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Grandma's Groove** E2 5c

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[Nevil & Vince on Grandma's Groove, 3 kb]10m. Boldly climb the fingery lower wall to safe, but still hard, moves up the narrow groove. © ROCKFAX
FA. Tony Wilmott 7.65 Jul/1965

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Photo: Nevil & Vince on Grandma's Groove © JezzaCat
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 77 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

mattc - 2nd - 13/May/13

Hidden - TR rpt - 09/Aug/12

Flew up this .. but then I didn't have to place gear (thank god)
Dax - TR O/S - 04/Aug/12

max railing - Lead O/S - 05/Jul/12 with Luis, gary vinton

Hidden - TR O/S - Jul/12

Pete Rigby - Lead dnf - 30/Jun/12 with Merlin March

Really nice to do this route.
middlemarker - Lead - 24/Mar/12 with Joris

Joris.Roulleau - 2nd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Dan Metcalfe

Sophie Nunn - TR rpt - 12/Mar/12

mark schramm - TR - 15/Jan/12 with Dave C

Sophie Nunn - TR rpt - 19/Nov/11

Vince McNally - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/11 with Sumee Holloway

Hidden - TR O/S - Jul/11

riddle - Lead O/S - 21/May/11 with Yasmina

Hidden - 2nd - 21/May/11

al99 - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/11 with Martina Zandonella

martinazando - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/11 with Al Benson

Sophie Nunn - TR rpt - 20/Apr/11 with Brian

brian watson - TR rpt - 20/Apr/11 with Sophie Nunn

Gareth - TR rpt - 15/Apr/11 with on shunt

Sophie Nunn - TR rpt - 04/Apr/11

fell off a5 5m, both micro nuts ripped out decked, got up then did it clean silly slip
ian1234567 - Lead - Apr/11

I_hang_dog - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/11

mikespooner - 2nd - 27/Mar/11 with Sarp Ackay

Sophie Nunn - TR O/S - 22/Mar/11

also shunted.. on family hol - no belayer available!
GuyM - 2011

brian watson - TR rpt - 07/Nov/10

Hidden - 2nd dog - 19/Aug/10

Fingery lower section but nothing too bad.Bomber gear all the way up the really nice groove to an awesome finishing move
rob askew - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/10 with nick brindley

Gareth - TR rpt - 12/Aug/10 with on shunt

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/Jul/10

colkurtz - 2nd - Jul/10 with Robb

zara bloomfield - 2nd - 06/Jun/10 with adrian paisey

Nearly fell off onto questionable #4 brass offset! Seems a bit stiff for E2 considering that all the hard climbing (for me anyway) was before any worthwhile gear.
AlistairB - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/09 with Henry

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/09 with Sarah Wysling

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/09

Bart Shaw - 2nd O/S - 10/May/09 with Mike

Gareth - TR rpt - 01/May/09 with on shunt

Ed Babs - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/09 with Matty Marvel

Fell off
Dorset - TR - 12/Apr/09 with Mark James and Julian Taylor

davenev - TR dog - 16/Mar/09 with solo

Gareth - TR - 17/Feb/09

Hidden - 2009

jake-jones - Lead O/S - 19/Jul/08

Bern - Lead O/S - Jun/08 with Andy Mos

bigie bob - Lead O/S - 14/May/08

did crux, got 3/4 way up, had vvvv.poor gear, escaped into freda
Matt Bennett - Lead dnf - 09/Mar/08

jamie ward - 2nd dnf - 08/Feb/08 with Marcus Harvey

2 rests
ASchwirtz - Lead dog - 27/Jan/08 with Claire Johnston

daveagriff - TR - 2008

feilx - Lead O/S - 24/Nov/07 with Nils

Bit of a struggle
garburn - 2nd dog - 24/Nov/07 with Felix Coxwell

dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/07 with Sion

used a shed load of chalk.
tonanf - Lead - May/07 with arpollard

Rob Kennard - 2007

Richard White - Lead O/S - 2007

chrisbevins - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/06

Dave Kerr - Lead - 25/Jul/06 with Jill Kerr

Andy Chubb - Lead - 21/Apr/06 with Robin Nicholson

dan gibson - 2006

Quite pokey for E2, not for aspiring E2 leaders. Quite bold and tricky. Probably worth E3.
Richard White - Lead O/S - Nov/05

My highest lead. Not much pro in the lower section. Excellent feeling when at the top!
tracyclimber - Lead O/S - Jul/05

Hidden - Lead - Mar/03

pezzerrr - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/03

JasonG - Lead O/S - 2003 with Paul Wood

Marti999 - Lead - 2000

Ian Jones - Solo O/S - 2000 with Karen Ghiselli

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Mar/99

Hidden - Lead - 1999

Roget - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/98 with jon

Budge - TR O/S - 12/Apr/97 with Mike Oates

phillhw - Lead - 07/Oct/90

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/90

steve taylor - Lead O/S - Jun/89 with mark grover

MoWalker3 - TR - 21/Apr/89

Kafoozalem - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/88 with Dave Turnbull, Nick Hancock

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Graham C, Ceridwen, Hidden

Voting
Total votes cast 57
hard E30 of 23
E30 of 23
easy E32 of 23
hard E24 of 23
E212 of 23
easy E25 of 23
hard E10 of 23
E10 of 23
easy E10 of 23
hard 6a0 of 12
6a0 of 12
easy 6a0 of 12
hard 5c0 of 12
5c9 of 12
easy 5c2 of 12
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 77 (1.3%)
Lead37 of 77 (48.1%)
Followed13 of 77 (16.9%)
Toproped21 of 77 (27.3%)
Unknown5 of 77 (6.5%)

'Climbed'25 of 77 (32.5%)
clean O/S34 of 77 (44.2%)
clean rpt11 of 77 (14.3%)
dogged4 of 77 (5.2%)
dnf3 of 77 (3.9%)