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Mortuary Steps** HVS 5b

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25m. The prominent groove gives a fine climb, though the approach has its fair share of dodgy rock. It may have a peg in it, but it doesn't need one. The main groove is pumpy fun. © ROCKFAX
FA. Barry Webb, C.Curtis 1961
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This climb is in 65 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

sazmaz - 2nd O/S - 04/Mar/13 with Dan Lanchester-Wright

Dreadful. 20m of dangerous walking on loose rock for 5m of reasonable climbing. Not worth the risk and not HVS.
jkarran - 2nd - 01/Sep/12 with Grant

It's got a nice little section entering the groove, but apart from that, it's a truly dreadful route. Don't bother.
GrantB - Lead - 01/Sep/12 with James

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/12

better route than in looks from below, stiff for the grade
Joughton - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/12

Howard Lawledge - 2nd - 14/May/12 with Jack

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/12

Good route, tough moves pulling into the grove, lower section bit lose and indistinct.
Brannock - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/11

Jim Slater - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/11 with Phil Lee

A bit on the loose side - maybe the description should be amended to reflect this.
Andrew Barker - 2nd - 31/Jul/11 with Cat Black

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

davewsargent - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/11 with andy

kingholmesy - 2nd O/S - 2011 with OffshoreAndy

Matt Fry - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Andy Janezko

bigdrew - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Matt Fry

Martin Haworth - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/10 with Rob Gray

Have previously seconded, enjoyed it just as much second time round.
liam - Lead rpt - 28/Jun/10 with Mark R

Great positions in the upper part, but got quite pumped and thought I might peel, having probably not recovered from the first route of the evening! We took the scenic route down as it was getting very dark via Eyam... don't ask :o
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 15/Jun/10 with Rob

Ketu - 2nd O/S - 15/Jun/10 with Graeme H

Loose rock on the lower section, fine if you handle with care. Top section is great and quite airy, very good climb.
smudge - Lead O/S - 12/May/10 with Joe Shaw

Rich lead P2 with a hang - followed with cold hands grateful not to be leading.
Tony Holdsworth - AltLd rpt - 09/May/10 with Richard White

Alot of loose rock on the lower section. A major hold fell off on the top section, was a bit freaked out by then so ended up taking lots of rests. Got up it in the end though. Really hard!
BeccaSnowden - Lead dog - 07/May/10

Nails! Loose as hell on the lower bit and the top bit was harder than E2s I'd done here earlier that day...
thomasadixon - 2nd O/S - 07/May/10 with Becca

bit of an adventure...
mark20 - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/10

markfairbank - 2nd - 21/Mar/10 with Ian Moore

Hidden - 2010

Lou Kennedy - Lead - 02/Jul/09

Adam Potter - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/09

thebigfriendlymoose - 2nd β - 05/May/09 with Stephen

metal arms - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/09

2nd J Crook 07.06.08
Brown - Lead rpt - 31/Mar/09 with Henry

Wasn't sure of the correct line up to the groove, but tackled the lower wall as directly as I could, The groove got quite pumpy with no decent rests, an exciting route.
Pilch - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/08 with Ed

EdShep - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/08 with Pilch

roberto18 - AltLd - 20/Jul/08 with Dad (Mike Bridges)

Brian Rodgers - Lead O/S - 14/May/08 with Phil Leng

jamesturnbull - Lead - May/08 with aiden

Andrew Sloan - Lead O/S - 03/Feb/08 with Martin Haworth

Al Evans - 2008

Sankey - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with Luke

Nicos - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with rich howels

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Mar/07

colin milton - Lead - 08/Jul/06 with fenclimb

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/Jul/06

Hidden - Aug/02

Hidden - Lead - 28/Mar/02

Hidden - 2nd β - 2001

Roget - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/00 with jon

nickcanute - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Aug/90

Hidden - Lead - 19/Dec/87

Hidden - 1987

sadams - 2nd - 13/Jul/85 with Kevin Edwards

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Jun/85

sadams - Lead - 20/May/85 with John from London

sadams - Lead - 19/May/85 with John from London

sadams - Lead - 06/Apr/85

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 20/Nov/83

andy gittins - 1983

S,L.
charlesmfrench - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/82

Mark Kemball - Lead - 10/Oct/81 with John Jefferies

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Jun/81

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Apr/81

Ian Jones - 1981 with Rich Lewis, Dave Greenald, Paul Mitchell, Derek Hersey

Hidden - Lead - 03/Apr/80

petemeads - Lead - 1975

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Voting
Total votes cast 59
hard E10 of 20
E10 of 20
easy E17 of 20
hard HVS11 of 20
HVS2 of 20
easy HVS0 of 20
hard VS0 of 20
VS0 of 20
easy VS0 of 20
hard 5c0 of 19
5c0 of 19
easy 5c0 of 19
hard 5b2 of 19
5b15 of 19
easy 5b2 of 19
hard 5a0 of 19
5a0 of 19
easy 5a0 of 19
3 Stars1 of 20
2 Stars13 of 20
1 Star4 of 20
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Style of ascent

Lead36 of 65 (55.4%)
Followed20 of 65 (30.8%)
Alt Leads3 of 65 (4.6%)
Unknown6 of 65 (9.2%)

'Climbed'29 of 65 (44.6%)
clean O/S30 of 65 (46.2%)
clean β2 of 65 (3.1%)
clean rpt3 of 65 (4.6%)
dogged1 of 65 (1.5%)