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Layback Crack* VS 4c

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12m. The left-hand crack is short-lived and honest hard work! © ROCKFAX
FA. Wilf White 1950
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This climb is in 125 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

Reds - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Althesin, schristophersmith

althesin - 2nd O/S - 06/May/13 with Reds, schristophersmith

schristophersmith - 2nd dog - 06/May/13 with silas feaver, Ian Redfern

Thinker01 - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/13 with Becster

becster - 2nd - 28/Apr/13 with Mark_Day

Slippery
Jimbo C - 2nd - 20/Apr/13 with Pete

Brown - Solo - 09/Apr/13 with Solo

Jake Young - Solo O/S - 02/Sep/12

RichyBOYY - Lead - 15/Jul/12 with Rob Caesar

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Jul/12

Hoyes - Lead O/S - 22/May/12 with Charles T

A lot harder than it looked, think I am the wrong size for this.
Neil Rodgers (PCC) - Lead dnf - 17/May/12 with Marilyn

Hidden - Lead β - 25/Mar/12

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Mar/12

charley - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/11 with Clare

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Sep/11

pog100 - 2nd - 23/Jul/11 with Cath Walton

daviesp2 - 2nd - 02/Jul/11 with Tom

freemanTom (Guildford MC) - Lead - 02/Jul/11 with Paul Davies

Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Jul/11

daharro1 - TR dog - 21/Jun/11

daharro - TR dog - 21/Jun/11

Ewano - Lead O/S - 25/May/11 with Joel Brown

Jim Malo - Lead O/S - 14/May/11

lozowen - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/11

jo86 - 2nd - 10/Apr/11

martin one - Lead rpt - 10/Apr/11 with Joe

Ollie B - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/11 with M.Court

M_W_Court - 2nd - 03/Apr/11

Hidden - Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd - 06/Mar/11

cem - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Graham Dolman

mark20 - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/10

Done on third attempt - foot slipped twice at 2/3rds height while trying to place a cam. Thanks to Bernie for paying attention while belaying!
Steve J P - Lead - 05/Sep/10 with BW

Bernie Wylde - 2nd - 05/Sep/10 with sp

simeclimb68 - Solo rpt - 29/Aug/10

Fell on first bit of gear, restarted then rested on last piece of hastily placed bad gear which slipped... very scary and pumpy climb. Dont hang around long on it!
Tala M - Lead dog - 29/Aug/10 with Rich

simeclimb68 - Lead rpt - 22/Aug/10 with Ander

Ander - Lead - 22/Aug/10 with simeclimb68

ajc - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/10

Hard all the way. Just as well it's short!
Scott McRae - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/10 with Barry fatbuoy McRobb, Wavey Davey

fatbuoybazza - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/10 with Scotty Mc, daveyw

Fell off 2/3 of way up, started back up crack from start but not from ground to complete route. New cam caught me!
wildrover220 - Lead dog - 27/Jun/10 with Royston Smith

Fell off unexpestedly! Foot popped on layback! Good gear, small fall, Saffra caught.
andrea83 - Lead dog - 03/Jun/10 with Peak CC, Saffra

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

Wil Treasure - Lead - 31/May/10

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 31/May/10

hazeysunshine - 2nd - 31/May/10 with Dave

John Pickles - 2nd - 25/May/10 with Kieran Hodgson

Oceanic - 22/May/10

Graeme Hammond - Solo O/S - 16/May/10

Shauna - 2nd O/S - 04/May/10 with john and chris

Hidden - Lead - 17/Apr/10

migs493 - 2nd β - 17/Apr/10 with LO

nickcanute - 2010

Barra led
staceyjg - 2nd dog - 17/Oct/09 with Ewan Buckingham, Barra

barrylong - 2nd O/S - 11/Jun/09 with Karl PCC

Short but pumpy
Karlos - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/09 with Random

