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Ribstone Crack** VS 4c

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[Getting busy on Carreg Wastad, 3 kb]55m, 2 pitches. A classic beefy pitch that requires a bit of grunt! 1) 4c, 34m. Start as for Crackstone Rib, up the crack to gain the ledge. Stride right and meet the impending crack head on. Jam, layback and improvise up this until a swing left gains a sloping belay ledge. 2) 4a, 18m. Swing back right and follow the large flake all the way to the top. © ROCKFAX

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This climb is in 343 logbooks, and on 27 wishlists.

P1, awkward but good.
lithos - AltLd - 19/May/13 with andy kitchen

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/May/13

easy 4a second pitch, crofty led main pitch. steep and sustained.
pebbles - AltLd - 19/May/13 with crofty

RD P1
rd20 - AltLd O/S - 18/May/13 with Charlotte CC

BenRyle - AltLd O/S - 08/May/13 with Charlottte

Mr Fuller - 2nd O/S - 06/May/13 with Paul Gibbison

Alex.M-M. - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/13

magicdougie - 10/Apr/13 with JCAshman

JCAshman - AltLd O/S - 08/Apr/13

First climb of the year, first multi-pitch, first Trad in a while. On blind section, just needed to arrange feet, push up on the legs, keep going whilst getting feet higher and reach for the relevant hand holds. In other words: stop fannying about! Otherwise, well done!
Vasco Bull - 2nd dog - Apr/13

Got a bit lost on this so ended up down climbing 2 sections near the start.
spenser - 2nd O/S - Mar/13

Hidden - 2013

Harri777 - AltLd - 09/Sep/12 with Stephen T

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Sep/12

Ray Sparks - 2nd - 08/Sep/12

Lloyders - Lead O/S - 06/Sep/12 with Paddy

Great climb but had to rest on gear at one point. My 5th VS and I was surprised by how sustained the difficulties were! Would do it again. My partner wouldn't try to second it, so I set up an abseil by the tree at the top of the crack and rapped down to retrieve my gear.
jhw - Lead dog - 01/Sep/12

Hidden - 09/Aug/12

Marti999 - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/12 with Debbie

Sweet evening route with the boys and banter
Jillybean - AltLd - 08/Aug/12 with Simon, Brad

Lead P1
Ketu - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/12 with Tom E

Lead second pitch
LovelyMrTom - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/12 with Rob Truckle

as one 60 metre pitch
Jake Young - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Mark R

mark20 - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/12

Johnywilks - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/12

kristinawe - 2nd - 27/May/12

jason reeve - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12

Andrew Lester - AltLd - 15/May/12

led pitch two - made a meal of it.
john_ni - AltLd O/S - 13/May/12 with Adrian Jones

SamStokes - AltLd rpt - 12/May/12 with Simon Lambert

Good climbing. A tough VS, but fair.
JezH - AltLd O/S - 02/May/12 with Ellie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/May/12

With Kam.
martin c - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 01/Apr/12

Another great VS, steep propper climbing with a good crux, good for indoor climbers with big guns.
willoates - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/12 with Jo P

Hard towards the top of P1. I lead P2 :)
thecurlyone - AltLd O/S - 27/Mar/12 with Ivan Holroid

Danny Crump - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Sarah Pentelow

the top section very near the first belay is quite hard for the grade; I did it after two attempts, well protected
tommy - Lead dog - 24/Mar/12

ken +
jvarmstrong - Lead - 24/Mar/12

mynyddresident - AltLd - 23/Mar/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Mar/12

Daniel Heath - AltLd - 03/Mar/12 with Remus

Lead the first pitch, Josh lead the second
nutty_didz - AltLd O/S - 03/Mar/12 with Josh Dickerson

Josh Dickerson - AltLd O/S - 03/Mar/12 with nutty_didz

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/12

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

pie_eater_pete - AltLd O/S - 07/Nov/11 with ben smedley

bsmedz - AltLd O/S - 07/Nov/11 with Peter Sargent

brockers - AltLd O/S - 28/Oct/11 with Maggie Bass

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Oct/11

First pitch is challenging for a VS but very well protected.
Falko - AltLd O/S - 28/Sep/11 with Steve M

