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Delectable Direct** E1 5c

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[Delectable Direct, 2 kb]15m. The thin crack in the centre of the wall can be dirty after rain. At other times it is followed direct when it gives excellent and well protected climbing. © ROCKFAX
FAA. Peter Biven 1956. FFA. Don Morrison 1964

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500, Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List.

Photo: Delectable Direct © Jonathan Phillips
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 271 logbooks, and on 13 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jun/13

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jun/13

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jun/13

Had to rest on the gear on the first pitch :(.
R0bbie - Lead - 01/Jun/13 with Taba

Hidden - Lead - 19/May/13

Great route, did it clean.
lissymanners - 2nd O/S - 19/May/13 with Chris Reid

Hidden - Lead dog - 04/May/13

The Grist - 2nd O/S - 27/Apr/13 with Tom Doldon

henry peter jenkins - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/13 with dale clover

Fragmod - Lead - 13/Apr/13

Sort of stopped to get gear/couldn't do hard bottom move.
tsl42 - 2nd dog - 13/Apr/13 with Gaz Hooson, Andy mumc

alooker - Lead O/S - Feb/13

Hidden - 2013

adie84 - 2013

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/12

Vertigo1 - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/12 with Ross Davidson

Thought this was tough for HVS. Nice route and a lovely line, the VS compliments it very well, do both.
deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 02/Nov/12

couldn't do second move up cracks so cheated. then rejoined below break then went to top.
Paul Hy - 2nd - 02/Nov/12 with Deacon

Hidden - 2nd dog - 27/Oct/12

Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/Oct/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/12

augustus trout - 2nd - 29/Sep/12 with Duncan Lee

soft 5c. great gear
mark4344 - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Matt Payne

cheeky - 2nd O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Mark Philipson

WillDoyle - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/12

rich_hw - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/12 with Graeme Hammond

Graeme Hammond - 2nd rpt - 01/Jul/12 with Richard

The day after a deluge, but not as sandy as I expected. Not sure about 5c. Great moves at the top
Cake - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/12 with Howard

Did all the hard work then couldn't work out the second crux and ran out of braves. Should have gone till I fell off.
petellis - Lead dnf - 23/Jun/12 with Broomy

Still a hard move even on TR.
petellis - 2nd O/S - 23/Jun/12 with Broomy

Handed the reigns. on pete's gear to crux.
Ian Broome - Lead β - 23/Jun/12 with petellis

Tom Thorne - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/12 with Toby Rees

Tough route for me, but really enjoyed it, very happy to have reached the top clean!
razzorbuzz - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/12 with Dan Shatlock

esther - Lead - Jun/12

eel - Lead O/S - 13/May/12

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 13/May/12

robin_hackney - Lead O/S - 13/May/12 with Si

Oceanic - 13/May/12

Jack.H.92 - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Apr/12

Very sandy
cem - Lead rpt - 15/Apr/12 with Paul Bolton

Fragmod - 2nd - 31/Mar/12

Borderline 5b/5c at the start, then lovely slabby crack climbing above. Maybe worth E1 (it's HVS in the definitive guide), but certainly worth more than one star. Very, very well protected!
victim of mathematics - Lead O/S - 16/Mar/12 with James Oswald

Good. Seconded it terribly though.
James Oswald - 2nd O/S - 16/Mar/12 with Colin Angus

Lenny - 2nd β - 15/Mar/12 with Steve

Hardcore Pat - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/12 with Chris Vanderz

Maxim2023 - 2nd - Mar/12 with Matt Smith

Climber1806 - Lead O/S - Mar/12

kate tarrant - TR RP - Mar/12

Michael Ryan - UKC and UKH - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/12 with Tom Robbins, Tom Cain

E1 5b
david morse - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/12 with todd

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Feb/12

off route
joese7en - Lead - 12/Jan/12

Don Jebus - 2nd β - 12/Jan/12 with joese7en

JamieSparkes - Lead O/S - 08/Jan/12 with Nick

Nick1812P - 2nd O/S - 08/Jan/12 with Jamie

doe loads of times before
Tony Kartawick - Solo β - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

disturbed_one51 - Lead - 23/Oct/11 with Luke Goddard

Brannock - 2nd O/S - 04/Oct/11

OffshoreAndy - Lead O/S - Oct/11 with UKC John

rd20 - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/11 with Gareth H

GarethHall - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/11 with Robert Dufton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/11

yes!
CRiddiford - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/11 with Jonny

