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Bludgers Revelation*** HVS 5a

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Ticklists: Ultimate Scottish Rock, Scottish Mid-Grade Multi-Pitch, Scottish Rock Climbs ****, Scottish 3 and 4 star multi-pitch routes.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 104 logbooks, and on 74 wishlists.

Hidden - 2013

captain - 2013

Martin Bennett - 2013

Martin Bennett - 2013

Hidden - 2013

cam1401 - AltLd O/S - 11/Aug/12 with Andy O

Ross Barnes - AltLd - 11/Aug/12 with Neil A

Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 11/Aug/12 with Ross B

Lead pitches 2, 3 and 5
stewnew - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with big issue

Led P2 & P4. Superb route, quality all the way up esp. the fourth pitch.
Jim Slater - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Mike Tutt

R0bbie - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Leighn Chambers

Fantastic climb! Crux was some nice little moves! Exposure was awesome almost all the way up! Really enjoyed the small traverse to the left from the second belay! Well worth the big walk in!!!
010paw - 2nd O/S - 29/May/12 with Andy watt, Kenny grant

Hidden - 2nd - 29/May/12

The Big Sender - AltLd O/S - 28/May/12 with ally rocke

allyrocke - AltLd O/S - 28/May/12 with Tom Eadington

cat22 - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with Mike

Kazza91 - Mar/12

Tim Hamlet - AltLd - 2012

Patzl - 2012

m dunn - 2012

sparbus - AltLd - 29/Jul/11 with mike b

jess - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/11 with martin

Waited a long time to do this route and it didn't disappoint. Excellent steep, exposed climbing on good holds and rock.
Captain Solo - AltLd - 25/Jul/11 with Paul

newtonmore - AltLd - 25/Jul/11

freudy_love - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/11 with Ewan Lyons

RobynT - AltLd O/S - 04/Jul/11

Climbed by chance. Set off to do Shibboleth but started too far left. Did in three pitches. Good route though!
jamestheyip - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Peter

Great sociable day. Pitch 2 and 4 are excellent. **** all the way!
Liam Ingram - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Robyn Tuerena, Becky Stedham, Tom HS

Awesome climb. Seconded it clean despite the big rucksack. Cool positions but it would have felt pretty bold to lead I reckon. Especially pitch 3. I lead the initial scramble but I won't claim the Alt lead.
THardSevere - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with liam ingram

Exodus - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Timmy

jim.macp - 02/Jul/11

westaway - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/11 with Imelda Neale

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Apr/11

Lovely weather, lovely climb. Nowhere near as fearsome as I'd heard.
jfmchivall - AltLd O/S - 22/Apr/11 with David Sherrat

barney_edin - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Jun/10

I led pitches 2,3,5. All excellent. Final scramble (two roped pitches) and descent was a bit of an epic.
gjd - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Mapleleaf

Got lost after 3rd pitch, ended up popping out onto the ridge after following the guide book description for 3rd pitch of left, left, left. Should have gone right, right, right!
Martin Davies - AltLd dnf - 04/Jun/10 with Dave Gudmunsson, Ed Lemon

Hidden - Lead - 22/May/10

Johann - AltLd O/S - 16/Apr/10 with Laurie Wardlaw, Martyn Stott

dj_brigham05 - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Rich Clarke, Pete Abernethy

Epic, got of route pitch2, pitch 4 is bold as, and hard to find a decent path we had to do 2extra piches and then about an hour of scrammbling on scre in the dark just to the ridge! pitch 5 is prob worth all the hasslte!
pete87abs - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Richard Clarke, Dave Brigham

a bold pitch 4 leads to an increadable pitch 5. awesome!
rclarke - 12/Sep/09 with pete aber, Dave Brigham

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09

Hidden - 2nd - Jul/09

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/09 with Cora

Led pitches 2 and 4 (the fantastic flake pitch). A route well worthy of 4 stars, and only slightly damp on the first two pitches...
Ken Applegate - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/09 with Alex Wheldon

Vicki M - AltLd - 05/Jun/09 with Doug and Lawrie

Lawrie Brand - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Vicky Mayes, Dougie Harvey

