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Gabriel and the Pearly Gates** VS 4c

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[Si on the Pearly Gates at Stoney, 2 kb]2 pitches. A fine combination of two old routes gives a near-classic. 1) 4c, 18m. Climb the open-book corner to a ledge (peg). Awkward moves lead up and right around a bulge. 2) 4c, 15m. Traverse left to the arete, high or low, and follow the exposed groove above. Take care to avoid rope-drag. FA. (Pearly Gates) Dave Mellor, Dave Johnson 1959 © ROCKFAX
FA. (Gabriel) J.Soper, N.Crowther, D.Johnson 1957. (Pearly Gates) D.Mellor, D.Johnson 1959

Ticklists: Rockfax Peak Limestone Top 50.

Photo: Si on the Pearly Gates at Stoney © Si dH
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This climb is in 286 logbooks, and on 11 wishlists.

matiamallia - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with pawelgregorczyk

Just Gabriel.
Double Knee Bar - 2nd rpt - 07/Apr/13 with Blanchie

Tony Holdsworth - 2nd rpt - 07/Apr/13 with Nick Mitchell

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Mar/13

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Mar/13

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Nov/12

jasonpm - AltLd O/S - 07/Oct/12 with Steve IMC

Hidden - Lead - 09/Sep/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/Sep/12

Jonathan Hall - Lead - 05/Sep/12 with Rob Middleton, Hannah Moulton

Ian Broome - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/12 with Grant

GrantB - AltLd - 01/Sep/12 with Broom Dog

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 12/Aug/12

Jake Young - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/12 with Jo Hiley

Seconded P1 (Gabriel?) just as it started raining. Led P2 (Pearly Gates?) as a second pitch to Parachute later.
JHiley - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/12

P1
Wayne S - Lead - 10/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Aug/12

Andrew Lodge - 2nd - 06/Aug/12 with Tony, Steve

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/12

Lead both pitches. Second pitch was very airy and scary.
Double Knee Bar - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12

sazmaz - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/12 with Frank Ramsden

In 2 pitches, C led both. First was good, second was brilliant - took the variant up the wall and traversing high, 4c all the way. Almost fell off after an ill-advised heel hook to the right rather than using the obvious holds on the left, but somehow held on. Good lead by C.
Toreador - 2nd O/S - 01/Jul/12 with Carmen

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/12

Only bothered with the first pitch.
slacky - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/12 with Nick Taylor

Led in one big pitch
Jim Slater - Lead rpt - 24/Jun/12 with Graeme Hammond, Pete Wimbush

A even better to improve a great climb as Jim proved is to do this as one big pitch.
Graeme Hammond - 2nd rpt - 24/Jun/12 with Pete Wimbush, Jim

Hidden - 20/Jun/12

ChrisBrooke - AltLd O/S - 17/Jun/12 with Duncan Bell

One pitch to the top, nice
mark20 - Lead rpt - 12/Jun/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/12

Gabriel me Pearly Gates Tom
Tony Holdsworth - AltLd rpt - 04/Jun/12 with Tom Reed

Tamati - Lead O/S - Jun/12

JRigby - 2nd - Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 27/May/12

Hardcore Pat - Lead O/S - 26/May/12 with Chris Vanderz

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/May/12

Lead first pitch, Tim did second pitch. Mega tired, glad only had to second the 2nd pitch, was nails and pretty bold
Jonny Nick - AltLd O/S - 19/May/12

Lead pitch 2. Good God the traverse out is scary! Took four attempts and a long period of manning up before I committed to finding out what was round the corner! The whole pitch was absolute quality, well worth the mental journey. =o)
Mr. K - AltLd O/S - 19/May/12 with Fred Mainwaring

cem - 2nd rpt - 12/May/12 with Graham Dolman

Ahab - Lead O/S - May/12

Fantastic airy 2nd pitch
marcoleptic - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/12 with Andy Shep

biobuild - 2nd - 30/Apr/12 with Mark wood

Only did the first pitch
alexrankine30 - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/12 with Mark

