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Thunderball*** HVS 5a

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35m, 2 pitches. An incredibly intimidating line that requires good route finding on the second pitch, which snakes through the upper overhangs. Start 7m right of a large roof-capped corner. 1) 5a, 16m. Pull up through bulges to a rest above. Climb rightwards to an arete, then move around it to a corner that ends at the fault-line and a belay. 2) 5b, 19m. Climb the wall on the left, past a small overhang, then move right to below a roof. Pull strenuously through the roof at a break to a corner. Follow this to a final overhang which is passed on its left side. Stake belays in place above. © ROCKFAX
FA. P.Bell, T.Goodfellow 11/Jul/1963

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This climb is in 77 logbooks, and on 16 wishlists.

P2
paultaylor - AltLd O/S - 16/May/13 with Will I Am

p1, good route
will moy - AltLd O/S - 16/May/13 with paul taylor

Took a wrong line and got stuck in an extra roof
mattc - 2nd dog - 05/May/13

bigie bob - AltLd O/S - 04/May/13

adam 24 - AltLd O/S - 21/Apr/13

Led P1.
Monkey_Alan - AltLd rpt - 02/Feb/13 with Frodo Stickel

led p2
uncontrollable - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Alan B

ianto - 2013

Led P1.
Monkey_Alan - AltLd - 14/Oct/12 with Julian Prieto

Led P2
Julian Prieto - AltLd O/S - 14/Oct/12 with Alan Blanchflower

Tom Thorne - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/12 with Neil Weymouth

tonevert - 2nd - 29/Sep/12 with Kevin Faux

jcook1980 - AltLd - 05/Sep/12 with Dan Moore

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/12

Led 2nd pitch and ali led the first
Dave89 - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/12 with Ali

Bottom bulge taxing with very heavy sac - invited everyone to take everything inc spare rack shoes food water etc! Led top pitch after Phil had a go.
philhilo - AltLd O/S - 08/Jul/12 with Phil simister, Helen E

P2 space walk :))
cooperman - AltLd - 25/Jun/12 with Greg Foster

MarkRyder - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Iain

Hidden - 2nd β - 02/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd - 27/May/12

Led p1 of Thunderball and P2 of Jo. Good sustained steep climbing. Hot day
djking1983 - Lead O/S - 23/May/12 with Steve Knaggs

Led P2. Comitting start to P1, then steady climbing. Pulling through the roof on P2 is full-on!
Monkey_Alan - AltLd - 13/May/12 with Stewart Armstrong

Stewart Armstrong - AltLd O/S - 13/May/12 with Monkey Alan

Haydn Jones - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with pep

Good value all the way, takes tonnes of medium nuts.
Kevster - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/12

couchio - 2nd rpt - 03/Sep/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/11

Led 1st pitch of Jo, then Luke did O2 of thunderball. Very exposed
tommytuffa - AltLd O/S - 25/May/11 with luketheape

lukehunt - AltLd O/S - 25/May/11

davewing - 2nd - 30/Apr/11 with Lee

a very hard 2nd pitch at hvs!
chris_B - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11 with Hamish Dunn

HamishD - AltLd O/S - Apr/11 with chris burn

ian d f - AltLd O/S - 19/Mar/11 with Emmanuel

Great fun!
msoldn - Lead O/S - 22/Nov/10 with Felix

feilx - 2nd rpt - 21/Nov/10 with Mike Soldner

Sophie Nunn - AltLd O/S - 21/Oct/10 with Alex

AlexD - AltLd O/S - 21/Oct/10 with Sophie

Chris p1, Gary p2. Found the start of p1 very hard (bold) for the grade. Had about 3 rests before finally commiting. Great route though!
Chris Sansum - AltLd dog - 26/Sep/10 with Gary Lewin

Different Steve - AltLd rpt - 26/Sep/10 with Guy Reid

minaturechris - 2nd O/S - 24/Jul/10 with Stacey, Barra

Barra led both pitches. This is the hardest 5a that I have ever climbed. Had a nice swing out into the sea on my second attempt at ascent.
staceyjg - 2nd dog - 24/Jul/10 with Barra, Chris Gardner

led first pitch
Simon Allcock - AltLd - Jun/10 with Mark

Graham Westbrook - Lead O/S - May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/09

Good fun thuggy roof climbing. Lots of holds and lots of gear.
clipskipper - AltLd O/S - 22/Aug/09 with Davey Boy

tobydunford - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/09 with Harry Martin

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/May/09

matt.woodfield - Lead - 03/May/09

Loved it, positive holds and good exposure
dickie01 - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/09 with third, Nick Briggs

Bern - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/09 with Sue Hazel

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 14/Mar/09

DDDD - Lead RP - 2009

Hidden - 2009

Led P2
Different Steve - AltLd rpt - 26/Sep/08 with Guy Reid

Ed Babs - AltLd O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Coz

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Oct/07

Oliver Sherman - AltLd - 30/Sep/07 with Dave Thompson

Different Steve - 2nd rpt - 22/Sep/07 with Martin Hore & Guy Reid

Rob Kennard - 2007

brian watson - Lead O/S - 2007 with scott titt

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Sep/06

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/06

Great route.
timharrison - AltLd O/S - 28/May/06 with Mike Clifford

Poor routefinding and loose rock - Doh!
Different Steve - AltLd dog - 01/May/06 with Craig Evans

dan gibson - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/06 with jamie evans

Marti999 - Lead - 2006

Outdoorfun37 - 2nd - 12/Apr/05 with Paul Chidel

feilx - 2005

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Nov/03

aged_ape - AltLd O/S - Jun/01 with Rob B

WB - AltLd O/S - 13/Mar/99 with Guy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1996

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1995 with Emily, Steve, Shaun etc

steve taylor - AltLd - May/89 with Ket

DDDD - Lead O/S - 1986 with Neil

GuyM - 1985

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Voting
Total votes cast 90
hard E10 of 31
E10 of 31
easy E122 of 31
hard HVS3 of 31
HVS6 of 31
easy HVS0 of 31
hard VS0 of 31
VS0 of 31
easy VS0 of 31
hard 5b0 of 29
5b0 of 29
easy 5b16 of 29
hard 5a6 of 29
5a7 of 29
easy 5a0 of 29
hard 4c0 of 29
4c0 of 29
easy 4c0 of 29
3 Stars21 of 30
2 Stars8 of 30
1 Star1 of 30
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Style of ascent

Lead17 of 77 (22.1%)
Followed12 of 77 (15.6%)
Alt Leads43 of 77 (55.8%)
Unknown5 of 77 (6.5%)

'Climbed'19 of 77 (24.7%)
clean O/S45 of 77 (58.4%)
clean β1 of 77 (1.3%)
clean rpt7 of 77 (9.1%)
clean RP1 of 77 (1.3%)
dogged4 of 77 (5.2%)