Led pitch 1
sian88 - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/11

felt harder than other VS's, seemed to be struggling for foot holds and gear was quite spaced. done in the rain
carl_123 - AltLd O/S - 29/Aug/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 18/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Jul/11

Em66 - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/11 with Mat

Led P1. Didn't feel particularly high in the grade. Much better than it looks.
victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Jaime

Nice Climb!!
Bennykr - AltLd O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Noodles, JB

Felt hard and slightly awkward!
Teddys15 - AltLd O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Ben Reinsch, Jill Reinsch

Jillybean - 2nd - 11/Jun/11 with Martyn, Ben

simon kimber - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/11 with Hannah Hunt

Simon Cahill - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/11 with Sam Benton

dan ely - 2nd rpt - 06/Jun/11 with terry

Hidden - Lead rpt - 06/Jun/11

Hidden - Jun/11

Nice steep first pitch on good holds and with sound protection
David Smith - Lead O/S - 31/May/11 with Trevor Good

dan ely - 2nd rpt - 25/May/11 with steve, jason

tim newton - AltLd O/S - 04/May/11 with andy stotesbury

Ld P 2
malc - AltLd rpt - 25/Apr/11 with Paul S

r.greaves - AltLd - 24/Apr/11 with neil

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/11

Martyn Lead P1 steep crack, i thought it hard for grade.
monkeyboyraw - AltLd O/S - 22/Apr/11 with Martyn Eade

matt.woodfield - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/11

vertically_challenged - AltLd O/S - Apr/11

Hidden - Lead - 04/Mar/11

Kyle F - AltLd - Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

long pitch to top difficult to observe the hard bit
alasdair19 - 2011

danny33 - Lead - 2011

djking1983 - AltLd O/S - 18/Oct/10 with Andy Smith

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Oct/10

First pitch is sustained and steep, gets harder as it goes. Great route.
evilweed - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/10 with Dan

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/10

Katy Nelson - AltLd - 01/Sep/10

benchwarmer - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/10 with meg

davesb - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/10 with Tom Wilson

taw - AltLd - 26/Aug/10 with Dave sb

Guy Wilson - AltLd - 10/Aug/10 with Dave Chapman

chapmand - AltLd - 10/Aug/10 with Guy Wilson

Lenny - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/10 with John

Abbed off at first belay in heavy rain.
pldarch - Lead dnf - 13/Jul/10 with Sam

Craig Geddes - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/10 with Scott Kirkhope

Seconded with Andy on the climbing sympsium. A really hard climb.
Chris Perry - 2nd - 06/Jul/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Jul/10

stewart roberts - Lead - 27/Jun/10

Led P1
KevB - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Chris W

great! tricky though!
twoplates - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/10 with frith wood

m.thomas15 - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/10 with trish

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Jun/10

Trisha Murphy - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/10 with mike

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/10

Jess patel - AltLd - 16/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/10

Andrew.Davies - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with aaron

quite off balance at the crux. nw rock said the top pitch was 18m.. but it was about 5m. should have done it in one pitch
adam06 - AltLd - 12/Jun/10 with marek

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

Found this really awkward towards the top of the crack - one rest.....
davenev - AltLd dog - 05/Jun/10 with luke

Tough for a VS 4c. Led 1st pitch
Mr Tickle - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with davenev

Helen Gibson - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/10 with Richard

Rampikino - Lead - 31/May/10 with Cat

Stone Rooster - Lead O/S - 25/May/10 with Andy waring

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/May/10

dickie01 - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10 with Julian King