CharlieMack - AltLd O/S - 27/Mar/12 with Jen Maxfield

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

Seconded Gabriel, led Pearly Gates
Kirill - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/12 with Charles Moreton

Led Gabriel
cem - AltLd rpt - 02/Jan/12 with Kirill Spiridonov

Hidden - 2012

Sean Kelly - 2012

Brannock - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/11

realised we messed up p2 before. Today seconded p1 and properly traveresed and climbed the awkward but awesome and stiff for VS second pitch O/S. Gripped.
Oliver Branagan - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/11 with Miles M

Matt Cooke - AltLd β - 20/Aug/11 with Tom Jagger

CRiddiford - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/11 with Andy, Mark

shouter - Lead - 14/Aug/11

Me p1 (steady VS), Rob p2 (stern VS). Glad Rob got the second pitch.
treg - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/11 with Rob H

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/11

IAmAStone - AltLd - 06/Aug/11 with Charlie Jefferson

Very nice. I lead Gabriel which was a steady VS 4c, Pete got the Pearly Gates which was tough for VS and fantastically exposed.
Jimbo C - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Pete

lamma_hippie - Lead - 28/Jul/11 with Jon Lawton

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Jul/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 09/Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/11

ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Claire Duffield, Brian Rogers

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 01/Jun/11

Led P1. P2 felt pretty stiff for VS.
victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 24/May/11 with Dan Arkle

JEP - Lead rpt - 24/May/11

bigbirdflying - AltLd - 23/May/11 with Chris Brook

Brad led P1, I led P2
James Oakes - AltLd O/S - 07/May/11 with Brad Cowley

I lead Pitch 1 Oaksi lead Pitch 2
braders94 - AltLd O/S - 07/May/11 with James Oakes

Done as one pitch.
liam - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/11 with Mark R

jon_gill1 - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Ian Stokes

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Apr/11

Tony Holdsworth - AltLd rpt - 01/Apr/11 with Ian Holtby

P1 only, some really lovely moves on this one!
Guy Atkinson - 2nd O/S - 21/Mar/11 with Chris Swift, James Fleming

Did Pearly gates as follow on from Parachute.
Andrew Sloan - 2nd rpt - 04/Feb/11

Martin Haworth - Lead rpt - 04/Feb/11 with Andy

alasdair19 - 2011

Phil1967 - 2nd - 25/Nov/10 with Dan

Good to do this route again with Phil, it was our first route on limestone together (bless)
smudge - Lead rpt - 25/Nov/10 with Phil

P2 this time. Much nicer in the light!
bigdrew - Lead rpt - 09/Oct/10 with Mark R

leroybrown - Lead - 02/Oct/10 with Steve Wolstencroft

james.lane - AltLd O/S - 27/Sep/10 with Patrick

P1 only as started to pis it down. Nice crux around bulge, if a little polished
gingerwolf - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/10

Hidden - 06/Sep/10

Ianwesterby - AltLd O/S - 05/Sep/10 with Leo

leroybrown - AltLd O/S - 05/Sep/10 with Ian W

in the dark.
Matt Fry - AltLd O/S - 29/Aug/10 with Andy Janezko

P1, P2 seconded in dark.
bigdrew - AltLd O/S - 29/Aug/10 with Matt Fry

Lead top pitch for the first time. Gripping at times but great fun.
bigphil - Lead rpt - 07/Aug/10 with Mark and Mike

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/10

led the top pitch this time
Graeme Hammond - AltLd rpt - 18/Jul/10 with Jim

Led P1 this time.
Jim Slater - AltLd rpt - 18/Jul/10 with Graeme Hammond

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 03/Jul/10

P1 only. Polish at base put me off a bit (not very experienced on limestone, more a gritstone). Really enjoyed it all after that. Have faith around the bulge
eonuk - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Wayne

