos - Solo O/S - 04/Apr/06 with solo

John Lisle - 2006

Tobias at Home - 2006

spoony84 - AltLd - 2006

shark - Solo rpt - 29/Oct/05

reg_measures - Solo O/S - Oct/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Aug/05

Hidden - Solo - Aug/05

nicholas Barrowclough - Solo - 12/Jul/05

Steve Whaley - TR O/S - 18/Jun/05 with Paul Craft

ChrisJD - Lead - Apr/05 with Clare

Ian Archer - 2nd O/S - 12/Mar/05 with Mike Kirby

jonnyboy - Solo O/S - 2005

Stuart Macfarlane - 2nd - 11/Oct/04 with John D

Adam Potter - 2nd - 05/Sep/04

kjbix - 02/Aug/04 with Kenny Grant

Hidden - Solo O/S - 24/May/04

LankyPaddy - Solo O/S - 01/May/04

JohnHutch - TR - 23/Apr/04 with self belay

Phil West - Solo O/S - 21/Jun/03

Hidden - Solo O/S - 15/Mar/03

Monk - 2003

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2003

rocktigger - Lead O/S - 2003 with shelby

Hidden - Solo - 19/Apr/02

martroberts - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/01

Nick Smith - UKC - Solo - Aug/00

antroy - Lead - 12/Jul/00

Hidden - Lead - 2000

tlr - Lead - 2000

Hidden - 2000

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2000

malc - 2nd - 01/Aug/99

Simon Pearce - 1999

CrashMat Rob - Lead O/S - 23/Aug/97 with Paul Kerr

Chris Ellis - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/94 with Dan Morgan

Hidden - Solo O/S - 13/May/94

ste_d - 2nd O/S - 19/Mar/94 with mik

J R R Hartley - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/91 with Ian Robinson

Chris the Tall - Solo O/S - Apr/89

goi.ashmore - Solo O/S - 02/May/88

Hidden - Solo - 22/Apr/87

Tom V - Solo - 20/Sep/86

mike bridges - Solo - 12/Aug/86

Dave Musgrove - 02/Apr/86

GordonHart - Solo O/S - 1986

Hidden - Lead - 1986

Nigel Bond - Lead - 31/Jul/83 with Charlie Leverton

Ian Clare - 1982

Andy Say - Solo - 06/Aug/79

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Voting
Total votes cast 43
hard HVS0 of 19
HVS0 of 19
easy HVS9 of 19
hard VS4 of 19
VS6 of 19
easy VS0 of 19
hard HS0 of 19
HS0 of 19
easy HS0 of 19
hard 5a0 of 11
5a0 of 11
easy 5a8 of 11
hard 4c1 of 11
4c2 of 11
easy 4c0 of 11
hard 4b0 of 11
4b0 of 11
easy 4b0 of 11
3 Stars0 of 13
2 Stars3 of 13
1 Star9 of 13
0 Stars1 of 13
Bag of .....0 of 13
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Style of ascent

Soloed63 of 132 (47.7%)
Lead27 of 132 (20.5%)
Followed9 of 132 (6.8%)
Toproped10 of 132 (7.6%)
Alt Leads3 of 132 (2.3%)
Unknown20 of 132 (15.2%)

'Climbed'62 of 132 (47.0%)
clean O/S60 of 132 (45.5%)
clean β2 of 132 (1.5%)
clean rpt7 of 132 (5.3%)
dogged1 of 132 (0.8%)