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Egg Boulder Arete* f6A+

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The blunt arete is a classic grit thing. Pull on the slopes? Press off your palms?

Ticklists: Peak Bouldering - bold-star Eastern-Grit sub 7s.

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This climb is in 119 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Hidden - Sent - 05/Apr/13

3rd session working this, such a piss take 6a+.
Haydn Jones - Sent x - 17/Feb/13 with tom

Hidden - Sent rpt - 08/Feb/13

Anhibian - Sent β - 02/Feb/13

tompilgrem - Sent - 13/Jan/13

coster - Sent - 2013

p_won - Sent - 30/Dec/12 with Rob Ceasar

Hidden - Sent - 08/Dec/12

cliffrad - Sent - 02/Dec/12

rich_hw - Sent x - 03/Nov/12 with Graeme Hammond, MartinWilliams87

Retro session - still as tricky until knack is learnt!
+4apeindex - 03/Nov/12

After around a million attempts. Classic gritstone weirdness.
victim of mathematics - Sent x - 02/Nov/12

Having done it before but forgetting to record it. I offered Colin £5 if he did it first go. Luckily he didn't :)
James Oswald - Sent rpt - 02/Nov/12 with Colin Angus

leon - Sent rpt - 06/Oct/12

Dan 85 - Sent rpt - 23/Sep/12 with Lewi & Rich

efrance24234 - Sent O/S - 17/Sep/12

Hidden - Sent x - 15/Sep/12

saalty - Sent rpt - 30/Aug/12 with Jim

karol dubas - 07/Aug/12

james.f.williamson - Sent - 05/Aug/12 with Alex, Nathan Sharp

belay bunny turned bad - Sent - 08/Jul/12 with loundsy

Hidden - Sent x - 07/Jul/12

blaming the humidity, not the best conditions. Got soo close by the end though, very frustrating.
charley - Sent dnf - 10/Jun/12 with JackD, Jay

Too sweaty, need some cold weather for this.
Jackwd - Sent dnf - 10/Jun/12

eazyclimbing - Sent - 02/May/12 with hoppo

Hidden - Sent - 16/Apr/12

Hidden - Sent - 15/Apr/12

james Campbell - Sent x - 14/Mar/12

Gaz McShee - Sent - 11/Mar/12

Hidden - Sent - 11/Mar/12

tradguy - Sent x - 10/Mar/12 with John Mitchener

MartinWilliams87 - Sent O/S - 25/Feb/12 with Richard Williams

Simon_Letman - Sent - 25/Feb/12

Hidden - Sent rpt - 18/Feb/12

DaveMo - Sent x - 18/Feb/12 with Will Tarran

Infuriatingly baffling. Had many attempts, but couldn't get close.
victim of mathematics - Sent dnf - 16/Feb/12

Hidden - Sent x - 12/Feb/12

timmyhobby - Sent - 30/Jan/12

Hidden - Sent - 10/Jan/12

loundsy - Sent - 08/Jan/12

belay bunny turned bad - Sent - 08/Jan/12 with loundsy

dan stead - Sent x - Jan/12 with Chris, Matt

thrutch - Jan/12

kermit_uk - Sent x - 14/Dec/11 with James Blake

jonnybull - Sent x - 27/Nov/11 with Mags, Kate B, Russ

J.Wells - Sent x - 26/Nov/11 with Mark Rankine

Took a while! fell off top out twice which was painful!
Dan Geh - Sent x - 26/Nov/11

Awesome, if immensely frustrating. Felt more like 6b
paddyisidle - Sent - 26/Nov/11

Hidden - Sent - 26/Nov/11

Very good, easy when you know how!
Harry Thorpe - Sent x - 26/Nov/11

Nick1812P - Sent rpt - 21/Nov/11

TGreen - Sent rpt - 20/Nov/11

Mark D - Sent x - 20/Nov/11

Hidden - Sent dnf - 19/Nov/11

Hidden - Sent rpt - 16/Nov/11

Bart Shaw - Sent x - 29/Oct/11 with Mike

Dan Lane - Sent - 26/Oct/11 with Lukasz Warzecha, Ruth Taylor, Andy Turner

Hidden - Sent - 23/Oct/11

adam 24 - Sent x - 22/Oct/11

Hidden - Sent x - 21/Oct/11

mrginna - Sent x - 19/Oct/11 with Bernie

Müllered - Sent dnf - 18/Oct/11 with Ian Hawley

Font-esque. special.
Ian Broome - Sent rpt - 16/Oct/11 with Pete Ellis, Pete

petellis - Sent x - 16/Oct/11 with Sideshow Bob, Broomy, Bex

Hidden - Sent rpt - 15/Oct/11

Amazing... Font style climbing
Souljah - Sent - 15/Oct/11 with Alister

chiverstom - Sent O/S - 04/Oct/11 with Adam Butterworth, Jon leighton

Hidden - Sent x - Oct/11

Complete bugger. Must have had 20 goes before I got it!
Stuart Johnston - Sent x - Oct/11