Good effort Caroline!! Breezed it. Really pleasant route.
JRae - 2nd - 01/Jul/11 with C Riddiford

Hidden - Lead rpt - 30/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/11

simon1965 - Lead rpt - 29/May/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 29/May/11

gordonday - Lead O/S - 25/May/11 with Jack

jwpil - 2nd O/S - 25/May/11 with Gordon

Graeme Hammond - 2nd rpt - 24/May/11 with Jonathan PCC, james pcc

Hidden - Lead - 24/May/11

Tamati - 2nd - May/11

Finger locking good. Found a move at the top a bit of a tester. Too safe for E1 maybe.
Jonathan Hall - Lead - 30/Apr/11 with Will Ward

Love this route!
BeccaSnowden - Lead rpt - 19/Apr/11 with Tom

thomasadixon - Lead rpt - 19/Apr/11 with Becca

philboy - 2nd - 16/Apr/11

marcduhig - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Nicola

Nicola - Lead dog - 10/Apr/11 with Marc

robw007 - Lead β - 08/Apr/11

Excellent route and a fitting finish to a good day's climbing.
Siderunner - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/11 with Kirsten

Ade7 - 2nd β - 02/Apr/11 with Stewart

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/Mar/11

djevdet - 2nd RP - 20/Mar/11

pbphil169 - Lead O/S - 2011

adie84 - 2011

Hidden - Lead β - 2011

Martin Haworth - Lead rpt - 07/Nov/10 with Chris Gooder

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

mark20 - 2nd rpt - 26/Sep/10

bigdrew - Lead rpt - 26/Sep/10 with Mark R

danoflynn - 2nd O/S - 24/Sep/10 with Andy Barker

HVS 5b in BMC guide.
Andrew Barker - Lead O/S - 24/Sep/10 with Dan O'Flynn

A fantastic route well worth a look, I sadly didn't quite get the onsight as I weighted the gear once when losing my balance.
rockfrog70 - Lead - 22/Sep/10

Hidden - 15/Sep/10

braders94 - 2nd dog - 04/Sep/10 with James Oakes

Brilliant!!!
James Oakes - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Brad Cowley

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd dog - 30/Aug/10

geddicakes - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/10 with Paul Phillips

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - 2nd rpt - 28/Aug/10 with Ben Burns

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/10

AlistairB - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/10 with Lisa

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 30/May/10

DavidR - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with Holly Adamthwaite, Andy Asaam

Hidden - 2nd - 30/May/10

John Pickles - Lead O/S - 28/May/10 with Kieran Hodgson

Guy Atkinson - 2nd β - 24/May/10 with Rob Cole, Ben Dorey

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/May/10

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 15/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/May/10

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 09/May/10 with Jools

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

Fell off the start move first time up, really annoyed as it wasn't all that difficult.
Byronius Maximus - Lead RP - 09/May/10 with Rayan Sammut

Hidden - 2nd - 09/May/10

Belier - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/10 with Tony

Actually stepped left onto Red Wall to avoid the start
Tony Holdsworth - 2nd dog - 15/Apr/10 with Steve Ramsden

J.Wells - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/10 with Jasmine Taplin

awesome!!
Ollie B - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/10 with M.Sharpe

Sweet!
theotherpetehill - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/10

JulesV - Lead - 27/Mar/10 with Shauna Cunningham

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Mar/10

Would make a good first E1
mark20 - Lead O/S - 16/Mar/10

Hidden - Lead dnf - 15/Mar/10

Ian JL - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/Nov/09

bigdrew - 2nd O/S - 15/Nov/09 with Andy T

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/Oct/09

Desperate rock over at start and awkward crack to finish. Came down to niche and rested before getting to top. Pleased to get it cleanly. Bomber gear throughout.
slacky - Lead O/S - 25/Oct/09 with Ben Abell

MD - 2nd dog - 17/Oct/09 with Phil

ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Claire Duffield

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Oct/09

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

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 04/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 27/Sep/09

Really good route, took a while to suss out the top section but the gear's perfect.
Dave Foster - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/09 with Andy

