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Fingernail** S 4a

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18m. Climb to the prominent 'hook' then traverse left before climbing straight up to the ledge. Step out right and traverse the face to a shallow groove, which leads to the top. © ROCKFAX
FA. Mick Pooler 1962

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Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/May/13

more like VS
Moritz L - Lead O/S - 20/May/13 with David Kirsfelds

David Kay - 2nd - 20/May/13 with Moritz Lesserman

SuperMike64 - Lead O/S - 06/May/13

Heisenberg - Lead - 05/May/13 with Nick Hepburn

NickJH - 2nd - 05/May/13 with T Robinson

Guyinsas - Lead O/S - 01/May/13

At least HS maybe VS
stratandrew - 2nd - 01/May/13

Start is VS 4c imo.rest is probably 4b.
Barry D - Lead - 13/Apr/13 with Jules_L

VS 4c and excellent climbing. Annoyingly slipped off the tricky start.
Julian Lane - 2nd dog - 13/Apr/13 with Mynydd Barry

miles01 - Lead O/S - Apr/13

Alex Munnery - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/13 with Luke Duckworth

Defiantly VS 4C for the moves of the floor...
TCarrick - Lead - 25/Oct/12

Mike Hood - 2nd - 25/Oct/12

Mario Grabinski - 2nd - 22/Sep/12 with Phillbert Blue

Hidden - Lead - 03/Sep/12

vs 4c, getting off the ground is the crux
carl_123 - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead - 09/Aug/12

Found this very difficult
bantamdave - 2nd dog - 02/Aug/12 with simon holden

quite damp
jordan taylor - Lead rpt - 27/Jun/12

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

greglad - Lead - 23/May/12

Hidden - Lead - 22/May/12

Hidden - Lead β - 21/May/12

Alan Dixon - 20/May/12

StevieG_7 - Lead O/S - 18/May/12 with Alex Greeney

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 13/May/12

Trickier than 999 and much less well protected. VS 4c I would say with a number of cruxes. Very good though - slinging the hook was a highlight !
Steve Waters, Mynydd - Lead - 04/May/12 with Carl Whinham

climbing son - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Rachel Turton

Amazoniangirl - 2nd - 15/Apr/12 with James Turton

Much better in daylight!
mike.rigby - 2nd O/S - 01/Apr/12 with Ibrahim

Jim Slater - 2nd O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Graeme Hammond

seemed much harder than Sev.
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Jim

Hidden - Lead - 23/Mar/12

tarn - Lead - 2012

norman hilton - 2012

Bailed onto the Mod half way up the second pitch to find somewhere warmer... like the Wilton Arms.
Snorfalorpagus - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/11 with Sam Fitton

not a severe! but a great climb
katherinesydney - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/11 with steve mount

Hidden - Lead - 11/Sep/11

jamesrogers - Sep/11

Jeromecooper - Lead - 31/Aug/11

got the first few moves, had to retreat, jerome lead rest
eschaton - 2nd - 31/Aug/11 with jerome

Hidden - Lead - 27/Aug/11

ChrisB.19 - 2nd - 25/Aug/11 with Allan

Given a VS 4c in Western Grit. The start is the hardest bit. Used to be graded Severe 4a - the truth is probably in the middle.
Allan FW - Lead - 25/Aug/11 with Chris

Hidden - Solo O/S - 28/Jul/11

VS 4c in WG.
Chris Manasseh - Lead - 03/Jul/11 with Gail Kendall, Fiona Cheyney

Hidden - Solo O/S - 01/Jul/11

Took my first leading fall and got flipped by my own rope....sore elbow. Got up and climbed it in 1 pitch on the second attempt. Slings are useful to extend some gear and avoid rope drag. Good climb tho.
Plenk - Lead dog - Jul/11 with Jim

john lynch - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/11 with rosie, Dave Barber

daftendirekt - 2nd O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Rosie, John Lynch

RosieLynch - 2nd dog - 19/Jun/11 with Lewis Andrew, Adam Fenton, john lynch, daftendirekt

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

Hidden - Lead RP - 21/May/11

Its a VS the start is definitely a hard 4c
augustus trout - Lead - 18/May/11 with Carolyn Mills

barney@helmshore - TR O/S - 11/May/11 with James W

A great (hard?)severe the starting moves are deffinatly 4b or more and its quite high which pushes up the exposure but dont let that put you off as its awsome We went up fingernail for 10m then Horrocks route purely because we left the guide round the other side!
agolay - AltLd O/S - 04/May/11 with Ant

happy_c - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11

milo led a slippy first pitch and i seconded with kev running up after!!!
eccyamigo - AltLd O/S - 08/Apr/11 with Milo Dog, kev wheatley

