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Life Assurance* E6 6b

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[Sean Gelder concentrating on Life Assurance (E6 6b), Burbage South, 2 kb]8m. Thin smearing up the steepening slab above the curving crack of Charlie’s. Runners in the crack become less and less useful as the 'two-move-wonder' crux approaches. If you top-rope it first, you will wish you hadn't! Photo page 221. © ROCKFAX
FA. John Dunne 1988

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500, Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List, Best slab climbs of the UK.

Photo: Sean Gelder concentrating on Life Assurance (E6 6b), Burbage South © Adam Lincoln
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This climb is in 53 logbooks, and on 33 wishlists.

pipof747 - Lead RP - 26/Sep/11

Clean third go. Hopefully I'll get the chance to go for the lead before uni.
MarkRoe - TR RP - 10/Sep/11 with Peter Burnett

Hidden - TR - 27/Apr/11

Hidden - TR - 23/Apr/11

madmats - TR - 23/Apr/11 with PeakDJ

1st E6 onsight. Just my style!
markalmack - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11 with james marjot

First E6
Kyle Rance - Lead RP - 10/Apr/11 with Scott Purdy

Milnes - TR rpt - 24/Mar/11

flash straight after Ian on his gear. My foot popped and I cut loose as I went for the top... very exciting! yep... definitely alive.
jacobjacob - Lead β - 20/Mar/11

Looks shit from every angle other than on the route. The route wasn't as scary as belaying Jacob on it!
i_a_coops - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/11 with Jacob

Easy if you keep cool, quite soft.
nathanlee - Lead RP - 19/Mar/11 with Dom Lee

dominic lee - Lead RP - 19/Mar/11 with nathan lee

Hidden - Lead RP - 12/Mar/11

3rd go, probably never lead, fall looks horific.
Milne - TR RP - 28/Jan/11 with dave saxby

Ben C - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 2011

Bit of a 2 move wonder, still a good route. Friction was very good.
james.peter - Lead RP - 07/Nov/10 with Dave Green

Hidden - TR O/S - 17/Oct/10

Very scary indeed
St0neMonkey - Lead rpt - 16/Aug/10

looks like pockets in pictures but its all faith in friction (hands and feet) and a couple of pebbles
peaches69 - TR RP - 02/May/10 with joe

Rob1988 - Lead RP - 20/Mar/10 with Cal, Willl Wilson

C coldwell-storry - Lead β - 01/Mar/10

First E6 onsight - big runout with crux being the last move. Not that hard but committing.
dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 19/Oct/09 with Dad

mux - Lead RP - 27/Sep/09 with Simon Frost ,

i will 2nd Whistler notes, screamed doing the crux move! great route better than most people said it was.
MorganPreece - Lead - 18/Sep/09 with Jessy, Max

very hard!
Maxim2023 - 2nd dnf - 11/Apr/09 with monty attwood

Skell - Lead RP - 22/Mar/09 with Kelvin

figfour - Lead O/S - Mar/09

After falling off the top on lead (thanks for the great belay Bob) I found a way of doing it static for shorter people. Really good climb.
miastacey - Lead RP - Mar/09 with Bob Smith

Hidden - TR RP - 04/Jan/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/May/08

maybe_si - TR O/S - 10/May/08

jamiev - TR dnf - 05/May/08

Hidden - TR O/S - 26/Apr/08

Used beta as per the end of 'a gritstone year'. The moves aren't actually all that hard just felt quite unpredictable, tenuous and pretty bold. Really good though, much better route than I'd given it credit for in the past. Did have one fairly exciting moment when I got the top well enough to cause my right foot to pop but not well enough for it to be all over....
Belier - Lead β - 22/Apr/08 with Tommy M

Hidden - Solo - 11/Apr/08

Hidden - Sent O/S - 11/Apr/08

I do not agree with the description in the guide. you definitely want to toprope it before leading :) so easy to slip at the top !!!
whistler - TR dog - 12/Dec/07 with Dangerous Dave, Angus Clark, Luke

willackers - Lead O/S - 04/Nov/07 with Dan Walker, John Atkinson

joe c ook - Lead O/S - Sep/07 with Nate

Straightforward on top rope, probably too insecure to fancy the lead with that fall though.
Wil Treasure - TR - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - Nov/06

bronsonite - Lead RP - 30/Sep/06

Hidden - Lead RP - 19/Sep/06

north country boy - Lead O/S - Nov/05 with Stu Allinson

Smelly Fox - Solo RP - Mar/05

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/03 with Dan Bradley

I've held someone's rope who took the ride off the top of this, if you're belaying get ready to sprint!!!!
Gus - Lead RP - 26/Mar/03

mark s - 2003

Hidden - TR - Sep/02

Hidden - Lead RP - Jun/00

marcoleptic - TR - 2000

Chris Craggs - 1980

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Voting
Total votes cast 104
hard E70 of 35
E70 of 35
easy E71 of 35
hard E61 of 35
E622 of 35
easy E65 of 35
hard E56 of 35
E50 of 35
easy E50 of 35
hard 6c0 of 35
6c0 of 35
easy 6c1 of 35
hard 6b1 of 35
6b8 of 35
easy 6b20 of 35
hard 6a5 of 35
6a0 of 35
easy 6a0 of 35
3 Stars2 of 34
2 Stars22 of 34
1 Star7 of 34
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 53 (3.8%)
Lead30 of 53 (56.6%)
Followed1 of 53 (1.9%)
Toproped16 of 53 (30.2%)
Bouldered1 of 53 (1.9%)
Unknown3 of 53 (5.7%)

'Climbed'12 of 53 (22.6%)
clean O/S14 of 53 (26.4%)
clean β3 of 53 (5.7%)
clean rpt2 of 53 (3.8%)
clean RP19 of 53 (35.8%)
dogged1 of 53 (1.9%)
dnf2 of 53 (3.8%)