UKC

35m.

Rockfax Description
A fine route, tracing the easiest line up the shield. Immaculate rock, good protection and some brilliant technical sequences. Start lower than Original Route to help with rope drag. Move up left and follow the crack as for Tales... until the curving overlap on the right can be gained. Pull out right from this to a rest, then climb direct up a peg-scarred crack (polished) to a good hold. Wander more easily rightwards up the dinner-plate flake and finish direct from its end. © Rockfax

FA. Doug Scott, Clive Davies 1961. The upper flake was much more friable making their ascent terrifying. The route was jokingly renamed every time someone removed one of the aid points. Hook-Crook Wall (4 pts) and Bulldog Wall (1 rest) are both previous n.

Ticklists

The High Tor Top Ten , Trad climbs for sport climbers , Rockfax Peak Limestone (2012) Top 50 , 100 best limestone climbs in Britain , World Graded List , The Top 5 E4's in the UK? , Ultimate E4 ticklist , The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , Definitive *** Peak Lime , E is for Easy... Right? , Best of the rest and the ones that got away , Sheff , Preparation for the Resurrection , Peak To Do , Best Before 2025 , Will's Whippers

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Alimitch 21 Jul, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Oh dear, I messed this up, tried to come out of the over-lap far to high, you have to go all the way down to the big foothold and you can reach good flake holds from there
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βeta: Oh dear, I messed this up, tried to come out of the over-lap far to high, you have to go all the way down to the big foothold and you can reach good flake holds from there
Graham Hoey 27 Feb, 2002 Show βeta
βeta: The peg -scarred crack is getting rather polished.
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βeta: The peg -scarred crack is getting rather polished.

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Grade: E4 6b ***
(Curbar Edge)

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