In trail running trainers
Matt Bennett - Lead O/S - 22/May/10 with Libby Peter

Hidden - AltLd dog - 22/May/10

Led 2nd pitch
Leelogs - AltLd O/S - 09/May/10 with Chris

cem - 2nd O/S - 03/May/10 with Graham Dolman

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/10

Jack Doyle - AltLd - May/10 with Eva

Dizz - Lead - 18/Apr/10 with jt

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Apr/10

iceaxejuggler - 2nd rpt - 18/Apr/10 with Liz

Lead P2
Sankey - AltLd - 17/Apr/10 with Jon

jshields - AltLd - 17/Apr/10 with Steve Ebbens

Led pitch 1. First pitch was quite tricky for VS. Good fun nonetheless.
Ken Applegate - AltLd - 15/Apr/10 with Steve Ironside, Hannah Evans

Done as one pitch, VS 4c felt about right. Easy angle, tonnes of gear if you need it, good holds (Unless you have tunnel vision), clean rock. Worth a star or two.
Glyn Davidson - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/10 with Mike Doyle

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

did in one pitch. worth doing again for sure
dan ely - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10 with jesse

Hammy - 2nd - 08/Apr/10 with Dan Platt, Lucy Woods

hard for VS!
Duncan Campbell - UKC - AltLd O/S - 17/Feb/10 with Ben Alsford

bigbobbyking - Lead O/S - 07/Feb/10 with Cameron Hall

DuckingFesperate - Lead - 2010

mcgrathr - 2010

evs91 - Lead dog - 2010

MarekM - AltLd - 2010

soph - 2010

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Sep/09

Ran both pitches together
theotherpetehill - Lead - 14/Sep/09

chrisallan - 2nd O/S - 14/Sep/09

scorky345 - Lead - 13/Sep/09 with Peter Wood

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Sep/09

PaulHarris - Lead - 13/Sep/09

robin heath - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Rob Cole

PaulHarris - Lead - 12/Sep/09 with Micheal

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/09

Dave Rumney - AltLd - 22/Aug/09 with Tanya Milner

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Aug/09

Led P1, amazing stuff. If you have a 60m rope it might be worth doing the whole thing as one mega-pitch!
Brendan - AltLd O/S - 13/Jul/09 with Paul

Francois S - 2nd O/S - 05/Jul/09 with Martin & Carina

Ows - AltLd - Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 17/Jun/09

Renegade_Pony - 2nd - 12/Jun/09 with barni

Jayne led 1st pitch, finished off in the dark up Crackstone rib
fizzychewitt - AltLd - 11/Jun/09 with Jayne

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Jun/09

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Jun/09

Followed Paul up it.
jim.barritt - 2nd O/S - 06/Jun/09 with Paul Warnock

Ld P1. Tricky :) Fannyed around for far too long on the crux of P1, but then used wider holds to climb on.
jezb1 - AltLd - 31/May/09

Andy_B39 - 2nd O/S - 31/May/09 with Phil Wilkinson

Led as one 52 m pitch
porridgefan - Lead O/S - 31/May/09 with Andy Barnes

Hard for VS. Good though.
HIGHTOWER - Lead O/S - 31/May/09 with Liz

liz-264 - 2nd - 31/May/09 with Hightower

sgl - AltLd O/S - 24/May/09 with Mallard

led 1st pitch
davidwright - AltLd O/S - 02/May/09 with Simon B

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/May/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/09

michael burrows - Lead rpt - 11/Apr/09 with norman clacher

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Apr/09

andrea83 - 2nd O/S - Apr/09 with Guy

paul.valentine - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/09 with Dave Connelly

Took me a bit by surprise - certainly tough for the grade. lovely climb.
Dan_Carroll - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/09 with Rebecca Holland

Hidden - 2009

MarkFoster - 2009

Seymore Butt - 2009

Chris M - 2009

sionjosh - 2009

Great and technical route. More likely HVS, though.
masa-alpin - Lead O/S - 01/Nov/08 with Andy Rich

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Nov/08

Hidden - Lead - Nov/08

Led 1st pitch
niallk - AltLd O/S - 27/Sep/08 with Ross, Sarah

Lead 1st pitch. Quite exposed and runout on the arete. Good climb.
MikeLell - AltLd - 31/Aug/08 with Owain Atkins

owain86 - AltLd - 31/Aug/08 with Mike Lelliott

The guidebook wasn't joking on this one
SamStokes - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/08 with Ben Matthews

