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The Grader*** E3 5c

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[the grader, 2 kb]14m. The fine finger crack in the left wall of the bay is approached from Slime Chimney. It gives sustained jamming. © ROCKFAX
Hank Pasquill 1977

Ticklists: Lancashire's Finest, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 43 logbooks, and on 12 wishlists.

khawk - Lead dog - 06/May/13 with DT

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12

Very nice route, can't remember any of the moves from last time, so could almost have called it an onsite. But alas no.
Chi Cheng - Lead rpt - 06/Sep/12 with Craig Bailey

Glad to get this one, been on the hit list for a while. Plenty of thought-provoking moves...
david morse - Lead O/S - 30/May/12 with Polly

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

shunt
efrance24234 - TR rpt - 26/May/12

pie_eater_pete - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/12 with bwestwood

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Mar/12

akhughes - 14/Nov/11

gregoritos - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/11

Hidden - TR O/S - 27/Jul/11

johnny20whales - TR - 01/Jul/11

Puuuuum-py! It doesn't let up till you're sat on the top
petegunn - Lead - 09/Jun/11 with Davina

Hidden - 2nd dog - 09/Jun/11

stevebarratt - Lead - 03/May/11 with Thomas Mills Richmond

Pumpy! A great route.
liam - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/11 with Dom Barton

JulesV - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Shauna Cunningham

Aid Climbed, pulled sat on rope, pulled again and resat on rope all the way up.
Chi Cheng - 2nd dog - 2010 with Steve Barratt

efrance24234 - 2010

Hidden - 2nd - 2010

get strong, go back, lead clean
leopet - 2nd dog - 12/May/09 with Evan

danm - 2nd - 12/May/09

datoon - Lead dog - 01/Jul/08 with K

nige - Lead - 06/May/08 with adam ellwood

John Roberts (JR) - Lead O/S - 2008

Tony Little - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/07 with Lucy Ellis

took one rest, crux is definately at the top, n its not over till its over...
robman - 2nd dog - 08/Apr/07 with Tim

middlevern - Lead rpt - 2007 with Mike Blood

Hidden - Lead dog - Sep/05

mattish2000 - TR dog - 2005 with Nick

Fell off from the top moves - so didn't finish but managed on top rope!!!
datoon - TR RP - 07/Sep/04

Apharri - 2nd β - Jul/04 with Dave Wharton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/02

Carl Smethurst - 2nd - 24/Sep/01 with Ian Pickles, Alan Bowring

Had a gripper with a stuck finger! Harder than the Mau Mau, done the day before
goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/95 with Matt Hirst

Hidden - 1995

John Southworth - Lead RP - Jul/94

The direct start is 6b and nicely technical, but the finish is scary!
Sean Kelly - Lead - May/93 with Pete Carmichael

keefe - 20/Sep/91

Rich Kirby - Lead - 1989 with Will (S. Williamson)

Teamed up with a bloke in the quarry.
BigHairyIan - 2nd dog - 01/Oct/88

Mark Kemball - Lead - 23/May/82 with Dave Abbey

Hammy - 2nd - 07/May/80 with Rob Lawson

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Calder, crag_hopper_Jay, Hidden, virgil, Hidden, DavidR, Hidden, leopet, mattish2000, Hidden, Hidden, Timothy Greenhalgh

Voting
Total votes cast 50
hard E40 of 18
E40 of 18
easy E41 of 18
hard E314 of 18
E33 of 18
easy E30 of 18
hard E20 of 18
E20 of 18
easy E20 of 18
hard 6a0 of 18
6a0 of 18
easy 6a1 of 18
hard 5c11 of 18
5c6 of 18
easy 5c0 of 18
hard 5b0 of 18
5b0 of 18
easy 5b0 of 18
3 Stars8 of 14
2 Stars6 of 14
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Style of ascent

Lead23 of 43 (53.5%)
Followed11 of 43 (25.6%)
Toproped5 of 43 (11.6%)
Unknown4 of 43 (9.3%)

'Climbed'16 of 43 (37.2%)
clean O/S12 of 43 (27.9%)
clean β1 of 43 (2.3%)
clean rpt3 of 43 (7.0%)
clean RP2 of 43 (4.7%)
dogged9 of 43 (20.9%)