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Stalactite Direct* VS 4c

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[John on Stalactite direct, 3 kb]15m. Start as for Pigs Ear on the vertical flowstone wall beneath the finishing fist crack of Stalactite. Climb on large spaced holds passing good but technical natural protection to the niche below the steep finishing crack on Stalactite. Finish up Stalactite or step up and left into a steep groove for a move or two of 5a. Belay off the tree.

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Awkward left hand finish. I'd take HVS 5a.
Joe Costello - Lead O/S - 27/May/13 with Tammy

metal arms - 2nd - 27/May/13

joedoherty - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Mike Irving

stephen ashworth - Lead - 06/Apr/13 with caroline blackmore

ian d f - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/13 with Pete H

Grabtheslab - 2013

Luxulyan - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12

shunted
MBano - TR - 16/Sep/12

RossT - Lead - 17/Jul/12 with Tim Howell

Pretty good route I just wish the tufa climbing was a bit more continuous as that bit was good, a little spoilt by the top in my opinion.
Quarryboy - 2nd O/S - 15/Jul/12 with Rob Stanfield, Mark Davies

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/12 with The Likely Lads

left groove finishes on grass and slopers, had to down-climb and finish direct.
AlexD - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/12 with Ed

Ed Babs - 2nd O/S - 18/Jun/12 with AlexD

Lyndsay Superclimber - Lead O/S - 23/May/12 with Mark S

mark schramm - 2nd - 23/May/12 with Lyndsay

Alex Steele - Lead - 20/May/12 with Doug miller

Pulled off a flake and decked out. Doesn't affect the climb as Alex showed afterwards.
SteveoS - Lead dnf - 20/May/12 with Alex Steele

Brilliant climb!
Shynnagh - TR O/S - 18/May/12

Doug miller - Lead O/S - 18/May/12 with chris wildblood

beautiful climb!!
cwildblood - 2nd O/S - 18/May/12 with doug miller

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/May/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12

AJH - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Rob

pezzerrr - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12

MBano - TR O/S - 06/Apr/12 with philgriffiths

Hidden - TR - 06/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 28/Mar/12

Chaman - Lead rpt - 28/Mar/12 with David Llewellyn

nickstephens - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Dan Haberson-Butcher

floss_81 - Lead - 26/Feb/12 with Kathryn maddalena

martin clarke - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/12 with nick andrews

dparsons - Lead O/S - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Nov/11

mark schramm - Lead rpt - 13/Nov/11

Really nice climbing, even if the top section was running with water, the middle section fairly overrun with beasties and cobwebs and the start requiring some bramble bashing. Abseiled back down to retrieve gear since Rik was only on belay duty due to a dodgy ankle.
UnkArl - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/11 with Rik

Big Rik - 2nd O/S - 12/Nov/11 with Karl Gregory

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Oct/11

mark schramm - Lead rpt - 22/Oct/11 with Dave L, tom m

tommoulds - 2nd - 22/Oct/11 with Schramm

Gear was a little thin/fiddly and had to do a bit of gardening to clean a jug, but some worthwhile climbing.
Kemics - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Dave

stephen ashworth - Lead - 16/Sep/11 with floss_81

floss_81 - 2nd - 16/Sep/11 with steve ashworth

mark schramm - Lead rpt - 13/Aug/11 with Chaman

Chaman - 2nd O/S - 13/Aug/11 with Mark Schramm

mark schramm - 2nd - 01/Aug/11 with chawn

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/11

Luke90 - 2nd O/S - 22/May/11 with Ben

Hidden - Lead - 29/Apr/11

Master Chief - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/11 with John

Hard VS 4c but no more... a good quickie!
Spearos - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/11 with Master Chief

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11 with Kirsty Kerr

davenev - 20/Apr/11 with luke

VS feels the correct grade
Mr Tickle - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/11 with davenev

Given HVS in the New West Country guide.But VS is a fair grade.
Popkids - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Nolan

Hidden - Lead rpt - 09/Apr/11

francois - Lead rpt - 11/Mar/11 with Chris

Solid lead by Chris, slightly fiddly gear at the start.
francois - 2nd - 08/Mar/11 with Chris

Fun little route with very little polish and some interesting flow-stone at the start.
BelayBunney - Lead O/S - 08/Mar/11 with Francois

CarolineH - 2nd O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Eleri

Bristoldave - 2nd O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Harry

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/11

Good climbing. Needs traffic on top section. Went up big crack on the right. LH was wet.
JonHarvey - Lead O/S - 28/Feb/11 with Jay Jackson

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Feb/11

Hidden - Lead dog - 25/Feb/11

TommityP - 2nd O/S - 25/Feb/11

Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 27/Jan/11 with Berry

berry - 2nd - 27/Jan/11 with Kafoozalem

dmaldonado - TR O/S - 11/Dec/10 with Nick Blackbeard

nblackbeard - TR O/S - 11/Dec/10 with Dan Maldonado

Hidden - TR - 17/Oct/10

Marti999 - 2nd O/S - 06/Oct/10 with Mick Ward

Hidden - 16/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 09/Sep/10

Eike - TR - 09/Sep/10 with Chawn Harlow

Some sort of variation of this, dont thin exactly this but something similar
Chris_barr - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/10 with Sarah

Hidden - Lead rpt - 16/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/May/10

Hidden - 2nd - 05/May/10

Jimma - TR O/S - 19/Apr/10 with Matt

Hidden - Lead - 05/Apr/10

Matt02003 - TR O/S - Apr/10 with James

tskelhon - Lead O/S - Jun/09 with John_Warner

Hidden - TR - 14/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 08/Apr/09

Jack_F - 2009

Voting
Total votes cast 64
hard HVS0 of 23
HVS0 of 23
easy HVS16 of 23
hard VS6 of 23
VS1 of 23
easy VS0 of 23
hard HS0 of 23
HS0 of 23
easy HS0 of 23
hard 5a0 of 23
5a0 of 23
easy 5a9 of 23
hard 4c14 of 23
4c0 of 23
easy 4c0 of 23
hard 4b0 of 23
4b0 of 23
easy 4b0 of 23
3 Stars0 of 18
2 Stars3 of 18
1 Star9 of 18
0 Stars6 of 18
Bag of .....0 of 18
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Style of ascent

Lead48 of 87 (55.2%)
Followed23 of 87 (26.4%)
Toproped11 of 87 (12.6%)
Unknown5 of 87 (5.7%)

'Climbed'25 of 87 (28.7%)
clean O/S49 of 87 (56.3%)
clean rpt11 of 87 (12.6%)
dogged1 of 87 (1.1%)
dnf1 of 87 (1.1%)