SteWatkins - Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Mar/11

dabreen - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/11 with campbell west

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

adam06 - Lead - 26/Mar/11 with Ryan

spidey - 2nd - 26/Mar/11 with adam

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2011

joe_lancs - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/10

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 09/Sep/10

Chi Cheng - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Jack Metcalfe

monkeyman79 - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/10 with David Edmondson

Hidden - 04/Sep/10

JoEglington - 2nd - Sep/10

A good line, VS though
Pilch - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/10 with Graham, Ed

petegunn - Lead - 27/Aug/10 with Davina

Really really liked this, great moves on the first part. Reckon its harder then severe, more VS 4c i reckon. Also deserves more stars!
joe.91 - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/10 with Ben Crook

ratm - 2nd rpt - 16/Aug/10 with Joe Dobson

SAF - 2nd - 15/Aug/10 with Sam Parry

Got caught in torrential rain, so backed off.
lrandall - Lead dnf - 11/Aug/10 with Sam Cook

Nigel Bond - TR - 01/Aug/10 with Stuart Bond

mshorter - Solo O/S - 01/Aug/10

tomo_tom - Lead rpt - Aug/10

wrapped in bacon - 2nd O/S - 30/Jul/10 with John

tobyk - Lead - 11/Jul/10 with Emma Akam

VS 4b i'd say, not S4a at all!
hellboundblr - Lead - 11/Jul/10 with Adrian Goldstraw

Hidden - Lead - 09/Jul/10

Donald Kelly - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/10

nic42 - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with maria, Jack

Hidden - Lead - 30/Jun/10

The Bad Cough - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/10 with Christian Minett

clive-greenwood - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Anna

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jun/10

daniel_c_baron - Lead dog - 20/Jun/10

John Southworth - Solo - 20/Jun/10

bbangbala - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/10 with Tom Greenham

michael burrows - Lead rpt - 18/Jun/10

Tom Davy - 2nd - 17/Jun/10

Jon Pilling - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/10 with Anthony Riley

ant riley - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/10 with jon pilling

Hidden - Lead - 31/May/10

jamesgodwin64 - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with Gaz

A very good route with some brilliant moves. Would agree that the route is a least HS 4a, possibly easy VS 4b.
jimhall - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with Leon Worsley

d_evo20 - Lead O/S - 28/May/10 with James Brownhill

Numb fingers and toes
slarty - Lead rpt - 04/May/10 with Chris

Two Pitch Climb, very cold, nasty down climb.
goldfish_boy - 2nd O/S - 04/May/10 with Craig

bigglesbutcha - 2nd β - 27/Apr/10 with Swifty

bigglesbutcha - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/10 with Dave Ryder

mbambi - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/10 with steve

JakiBell - 2nd - 17/Apr/10 with Nigel Jenkins

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Apr/10

Rose - TR - 16/Apr/10 with Hulda

rylett - Lead - 15/Apr/10 with Dave Heaton

Dave Heaton - 2nd - 15/Apr/10

lower half with jay's preplaced gear
alimckay - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/10 with goodstuff, jay

jmarshall - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/10 with ben knowles

Style of Ascent - Badly! Slipped off on lead, ended up following! Was green as green can be... yuck! Still, if it was dry I can see how it could get the stars. Actually finished up the adjacent VS as the face was far too green and slippy to even contemplate!
hardoreVdiffBen - 07/Apr/10 with Owen_P

Really good climb with continual interest, though having a laugh if this is graded at S4a..
Lenny - Lead O/S - 10/Mar/10 with Phil .N

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Mar/10

dave mann - 2010

really enjoyable and varied route although a complete sandbag at severe.
ste19 - Lead O/S - 2010 with chris copeman

efrance24234 - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

Lunar25 - Lead O/S - 2010

wheelo - AltLd - 21/Sep/09 with chris g

first pitch second second pitch lead
ChrisGreen - AltLd rpt - 21/Sep/09 with John W

Awesome climb but high at the grade! Not for the faint hearted
leroybrown - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/09 with Steve Wolstencroft

