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[Malham Main Overhang (A3) circa 1979, 4 kb]17m. The original route of this wall. There is a particularly thin sequence of moves above the little roof. The gear comes from assorted ages. © ROCKFAX
FA. Rob Gawthorpe 1984

Ticklists: Extreme Rock, 100 best limestone climbs in Britain.

Photo: Malham Main Overhang (A3) circa 1979 © Bill Hindes
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 25 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Harder than NAT and Toadal I think.
Nicolas Duboust - Lead RP - 17/May/13 with Anna

8a
jfreeman - Lead RP - 16/Mar/13 with Nic Duboust

Hidden - Lead RP - 23/Apr/12

Jack Geldard - UKC Chief Editor - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 2011

JM - Lead RP - 08/May/10 with Dave Pinnington

Adam Lincoln - Lead - 08/May/10 with Arran Deakin

Bloody grim, very crimpy and sustained, probably harder than NAT, bottom end 8a.
north country boy - Lead RP - 07/Mar/10 with Tom Mills

J_Clark - 27/Feb/10

Cassidy - Lead RP - 22/Feb/09 with Rob Sutton, Richard McGhee

after crux pinch broken; probably 8a.
Toby Dunn - Lead RP - 18/Jul/07 with Joe Bawden

Another ghost laid to rest, only a 10 year gap between trying this one and success. Felt amazingly easy when I did it, but it is very fall-off-able. I found the hardest move to be jumping my right foot up on the crux, which made the next hand move simple. Deffo 8a now without the infamous pencil hold, but there are alternatives around if you look for them.
andy farnell - Lead RP - 15/Jul/07 with Ian Patterson

marky - Lead RP - 12/Nov/06

Hidden - 19/Oct/06

nige - Lead RP - 27/May/06 with dave kells

sadams - Lead RP - Jan/02 with Nic Sellers

3rd go
Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead RP - 25/Aug/96 with Dad

goi.ashmore - Lead RP - 31/May/96 with Roy Thomas

whispering nic - TR RP - May/96

Glenn Sutcliffe - 1995 with keefe

Hidden - Lead - 1993

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Jul/92

keefe - 1990

Mike Owen - 28/Oct/89 with Elaine Owen

Rp New Dawn on same day.
mark mcgowan01 - 1989 with Colin Lambton

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hard 8a0 of 18
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easy 8a11 of 18
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Style of ascent

Lead16 of 25 (64.0%)
Followed1 of 25 (4.0%)
Toproped1 of 25 (4.0%)
Unknown7 of 25 (28.0%)

'Climbed'11 of 25 (44.0%)
clean RP14 of 25 (56.0%)