Led top section.
philhilo - AltLd β - 19/Jun/10 with brian rodgers

Brian Rodgers - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/10 with Phil Leng

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 16/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10

Led 1st pitch. Found this quite tough but not used to limestone.
lucasp - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with kev (lmc)

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/10

philboy - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/10 with paul h

2nd Pitch. Great exposure and nice climbing, but the polish is mental on P1. Shame really. "glass" isn't exaggerating- I thought everyone else was!
jack89 - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/10 with Sam Gibson

J.Wells - AltLd O/S - Jun/10 with Chris Lockyer

Top pitch is worth doing
mark20 - 2nd O/S - 30/May/10

Led pearly gates, was loose in places but not as polished as gabriel
Hexman - AltLd O/S - 23/May/10 with Rich I

Led P1 Clean, Rested on P2
Bisteris - AltLd dog - 23/May/10 with Rhys Jenkins

highfivekrissy - 2nd - May/10 with Robin Heath

First pitch only
tomthecoolperson - Lead dnf - 25/Apr/10 with Andrew

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

lead 1st pitch, 2nd was loose and wasn't feeling it... abbed off
Oliver Houston - Lead - 21/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Apr/10

Had to aid past a wet patch on the first pitch, then lowered off the peg due to more seepage above.
stewieatb - Lead dnf - 03/Apr/10 with joel182

r.greaves - 2nd - 27/Mar/10 with James Walker

the_keef - 2nd dog - 21/Mar/10 with Ian Moore

markfairbank - Lead O/S - 21/Mar/10 with Heather Deane

P2 only after St Peter
quadmyre - Lead O/S - 21/Mar/10 with Cherry

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Mar/10

TonyF - 2010

First pitch only.
Andrew Sloan - Lead rpt - 08/Nov/09 with Tim

Lead both pitches. Steady climbing, really liked the movement through cruxy sections.
Oliver Branagan - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Miles M, Liam D

MilesMcgennity - 2nd β - 17/Oct/09 with oli, liam

Martin Haworth - AltLd O/S - 02/Oct/09 with Tony

Good route especially top pitch.
Tony Holdsworth - AltLd β - 02/Oct/09 with Martin Haworth

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 12/Sep/09

Jo led Gabriel and I climbed through the Pearly Gates
porridgefan - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/09 with Joe Ward

Hidden - 11/Aug/09

Top pitch felt hard for the grade.
Andrew Barker - 2nd O/S - 09/Aug/09 with Cat Black

top pitch was slightly scary and felt quite hard but very nice exposed climbing :-)
catblack - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/09 with Andy Barker

first pitch only then abbed
Shauna - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/09 with Jules

ed woods - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/09 with Adam

bullybones - Lead - Aug/09

Sari Nevala - AltLd O/S - 01/Jul/09

Lou Kennedy - AltLd - 01/Jul/09

nathanlee - 2nd β - Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/09

I led second pitch. Hairy, as I remember
Cake - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/09 with Matt

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 23/Jun/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Jun/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/09

Hidden - Lead - 11/Jun/09

led the first pitch (Gabriel) good combination
Graeme Hammond - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/09 with Patrick Daniel

First pitch only - fantastic
mark20 - Lead O/S - 24/May/09

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

jamiev - 2nd β - 09/May/09 with Adrian Richardson

Hidden - AltLd - 08/May/09

A great route
Pilch - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with Ed

EdShep - 2nd O/S - 02/May/09 with Pilch

First pitch really not that wonderful, but final groove of pitch 2 is nicely exposed and gets your attention. Probably best to climb in one long pitch to maintain the interest.
Karlos - AltLd O/S - 25/Apr/09 with Mark B, Daniela

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 20/Apr/09

Sankey - 2nd O/S - 18/Apr/09 with Luke

thebigfriendlymoose - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/09 with Stephen

