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Raven Rock Gully Left-hand* VS 4b

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[RAVEN ROCK GULLY LEFT-HAND, 3 kb]20m. The back of the great rift has a crack/groove in each angle. The long steep groove on the left leads by sustained climbing to an exit through the small gap. © ROCKFAX
FA. Dave Salt 1969

Photo: RAVEN ROCK GULLY LEFT-HAND © michaelbrookes
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 138 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 06/May/13

sara n - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with CB

ajbladon - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/13

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/Apr/13

A squirm!
Dan Vaj - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Khalid

Hard on the left leg.
khalidq - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Dan Vajzovic

Hellflame - Lead RP - 25/Jul/12 with Shim Mills

SPD224 - 2nd - 22/Jul/12 with Chris Wright

Charley Carpenter - Lead O/S - Jul/12 with Imogen carpenter

awesome, technical and pumpy at parts, bit damp a must do route!!!
shim - Jul/12

kim.mulji - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/12 with Christine Belk

never found the thank god hold !
ashtond6 - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Jun/12

williap - Lead - 20/May/12

Hidden - Lead - 18/May/12

stopped half way up as too wet
michael burrows - Lead dnf - 21/Apr/12

saffy - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/12

saffy - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/12

Will Caesar - Lead O/S - 2012 with Sam Fishwick, Eddy Barnes

Hidden - 2012

RichardN - 2nd O/S - 26/Nov/11

Did it because it was the only dry bit of rock, until we topped out, bit of a squeeze with the belayer half in as well! Strangely fun?!
jack1996 - 2nd O/S - 27/Oct/11 with pete

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Oct/11

nickwhimster - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Andrew Abraham

Andrew Abraham - 2nd O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Nick Whimster

swoollock - Lead - 01/Oct/11

cragant - 2nd - 01/Oct/11

HassenBali - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/11 with WR

Jackspratt - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/11

Matt250 - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/11

Hidden - Solo O/S - 12/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/11

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Jul/11

Surprisingly technical bridging - good fun and the squeeze was easy by comparison to others!
Babika - 2nd - 02/Jul/11 with Charles Leek

nice warm up. fun bridge at the top too!
jpmole - Lead - 11/Jun/11

floss_81 - 2nd - 08/Jun/11 with steve ashworth, john frost

stephen ashworth - Lead - 08/Jun/11 with john frost, floss_81

mol - 2nd - 04/Jun/11 with Jesse

CChafer - Lead O/S - 29/May/11

matthias13 - 2nd - 24/May/11 with wirralclimber1984

Quite sustained and varied climbing - good route
Ben Hollands - Lead O/S - 19/May/11 with Wendy Anderson

Bit greasy, but protected from direct rain
ipblake - TR O/S - 15/May/11

iccy - Lead - 14/May/11

mrobinson81568 - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/11

Dan Geh - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/11 with Thomas Geh

tgeh - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11 with dan geh

Hidden - Lead - 20/Mar/11

Let's see...sustained climbing...gentle overhanging, jamming and bridging....did I say sustained? Really rewarding climb! Great! Do it!
jacktomlinson - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/11 with Travis

chrisbrown_023 - Lead RP - 06/Mar/11 with Rob Mullett

flashpanther - Lead - Mar/11

Hidden - 2nd dog - 27/Feb/11

John Mckeating - 2011

jshields - Lead - 09/Oct/10 with Liam Weaver, Ed James

Rick Ashton - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/10 with andy gibb

Difficult move to gain crack to the left of massive block, tried various moves with no sucess - retreated only to watch my seconder - (who'd previously climbed it) take a fall trying same move. One for another day!
Stuart Hurworth - Lead dnf - 14/Aug/10 with Marcus Levens

Hidden - Lead - 14/Aug/10

Tricky moves, but a fun climb. Hard VS, but maybe because it was wet and slimy at the time.
manik - 2nd O/S - 07/Aug/10 with John Tomlinson

iceaxejuggler - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/10 with Manik, Harri

Harri777 - 2nd - 07/Aug/10 with jt, Manik

Hidden - Lead dog - 18/Jul/10

twodada - AltLd O/S - 17/Jul/10 with Duncan

Pete Randall - 2nd O/S - 17/Jul/10 with Charles

gingerwolf - 2nd O/S - 06/Jun/10

Quite nice, HS id say
Spidermunkie - Lead O/S - 28/May/10

This is ascended first via thrutchy laybacking, which is followed by thrutchy chimneying before some thrutchy bridging and a final thrutch through the manhole at the top. Great fun; I’d recommend it to any VS leader! =D
Glyn Davidson - 2nd O/S - 23/May/10 with Ali

nice chimney moves at top
Ali H - Lead - 23/May/10 with Glyn

Happy Wanderer - Lead O/S - 01/May/10 with Ken T

Double Knee Bar - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/10 with Nathan, Iain

jchenoweth - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/10 with Dan

Hidden - 2010

philw - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Sep/09

Quite scary moves for VS, but that was probably something to do with the water running down the rocks! Nice finish once you find the hidden hold.
ebf - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/09 with Paul Stephenson