Compo - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/09 with Kev Faux

Lovely route but tricky start!
tom.ireson - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Guv Jagdev

metal arms - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/09

Dogged and off route at the start, hard 1st couple of moves.
teflonpete - 2nd dog - 30/Aug/09 with Alex

cat22 - 2nd - 23/Aug/09 with Mike

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Aug/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Aug/09

Different Steve - Lead rpt - 09/Aug/09 with Chris

Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/09 with Sue Hazel

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/09

Fell 2 metres from the top with a foot in flaring crack. So close!
James_D - Lead dog - 23/Jul/09 with Rach

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 21/Jun/09

Bob - 2nd O/S - 26/May/09 with M. Bullough

Hidden - Lead RP - 12/May/09

datoon - 2nd O/S - 10/May/09 with K

khawk - Lead O/S - 10/May/09 with DT

bazpearson - TR dnf - 08/May/09 with tom illif

chris sm - 2nd O/S - 02/May/09 with Pippa Froggatt

thomasadixon - 2nd rpt - 23/Apr/09 with Becca

Fantastic route!
BeccaSnowden - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/09 with Tom

Coel Hellier - Lead - 05/Apr/09

oliwarlow - Lead - 05/Apr/09 with Leonie

Hidden - Lead β - Apr/09

Tony Holdsworth - 2nd rpt - 29/Mar/09 with Dave Law

Ed Babs - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/09 with muppetfilter

Hidden - Lead - 07/Mar/09

madmats - Lead O/S - 22/Feb/09 with Nicos

robin heath - 2nd O/S - 17/Feb/09 with Rob Cole

Real nice climbing
Mike Goldthorp - Lead O/S - 25/Oct/08 with Rich Cannell

Amazing climb, wish i'd led it!!
smallerrich - 2nd β - 25/Oct/08 with Mikey

Hidden - Lead rpt - 19/Oct/08

Hidden - 2nd dog - 19/Oct/08

Lev - Lead O/S - 18/Oct/08 with Emma Ross

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Oct/08

gibbo38 - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/08 with martin

thomasadixon - Lead O/S - 28/Sep/08 with Jacob

PenJD - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Jim Walton

Climbed it after the rain, start was well dirty. So much better than it looks, cracking climb.
smudge - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/08 with Will G

Really nice route,crux is right at start but there are a couple of tricky moves jst below top. Protection is excellent, i got 13 pieces in plus the peg :)
Adam Moroz - Lead O/S - 19/Jul/08 with john (Krank)

Sandy Holford - 2nd - 31/May/08 with Anthony Allsopp

Anthony Allsopp - Lead O/S - 31/May/08 with Sandy Holford

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 11/May/08

mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 07/May/08 with Steve Aherne

andy wa - 2nd - 17/Apr/08 with Luke

Hidden - Lead - 10/Apr/08

mic_b - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/08 with fruitcake72

Hidden - TR - 03/Apr/08

alexharv3y - 2nd O/S - 08/Mar/08 with Toby

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Mar/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Feb/08

lowersharpnose - Lead - 01/Jan/08

Jim Walton - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Jim Slater - 2nd dog - 25/Nov/07 with Nicos Liaskos

Nicos - Lead O/S - 24/Nov/07 with jim slater

Climbed a short while after Great Peter. I prefered this one and it's harder, but both make for great classic E1 crack climbing
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 04/Nov/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Nov/07

nearly fell off the top foot slipped but held it. I then threw a lump of sheep poo at anne ha ha. they paniced thought it was a rock.
Dale - Lead O/S - Nov/07 with johny

tom.e - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/07 with Claire

Failed low down
Chris the Tall - Lead dnf - 04/Sep/07 with Nicki

Misha - Lead dog - Sep/07

Martin Haworth - Lead O/S - Sep/07 with Richard

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/07

Hidden - 2nd dog - 10/Jun/07

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with Dan Bradley

Hidden - Lead rpt - 29/Apr/07

Hidden - Lead - 01/Apr/07

Mark Walter - 2nd RP - 11/Mar/07 with Jon Bleiker

Brian Rodgers - Lead - 2007

UndercoverElephant - Lead O/S - 2007

jake-jones - Lead O/S - 2007

Phill Mitch - Lead O/S - 2007 with mark

Sidekick - Lead O/S - 2007

didnt think 5c
Si dH - 2nd O/S - 12/Nov/06 with Neil Furniss

barney_edin - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/06

Hidden - Lead rpt - 03/Nov/06

Took cover in the niche half way up when it started to rain!
Andrew Sloan - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/06