Followed on from top of parachute. A great little pitch, tough and very exposed for the grade.
Andrew Sloan - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/09 with Steve Grove

Only Gabriel in dusk.
bridget143 - 2nd rpt - 14/Apr/09 with Hannah Moulton

Hannah Moulton - Lead - 14/Apr/09 with bridget143

smudge - Lead rpt - 02/Apr/09 with Nick Wakefield

Tom Hopkinson - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/09 with Stuart Honick, Curly

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Mar/09

All in one pitch. Top of first and start of second pitches a bit bold. Good route.
Si dH - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/09 with Neil and Gary

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Feb/09

did first pitch only. was very grateful for loan of rps for move round the bulge
pebbles - Lead β - 28/Feb/09 with ewan

Anton slipped on 1st pitch bulge. Took second break to tranverse to arete.
Alex Thompson - Lead rpt - 22/Feb/09 with Anton

JamesFleuriot - 2nd - 2009 with Dad

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Oct/08

Gabriel only. Clean onsight.
dpmUK - Lead dnf - 18/Sep/08 with Rob

1st pitch only
madmats - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/08

@ndy - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/08 with Jeff

jeffb - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/08 with andy c

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 01/Jul/08

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

Have done Gabriel before but Pearly Gates was on sight.
Hardonicus - Lead β - 06/Jun/08

Brown - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/08 with Bridget

bridget143 - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/08 with Brown

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/08

Led second pitch
Jim Slater - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/08 with Al Smith

JPGR - AltLd O/S - 18/Feb/08 with Paul

Al Evans - 2008

malc - Lead rpt - 03/Nov/07 with Martin Hewes

Hidden - TR - 13/Oct/07

Gabriel only
duzinga - TR O/S - 13/Oct/07 with Pete

tontopink - Lead O/S - 07/Oct/07

great route
rayash - AltLd - 07/Oct/07 with fenclimb

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Oct/07

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Sep/07

Lead 2nd pitch
bullwinkle - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/07 with Paul

Alex Thompson - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/07 with Haydn Martin

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jul/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/May/07

Done as a single pitch but this makes it a little bold (and adds to drag) but great position at the end. Solid at VS.
Morgan Woods - Lead O/S - 06/May/07 with Padge

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Nov/06

Lead 2nd pitch
MaccMark - AltLd - 21/Aug/06 with Val Young

bigphil - AltLd O/S - 16/Aug/06 with Calum

1st pitch only. Neither of us fancied the look of the traverse into the 2nd pitch!
Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/06 with Thea Williams

Nicos - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/06 with danny carden

Iggy_B - Lead O/S - 30/May/06 with Simon Troop

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/May/06

Phil1967 - Lead O/S - Apr/06 with Dan

smudge - 2nd O/S - Apr/06 with Phil

Martin Haworth - AltLd - Feb/06 with Andy

roberto18 - 2nd - 2006 with Dad (Mike Bridges)

PenJD - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/05 with DE and RS

Hidden - Lead - 2005

John Marsland - Lead - 01/Aug/04 with John Haslam

Stone Muppet - 2004

Gman - AltLd O/S - Jul/03 with Carl, Rich

Stig - 2nd O/S - Jul/03 with Charlie Reade-Jahn

Hidden - Aug/02

Had led Gabriel before. The Pearly Gates was onsight. Excellent exposure!
Phil West - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/02 with David Atherton

Dave Mason - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/02 with Trev Tatler

colin milton - AltLd - Jun/01 with eric milton

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Mar/01 with Efua

FrankW - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/00 with James R

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Mar/00

nickcanute - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - 2000

Carl Smethurst - Lead rpt - 29/May/99 with Joe Grima

Chris Ellis - Lead rpt - 21/Aug/98 with Johnathan Burgess

cem - 2nd O/S - 18/Apr/98 with Graham Dolman

JonBray - Lead O/S - 1997

Roget - Lead rpt - 24/Nov/96

stevieb - Lead O/S - 27/Apr/96 with Paul O'Looney

CrashMat Rob - Lead O/S - 1996

soloed Gabriel only
Roget - Solo rpt - 09/Dec/95

tlr - Lead - 25/May/95 with Kim

ColinD - Lead - 09/Apr/95

Daniel Wrightson - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/95 with Richard Bradbury