Excellent route. Ran the first 2 pitches together, and possibly went the wrong way on the last pitch...
dougs1232 - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Vicki Mayes, Lawrie Brand

simon_D - AltLd O/S - 01/Jun/09 with Euan C

Almost 100% dry. Fantastic route: steep, awkward first 25m followed by two fabulous airy, varied 30m pitches on perfect rock. Why only two stars?
rbruce - 2nd - 31/May/09 with Derek Miller

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/May/09

windy100 - 2009

Surprised to find this almost dry after a wet summer. Jackpot!
decs - AltLd O/S - 07/Sep/08 with Steve

steev - AltLd O/S - 07/Sep/08 with Duncan Steen

What a day. Intimidating, sometimes runout and exciting.
jazzyjackson - AltLd - 13/Jul/08 with Ally

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Jul/08

Best HVS mountain route I've done so far.
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 14/Jun/08 with Mal Meech

adw07 - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Andy Main

Awesome climbing, nothing to hard but loads of intimidation. The flake pitch has to be one of the best rock features I've climbed, it just kept coming. Right up there with centurion as the best mountain route so far.
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Warren

1st multipitch trad - absolutely amazing!!!!! closing my eyes i see that flake...
hubereini - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/08 with neil

What an amazing route!!!! got a bit lost on top pitch and ended up on the ramp of shibboleth, this made for an even more exciting finish. everyone must do this route!
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Reinhart

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Jun/08

hwackerhage - AltLd - 01/Jun/08 with Brian & Forrest

ed woods - AltLd - 26/May/08 with Tom & Diana

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/May/08

Ed Babs - AltLd O/S - 14/May/08 with Lee Mercer

Managed to get off-route on both the first AND the second pitches! However, lead the exposed section of the fourth pitch to the flake OK, and enjoyed the flake enormously - great pitch.
clipskipper - AltLd O/S - 14/May/08 with Ed Babington

Hard first corner pitch very sustained and technical, moving round the corner is good and easy then the undercut flake is deffinately the highlight. Big cams or hex's usefull.
James Humble - AltLd O/S - Apr/08 with rik

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2008

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Jun/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Jun/07

sgl - AltLd O/S - 07/Jun/07 with Konnie

Hidden - AltLd - 05/May/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/07

gforce - AltLd - 12/Apr/07 with Neil

dave o - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/06 with James R and Bill S

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Jul/06

Who on earth could give this only 2 stars? And for that matter, the currently guidebooks suggest it has 3 5a pitches, so HVS 4c???
AJM - AltLd O/S - Jul/06 with Tom Lambert

joe king - 2nd O/S - 06/Jun/06 with steve petit

Pretty steep for the grade. One to put your cocky pals on.
steveP - Lead O/S - Jun/06 with Paul Rowlands

bandersnatch - 2006

akhughes - AltLd - 2005

Hidden - AltLd - 01/May/04

Hidden - Jun/03

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/02

Fantastic all time great.
brianrunner - AltLd - Jul/01 with martina

David Sherratt - Lead O/S - Jun/01

Led every pitch due to sulky partner but awesome all the same - best HVS in the country??
Chad123 - Lead O/S - May/00 with Greg

Dave Kerr - AltLd - Aug/99 with Brian Dickson, Martina Osterloh

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/97

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1997

Heisenberg - 2nd - 03/Jul/95 with andy hartley

Hidden - 1992

graham lawrie - Lead - 1991

David Smith - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 1989

mark mcgowan01 - 1984 with Colin Gourley

redjerry - AltLd O/S - Jul/78 with Phil Thomas

Hidden - 2nd - May/78

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Voting
Total votes cast 102
hard E10 of 40
E10 of 40
easy E13 of 40
hard HVS1 of 40
HVS34 of 40
easy HVS1 of 40
hard VS1 of 40
VS0 of 40
easy VS0 of 40
hard 5b0 of 22
5b0 of 22
easy 5b0 of 22
hard 5a6 of 22
5a15 of 22
easy 5a1 of 22
hard 4c0 of 22
4c0 of 22
easy 4c0 of 22
3 Stars33 of 40
2 Stars6 of 40
1 Star0 of 40
0 Stars0 of 40
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Style of ascent

Lead8 of 104 (7.7%)
Followed10 of 104 (9.6%)
Alt Leads66 of 104 (63.5%)
Unknown20 of 104 (19.2%)

'Climbed'49 of 104 (47.1%)
clean O/S54 of 104 (51.9%)
dnf1 of 104 (1.0%)