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Chiselling the Dragon** 7c

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12m. A fine but frustrating climb up past the left-hand side of the prominent undercut. © ROCKFAX
FA. Mark Leach, Craig Smith 1985. This is the first section of the old aid route - The Directissima (hence the extra polish).
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 59 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

Hidden - TR dog - 09/Apr/13

Hidden - TR dog - 08/Apr/13

thebigfriendlymoose - Lead RP - 30/Jun/12 with Jacob Cook

Fell (wet crux hold). Then clean from before crux to finish.
thebigfriendlymoose - Lead dog - 25/Jun/12 with James

Cannot fathom a sequence for crux that can be climbed into.
thebigfriendlymoose - Lead dnf - 09/Jun/12 with Jacob Cook

Hidden - Lead dog - Oct/11

esther - Lead RP - Aug/11

uptown - Lead RP - 01/Jul/11 with Nik Jennings

2nd go.
jfreeman - Lead RP - 07/May/11 with Dave Nicholl

Race against skin loss. Can you tick it before it slices your tips off? Got it 6th? rp, first time sticking the crux, thank god, 4th day trying it. Tried on 02/04 (savage razor blade side pulls at the start. Done all the moves, including a short link into the crux. Top is steady.), 22/03 and 23/04
Quiddity - Lead RP - 26/Apr/11 with Hazel

highrepute - Lead RP - 31/Mar/11

jacobjacob - Lead RP - 30/Mar/11

nickmoulden - TR dog - 14/Mar/11 with Charlene Schilz

Hidden - Lead - 2011

Adam Lincoln - Lead - 2011

Hidden - Lead RP - 25/Jul/10

First 7c. Took a fair few redpoint attempts and lots of skin.
Mike Goldthorp - Lead RP - 23/Mar/10 with alex mason, Drew Mulcahy

shark - Lead RP - 25/Oct/09 with Mark Shea

Peter Dickinson - Lead - Oct/09

Hard crux!
Stewart B - Lead RP - 23/Aug/09 with Ben Litster

Hidden - Lead RP - 15/Aug/09

Hidden - Lead RP - Aug/09

First F7c. Really cool route, used a powerful sequence through the crux. 1st redpoint, second session.
Chazz - Lead RP - 17/May/09 with Matt Rowat

1st redpoint, tricky start.
willackers - Lead RP - 17/May/09 with Tom Mills, Dan Walker

Should have got the flash. Close.
Nicolas Duboust - Lead - 16/May/09 with Stu, Will, Chris

Rob1988 - Lead RP - May/09

good climbing, nasty holds
lx - Lead - 12/Apr/09 with Dave

Dave Bond - Lead RP - 13/Mar/09 with Caroline

Short & Bouldery
steve_biczyk - Lead RP - 06/Jul/08 with Emma Curry, Marcus Pontin

Hidden - Lead rpt - 22/Jun/08

an exiting climbing with a fustrating lower section but a really sweet route did on first redpoint on the day.
andy gravestock - Lead RP - 14/Jun/08 with dave law

Hidden - Lead RP - 05/May/08

My first 7c, got it after 3 short sessions. Should probably go and try to bag my first 7b+ now :)
Sean_J - Lead RP - 01/May/08 with Paul

Will_he_fall - Lead RP - 19/Mar/08

Hidden - Lead RP - Mar/08

Found a short person's technical way of reaching the undercling, which avoided any need for big slappy spans. Done in a session.
andy farnell - Lead RP - 24/Feb/08 with Ashley

Hard work to get this one!
derico - Lead RP - 10/Feb/08 with Chris Davis

Oliver Wright - Lead - 2008

Hidden - Lead RP - 20/Nov/07

Hidden - Lead RP - 18/Nov/07

Hidden - Lead RP - Sep/07

Grim!
north country boy - Lead RP - 23/Jun/07 with Tom Mills

Hidden - Lead RP - 22/Aug/06

Boy - 2006

Hidden - Lead rpt - Sep/05

Henners - Lead RP - 01/Aug/05 with Neil McGeek

Hidden - Lead RP - 21/Jul/05

Hidden - Lead RP - 10/Apr/05

Cassidy - Lead RP - 20/Mar/05 with Scottish Raiding Party

Hidden - Lead RP - 2004

nige - Lead RP - Apr/02 with steve tonks

Hidden - Lead - Apr/98

Hidden - Lead RP - 04/Mar/98

sadams - Lead RP - 25/May/96 with John Boyle

whispering nic - Lead dog - May/96

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead RP - 02/Apr/96

jfletcher - Lead RP - 14/Mar/93

Glenn Sutcliffe - 1990 with keefe

Mike Owen - 02/Oct/88 with Elaine Owen

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
thebigfriendlymoose, Hidden, Quiddity

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Total votes cast 55
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7c+0 of 32
easy 7c+2 of 32
hard 7c19 of 32
7c10 of 32
easy 7c0 of 32
hard 7b+1 of 32
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easy 7b+0 of 32
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Style of ascent

Lead53 of 59 (89.8%)
Toproped3 of 59 (5.1%)
Unknown3 of 59 (5.1%)

'Climbed'10 of 59 (16.9%)
clean rpt2 of 59 (3.4%)
clean RP40 of 59 (67.8%)
dogged6 of 59 (10.2%)
dnf1 of 59 (1.7%)