1st pitch (Gabriel) only.
Phil West - Lead O/S - 1995 with Steve Wild

John Marsland - Lead - 18/Aug/93 with Darrell Small

Chris the Tall - Lead - May/93 with Colin

Hidden - Lead - 26/Jul/92

andrew300169 - AltLd O/S - 02/May/92 with Pom

Hidden - Lead - 26/Apr/92

Led the easy bit in the middle (VD?), Paul led all the real climbing.
Iain Thow - AltLd - 07/Jun/89 with Paul Eastwood

Backinthegame - Lead O/S - Feb/89

leathers - Lead - 23/Jan/89

Kafoozalem - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/88 with Chris Rees

Hidden - 1988

Hidden - Lead - 01/Oct/87

steve taylor - 2nd - Jun/87 with hilary cockrell

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Mar/87

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1987

babymoac - Lead - 09/Nov/86 with Rich Reeder

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Jun/85

sadams - Lead - 18/Jun/85 with unseconded

John Marsland - 2nd - 02/Jun/85 with George Shaw

Tim Bateman - Lead - 19/May/85

sadams - Lead - 06/Apr/85

Hidden - Lead - 23/Feb/85

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Feb/85

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 1985 with Graham Cairns/Ray Kelly

Simon2005 - 2nd - 1985 with KevG

Steve Lenartowicz - 1985

neilh - Lead - 30/Aug/84 with dave croker

malc - Lead - 06/Jul/84

Hidden - Lead - 23/Jan/83

Bulls Crack - AltLd O/S - 1983 with RW

andy gittins - 1983

Ena - Lead O/S - Sep/82 with Martin Trouse

mark-abz - Lead - 03/Oct/81 with Pete T

Nic Robinson - Lead - 12/Jul/81 with Alice Hampton

charlesmfrench - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/81

Hammy - Lead - 20/Jun/81 with Rob Lawson

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

Nic Robinson - Lead - 16/Sep/80

Hidden - Lead - 03/Apr/80

Hidden - Solo - Mar/80

Mark Kemball - Lead - 04/Nov/79 with Sarah Bridge

Mike Owen - 18/Apr/79 with Elaine Owen

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 12/Mar/79 with Martin Veale

Hidden - Lead - Nov/78

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Apr/78

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Oct/77

JohnHutch - May/77

Nigel Bond - Lead - 06/Jul/76 with Andy Brown

Bolt Phobia - AltLd - 06/Mar/76 with Martyn Hurn

Hidden - AltLd - 23/May/75

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Jan/75

petemeads - Lead - 1975

Andy Say - 1973

Andy Say - Lead O/S - 1973

bob@daysmill - AltLd β - 1970

greenbuoy - 1970

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 20/Jul/69

Gordon Stainforth - AltLd - 15/Jun/69 with John Stainforth

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easy HVS4 of 64
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VS25 of 64
easy VS0 of 64
hard HS0 of 64
HS0 of 64
easy HS0 of 64
hard 5a0 of 61
5a1 of 61
easy 5a7 of 61
hard 4c26 of 61
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 286 (0.7%)
Lead118 of 286 (41.3%)
Followed52 of 286 (18.2%)
Toproped2 of 286 (0.7%)
Alt Leads93 of 286 (32.5%)
Unknown19 of 286 (6.6%)

'Climbed'97 of 286 (33.9%)
clean O/S138 of 286 (48.3%)
clean β9 of 286 (3.1%)
clean rpt37 of 286 (12.9%)
dogged2 of 286 (0.7%)
dnf3 of 286 (1.0%)