Hardest 6a+ in the peak?
saalty - Sent x - 29/Sep/11 with eddy, colin

TGreen - Sent rpt - 20/Aug/11

Hidden - Sent x - 07/Aug/11

finally!!! Still tink this is worth English 6b, Font 6b+
pebblespanker - Sent x - 07/Aug/11 with Rich Williams

Hidden - Sent - 05/Aug/11

leon - Sent - 03/Jul/11

Laurence Everitt - Sent x - 21/May/11 with neil mackie, Rosie Henstock

Hidden - Sent - 06/May/11

bigphil - Sent - 06/Apr/11

Hidden - Sent x - 02/Apr/11

Hidden - Sent - 01/Apr/11

Finally :D
DaveFidler - Sent x - 20/Mar/11

Hidden - Sent rpt - 03/Feb/11

Chris Straw - Sent - Feb/11

loundsy - Sent rpt - 22/Jan/11

Hidden - Sent - 21/Jan/11

RossG - 2011

Hidden - Sent - Dec/10

both sides, definately an education for me, this boulder. do these problems before you go to rowtor!!! The right side of the arete is definately one of my top five problems in the peak.
tallsop - 28/Nov/10 with Dave Saxby

benchwarmer - Sent - 24/Nov/10 with nick

wolverine - 31/Oct/10 with Jim Brownlowe

Hidden - Sent dnf - 30/Oct/10

JamieSparkes - Sent x - 24/Oct/10 with Nick

Nick1812P - Sent O/S - 24/Oct/10 with Jamie

Hidden - Sent - 21/Oct/10

petegunn - Sent - 20/Oct/10 with Davina

Hidden - Sent x - 12/Oct/10

Major nemesis beaten!
nathanlee - Sent x - 09/Oct/10 with Dom Lee

Hidden - Sent O/S - 09/Oct/10

belay bunny turned bad - Sent O/S - 16/Aug/10 with simon, loundsy

Easy once you know how, lol. Nails until you do.
loundsy - Sent x - 16/Aug/10 with Simon, wise

Hidden - Sent - 15/Aug/10

about 15th go.
Milne - Sent x - 05/Aug/10 with mark evans

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Sent x - 16/May/10

Finally learnt the secret of slab climbing!
geddicakes - Sent x - 16/May/10 with Paul Phillips, Alex Dalton

Failed - again!! Its never 6a+, should be english 6b i.e. Font 6b+/6c - its harder than other 6a+ all od which I have done inc. Sweet Arete.
pebblespanker - Sent dnf - 24/Apr/10 with Rich Williams

catblack - Sent - 12/Apr/10 with Andy Barker

Hidden - Sent - 04/Apr/10

jonathan watt - Sent x - 02/Apr/10

Ross Barnes - Sent - Apr/10

Hardest 6a+ in the world!
AndyJBooth - Sent x - 21/Mar/10

dave_rose - Sent x - 20/Feb/10

Hidden - Sent x - Feb/10

stephenhartley - Sent - 2010

Paulos - Sent - May/09

Hidden - Sent - May/09

dannyboy83 - Sent O/S - Oct/08

nai - Sent x - 12/Sep/08

Hidden - 2007

tombeasley - Sent - 2007

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Voting
Total votes cast 38
hard f6B0 of 18
f6B0 of 18
easy f6B12 of 18
hard f6A+3 of 18
f6A+3 of 18
easy f6A+0 of 18
hard f6A0 of 18
f6A0 of 18
easy f6A0 of 18
3 Stars16 of 20
2 Stars4 of 20
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Style of ascent

Bouldered112 of 119 (94.1%)
Unknown7 of 119 (5.9%)

'Climbed'49 of 119 (41.2%)
clean O/S7 of 119 (5.9%)
clean β1 of 119 (0.8%)
clean rpt14 of 119 (11.8%)
clean RP41 of 119 (34.5%)
dnf7 of 119 (5.9%)