Ha! 8 years later and different story.
220bpm - Lead rpt - 24/Jun/06 with Dave

dan gibson - Lead rpt - 30/Mar/06 with martina

did this too the huge break then the skies opened and soaked the face made a hasty retreat out right and steve seconded the top deserves e2
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - Oct/05 with dan holdsworth

Hedley - 2nd - 12/Jun/05 with Reuben

ellie macpherson - Lead - May/05 with mike henesey, Ian Holmes

Hidden - Lead - 09/Apr/05

shark - Lead O/S - 13/Feb/05 with Jon Winter

Jon Greengrass - 2nd O/S - Oct/04 with Fiend

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/03

mel holmes - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/03

Dave Mason - Lead O/S - Oct/03 with Trev Tatler

Chris Davids - 2nd O/S - 14/Jun/03 with Paul Hobbs

Dave Bond - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/03 with charles

1 rest - damn!
Different Steve - Lead dog - Apr/03 with Martin Hore

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Sep/02

julian allen - TR - 03/Sep/02

Found this pretty hard work - some cruxy moves, and spaced gear towards the top.
Nick Smith - UKC - Lead - Apr/02

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Dec/01 with Frank

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Oct/01

cem - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/01 with Miles Butteriss

rob.grafton - Lead - 12/Feb/00 with Bruce

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

nickcanute - 2000 with led or solo -various dates

BlueJohn - 2nd - 1999 with JohnnyM

Led my first HS that day. DD was a different story tho.....
220bpm - 2nd dog - Sep/98 with Dave

Billg - Lead O/S - 1998

Great climb
Scott McRae - Lead O/S - 04/Oct/97 with Steve Culverhouse

Hidden - 2nd - 05/Aug/97

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1997

NeilGriffiths - 1996

Chris Ellis - Lead rpt - 19/Sep/95 with Robin Barker, Rachel Nicolson

ChrisJD - Lead - 1995 with Alex

nai - Lead - 1995

Hidden - Lead - 12/Sep/93

babymoac - TR - 17/Jul/93 with Rodders

Hidden - Lead - 27/Apr/92

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Mar/92

Roget - Lead O/S - 29/Feb/92 with JT

Richard Weller - 2nd - 29/Jul/90 with Richard White

Hidden - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 24/Oct/89

Laramadness - TR - 29/Apr/89

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/88

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 09/Sep/85 with Ian Taylor

GordonHart - Lead O/S - 1985

In the rain again
shark - Lead dnf - 17/Mar/84 with Paul Hempstock

Mark Kemball - 2nd - 22/Oct/83 with Crispin Guest

mark-abz - Lead - 13/Sep/81 with Walter P

Hidden - Lead - 27/May/81

Mark Kemball - 2nd - 24/Feb/80 with Nick Colton

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/79

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Sep/75

rogerskews - 1975 with Martin Coward

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Voting
Total votes cast 271
hard E20 of 95
E20 of 95
easy E22 of 95
hard E18 of 95
E162 of 95
easy E112 of 95
hard HVS11 of 95
HVS0 of 95
easy HVS0 of 95
hard 6a0 of 94
6a0 of 94
easy 6a2 of 94
hard 5c5 of 94
5c33 of 94
easy 5c36 of 94
hard 5b18 of 94
5b0 of 94
easy 5b0 of 94
3 Stars13 of 82
2 Stars58 of 82
1 Star11 of 82
0 Stars0 of 82
Bag of .....0 of 82
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 271 (0.4%)
Lead171 of 271 (63.1%)
Followed81 of 271 (29.9%)
Toproped6 of 271 (2.2%)
Unknown12 of 271 (4.4%)

'Climbed'75 of 271 (27.7%)
clean O/S131 of 271 (48.3%)
clean β10 of 271 (3.7%)
clean rpt29 of 271 (10.7%)
clean RP5 of 271 (1.8%)
dogged16 of 271 (5.9%)
dnf5 of 271 (1.8%)