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[Monty on Something Stupid, F7b, Malham Cove., 3 kb]12m. The shallow groove is the first section of a very long route. Bottom of the grade. © ROCKFAX
FA. Chris Sowden, Mark Speedborough 1986

Photo: Monty on Something Stupid, F7b, Malham Cove. © John Lavelle
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This climb is in 195 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

2nd go
dwisniewski - Lead - 12/Jun/13 with Stefan, Jay

Hidden - Lead RP - 08/Jun/13

J.Wells - Lead RP - 28/Apr/13 with Bob Hickish

Hidden - TR - 14/Apr/13

elliepygall - Lead RP - 09/Apr/13 with Ian

liam - Lead β - 18/Mar/13 with Jon Wells

Put draws in for mark, felt sharp so didn't try again
loundsy - Lead dog - 10/Mar/13 with Barrows, jonny mccune, the boy wonder

Julian Cooper - Lead RP - 21/Oct/12 with Stuart Knott

Hidden - Lead rpt - 14/Oct/12

Too hot!!
cooperman - TR dog - 22/Sep/12 with Nick Wharton

Hidden - Lead RP - 19/Sep/12

Just Another Dave - TR dog - 19/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead dog - 16/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 14/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 13/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 09/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 08/Sep/12

Hidden - TR dog - 06/Sep/12

Hidden - TR - 01/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 31/Aug/12

Hidden - TR dog - 30/Aug/12

Hidden - TR dog - 23/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead RP - 20/Aug/12

_m.cox_ - Lead RP - 20/Aug/12 with Prajak

efrance24234 - Lead RP - 19/Aug/12

tmawer - TR dnf - 11/Aug/12 with sarah, andrea

Hidden - TR dog - 11/Aug/12

Fingers still pretty trashed after working the route yesterday but gave the RP a bash anyway. Foot slipped on the crux. Too hot and greasy to try again today and fingers still very trashed.
RebekahD - Lead dog - 08/Aug/12 with Sean

Had worked the moves on this route previously but trashed fingers meant I couldn't go for the lead!
RebekahD - TR RP - 07/Aug/12 with Sean

adamjeffs - TR rpt - 31/Jul/12

adamjeffs - TR rpt - 29/Jul/12

Wet at the start, damp at the top, not very dry in the middle.
kevg - Lead dog - 26/Jul/12 with Fraser

MarkRoe - Lead RP - 21/Jun/12 with Craig Naylor, Ben Roe

Missed the pockets after the flake, 2 finger gastons arnt much fun...
TCCB - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/12

great route
Dan Jenkin - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/12 with James Jacobs, Jacob Cook, Chris Barr

thebigfriendlymoose - Lead RP - 03/Jun/12 with Martin Fisher

Got by skin of teeth. Fingers creeping off greasy crimp while pulling up rope to clip lower off - managed to get rope in about a split second before fingers pinged off - it still counts? (Also TR Dog - Working the route over 12/13 Nov. Ready to RP but soaking on 13th. Lead dnf 30/04/11 flash attempt, fell after 3rd clip - v. sequency and fingery.)
Quiddity - Lead RP - 19/May/12 with catt, Hazel

Retro-flash, decked trying to clip the 3rd bolt years ago :/, good to get it finished off.
jacobjacob - Lead RP - 14/May/12

jfreeman - Lead β - 13/May/12 with Chris Gore

bigie bob - Lead β - 21/Apr/12

1st redpoint
middlevern - Lead RP - 07/Apr/12 with Toby Dunn

thebigfriendlymoose - TR RP - 06/Apr/12

Hidden - Lead rpt - 21/Mar/12

Set off battered to strip the route and made an accidental RP. Free-styling to barely clip the chains. Great fun!
catt - Lead RP - 18/Mar/12 with Andy Morris

Crux is clipping the chains. Sharp and not a great route.
conorcussell - Lead dog - 07/Mar/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 2012

blaza1 - Lead RP - 2012

highrepute - Lead RP - 28/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead RP - Sep/11

Adam Booth - TR dog - 12/Aug/11 with Ed Booth

Tried to flash which didnt go great. worked then 1st redpoint.
Ed Booth - Lead RP - 12/Aug/11

