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Ocean Wall*** E1 5c

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[Ocean Wall, 3 kb]16m. Climb the tricky wall to a ledge then climb up and left crossing the whole wall to reach the exposed juggy arete for a well-positioned finale. Care with rope work required. © ROCKFAX
FA. Malc Baxter 1960

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Western Grit: Top 50, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.

Photo: Ocean Wall © Robert Buckley
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 83 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

scottidog - 2nd - 07/Apr/13 with Graeme

Reckon this is one of the best E1s on grit. Bit too tired to get the arete move clean though.
petellis - 2nd dog - 08/Sep/12 with Broomy, The short fuse, Sloth

quite pokey feeling at the bottom. devious classic.
Ian Broome - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/12 with petellis

JimD58 - 2nd β - 15/Jul/12

Seconded some and bailed right. First bit was tough though. one of those days...
tsl42 - 2nd dnf - 26/May/12 with Gaz Hooson

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 21/May/12

Hidden - Lead rpt - 13/May/12

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Coel Hellier - Lead - 17/Nov/11

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 17/Nov/11

landskip - Lead - 24/Jul/11 with rob weston

mikedelderfield - 2nd rpt - 06/Jul/11 with Steven Delderfield

ste_d - Lead rpt - 06/Jul/11 with mik

MeMeMe - Lead - 03/Jul/11 with Andy

999thAndy - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead - 26/Jun/11

Nicola - 2nd O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Lee

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/11

psychicbread - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/11 with Max

Tony Holdsworth - 2nd rpt - 11/May/11 with Ian Holtby

That finish is crazy!
willworkforfoodjnr - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/11 with Haydn Martin

Tricky balancy traverse then a bit of brute force on the arete. excellent
petegunn - Lead - 15/Apr/11 with Davina

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead - 19/Mar/11

Wet crux hold made it harder but still got it great route, better that it looks!
hilty - 06/Mar/11

keith leonard - 2nd - 2011

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/10

Clean on sight until I reached just below the arete and it pissed down - lowered off - what a bummer!
middle aged slob - Lead dnf - 25/Apr/10 with Brian and Dave

Another classy E1 to partner Fallen Heroes. This one has got loads to it. Bold start & committing moves to the juggy thuggy arete kept me on my toes throughout
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/10

Best route i've done in ages. Brilliant bouldery moves with that "wild" finish up the arete.. never miles from a good hold - and only distant from gear at the start. Absolutely superb.
Mattyk - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/10 with John Marsham

Ketu - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/10 with Graeme H

how GOOD is this!!!! felt good to pull it out of the bag after making VSs look hard in the morning! A slight sense of Déjà vu from the traverse on Vibrio (Chatsworth) from the day before but thankfully easier. Used two ropes and had no rope work issues
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/10 with Rob

Compo - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Karo

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Sep/09

ste_d - TR rpt - 17/Sep/09 with shunt

bad hair day.
Jon Read - Lead - 13/Jun/09 with Mark Sharrat & Andi Turner

Quite technical and relatively poor gear.
slacky - 2nd O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Ben Abell

Started raining when i set off, then started raining properly when I was traversing the slab! superb outing, even in the rain.
ianburton - Lead O/S - 2009

Great route, techy goove start followed by tricky traverse and big pulls up the arete. Def 3 star E1.
Ropeboy - Lead - 23/Aug/08 with Steve Clark

Matthallinan - Lead - 05/Jun/08 with Phil Parker

awesome route with just enough fear to keep you interested through out. do it
gazlad - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/08 with my bitch

Superb. Never ever 5c though...
Hardonicus - Lead O/S - 11/May/08

taine - 2nd dnf - 11/May/08 with Haydn

Hidden - 2nd β - 01/May/08

Only did the starting moves, as the traverse holds were wet.
Alex Thompson - Solo dnf - 29/Apr/08

Shad - 2nd - 2008

Ian Parnell - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/07 with Jon Winter

quite good really. technical moves to start, nice traverse and exposed finish.
jonnyboy - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/07 with Sharon R

tommytuffa - 2007

Hidden - Lead dnf - Sep/06

spacey - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/06 with si barrow

Hidden - Solo O/S - 10/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/May/06

Amazing route!
Carl Smethurst - 2nd - 26/Jun/05 with Ian Pickles

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Jun/05

Mark A Humphries - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/05 with gary wood

nige - Lead - Jul/04 with mark hounslea

r0b - Lead dnf - 06/Jun/04 with Andy Smith

Duncan I - Lead - 2004

chris sm - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/03 with Pippa Froggatt

Daniel Armitage - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/03

Roget - Solo O/S - 21/Jul/02

charlesmfrench - Lead - 14/Jul/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/02

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 2000 with Karen Ghiselli, Dave Greenald

Billg - Lead O/S - Mar/99 with Paul Guttridge

craig h - Dec/97

Phil West - Lead dnf - 12/Apr/97 with David Atherton

John Southworth - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/96 with Matt Booth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/96

neilh - Lead - 09/May/96 with Neil Smith

A superb route. Technically very demanding for grade (more like E2 5c)
Gordon Stainforth - 2nd dnf - 14/Aug/94 with Mick Wrigley, Steve Dean

ste_d - 14/May/94

mikedelderfield - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/94 with Steven Delderfield

goi.ashmore - Lead RP - 26/Sep/93 with Simon Coles

ste_d - 2nd O/S - 12/May/92 with mik

craig h - Solo O/S - 09/Dec/91

Hidden - Lead - 08/Sep/91

Hidden - Lead - 07/Sep/91

nai - Lead - 1991

Dave Musgrove - 2nd β - 17/Jun/89 with David

Rich Kirby - 2nd - 1989 with Will (S. Williamson)

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, willworkforfoodjnr, Hidden, smudge, middle aged slob

Voting
Total votes cast 111
hard E20 of 39
E20 of 39
easy E23 of 39
hard E17 of 39
E125 of 39
easy E14 of 39
hard HVS0 of 39
HVS0 of 39
easy HVS0 of 39
hard 6a0 of 36
6a0 of 36
easy 6a0 of 36
hard 5c2 of 36
5c1 of 36
easy 5c2 of 36
hard 5b31 of 36
5b0 of 36
easy 5b0 of 36
3 Stars31 of 36
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 83 (4.8%)
Lead49 of 83 (59.0%)
Followed24 of 83 (28.9%)
Toproped1 of 83 (1.2%)
Unknown5 of 83 (6.0%)

'Climbed'28 of 83 (33.7%)
clean O/S35 of 83 (42.2%)
clean β3 of 83 (3.6%)
clean rpt7 of 83 (8.4%)
clean RP1 of 83 (1.2%)
dogged1 of 83 (1.2%)
dnf8 of 83 (9.6%)