Fantastic climb. The height and traverse around half-way up make it a bit hairy. As with a lot at Wilton 1 - tricky descent.
Steve Wolstencroft - 2nd O/S - 13/Sep/09 with Leo

lewk_c - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/09 with Nick Lyons

ratm - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/09 with Dave Lomax

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/09

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Aug/09

A good route, but a dangerous sandbag at Severe. The gear on the lower wall is strenuous to place and the moves are a lot harder than 4a! Led in one pitch, finishing up the arete immediately right of the optional stance, which gave a few nice moves.
victim of mathematics - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/09 with Jim

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Jul/09

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jun/09

akhughes - Lead O/S - 15/Jun/09 with Andy Innes

Shauna - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/09 with Jules

plastichead - 2nd dog - 04/Jun/09 with Max

jeffb - 2nd - 01/Jun/09 with graham

Calder - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/09 with jeffb

VS 4b. Finished up slab.
Dave Foster - Lead O/S - 30/May/09 with Andy

This is definatly not a S 4a and maybe harder even than HS 4b (compaired to 999) i had about 3 bits of deceint gear in and none for the crux. Its a great long route and constantly intereting and challanging. I would rate it VS 4b.infact in the new eastern grit its rated at VS 4c !! That's along way from S.
wil_perry - 26/May/09 with matt and barney

Fell, trying to layback from the optional belay ledge although the route leaves the ledge via the arrete.
Chris Lyon - Lead dog - 14/May/09

hard start!
Brendan H - Lead O/S - 12/May/09 with paul

blanchie14c - 2nd - 12/May/09 with Brenden

Felt harder than severe, really enjoyed the slabby bit just past the big ledge!
john.gaffney - Lead O/S - 03/May/09 with torialou

torialou - 2nd O/S - 03/May/09 with John

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/09

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Apr/09

richorme - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/09 with Wendy Potts

Hidden - Lead dnf - 13/Apr/09

ColinD - 2nd - 13/Apr/09 with NickA, JohnN

Hidden - Lead - 13/Apr/09

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/09

Giles1 - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2009

1st Pitch Only
climbingste - Lead - 01/Nov/08 with Richard Lambert

First pitch only
rich.lambert - 2nd - 01/Nov/08 with Steve Lambert

crossdressingrodney - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/08 with tom mills

Hidden - Lead RP - 31/Jul/08

TonyP - Lead - 21/Jul/08 with Nic

Chris Lyon - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/08 with Tom Whitehead

Hidden - Solo - 23/Jun/08

leewam121 - Lead O/S - 15/Jun/08 with Leigh De Vine

mickJ - AltLd - 12/Jun/08 with simon

Took my first outdoor fall of any size on this from about 3m past the hook. Couldnt ask for better pro to do it on!
Taffa - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Neil Mackay

ChrisGreen - TR rpt - 04/Jun/08 with Blake J

tlmarjot - Lead O/S - Jun/08 with Ben Freeman

metal arms - Lead O/S - 19/May/08

tobyk - 2nd O/S - 11/May/08

Booey - 2nd O/S - 11/May/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/May/08

andy placed first runner which i used. finished route on left as for horrocks route
jeffb - Lead dog - 16/Mar/08 with andy c

Climbed with very cold fingers
cragmole - Lead O/S - 01/Mar/08 with Nigel

tomB - 2nd - 26/Jan/08 with James Coles

TonyP - AltLd O/S - 2008 with KENNY

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

kingholmesy - Solo rpt - 2008

datoon - Solo O/S - 2008

frankiesmythe - Lead O/S - 2008 with DD

Shad - Lead - 2008

dasdo - 2008

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

slimy at start and all to retrieve a sling!
wheelo - 2nd - 05/Oct/07 with jon

tomB - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/07 with Sam Elanor

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 01/Sep/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead rpt - 26/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/07

Crewey-Si - 2nd - 09/Aug/07 with Rob and Bob Windsor

Hidden - Lead - 09/Aug/07

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/07

ChrisGreen - AltLd rpt - 02/Aug/07

Frosty - 2nd - 18/Jul/07 with Dan

execlimber - Lead O/S - Jul/07 with J Rutter

Hidden - 2nd dog - 07/Jun/07

jcurley - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/07 with Harry

Tony Little - Solo O/S - 03/May/07

kevin - Lead - 02/May/07 with steve

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/07

Kaiser999 - Lead - 2007 with Jonoh

greylag - Lead - 2007

Haven't been leading at HS for long but found this a really frightening climb. Protection was very poor at a few points and having just led '999' (HS) before with absolutely no difficulty I think this climb should come with a 'fluttery and bold' warning!
gazbonutter - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/06

first pitch lead second pitch second
ChrisGreen - AltLd rpt - 07/Aug/06 with Dave B, Gerry R

Andrew.Davies - 2nd β - 30/Jul/06 with Matty

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 30/Jul/06

Liked this - first multi-pitch (as such). Split it into two using massive ledge, probably wouldn't bother in the future. The beginning around the hook is tricky, top half very easy.
willplatts - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/06 with Greg Rowlinson

a_d_tru - 2nd - 26/Jul/06 with Julie

dread-i - Lead dog - 06/Jul/06 with dave m.

