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Lucifer's Hammer*** 6c

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32m. No further details are known about this long pitch. It is claimed that a 70m rope will get you down but take great care. © ROCKFAX
A brilliant but improbable looking 6c wall climb. Belay at the stance at the top of the ramp from where you can just get down on a 60m rope but a 70 is safer.
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This climb is in 60 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead RP - 05/May/13

adamjeffs - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/13

richard31 - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/13 with Mike Hayes

wolverine - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/13 with Rich Malcolm

tommurrell1 - Lead O/S - Apr/13 with Tessa, Richard

dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/13 with Leona, Sky

Luxulyan - Lead dog - 27/Mar/13 with Tess Lyons, Tom Murrell

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/13

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 17/Nov/12 with julie carroll

Fredrik Nyberg - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/12

Top class.
loundsy - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/12 with Mark W

belay bunny turned bad - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/12 with Mark w, loundsy

tomB - Lead O/S - 26/Oct/12 with Juliette

aidanb - Lead O/S - 22/Oct/12

Nice route, first of the trip
Si dH - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12 with Richard Popp

Vince McNally - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/12 with Sumee Holloway

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/12

DannyK - Lead O/S - 08/Oct/12 with Katie

Draws already in place. Lovely route on very clean compressed limestone
Richard_Lowe - Lead rpt - 26/Sep/12 with Diane Lowe

So good I led it twice!
Richard_Lowe - Lead rpt - 26/Sep/12 with Diane Lowe

Flashed after Charlie bolt to bolted. Rested in the upper groove with a hand jam until the pump passed.
wpgaudin - Lead β - 13/Sep/12 with Charlie

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/12

Steve Hillier - Lead O/S - 16/May/12 with Adam booth

dave_rose - Lead O/S - 16/May/12

Adam Booth - Lead O/S - 16/May/12 with Steve Hillier, David Rose

Brendan - Lead O/S - 12/May/12

Hidden - Lead β - 07/May/12

Billg - Lead O/S - 07/May/12 with Bob Brewer

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/May/12

Awesome! Pumpy, lovely holds, great view from the ledge!
BeccaSnowden - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/12 with Tom

thomasadixon - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/12 with Becca

Fran S8 - Lead β - 15/Apr/12 with john nightingale

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/12

Naomi Kyan - Lead β - 03/Apr/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/11

Just tired but a great route.
augustus trout - Lead dog - 29/Oct/11

Takes an unbelievable line at the grade. Superb
shark - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/11 with Toby Foord-Kelcey

Stunning compact rock at the start. Really had to fight for this, pleased to get it putting the clips in.
embob - Lead - 23/Oct/11 with Alex

Hidden - Lead dog - 23/Oct/11

Draws already in. Fantastic lower half of the route on superb rock
Richard_Lowe - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/11 with Diane Lowe

keefe - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/11 with Glenn Sutcliffe

thomasburley - Lead RP - 24/Sep/11 with Garth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/May/11

Does wall climbing get any better than this? A big thunderstorm struck just after I'd done it. had to leave the draws in place overnight.
Dave Musgrove - Lead rpt - 11/May/11 with Paul Farrish

jfreeman - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/11 with Ewen Turner

ewen - 21/Apr/11

Glenn Sutcliffe - 2011 with keefe

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/10

Tough and damp.
Morgan Woods - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/10 with Kaly 2010 posse

marky - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/10 with Sharon

Seymore Butt - 2010

looks unlikley at the grade, more like 8a to look at,but it dose go at 6c, have faith and be rewarded.Well worth doing if spartacus area is busy
Phill Mitch - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/09 with mick

La Mont - 2009

Hidden - Oct/08

Hidden - 2007

last day of our 1st trip to Kaly. We were short of time and energy to try another route and had enjoyed this so much we both did it twice!
Dave Musgrove - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/04 with Nigel Baker

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
RBonney, najki_2000

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easy 6c+0 of 16
hard 6c3 of 16
6c9 of 16
easy 6c4 of 16
hard 6b+0 of 16
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easy 6b+0 of 16
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Style of ascent

Lead54 of 60 (90.0%)
Unknown6 of 60 (10.0%)

'Climbed'7 of 60 (11.7%)
clean O/S41 of 60 (68.3%)
clean β4 of 60 (6.7%)
clean rpt3 of 60 (5.0%)
clean RP2 of 60 (3.3%)
dogged3 of 60 (5.0%)