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Central Climb Direct** VS 5a

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38m, 3 pitches. Not much more direct than the original. 1) 5a, 14m. Climb the wide crack that splits the face on the right awkwardly to a good stance on the regular route. 2) 4c, 14m. The flared groove, then the flake on the left, lead to a ledge. Originally the wall on the right was climbed, deviously. 3) 4a, 10m. Finish up the widening and easing crack just left. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: The Roaches - Routes Graded List, Western Peak Grit 100 VD - VS, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.

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This climb is in 75 logbooks, and on 6 wishlists.

johnself1603 - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/13

Led Pitches 1 & 2 as one, Pitch 1 was desperate and seemed a complete sandbag! Jim led pitch last pitch as per BMC guide (rockfax wrongly show it finishing as per Final Crack)
Graeme Hammond - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/13 with Jim

Hidden - 2nd - 06/Apr/13

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Oct/12

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Oct/12

I took P2. A lovely outing and a unique grit crag giving such long routes. P1 pretty tough and maybe peeping into HVS territory.
Jimbo C - AltLd O/S - 13/Sep/12 with Chris, Pete

Bad idea to jump on 5a thrutch with a hangover...
Alex Thompson - Lead dnf - 29/Jul/12 with James Williamson, JonnyO

darlolad - AltLd - 23/Jul/12

p1 and p3
timmyhobby - AltLd O/S - 05/Jul/12 with russ

RusseyB - 2nd - 05/Jul/12

Hidden - 2012

cragfox - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/11

wolverine - AltLd - 02/Oct/11 with Bryony Wethers

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Oct/11

Horrible, Horrible, Horrible! Led P1 & fell off. Had done Delstree & Bachelors left hand already & found this harder. Worth it for the L/H crack finish tho.
marcoleptic - AltLd dog - 24/Sep/11 with max

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 18/Sep/11

Hidden - Solo O/S - 26/Jul/11

D J Williams - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/11 with adnam

Chris Sansum - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Nathaelle Bouttes

keith leonard - 2011

Hidden - Lead O/S - Nov/10

Hidden - AltLd dog - 24/Oct/10

donkster - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/10 with ben, DaveNW

slacky - 2nd O/S - 09/Oct/10 with Nick Taylor

A good fight!
JRae - AltLd - 01/Aug/10 with Oli H

Lead 1st and 3rd, finished direct up an easy crack (unmarked in WG), fun and in keeping with the line
Oliver Houston - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/10

GF - 2010

Hidden - Lead - 2010

Ken Taylor - 2010

Hidden - Lead dnf - 17/Dec/09

Struggled to leave the ground, did central climb instead
ben comery - 2nd dnf - 17/Dec/09 with Tom D

I did the first pitch but we were moving slowly as a three so with the light fading I fell on my sword and lowered of...must go back to complete the route
Nicholas Livesey - 2nd dnf - 12/Sep/09 with Paul Palir, Rob Pontefract

tomthecoolperson - Lead RP - 02/Aug/09 with Andrew

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Aug/09

Mr Wild - Solo - 19/Jul/09

argylectu - Lead - 05/Jul/09 with littlenick

tontopink - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/09

Oceanic - 30/May/09

Panda - 30/May/09

Darragh - May/09 with Mark

Hidden - Lead - 05/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/09

Netgear7 - 2nd O/S - Jul/08

sarah87 - 2nd O/S - 10/May/08 with Dan Masterman

sarah87 - 2nd O/S - 10/May/08 with Dan Masterman

snakebite - Lead O/S - 11/Jan/08 with Sarah Secker

Hidden - 2008

daveagriff - 2nd - 2008

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Nov/07

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 11/Nov/07 with John Sargeant

Hidden - AltLd - 06/Oct/07

trevor macalonan - 2nd dog - 27/Aug/07 with Tim

timharrison - Lead rpt - 26/Aug/07 with Trevor Macalonan

jasonpm - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/07 with Dave, Dave.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Apr/07

Matt Shepherd - AltLd O/S - 10/Jan/07

Hidden - Lead dnf - 05/Aug/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/06

stevieo10 - 2nd - Jul/06 with gritrashgraham

Jim Walton - Lead O/S - 2006 with Bex

Lawrence Eccles - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/05 with A. Crook

Found P1 properly brutal, but exhilarating. Led Ps 1&3.
Andy Clarke - Lead dog - 21/May/05 with Rob

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/05

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Jun/04

shona lead middle pitch
ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/03 with Shona D'arcy

Hidden - 2003

shaun walby - 2nd O/S - 27/Apr/02 with Phil West

Led pitches 2 & 3, 4b, 4a.
Iain Thow - AltLd - 29/Aug/96 with Dave Walch

Self belayed first pitch
Roget - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/92

Raggar - 2nd - 28/Jul/90 with Steve B

babymoac - Lead - 02/Feb/89 with kevin B

Nigel Bond - Lead - 06/Feb/82 with Charlie Leverton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1980

RichardMc - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/77 with Dave Langmead

tapley - Lead O/S - 02/Nov/69 with Derek Montford

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Voting
Total votes cast 66
hard HVS1 of 26
HVS0 of 26
easy HVS17 of 26
hard VS4 of 26
VS2 of 26
easy VS2 of 26
hard HS0 of 26
HS0 of 26
easy HS0 of 26
hard 5b1 of 21
5b0 of 21
easy 5b0 of 21
hard 5a6 of 21
5a14 of 21
easy 5a0 of 21
hard 4c0 of 21
4c0 of 21
easy 4c0 of 21
3 Stars12 of 19
2 Stars6 of 19
1 Star1 of 19
0 Stars0 of 19
Bag of .....0 of 19
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 75 (2.7%)
Lead27 of 75 (36.0%)
Followed15 of 75 (20.0%)
Alt Leads22 of 75 (29.3%)
Unknown9 of 75 (12.0%)

'Climbed'28 of 75 (37.3%)
clean O/S35 of 75 (46.7%)
clean rpt2 of 75 (2.7%)
clean RP1 of 75 (1.3%)
dogged4 of 75 (5.3%)
dnf5 of 75 (6.7%)