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Derbyshire > Froggatt Edge >

Downhill Racer

E4 6a

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[Peak--various inc. Downhill Racer, 2 kb]

16m. Climb the slab left of the shallow groove then step left and make a fierce, finger-mantel to better holds and an uphill finger traverse to ledges. One more scary move remains. © ROCKFAX
FA. Pete Livesey 1977

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500, Best slab climbs of the UK, Full of Myself - Johnny's Book namecheck, Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List, Big Rons 100 extremes in a day.

Photo: Peak--various inc. Downhill Racer © johncoxmysteriously
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS

This climb is in 152 logbooks, and on 71 wishlists.

Hidden - TR O/S - 05/May/13

sgl0jd - Solo - 15/Apr/13

Hidden - TR dnf - 14/Apr/13

Have looked at this for years, was never sure I'd get round to doing it. Really made up that I have, a proper milestone for me.
sparkass - Solo O/S - 07/Apr/13

with pads, crux safe. top wonderful. phew
w.pettet-smith - Sent - Feb/13

liam - Solo O/S - 28/Nov/12 with Irish John

Fine on top rope, one to solo next time.
LJC - TR - 11/Nov/12 with Theo, Tom

It was pretty grim so we didn't fancy leading anything, nobody was around so I had a play on this.
Guy Atkinson - TR dnf - 30/Oct/12 with Ben Silvestre

Could not get past crux finger mantle move.
davemcummings - TR dnf - 20/Oct/12 with Karl Gregory

StefanieG - TR dog - 20/Oct/12 with Ben Sparks

UnkArl - TR O/S - 20/Oct/12 with Dave Cummings, Dan, Stef, Ralph, Debbie

Hidden - Solo dnf - 07/Oct/12

barrowclough - TR RP - 19/May/12 with Spod

Hidden - TR dog - 06/May/12

clmbr - TR O/S - 20/Mar/12 with mr g walters

Hidden - TR - 11/Mar/12

Jordan - Solo rpt - 05/Mar/12

wish i had the guts to solo this! amazing slab.
thefuturesmiles - TR RP - Mar/12 with Emma Campbell

Put up a top rope to see how far away i am from climbing something like this, a long way it seems.
antdav - TR dog - 2012 with Bob

Tom Keaveny - TR dnf - 11/Nov/11 with mfisher

jamesgodwin64 - TR RP - 21/Oct/11 with Chiris Fox

Exquisite.
Ed morris - TR β - 16/Oct/11 with ewan

felt good to get this one clean 1st time, just need to go back with a couple of pads and get it done properly! - hard start, tho eases towards the top
Woodiee - TR O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Kris Moeckell

Hidden - TR dnf - 28/Sep/11

Hidden - Solo dnf - 14/Sep/11

M_W_Court - TR dog - 25/Aug/11 with Stuart Cartwright

Hidden - TR - Aug/11

jwpil - TR dog - 16/Jun/11 with Gordon

gordonday - TR dog - 16/Jun/11

chrisdavies - TR - 11/Jun/11

Hidden - TR dnf - 05/Jun/11

chrishedgehog - 2nd dog - 25/Apr/11 with S. Hunt

goddamm7 - Lead - 23/Apr/11 with karen hallam

Hidden - TR - 02/Apr/11

harvie - Solo O/S - 14/Mar/11

Aaron Hauptmann - TR RP - 30/Jan/11 with Mungo

Vaguely watched a few people attempt it, then flashed it on top rope. This would no doubt be a bold solo. It does ease out up top so if you can get the crux you should be more than capable of finishing it.
archiecb - TR β - 30/Jan/11

Cornish Cream - 30/Jan/11

for years this struck fear into my heart. turns out it's not so bad. Had downclimbed from crux previously but fired it off first pop today.
Belier - Solo O/S - 27/Jan/11 with sam & ed

Hidden - Solo O/S - 23/Jan/11

grady - Solo - Jan/11

most beautiful thing i've ever climbed, tried to do it clean after a little rest, but 5 attempts at the crux, I kept getting the hold and popping straight off. Very bold climb to solo.
Aaron Hauptmann - TR dog - 30/Oct/10 with Danny Salvadori

Comeback to get clean. And then???????/
phildavies84 - TR dog - 30/Oct/10

dominic lee - Solo - 16/Oct/10 with nathan lee

pie_eater_pete - TR - 05/Sep/10

davewsargent - TR dnf - 05/Sep/10

gingerwolf - TR RP - 10/Aug/10

finally plucked up the courage for the onsight solo, it was as exhilarating as I expected. Took a while to think about the top move.
dan gibson - Solo O/S - 19/Jul/10

With Colin and Nicky
CrashMat Rob - TR - 01/Jun/10 with Nicky

Superb climbing, clean second go on the old top rope, would be exciting solo
Lawrie Brand - TR RP - 14/Apr/10 with John Chivall

spam - Solo RP - 17/Mar/10 with will wilson, cal coldwell-story, rob lay

jumped off the crux a couple of times, no pads and it was chiller. fantastic problem! tenuous
Mike Goldthorp - Solo O/S - 13/Mar/10

C coldwell-storry - Lead O/S - 10/Mar/10

Seriously hard climb I got pulled up half way :-) hats off to all who have lead this climb. I don't think it's one I'll be finishing in my lifetime!!
Dhcol - TR dnf - 01/Jan/10 with Niky Willers, Rob Marshall

Pure class. Tried about a week and a half ago but did my usual trick of getting really scared and downclimbing and leaving it for a while. No problems today - managed to enjoy it rather than being gripped. A bit borderline as an onsight as I spotted Skippy on it previously but I ended up doing pretty much all the lower moves completely differently and couldn't see how he did the top! No pads used.
Andrew Barker - Solo β - 28/Oct/09 with Phil Applegate

Boy - Sep/09

GeorgeArmstrong - TR dog - 30/Aug/09 with Jamie

Hidden - TR - 05/Apr/09

sean0386 - TR - Mar/09

jimbonfire - 2009

DaveFidler - TR dnf - 2009

above pads
Dave Bond - Solo β - 09/Dec/08

Hidden - Solo - 09/Dec/08

Hidden - TR dnf - 06/Dec/08

dave_rose - TR dog - 06/Dec/08

Phil Jennings - Solo dnf - 16/Aug/08 with Kieran Leary

Joe Dove - 2nd - 24/Jun/08 with paul