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Emperor Crack* VS 4b

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14m. The long crack in the left-hand side of the face is hard work where it splits the roof; a classic struggle. © ROCKFAX
FA. Eric Byne 1930s 1935
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This climb is in 65 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Hidden - Lead - 25/Apr/13

lay-back the edge and avoid any squirming/thrutching :)
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/13 with John B pcc

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/12

pauldr - 27/May/12

pebbles - Lead - 26/May/12 with uncle tom cobley and all, dave shield

Hardcore Pat - Lead O/S - 25/May/12 with Steve Fletch

Harri777 - 2nd - 12/May/12 with Naomi

Spent a long time in the fissure summoning courage before making the moves. Felt a lot harder than 4b!
NB Pixel - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with Harri!

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/May/12

Hidden - 2012

jon_gill1 - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/11 with Chris Haynes

Hidden - Lead - 22/May/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/May/11

shaky2 - Lead - 04/May/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/May/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/May/11

Wil Treasure - 2nd - 30/Apr/11 with Gareth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/11

Good quality VS thrutching
adam carless - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/11 with James Rowe

migs493 - 2nd O/S - 16/Apr/11 with LO

lozowen - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11

alasdair19 - 2011

nick ferro - 13/Nov/10

simeclimb68 - Solo O/S - 06/Nov/10

Tony Little - Lead O/S - 27/Apr/10 with Richard

chrisbussell - 2nd - 27/Apr/10 with Tim O'Neill

mol - 2nd - 25/Apr/10 with Jesse

Jesse Dufton - Lead - 25/Apr/10 with Molly Thompson

rikbattye - Solo O/S - Apr/10

davidwright - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Sam

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Mar/10

Ken Taylor - 2010

Hidden - Solo - 28/Sep/09

A windy and increasingly dark night - led up to the crux move but just couldn't see how to make the step out of the crackline in the dark, returned to ground and let Dom find the tiny foothold that would make the difference, continuing to second with my head torch. A great evening.
Chalky Cat - AltLd O/S - 11/May/09 with Dom

Peakology - Lead O/S - 11/May/09 with cat

vvanhinsbergh - Lead O/S - 10/May/08 with Lewis Vanhinsbergh

five - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/07

popebenedictus - TR O/S - 14/Apr/07 with Stephen Harding

howlingbaboon - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/07 with Ruthy

EdShep - 2nd O/S - Apr/07 with Pilch

moved slightly right where crack steepens and did tricky move which felt harder than 4b
Pilch - Lead O/S - Apr/07 with Ed

John Marsland - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/06 with Goi

tommy82 - 2nd - 11/Nov/03

cem - 2nd O/S - 06/Aug/00 with Miles Butteriss

kato'sdad - Lead - 2000 with Rob Simpson

RobSimmo - 2nd - 2000 with Jon Berry

Roget - Solo rpt - 22/Nov/98

Hidden - Jun/97

Hidden - Solo - 20/Aug/94

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/May/93

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Jun/92

Hidden - Lead - 16/Sep/90

Laramadness - TR - 10/Sep/90

Roget - 2nd O/S - 1989 with jim

RichardMc - Lead - 26/Apr/86 with Pip Jones

charlesmfrench - Solo O/S - 09/Jul/85

rogerskews - Lead - 23/Jun/85 with Jane Holmes

malc - Lead - 06/May/84

babymoac - 2nd - 12/Apr/80 with MTW

mike bridges - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/79 with Pat Meeds

Nigel Bond - Lead - 31/May/77 with Tony Cuddy

Hidden - Lead - 27/Feb/77

RichardMc - Lead rpt - 04/Sep/76 with Tony Williams

RichardMc - Lead - 16/Nov/75 with Unknown

Gordon Stainforth - 2nd - 31/Aug/75 with Nick Gregory

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Total votes cast 17
hard HVS0 of 6
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easy HVS0 of 6
hard VS2 of 6
VS4 of 6
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hard 4c0 of 6
4c0 of 6
easy 4c3 of 6
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Style of ascent

Soloed6 of 65 (9.2%)
Lead32 of 65 (49.2%)
Followed18 of 65 (27.7%)
Toproped2 of 65 (3.1%)
Alt Leads1 of 65 (1.5%)
Unknown6 of 65 (9.2%)

'Climbed'32 of 65 (49.2%)
clean O/S31 of 65 (47.7%)
clean rpt2 of 65 (3.1%)