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Ancient* VD

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[Mike on the Ancient Route, 3 kb]16m. The right arete of the face, passing a niche, to the ledge of Modern. Step left to the crack in the headwall. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.

Photo: Mike on the Ancient Route © si_green99
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 112 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

herrettscott - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Emily Taylor

Hidden - Lead - 05/May/13

Hidden - Lead - 05/May/13

Hidden - AltLd - 05/May/13

Nigel Bond - Lead - 09/Oct/12 with Dave Dewhurst

Hidden - 2nd - 09/Oct/12

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Sep/12

daviesp2 - Lead - 08/Sep/12 with Andy Debrou

Andy37 - 2nd β - 08/Sep/12

swoollock - Lead - 21/Aug/12

cragant - 2nd - 21/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/12

Scary solo, hard for VDiff
Ross.Cooper - Solo O/S - 26/Feb/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/12

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - Lead - 20/Nov/11

Vennymac - 2nd O/S - 23/Oct/11

I ledfirst pitch then belayed to avoid rope drag. Andy led second pitch
CHASETRAILBUILDA - AltLd - 16/Oct/11 with andy

Andy DJ - AltLd - 16/Oct/11 with CHASETRAILBUILDA

ryansb90 - 2nd O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Huw D-W

wet warm up.
Curly Rich - 2nd O/S - 10/Sep/11 with GMC Paul S

Hidden - Lead - 31/Aug/11

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

Hidden - Lead - 09/Jul/11

jaxxman - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Dave Wheeler

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11

Dave forgot to traverse left to finish and finished direct at about D/VD.
Duncan Beard - 2nd - Jul/11 with Dave Smith

Single rope.... v windy
idiotproof (Buxton MC) - 21/Jun/11

Mike Hood - 2nd - 13/Mar/11

Pitched at the ledge at half height. Michelle tried to lead P2, but after placing 3 runners, backed off by climbing down, and I took over.
masa-alpin - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Michelle A

PeteH - Solo O/S - 26/Jan/11 with Chris Fox

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Jan/11

bavarianGaz - Lead O/S - 20/Jan/11 with Tom

Tom Lee-Field - 2nd O/S - 20/Jan/11 with Gaz

keith leonard - 2011

Erhm. Not sure what I ended up climbing, didn't feel VDiff!
hcooper - Lead - 16/Oct/10 with John Proctor

JdotP - 2nd O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Hereward Cooper

hapymike - Lead - 09/Sep/10

idiotproof (Buxton MC) - Jun/10

GF - 2010

Hidden - Lead - 2010

iliff - Lead O/S - 2010 with lauren

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - 27/Sep/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/09

Nice way to end a weekend of staffs grit!
si_green99 - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/09 with Mike Redding

nathanroberts89 - TR O/S - Jul/09 with glenn

The headwall was nails for a VDiff!!
CathS - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/09 with Mike Tempest

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Jun/09

Hidden - Solo O/S - 31/May/09

Big Ian Murther lead and I seconded
chrislikesstowford - 2nd O/S - 24/May/09

goi.ashmore - Solo O/S - 22/Apr/09

Stig - Solo O/S - 22/Apr/09 with Goi

Danzig - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/09 with Rich Ogden

DannyK - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Katie

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Apr/09

Hidden - 2009

Hidden - 07/Dec/08

First time on proper rock in a long time! Best weather you could ask for. Did as 2 pitches. Took awhile to get hang of finding best protection.
ben comery - Lead O/S - 07/Dec/08 with Tom D, Brad

kirsty52 - 2nd - 28/Sep/08 with Phil Bailey

rachaeldanks - 2nd - 21/Sep/08 with mark s

Jon Read - Solo - 21/Sep/08

Hidden - Lead - 21/Sep/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/08

first lead outdoor without an experienced person guiding me...so so high when you get to the ledge! did chicken out on the last 2 metres and went to the right :(
bentaylor1986 - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/08 with andrew marr

Mike Turner - Lead O/S - 20/Jul/08 with Dave White

Hidden - 2nd β - 13/Jul/08

embob - 2nd - 13/Jul/08 with Si and Marty

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/08

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/08

A bit of a pull-out at the top got me rather pumped
Mike Roach - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Laurence Hicks

last 2 metres, the most scared I have ever been on a climb, made it though :)
sarah87 - Lead O/S - 21/May/08 with Lee (Tink) Walton

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Mar/08

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

RMAS
Theeni - Lead O/S - 03/Nov/07

In the dark. Bit of a nightmare with ropes but we got there in the end.
dpmUK - 2nd O/S - 17/Oct/07 with Cider Nut

A bit steep for a VDiff at the top! Luckily the holds are big enough to compensate :)
Toreador - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/07 with Carmen

Lead the first pitch quite nicely (well if you count puffing, panting and swearing at your partner while he shouts, "just get up there", quite nicely) then totally bottled it for the last pitch after the ledge, setup a belay and got my partner to complete it! (chicken that I am)
staceyjg - AltLd O/S - 30/Sep/07 with Mark Booker

chalk monster - AltLd - 30/Sep/07 with staceyjg

dja - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/07 with jodi

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Aug/07

2nd pitch steep and a big contrast to 1st
mart rich - AltLd O/S - 04/Aug/07 with Steve Moody

Fantastic route, very enjoyable.
davek - Solo O/S - 25/Apr/07

Hidden - Lead - 21/Apr/07

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Feb/07

naughtybadboy - Lead - 04/Feb/07

Steve Banham - Lead - 2007

EAYL - Lead - 23/Oct/06 with LMB

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/06

Hidden - 2nd - Jun/06

davidwright - Lead O/S - 21/Jan/06

Hidden - Solo - 2006

2RoyalAnglian - Lead O/S - Aug/05 with mark ansty

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/May/05

Darragh - 2005

donkster - Lead O/S - Nov/04 with trigg

Hidden - Lead - 10/Oct/04

Dux - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/04 with Premal

Howard J - 2nd - 15/Jul/03 with Rachel James

thetourist - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/03 with Claire Ryder

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jul/02

Pierre Led
Alaric - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/01 with Damon, Pierre Maxted

shaun walby - Lead O/S - Jun/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/97

Gordon Stainforth - Lead - 02/Aug/92 with David Hope

Roget - Solo O/S - 26/Jan/91

Soloed 28/8/95
Iain Thow - 2nd - 06/May/87 with Steve Ball

Ian Archer - 2nd O/S - 05/Apr/86 with Tony Green

Howard J - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/84

Simon2005 - Lead O/S - 1984 with Jude

Rog Wilko - Lead - Apr/71 with Debbie Wilkinson

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
dpitt83, Hidden, markblair, Kamikaze Badger, Rob Messenger

Voting
Total votes cast 29
hard HVD0 of 15
HVD0 of 15
easy HVD9 of 15
hard VD1 of 15
VD5 of 15
easy VD0 of 15
hard HD0 of 15
HD0 of 15
easy HD0 of 15
3 Stars0 of 14
2 Stars3 of 14
1 Star11 of 14
0 Stars0 of 14
Bag of .....0 of 14
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Style of ascent

Soloed11 of 112 (9.8%)
Lead51 of 112 (45.5%)
Followed28 of 112 (25.0%)
Toproped1 of 112 (0.9%)
Alt Leads12 of 112 (10.7%)
Unknown9 of 112 (8.0%)

'Climbed'54 of 112 (48.2%)
clean O/S56 of 112 (50.0%)
clean β2 of 112 (1.8%)