Jim Slater - Lead rpt - 11/Jun/09 with Dave Fisher

tommytwotone - Lead rpt - 05/Apr/09 with Nigel

tradguy - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/09 with Rob Munday

swmackey - Lead - Feb/09 with simon hills

keith leonard - 2009

donkster - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/08

Found quite strenuous
bob3141 - Lead - 14/Jun/08 with Jesse Dufton

Jesse Dufton - 2nd - 14/Jun/08 with bob3141

snowy owl - Lead - 26/May/08 with Rosie Fuller

Pilch - 2nd - 24/May/08 with Graham

Tricky
Ropeboy - Lead - 26/Apr/08

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Solo O/S - 26/Apr/08

Jim Walton - 2008

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 03/Nov/07 with Tammy Hughes

SecretSquirrel - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/07 with Jon_nz

FrankW - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/07 with Giles H

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Aug/07

PanzerHanzler - Lead dog - 01/Aug/07 with Pat Holborn

Hidden - Lead dnf - 21/Apr/07

Monk - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/07 with Don

steve taylor - 2007

mje1398 - 2nd O/S - 07/Oct/06 with Dom and Jude

Damn hard work. Pleased to climb much better than when I've seconded it in the past.
Nick Smith - UKC - Lead rpt - 18/Sep/06 with bluebrad

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Sep/06

BazVee - 2nd - 12/Aug/06 with David & Martin

Rampikino - Lead - 11/Jun/06 with MMC Various

can't remember why i marked this as TR
baldcoder - TR - 16/Apr/06

John Lisle - 2006

John Lisle - 2006

deceptively hard
Alex Mason - Lead - 26/Sep/04 with rob lonsdale

Whealiebob - 2nd - 06/Jun/04 with Chris

tommy82 - 2nd - 21/Jan/04

Phil West - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/03 with Captain Paranoia

Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd - Jul/03

SteveM - Lead - 13/Apr/03 with Rich K, Tobs

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2003

Hidden - Lead - 20/Aug/02

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jul/02

Hidden - Solo O/S - 20/Apr/02

JohnHutch - 2nd - 2002 with L

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/01

John Marsland - Lead - 09/Apr/00 with Duncan Bourne

BruceW - Lead O/S - 2000

Marti999 - Lead - 2000

marcoleptic - Lead O/S - 2000 with Ben

tommytwotone - 2nd O/S - 05/Sep/99

Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd - Aug/99

rlrs - Lead - 1999

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/98

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/May/98

martroberts - Solo O/S - 1998

chris sm - Lead O/S - Jul/97 with Dom Goodridge

Hard! HVS 5a I thought.
Rog Wilko - 2nd - Jun/97 with Alan Nuttall

stevieb - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/96 with Kelvyn James

Laramadness - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/95

Roget - Solo rpt - 14/Jun/92 with JT

Roget - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/89 with jim

babymoac - 2nd - 29/May/88 with MTW

malc - Lead - 03/Jun/84

mark-abz - TR - 19/Aug/83

Mark Kemball - Solo - 08/Jan/83

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Oct/77

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/77

rogerskews - Apr/72 with Various

Andy Say - 2nd - 1968

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Voting
Total votes cast 94
hard HVS0 of 32
HVS0 of 32
easy HVS2 of 32
hard VS9 of 32
VS21 of 32
easy VS0 of 32
hard HS0 of 32
HS0 of 32
easy HS0 of 32
hard 5a0 of 32
5a0 of 32
easy 5a16 of 32
hard 4c4 of 32
4c11 of 32
easy 4c1 of 32
hard 4b0 of 32
4b0 of 32
easy 4b0 of 32
3 Stars0 of 30
2 Stars4 of 30
1 Star23 of 30
0 Stars3 of 30
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Style of ascent

Soloed10 of 125 (8.0%)
Lead64 of 125 (51.2%)
Followed37 of 125 (29.6%)
Toproped4 of 125 (3.2%)
Unknown10 of 125 (8.0%)

'Climbed'59 of 125 (47.2%)
clean O/S46 of 125 (36.8%)
clean β2 of 125 (1.6%)
clean rpt7 of 125 (5.6%)
dogged8 of 125 (6.4%)
dnf3 of 125 (2.4%)