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Big Chris HVS 5a

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8m. The centre of the face starting down and right is followed via a thin crack to a tricky finale using the bottom-like fissure. © ROCKFAX
FA. Chris Craggs 1993
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This climb is in 62 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

E1 in the definitive but I think HVS is more apt. Steady all the way with a tricky but safe top out.
deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/13

The Bad Cough - 2nd O/S - 04/Sep/12 with John Sealey

shouter - 2nd - 28/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead - 02/May/12

Matthew Robinson - 2nd - 09/Mar/12 with Joe

Bruce Houston - Lead O/S - Mar/12

tscoobydoo - Lead O/S - 20/Nov/11

cleft88 - Lead - Oct/11 with Ozzy

al123 - Solo - 24/Aug/11

phil.cheeseman - Lead - 26/Apr/11 with Jonny Cox

With Adam, first E1
Davefro - 2nd - 21/Mar/11

Hidden - Dec/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/10

pete_81 - TR O/S - 30/Aug/10

tompilgrem - TR O/S - 23/Aug/10 with Dad

maybe_si - Solo O/S - 19/Aug/10

first E1 :)
Tom Redmond - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/10 with Stefan Williams, Josh Willet

Joshua Willett - 2nd - 28/Jul/10 with Tom Redmond

Adam Potter - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/10

Matt Bennett - Solo O/S - 09/Mar/10 with Sam Corbett

Ben Taggart-Ryan - Lead O/S - 2010

Walked round the top.
James_D - Lead dnf - 02/Aug/09 with Esther

madmats - Solo O/S - 18/Sep/08

SteveM - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/08 with Holly

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/Sep/08

sstanier - TR O/S - 24/Jul/08 with Tim Foster

mel holmes - 2nd - 04/Jun/08 with Tony Reed

Hidden - 2nd - 29/May/08

Hidden - TR O/S - 21/Apr/08

Black Badger - TR O/S - 21/Apr/08 with Joe Bream

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Apr/08

Hidden - 2008

Fred Sergeant - TR - 23/Aug/07

Glyn - 2nd - 17/Aug/07 with Barni

barni - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/07 with Glyn

Nice climb. Technical low down. Couldn't get over the overhand at the top cos the footholds kept breaking off!
wpgaudin - TR dnf - 16/Jul/07 with David Turland, Phil Renwick

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

Somerset swede basher - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/07 with Steve Elliff and Gemma Fisher

nothing special
andy gravestock - Lead O/S - Jan/07 with dad and garath

Hidden - 2007

greg101 - Lead - 12/Nov/06 with Dave

adamscottthomas - Lead O/S - 04/Nov/06 with Rob Mead

bob3141 - 2nd - 04/Nov/06 with Adam Thomas

Good Route, enjoyed it!
loonyclimber - Lead O/S - 06/Aug/06 with Jen Green

Found the start difficult and weighted the rope a few times
hallex - 2nd dog - 27/Jun/06 with John Sergeant

Stig - Solo O/S - 02/Jun/06

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

mikecopp - Solo - 04/Apr/06

ASchwirtz - 2nd O/S - 25/Sep/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/05

cem - Lead dog - 08/May/05 with Graham Dolman

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - May/05

nothing about this route stands out i only knwo i did it cos there is a tick it the book
Alex Mason - Lead - Jan/05 with kieth poskitt

cem - 2nd O/S - 11/Jul/04 with Rod Strachan

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

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Solo O/S - 05/May/03

Hidden - Solo O/S - 27/May/02

Nick Smith - UKC - Lead - Mar/02

Hidden - 2000

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Voting
Total votes cast 21
hard E10 of 8
E10 of 8
easy E13 of 8
hard HVS2 of 8
HVS3 of 8
easy HVS0 of 8
hard VS0 of 8
VS0 of 8
easy VS0 of 8
hard 5b0 of 8
5b0 of 8
easy 5b4 of 8
hard 5a2 of 8
5a2 of 8
easy 5a0 of 8
hard 4c0 of 8
4c0 of 8
easy 4c0 of 8
3 Stars0 of 5
2 Stars0 of 5
1 Star3 of 5
0 Stars2 of 5
Bag of .....0 of 5
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Style of ascent

Soloed12 of 62 (19.4%)
Lead22 of 62 (35.5%)
Followed13 of 62 (21.0%)
Toproped7 of 62 (11.3%)
Alt Leads1 of 62 (1.6%)
Unknown7 of 62 (11.3%)

'Climbed'22 of 62 (35.5%)
clean O/S33 of 62 (53.2%)
dogged2 of 62 (3.2%)
dnf2 of 62 (3.2%)
Unknown3 of 62 (4.8%)