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Jul/08

Katex - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/08 with Simon Edwards

Sgt. Vest - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/08 with toby vye

Hjort - AltLd rpt - 17/Jun/08 with William Malcolm

Sustained but loads of gear and good foot placements.
JWB - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/08 with Mark

Very TRICKY but SO satisfiying once at the top! Had a few little chats to myself on the way up... not for the faint hearted
pti_gaz - Lead O/S - Jun/08

Training climb
daveyji - 2nd O/S - Jun/08 with Bridget O'Brien

Hidden - Lead - Jun/08

Lead crux.
Nigel Mackwood - AltLd O/S - Jun/08 with Zoe van den Bosch

1st pitch not as straight forward as I thought.
ritchierich - AltLd O/S - 23/May/08 with Steve Joynson

Hammy - 2nd - 14/May/08 with Joe Gittins

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/May/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/May/08

John pitch 1, Chris pitch 2.
Chris Sansum - AltLd O/S - 06/May/08 with John Eales

hetaher - Lead - 03/May/08 with My mum

Claire S-J - AltLd - May/08

Hidden - 2nd - May/08

crag_monster - Lead - May/08

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Sean Kelly - 2008

Hidden - AltLd - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 20/Oct/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Oct/07

sonnenstern - AltLd O/S - 18/Sep/07 with Carlene Hill

Carly - AltLd O/S - 18/Sep/07 with sophie

Hjort - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/07 with Jam Mortimer

Well the git did the whole climb in one pitch, so no leading for me!
jambomotamops - 2nd O/S - 08/Sep/07 with Toby Vye

Lead P2
OffshoreAndy - AltLd - 30/Aug/07 with UKC Rob Greenwood

awesome awesome awesome! manage to battle the panic...
naine - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/07 with marie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Aug/07

Gman - Lead - Aug/07 with Dave

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/07

dan gibson - Solo O/S - 04/Jun/07

Led second pitch (4a), I don't lead 4c!
Flicka - AltLd - 02/Jun/07 with James

sgl0jd - AltLd - Jun/07 with Lizzie

peter myers - AltLd - Jun/07 with Colin Buxton

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 06/May/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 06/May/07

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Apr/07

MikeLeeds - AltLd - 06/Apr/07 with John Forrester

richardr - Apr/07

Ifan - Lead O/S - Mar/07 with Gethin

Rob Kennard - 2007

timmy-ts - 2007

Harder than it looks from the ground!
My Gravity - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/06 with Patrick H

Tom M Williams - AltLd - 07/Sep/06 with Simon

Hard 4c great route
Richard Kinsman - Lead - 30/Aug/06 with Tony Lamberton

jl - AltLd O/S - 22/Aug/06 with Matt

ewen - AltLd O/S - 04/Aug/06 with paul james

Jonny M - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/06 with Tim Gledhill

Hidden - Jun/06

sammoore - AltLd O/S - Jun/06 with Richard Hirst

malc - AltLd - 15/Apr/06 with AP

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/06

Hidden - 2006

mikelaing - 2006

akhughes - 2006

Hidden - 2006

mattyork2 - Lead - 15/Aug/05 with moony

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Aug/05

Chesh - Lead - 25/Jun/05 with Lawrence

Found the crack hard for VS. Very sustained first pitch.
catt - 2nd O/S - 18/Jun/05 with Toby

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/05

Hidden - 2005

Hidden - Lead - Jul/04

Andy Say - Lead - 12/May/04

jparry75 - 2nd - Apr/04 with m.evans

dicky79 - AltLd O/S - 2004 with Michelle

Hidden - AltLd - 2004

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Oct/03

michael burrows - Lead rpt - 20/Jun/03 with mark ryan

Brian Rodgers - Lead O/S - 2003 with Emma Jones

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Oct/02

iceaxejuggler - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/02 with D White