Horrible climb. The start is slippy and plain unpleasant. One to avoid for the future.
rick1fugazi - 2nd dog - 29/Jun/06 with Gerard

Stig - 2nd rpt - 28/May/06 with Maciek

Neil Henson - 2nd - 2006 with Mark Collins

Simon Holden (LCandCC) - Lead - 2006

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2006

kingholmesy - Lead O/S - 2006 with SteveOc

did as 1 pitch
o g tim - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/05 with tomas kunca

ChrisGreen - TR O/S - 01/Aug/05

Hugh had led this first and took quite a terrifying swinging fall from the shallow groove, fell 8 or 9 metres. His gear was small hex above the terrace on the left which was hard to retrieve...
wahniel - Lead O/S - Aug/05 with Hugh Squire

steven - Jun/05 with Chris donahue

michael burrows - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/05 with mike doyle

jonnyboy - Lead - 03/Mar/05 with Sharon R

Hidden - 2005

Very poor route
Stig - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/04 with Andy

A Crook - 2nd - 23/Oct/03 with Dom Stockton

JonHarvey - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/03 with Sharon Hooper

shazhooper - 2nd - 07/Sep/03 with Jon Harvey

followed the wrong route at the start of the second pitch.
slarty - AltLd - 15/May/03 with Simon

John Southworth - Lead O/S - Mar/03

Hidden - 2nd O/S - May/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2002

Roget - Solo rpt - 18/Jul/99 with baccy, jon

Neil Conway - Lead O/S - 1999

innesmac - 1999

Quite greasy, but better higher up
slarty - AltLd dog - 13/Jun/98 with Tim

Heisenberg - Lead - 03/Jun/98 with cliff robson

Hidden - Lead - 13/Apr/97

Howard J - TR - 08/Sep/96

Phil West - 2nd O/S - 18/Aug/96 with David Atherton

Duncan Bourne - 2nd - 18/Jun/95 with D Jones

Andy Say - Solo O/S - 27/May/95

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/93

ellie macpherson - AltLd - Oct/91 with Neil Macpherson, Graeme Jarvis

Hidden - Lead - 07/Sep/91

Hidden - Lead - 01/Jun/91

craig h - Solo O/S - 05/May/91

Backinthegame - Lead O/S - Jul/90 with Andrew Hall

whispering nic - 1990 with noj

badgy - Lead O/S - 1990

Roget - 2nd O/S - 1989 with chris jones, jim

goi.ashmore - Solo β - 11/Jul/88

Hidden - 1988

steve taylor - Solo - Oct/87 with stumpy

Chris the Tall - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/86

BigHairyIan - 2nd - 22/Apr/84 with Guy Summers

GuySummers - Lead - 22/Apr/84 with bighairyian

Mark Kemball - Solo - 13/Apr/80

Hammy - Lead - 26/Jun/79 with Jonathon Stacey

Dave Westby - Lead O/S - 1963 with Garry Nuttal

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Total votes cast 202
hard HS2 of 74
HS2 of 74
easy HS63 of 74
hard S2 of 74
S5 of 74
easy S0 of 74
hard HVD0 of 74
HVD0 of 74
easy HVD0 of 74
hard 4b1 of 71
4b2 of 71
easy 4b62 of 71
hard 4a0 of 71
4a4 of 71
easy 4a2 of 71
hard 3c0 of 71
3c0 of 71
easy 3c0 of 71
3 Stars7 of 57
2 Stars32 of 57
1 Star14 of 57
0 Stars4 of 57
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Style of ascent

Soloed14 of 259 (5.4%)
Lead137 of 259 (52.9%)
Followed71 of 259 (27.4%)
Toproped6 of 259 (2.3%)
Alt Leads16 of 259 (6.2%)
Unknown15 of 259 (5.8%)

'Climbed'102 of 259 (39.4%)
clean O/S122 of 259 (47.1%)
clean β4 of 259 (1.5%)
clean rpt15 of 259 (5.8%)
clean RP2 of 259 (0.8%)
dogged12 of 259 (4.6%)
dnf2 of 259 (0.8%)