SarahM - Lead RP - 07/Aug/11 with Ed

Hidden - Lead RP - 09/Jul/11

khawk - Lead dog - 28/Jun/11 with DT

nickmoulden - Lead rpt - 23/Jun/11 with Charlene Schilz

malham is hard.
w.pettet-smith - Lead dog - 22/Jun/11 with simon kimber

craig matheson - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 19/Jun/11

Hidden - TR dog - 19/Jun/11

steepstuff - 19/May/11 with Neil

Adam Lincoln - Lead rpt - 14/May/11 with Paul Reeve

Hidden - AltLd - 07/May/11

Hidden - Lead dog - 25/Apr/11

so close to the flash!
wilsonmackenzie - Lead RP - 24/Apr/11 with RdC, Nicolas duboust, ChrisCSC89

Found this well hard/sharp but well worth it. Early bird catches the worm! Ps- Hope my clipdraw snaps on the c££t that has it.
RdC - Lead RP - 24/Apr/11 with Team Beast

Nicolas Duboust - 24/Apr/11

Wendy - Lead RP - 24/Apr/11 with Tom Ball

Felt much harder than Seventh Aardvark
ChrisCSC89 - Lead RP - 23/Apr/11 with Nic, Ross, Wilson

Hidden - Lead RP - 20/Apr/11

I love this route already
Stig - TR - 13/Apr/11 with james oswald

design crisis - Lead dog - 10/Apr/11 with Ness

James Marshall - Lead RP - Apr/11

Hidden - Lead - 05/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead - 05/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead - 2011

Needs more work on sequence to RP! Very technical.
AlistairB - Lead dog - 01/Sep/10 with Lisa

akhughes - Lead RP - 21/Jul/10 with Mhairi

mhairi thorburn - Lead RP - 21/Jul/10 with adam

Hidden - Lead dog - 17/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead RP - 30/May/10

Another couple of goes today. One to put up draws/remember moves, the next was my best shot at it yet. Almost but not quite.
chris_j_s - Lead dog - 30/Apr/10 with Catherine Speakman

Not soft!
derico - Lead - 20/Apr/10 with Mat W

Hidden - TR RP - 06/Apr/10

The Mountain Goat - TR dnf - 03/Apr/10

top holds wet, good one for next time
Birdo - Lead dog - 03/Apr/10 with Daniel Wicks

shark - Lead β - 28/Mar/10 with Matt Robinson

3rd go, would have been nice to flash but that move to the big sidepull would be hard to get first go.
Mike Goldthorp - Lead RP - 21/Mar/10 with alex mason, Drew Mulcahy

Did all moves twice on lead but couldn't link in one. Should go in another session or two.
chris_j_s - Lead dog - 14/Mar/10 with Will Carroll

Put to bed thank god......... Next
robbo - Lead RP - 09/Mar/10 with north country boy

Hidden - Lead - 31/Jan/10

Hidden - 2010

ewen - Lead dog - 22/Sep/09 with neil

Stewart B - Lead β - 23/Aug/09 with Ben Litster

Hidden - TR - 28/Jul/09

Good mileage day
marky - Lead β - 19/Jul/09 with John

Hidden - Lead RP - 10/Jul/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 16/Jun/09

Ian Broome - Lead dnf - 07/Jun/09

Hidden - Lead RP - 06/Jun/09

J_Clark - 21/May/09

first 7b O/S :)
Sean_J - Lead O/S - 12/May/09 with Paul

1st redpoint
willackers - Lead RP - 26/Apr/09 with Henners, Stu, Chris

hard!
lx - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/09 with alison

Hidden - Lead RP - 11/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead - 01/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 31/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/09

First F7b
Chazz - Lead RP - 26/Mar/09 with Matt Rowat

Hidden - TR rpt - 22/Mar/09

marky - Lead rpt - 22/Mar/09 with John

Hidden - Lead RP - 07/Feb/09

C coldwell-storry - Lead RP - 2009 with rob lay

Peter Dickinson - Lead - 2009

Hidden - 2009

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/08

Hidden - Lead dog - 30/Jul/08

2 days working on the Groove.
Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Lead RP - 05/Jul/08 with Nic Sellers

Hidden - Lead rpt - 03/Jul/08

ian caton - Lead RP - Jul/08 with Abi

andy gravestock - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/08 with steve and rob

Fell just before the chains on onsight go last night having got done over by the last clip/missing a big flake out left. Left the clips in and then just scraped up it as last route today which actually felt like a flash since al's beta used totally different sequence and holds on the hard bits...
Belier - Lead RP - 22/May/08 with Al