Bobbyonrock - TR rpt - 02/Aug/09 with Sparkles

nathanroberts89 - Lead dnf - Aug/09

Hidden - Solo - 25/Jul/09

ianslade - Lead β - Jul/09 with Dave

Andrew.Davies - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/09 with phil

chiragshah5001 - 2nd O/S - 22/Mar/09

Andrew Lester - Lead - 12/Mar/09

Scary jam leading up to final move complimented with some egyptian style footing!
baconphat - Lead O/S - 31/Jan/09 with Andrew Barker

Rachey86 - Lead O/S - 18/Oct/08 with Sam C

Ended up escaping into raven rock gully. Too wet!
BeccaSnowden - Lead dnf - 28/Aug/08 with Matt Turner

siah - Lead rpt - 30/Jul/08 with gavin nixon

A lot easier the second time round. That hidden hold was still waiting right near the top.
hugh2002 - 2nd rpt - 26/Jul/08 with Si & Gavin

siah - 2nd O/S - 26/Jul/08 with gav nixen and hugh munro

Yucky, mucky and a scramble at the top.
hugh2002 - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Melanie Butson

dennett - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/08 with calvin dennett

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Jun/08

hapymike - Lead - 14/Jun/08

smolders - 2nd O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Steve P

stevepotter - Lead - 08/Jun/08 with Martin O

jcurley - 2nd - 06/Jun/08 with John Dickie

Hidden - 2nd - Jun/08

Great fun! Plenty of bomber gear placements. Two Stars!
AndyM-LVB - Lead O/S - 24/May/08 with Richard Hopton

it started raining so choose this dry climb. I was very nervous doing this, I have dropped my 'Cams' at about half way but still climbed it, a really enjoyable finish.
steve2006 - Lead O/S - May/08 with david moore (age 10)

Hidden - Lead rpt - 17/Feb/08

Hidden - Lead dog - 10/Feb/08

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - Feb/08

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

dzlhodgson - Lead β - 04/Nov/07 with Eddie Hung

Superb climbing throughout, a great route.
Toreador - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/07 with Carmen

C.J.Horsfield - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/07 with rachel hopkin

CarolineH - TR - 25/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead - 11/Aug/07

nice climb, though very dust at the top.
ebunick - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/07 with Joe

Glad to finish it, tunnel at top is a blasting hole for the belaying the second. Easyish, lots to hold onto, drifted right half way but brought it back.
richardhopton - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/07 with Matt Thombs

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/07

RichardBilly - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/07 with Matt Bishop

flower like - 2nd O/S - Jun/07 with Chris Williams

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Oct/06

Quite commiting in the chimney near the top, or is my technique just bad?
Mr Wild - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/06 with David Kettle

jchenoweth - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/06 with Dave Love and Samian

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Jul/06

Hidden - 2nd dog - 17/Jul/06

givemetea - 2nd O/S - Jul/06 with Tony Yates

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead - 01/Jun/06

very tricky on the top slabs
tontopink - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/06 with Iain Woodhouse

Tough through hole at top very tight for the bigger boys
studly84 - Lead O/S - 11/Feb/06 with thomas poulton

John Lisle - 2006

Hidden - TR - 2006

mark s - 2005

Hidden - 2nd - Sep/04

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Jul/04

Hidden - 2004

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2003

wet but dry in places exit through bin lid was tremendous
A Crook - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/00 with David Shepherd

Hidden - Lead - 2000

Bobbyonrock - TR O/S - 2000

marcoleptic - Lead dnf - 2000 with Gaz Haynes

Hidden - 1995

Roget - Solo O/S - 12/Jun/91

andrew300169 - Lead - 1990

angry pirate - Lead - 1988

babymoac - 31/Jul/83

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1981

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Imosavageking, Hidden, Becki Moore, Rob Messenger

Voting
Total votes cast 70
hard HVS0 of 24
HVS0 of 24
easy HVS0 of 24
hard VS5 of 24
VS17 of 24
easy VS1 of 24
hard HS1 of 24
HS0 of 24
easy HS0 of 24
hard 4c0 of 23
4c0 of 23
easy 4c3 of 23
hard 4b5 of 23
4b15 of 23
easy 4b0 of 23
hard 4a0 of 23
4a0 of 23
easy 4a0 of 23
3 Stars2 of 23
2 Stars13 of 23
1 Star8 of 23
0 Stars0 of 23
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 138 (2.9%)
Lead81 of 138 (58.7%)
Followed36 of 138 (26.1%)
Toproped5 of 138 (3.6%)
Alt Leads2 of 138 (1.4%)
Unknown10 of 138 (7.2%)

'Climbed'49 of 138 (35.5%)
clean O/S72 of 138 (52.2%)
clean β2 of 138 (1.4%)
clean rpt4 of 138 (2.9%)
clean RP2 of 138 (1.4%)
dogged4 of 138 (2.9%)
dnf5 of 138 (3.6%)