Nice pitch, but I wouldn't argue with a 5a tech. grade.
Rog Wilko - Lead - Jul/02 with Debbie Wilkinson

keith leonard - 2002

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/01

seanyt - AltLd - 2001

ChesterChris - 2000

Quality
Jon Evans - AltLd - 11/Sep/99 with Sharon Abbott

loundsy - 1999 with bex

BenTiffin - Lead - 22/Oct/98 with Graham Bromley

Hammy - Lead - 21/Sep/98 with Nick Banks

five - Lead O/S - Jun/98

Mark Riley - AltLd - May/98 with Stuart Greenall

DafSWMC - 2nd - 30/Jan/98

zero six - Lead O/S - 1998

Julian Wedd - 1998 with A. Brierley

whispering nic - Solo - Oct/97

craig h - Lead O/S - 18/May/97 with Janet Hannah

Hidden - Lead - 10/Apr/97

Hidden - Lead - 10/Mar/97

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jan/97

Paul Boardman - AltLd O/S - 24/Aug/96 with Iain Boardman

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Jul/96

iskra2000 - AltLd - 06/Jun/96 with Danuska Rycerz

GuyM - 1996

Ched - Lead O/S - 1995 with Glanfor

Hidden - Aug/94

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1994

Hidden - Lead - 03/Jun/93

malc - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/93

Budge - AltLd O/S - 1993 with Richard Teed

Chris Ellis - AltLd O/S - 25/May/92 with Ernie Horrocks

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/May/92

Hidden - Lead - 08/Apr/92

WB - 1992

sdht - 1991

AdmWlr - AltLd O/S - 1991

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Sep/90

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Sep/90

AlanLittle - 2nd - Aug/90 with Tom Dillon

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Jun/90

alan moore - 1990

babymoac - Lead - 29/Jul/89 with Rob A & Mark

Hidden - Lead - 11/Apr/88

michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/86 with steve morris

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/May/86

dodders - 2nd - May/85 with Roger E

Ian Clare - 1984

Hidden - 1983

Hidden - AltLd - 1983

Hidden - 2nd - 30/May/81

Hidden - 1981

Falko - Lead O/S - 1980 with Chris Plant

Hammy - AltLd - 19/Apr/79 with Jonathon Stacey

Mark Kemball - Lead - 08/Feb/78 with Richard Lang

Nic Robinson - AltLd O/S - 07/Aug/77 with Paul Greenland

Henbury MC Meet Whit Weekend 28th May - 30th May 1976
Andy Chubb - Lead - 28/May/76 with Saxon Ridley

Bolt Phobia - 12/Nov/75

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/75

Mike Owen - Aug/75 with John Roberts

Hidden - May/74

granitbahn - AltLd - 1974

pneame - 1970 with Tich Smitton

RichardMc - AltLd - 19/Aug/69 with Derek Bull

greenbuoy - 2nd - Aug/69 with Terry Taylor

Gordon Stainforth - 2nd - 21/Aug/68 with John Stainforth

Staying at Ynys, everyday it starts raining at 10am so decided to do Crackstone Rib before breakfast. This changed to a go at Ribstone. It took 2 hours, I was absolutely starving, everyone at Ynys sat outside having breakfast watching us. all I had was one mint in my pocket.
oldmanofmow - AltLd - 12/Sep/60

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Voting
Total votes cast 147
hard HVS0 of 52
HVS1 of 52
easy HVS10 of 52
hard VS32 of 52
VS9 of 52
easy VS0 of 52
hard HS0 of 52
HS0 of 52
easy HS0 of 52
hard 5a0 of 50
5a1 of 50
easy 5a9 of 50
hard 4c24 of 50
4c15 of 50
easy 4c1 of 50
hard 4b0 of 50
4b0 of 50
easy 4b0 of 50
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2 Stars28 of 45
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 343 (0.6%)
Lead93 of 343 (27.1%)
Followed47 of 343 (13.7%)
Alt Leads149 of 343 (43.4%)
Unknown52 of 343 (15.2%)

'Climbed'169 of 343 (49.3%)
clean O/S156 of 343 (45.5%)
clean rpt10 of 343 (2.9%)
dogged6 of 343 (1.7%)
dnf2 of 343 (0.6%)