Hidden - Lead RP - 17/May/08

Hidden - TR rpt - 26/Apr/08

Part I of The Groove!
marky - Lead β - 20/Apr/08 with Sharon

Hidden - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/08

Hidden - Lead RP - 15/Apr/08

Hidden - Lead RP - Mar/08

Greg Boswell - Lead RP - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Oliver Wright - Lead - 2008

GrantB - Lead RP - Nov/07 with Alaan

Hardly ideal conditions for a redpoint (totally gopping) but nothing a little swearing couldn't overcome.
alaan - Lead RP - 27/Oct/07 with Ally

Hidden - TR rpt - 07/Oct/07

Hidden - 2nd dog - 22/Sep/07

Hidden - Lead RP - Sep/07

done in 30mins, TR, failed rp, sent. technical fingery wall climbing. 2 star
Alex Mason - Lead - 19/Jul/07 with tom rockcity

Hidden - Lead RP - 02/Jun/07

Hidden - Lead RP - 16/May/07

Rob1988 - Lead - May/07

Hidden - Lead RP - 07/Apr/07

Paul Forster - 2007

Hidden - Lead rpt - 02/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead RP - 20/May/06

Brown - Lead RP - 10/May/06 with Paul

Tim Broughtonshaw - Lead RP - 29/Apr/06 with Ste Golley

Hidden - Lead RP - Apr/06

Grimny-lyn - the merry dwarf - Lead RP - Mar/06 with Steve, the sequence monkey, Glennie

Boy - 2006

Toby Dunn - Lead - 2006

Hidden - Lead RP - 30/Nov/05

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - 2005

John Southworth - 2005

spidey - Lead RP - 12/Sep/04

Cassidy - Lead RP - 18/May/04 with Scottish Raiding Party

jameshiggins - Lead RP - 15/May/04

Hidden - Lead RP - Apr/04

Hidden - Lead RP - 2004

Hidden - 2003

Hidden - Lead RP - 2003

Henners - Lead RP - 01/Sep/02 with Neil Buzby

kristian - Lead - 2001

nige - Lead RP - Feb/00 with mark hounslea

Hidden - 2000

buzby78 - Lead RP - 17/Aug/97

Hidden - Lead RP - 13/Jun/97

Hidden - Lead RP - 24/May/97

Hidden - Lead RP - Jul/96

Success at last! After several failures over recent weeks. Probably my first 7b red-point.
Dave Musgrove - Lead RP - 17/May/96

Getting there!
Dave Musgrove - Lead dog - 20/Apr/96 with Nigel Baker

robyn1 - 1996

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead RP - 24/Sep/95

Dave Musgrove - Lead dog - 04/Jun/95 with Steve Webster

Billg - Lead RP - 14/Apr/95 with Andy Swan

Richard White - 1995

goi.ashmore - Lead RP - 03/Sep/94 with Simon Coles

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/94

innes - Lead RP - 1994

Paul Figg - Lead - 19/Sep/93

Hidden - Lead RP - 13/Mar/93

Tony Little - Lead RP - 06/Mar/93 with Pete

ste_d - Lead RP - 12/May/92

whispering nic - Apr/92

andy farnell - 1992 with whispering nic

Hidden - Lead RP - 07/Oct/90

jfletcher - Lead RP - 30/Aug/90

Hidden - Lead RP - 11/Mar/90

Andy Hyslop - Mar/90

keefe - 1990

Glenn Sutcliffe - 1990 with keefe

Dave Douglas - Lead RP - 12/Sep/89

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Jul/89

mark mcgowan01 - 1989

Hidden - Lead - 1989

Mike Owen - 25/Sep/88 with Mike Watson

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1988 with Emily

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Style of ascent

Lead149 of 195 (76.4%)
Followed2 of 195 (1.0%)
Toproped22 of 195 (11.3%)
Alt Leads1 of 195 (0.5%)
Unknown21 of 195 (10.8%)

'Climbed'42 of 195 (21.5%)
clean O/S10 of 195 (5.1%)
clean β7 of 195 (3.6%)
clean rpt16 of 195 (8.2%)
clean RP84 of 195 (43.1%)
dogged27 of 195 (13.8%)
dnf9 of 195 (4.6%)