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Herford's Route*** HVS 5a

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[Gordon on Herford's Route (HVS 5a), The Pagoda, Kinder Scout, 4 kb]18m. The centre of the face passing a slot leads to a difficult mantel onto a ledge. Follow the rounded cracks above to another grasping exit. © ROCKFAX
FA. Siegfried Hertford 1910

Ticklists: Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.

Photo: Gordon on Herford's Route (HVS 5a), The Pagoda, Kinder Scout © John Cutcliffe
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 33 logbooks, and on 7 wishlists.

j.buckley87 - 2nd O/S - 20/Apr/13

Really enjoyed this, just a little green in the middle.
deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/12

Hard finish, some parts particularly wet and green still but this just made it more interesting. Good climb.
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/12 with Pete Wimbush

Hidden - Lead - 11/Aug/12

Sam Cooke - 2nd O/S - 26/May/12 with stevetheleg

stevetheleg - Lead O/S - 26/May/12 with Sam Cooke

Mike Soulby - 2nd O/S - 19/Nov/11 with Rob Middleton

Good grit route, enjoyed the end.
Jonathan Hall - 2nd - 19/Nov/11 with Rob Middleton

j paxman lead
simon mitchie - 2nd - 21/Sep/11

Mr G - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11 with Brianna Zoll

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

Hidden - 2nd - 23/May/10

awkward finish
Ropeboy - Lead - 23/May/10

Ken Taylor - 2010

Hidden - Solo - 07/Nov/09

Over rated
mark20 - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/09

Hidden - Lead - 24/May/09

bullwinkle - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/07 with John

Birdo - Solo - Aug/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/06

Hidden - Lead - 02/Oct/05

Budge - Lead dnf - 19/Mar/05 with Neil Botterill, Martin Gillie

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/04

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/02

bullybones - Lead - Aug/99

Gordon Stainforth - 2nd - 04/Aug/96 with John Cutcliffe, Phil ---

Hidden - Solo - 30/May/94

Andy Say - Solo O/S - 22/May/93

superb
Raggar - Lead - 27/Oct/91 with Chris B

Soloed start in walking boots (5a, I now know) 12/4/87. Led with Bob during a gap in a 3 day stint selling tea/coffee etc at Downfall in aid of Edale MRT, superb bivvy by fall.
Iain Thow - Lead - 30/May/88 with Bob Lister

babymoac - Solo - 16/Aug/81

Falko - AltLd O/S - 16/Sep/79 with Al W.

Hidden - Solo - 26/Jun/77

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
RusseyB, Stefan Trebicki, Hidden, Superchop75, stemill, Hidden, Hidden

Voting
Total votes cast 57
hard E10 of 19
E10 of 19
easy E10 of 19
hard HVS2 of 19
HVS8 of 19
easy HVS7 of 19
hard VS2 of 19
VS0 of 19
easy VS0 of 19
hard 5b0 of 19
5b0 of 19
easy 5b1 of 19
hard 5a8 of 19
5a10 of 19
easy 5a0 of 19
hard 4c0 of 19
4c0 of 19
easy 4c0 of 19
3 Stars15 of 19
2 Stars2 of 19
1 Star2 of 19
0 Stars0 of 19
Bag of .....0 of 19
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Style of ascent

Soloed6 of 33 (18.2%)
Lead18 of 33 (54.5%)
Followed7 of 33 (21.2%)
Alt Leads1 of 33 (3.0%)
Unknown1 of 33 (3.0%)

'Climbed'17 of 33 (51.5%)
clean O/S15 of 33 (45.5%)
dnf1 of 33 (3.0%)