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Robert Brown** E3 5c

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52m, 2 pitches. An excellent, direct line up the cliff with just one difficult section on the first pitch. Start left of Darius, below a slightly less prominent groove. 1) 5c, 32m. Climb the groove to a ledge below the bulge (pegs, new and old - possibly loose). Step left then make a committing pull over the bulge, rightwards onto the face. It starts getting scary if you go up too far left here. Climb the crack above to arrive at the Debauchery stance. 2) 5b, 20m. Climb the crack at the left-hand end of the ledge leading to a peg at an overlap. Step right below the peg, pull past the overlap and climb a pocketed wall to the upper break. Move left and pull through the bulge on good holds to reach a tree. © ROCKFAX
FA. Arnis Strapcans, Jerry Frost 1974. Named in memory of a friend of the first asensionists who died in a fall at Gogarth.
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This climb is in 96 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

Both pitches. Beta for the crux and some gear in from Simon's route to the left. Good effort to those reading the crux onsight, blind as!
GuyVG - Lead β - 02/Jun/13 with Shark

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/May/13

Led P1. Good, enjoyable climbing. The crux just requires a cool head and faith that better holds will be coming (at some point).
robin_hackney - AltLd O/S - 25/May/13 with Si

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/May/13

1st p
Hannes B - Lead O/S - 19/May/13 with Phil

Nick Sillem - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/13

Led 2nd pitch - did Fantasia finish by mistake
shark - AltLd - 29/Sep/12 with Wil Treasure

Led p1.
Wil Treasure - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/12 with simon lee

Awesome route. Led both pitches. Thought the block was solid enough but its still fairly run-out and scary moving above it. Took quite a while to commit.
Si dH - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/12 with Andy

Pete Graham - AltLd - 10/Jun/12 with Howard Lawledge

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 24/May/12 with julie carroll, helen gibson

Did in one pitch. Quality!
liam - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with Jonny

JRae - 2nd - 12/May/12 with Liam P

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/May/12

The Grist - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Lee Hamilton

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Jun/11

lead 2nd pitch
tuftynick - AltLd - 28/Apr/11 with rich cross

Hidden - Lead - 28/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/10

Hidden - AltLd - 12/May/10

Seymore Butt - 2010

nickcanute - Lead - 2010

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/09

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Dan Wicks

done in one pitch
feilx - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Andy L

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Sep/09

UKC Logbooks - 2nd β - 16/Aug/09 with Harry Hotshot

Took a little while to be certain of route on first pitch. Original top pitch not the rockfax description. f6b+
ian caton - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/08 with Abi

Lead both pitches.
alaan - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/08 with Grant

GrantB - 2nd - 28/Jun/08 with Alaan

nige - AltLd - 28/Jun/08 with mark hounslea

Ian Parnell - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/08 with Jon Winter

Will_he_fall - AltLd O/S - 18/May/08 with Aly

Brown - AltLd O/S - 03/May/08 with Henry

Hidden - 2008

Russell Birkett - AltLd O/S - Oct/07 with Tim Whitaker

Brian Rodgers - 2nd - 09/Jun/07 with Neil Hillis

Toby Dunn - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/07 with dave evans

Hidden - 2007

lead main pitch, did go up to far left, felt like a bold E4 6a
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/06 with Steve Ramsden

I led easier second pitch, though the first seemed easy too.
Belier - AltLd O/S - 24/Aug/06 with Alex

Hidden - Lead - 04/Aug/06

Boy - 2006

Bern - 2006

Dave Bond - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/05 with Simon Wren

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Aug/03

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Aug/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/01

Hidden - Lead - 01/May/01

Hidden - AltLd - May/01

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead O/S - May/01 with Dad

tuftynick - 2001

tuftynick - Lead - 2001

Hidden - Lead - 27/Apr/00

Hidden - 2000

EagerAndy - 2000

Roget - Solo rpt - 28/Aug/99

mikedelderfield - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/98 with Steven Delderfield

p2 only
chris sm - AltLd O/S - 08/May/98 with Jim Hall

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/98

Billg - Lead O/S - 1998 with Phil McAllistair

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Jun/97

led 1st pitch
Roget - AltLd rpt - 06/Jul/96 with baccy

ste_d - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/96 with mik

Hidden - Lead - 03/May/96

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jun/94

rob.grafton - Lead - 30/Mar/93 with barry maybank, Bruce

fell off crux, proper scream
Roget - Lead dog - 18/Jul/92 with jon

whispering nic - 2nd O/S - 18/Apr/92 with Graham Iles

keefe - 10/Aug/91

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/91

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jun/91

Hidden - 1990

Pete Ogden - AltLd - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 18/Apr/89

DDDD - 1989

William Robertson - Lead O/S - Sep/88 with Emily

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Sep/87

Hidden - AltLd - 16/May/87

keefe - 02/Aug/86 with Johnny Adams

GordonHart - Lead O/S - Aug/86 with James Taveran

one runout
shark - Lead - 23/Jun/86 with Chris

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Apr/86

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 1986

sadams - AltLd - 08/Jun/85 with Kevin Edwards

shark - AltLd O/S - 01/May/85 with Dave Marsh

andy gittins - 1985

Mike Owen - 20/May/84 with John Peake

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 1983 with John Meyers, John Kirk, Mick Ward, Mick Bailey, Rich Lewis

Gezzer - Lead O/S - 1983 with Steve Burns

mark-abz - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/82 with Andy W

L,2,L.
charlesmfrench - AltLd O/S - 08/May/82 with Ian Milne

Did the norm... went too high on the left and had to jump for a hold on the right. Can't remember any pegs...but it was a long time ago.
Nic Robinson - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/81

Ghastly Rubberfeet - 2nd - 1981 with Derek Hersey

Mark Kemball - AltLd - 24/May/80 with John Jefferies

Chris Craggs - 1980

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Voting
Total votes cast 81
hard E40 of 28
E40 of 28
easy E40 of 28
hard E32 of 28
E320 of 28
easy E36 of 28
hard E20 of 28
E20 of 28
easy E20 of 28
hard 6a0 of 28
6a0 of 28
easy 6a1 of 28
hard 5c1 of 28
5c20 of 28
easy 5c6 of 28
hard 5b0 of 28
5b0 of 28
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 96 (1.0%)
Lead38 of 96 (39.6%)
Followed7 of 96 (7.3%)
Alt Leads35 of 96 (36.5%)
Unknown15 of 96 (15.6%)

'Climbed'47 of 96 (49.0%)
clean O/S43 of 96 (44.8%)
clean β2 of 96 (2.1%)
clean rpt3 of 96 (3.1%)
dogged1 of 96 (1.0%)