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Tower Face*** VS 5a

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[Tower Face, Laddow - belayed by author/friend Steve Dean, 2 kb]18m. A great route, the crag is worth the visit just for this route. From the cave pull onto the face (massive thread and just about worth 5a) then climb the centre of the face trending slightly left until it is possible to step back right to the well positioned final crack. © ROCKFAX
FA. Harry Kelly c.1916

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Western Grit: Top 50, The 100 Best UK VS routes?, Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.

Photo: Tower Face, Laddow - belayed by author/friend Steve Dean © John Beatty
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 93 logbooks, and on 20 wishlists.

John Nuttall - Lead - 06/May/13 with Sharon

towdman - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Sue Armitage, Graham Armitage

Martin Bennett - 2013

Martin Bennett - 2013

augustus trout - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Phil Jarvis

Hidden - 2nd - 09/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead - 09/Sep/12

Jim Slater - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/12 with Chris Hindley

eel - Lead O/S - 27/May/12

Not bad, wasn't as blown away as guide book had me to believe i would be.
Ewano - Lead O/S - 27/May/12

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Mar/12

Entertaining bottom, almost too many hand holds to work it out! High right foot lob and pull. Rest is lovely.
Batt - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12 with James Hoyes

Hoyes - 2nd O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Rachel B

miles01 - Lead O/S - 05/Mar/12

alan moore - 2012

JonG - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

gazfellows - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/11 with shaun d

Great climb, start easier than it looks
cjc2001 - 2nd - 24/Jul/11

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Jul/11

lithos - 2nd - 26/Jun/11 with carmen

Carmen led. This time I started up the left arete, which was good but would be too bold to lead. Sooner or later I'll manage the proper start!
Toreador - 2nd rpt - 26/Jun/11 with Rob, Carmen

Sean Kelly - 2011

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

quality, bouldery start then sustained interest but never hard and good gear.
lithos - Lead - 03/Jul/10

pebbles - 2nd - 03/Jul/10 with rob

Hard start indeed! Al made short work of it, I fell off a couple of times. Also struggled carrying the 16 pieces of gear Al laced the route with :-) Really really nice route.
embob - 2nd - 22/May/10 with Alex

Hidden - Lead - 22/May/10

John Newbiggin - 2nd O/S - 04/May/10 with samsimpson

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/May/10

awesome climb despite bouncing hail
atom - Lead O/S - 03/May/10 with Lee Parker

Jethro - 2nd - May/10 with Adam Lindley

cooper leek - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10 with trigg, donk

donkster - 2nd rpt - 18/Apr/10 with trigg, ben

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Darren McMaster

shed_hed - 2nd - 12/Sep/09 with Graeme Hammond

cem - Lead rpt - 09/Aug/09 with Graham Dolman

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Jul/09

jshields - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Ed James

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/09

Si dH - 2nd O/S - 12/Jul/09 with Chris Foster

Hidden - 2nd RP - 01/Jul/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/09

Bill got a bit pissy although if he had fallen off he’d have hit the deck from 5 meters up
Quarryboy - 2nd O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Molly Bradbrook, Bill Crawley, David Bradbrook

Daniel Armitage - Lead - 26/Sep/08

towdman - Lead β - 26/Sep/08 with Graham Armitage

Graham Armitage - 2nd - 26/Sep/08 with towdman

adi bryant - AltLd O/S - 16/Sep/08 with Ben

jonka - Lead - Sep/08 with gareth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/08

Mancunianimport - 2008

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - Solo O/S - 11/Sep/07

BallsofBritishSteel - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/07 with Kirill

beautiful, shame it was Rob's turn to lead
Kirill - 2nd - 28/Jul/07 with Rob Truckle

Hidden - Lead β - 23/Jun/07

Different Steve - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/07 with Martin Hore & Aaron Willis

Hidden - Lead - 14/Apr/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/06

Hidden - Lead - 16/Jul/06

Hard starting move leads to a great upper section. As with all this crag, best done when completely dry. Could do with lots more traffic to clean it up. Worth the walk in on a nice day.
russonly - 2nd O/S - 11/Jun/06 with PeteS

FrankW - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/06 with Joe

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/05

mol - 2nd - 02/Oct/05 with Haggis

donkster - Lead rpt - Sep/05 with den steve

chrishedgehog - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/05 with Jen Dargue

snowy owl - 2nd - 09/Apr/05 with Chris Harrison

The wind was a little un-nerving on the final bit.
Michael Brown - Lead O/S - 15/May/04 with Nick Mcmillan

best ever vs on grit??
jonnyboy - Lead O/S - 2004 with Lucie Hallas

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Aug/03

Toreador - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/03 with Carmen

PenJD - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/02 with Jon Ascroft

JohnHutch - 2nd - 28/Mar/02 with L

The Pylon King - Lead - Aug/01 with Laura

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Jun/01

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 2001 with Laura

cem - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/00 with Graham Dolman

bullybones - 2000

Ian Archer - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/96 with James Leavy

Hidden - Solo - 09/Apr/95

Peter Harding was in his early 70s. He had first done the climb about 55 years before.
Gordon Stainforth - Lead - 06/Aug/94 with Steve Dean, Peter Harding, John Lumb

A truly great route.
Iain Thow - Lead - 30/Aug/93 with Christine King

Roget - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/91 with chris jones

ste_d - Lead O/S - 18/May/91 with mik

Rog Wilko - Lead - Jul/90 with Debbie Wilkinson

babymoac - Lead - 13/Jul/86 with MTW

Nigel Bond - Lead - 04/Apr/81 with Martin Crosby

Chris Craggs - 1980

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Jun/76

probably with Al Bennett
David Smith - Lead - 1976

Falko - AltLd O/S - 06/Jun/75 with Al W.

Dave Musgrove - 07/Oct/73

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Voting
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 93 (2.2%)
Lead49 of 93 (52.7%)
Followed29 of 93 (31.2%)
Alt Leads2 of 93 (2.2%)
Unknown11 of 93 (11.8%)

'Climbed'46 of 93 (49.5%)
clean O/S40 of 93 (43.0%)
clean β2 of 93 (2.2%)
clean rpt4 of 93 (4.3%)
clean RP1 of 93 (1.1%)