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Great Slab Arete* S 4a

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10m. Weave through the bulges (or pull over the lowest one - 4b) to gain and then climb the well-positioned arete on its right-hand side throughout. © ROCKFAX
FA. Brian Hodgkinson mid 1950s 1955
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 90 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

mikedelderfield - Solo O/S - 06/May/13

georgenvk - Lead O/S - 02/May/13 with martina

Beth-Cath-T - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/13 with JimboWizbo

Beth's lead, tricky bit is not seeing the decent footholds while traversing
JimboWizbo - 2nd O/S - 02/Mar/13 with Beth

gseywald - Lead - 17/Feb/13 with Dave

greengrasss - Solo O/S - 08/Oct/12

chrisgaynon69 - Lead β - 15/Sep/12 with Gary Scott, karl bamford

thedatastream - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/12 with J25

J25 - AltLd O/S - 07/Jul/12 with JP

only climb on what turned out to be very wet day
stratandrew - 2nd - 16/Jun/12 with Colin Maddison

wil_perry - 2nd - 10/Jun/12 with Barney

Hidden - 2nd - 06/Jun/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/12

JBROWN41 - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/12 with meinertzhagen

Meinertzhagen - 2nd O/S - 06/Jun/12 with James Brown

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

gseywald - 2nd - 02/May/12 with Dave

Did not do 2nd pitch, instead going straight up RHS of the fin / nose for a more direct but easier finish which is good fun - dynamic and airy on huge holds.
Julian Lane - Lead O/S - May/12 with Scafell Lyndsey

gseywald - Lead - 19/Feb/12 with Dave

gseywald - 2nd - 19/Feb/12 with Dave

greglad - Lead - 19/Nov/11

gseywald - AltLd - 22/Oct/11 with Dave

JEP - 2nd O/S - 31/Aug/11

Barry D - Lead - 31/Aug/11 with Jon P

Mickdenali - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/11 with dayszi

dayszi - 2nd - 20/Aug/11 with mickdenali

stratandrew - 2nd - 27/Jul/11 with Ozcan Yanik

ozzie35 - 27/Jul/11

Gashworth - Lead - 11/Jun/11

amy - AltLd - 25/May/11 with Jen

ste_d - Solo rpt - 19/May/11

paulpaint - Solo - May/11

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

dannygiblin - 2011

johnwilson123 - Sep/10 with paul

nice climbing, i'd give it 2 stars. possibly a bit hard for 4a.
Dan Lane - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/10 with Dan Money

Thought this was hard for Severe 4a
dpmUK - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/10 with Little Dan

cezza - TR - 04/Jun/10

Sianny - 2nd O/S - 01/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/May/10

Done in mountain boots - worryingly old school - KP lead, excellent work!
climbing_rocks1983 - 2nd O/S - 13/Feb/10 with Kieran

Hidden - 2010

mr rob - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/09 with Jordan, ferg

grubes - 2nd - 11/Oct/09 with Chris

willworkforfoodjnr - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/09 with grubes

BenedictIEP - TR O/S - 11/Oct/09

Fannied around for a while at the start.
Alex Thompson - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/09 with Anton

ste_d - Solo rpt - 04/Oct/09

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Sep/09

Roget - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/09 with jim

Hidden - Solo - 09/Aug/09

Direct start. Nice little climb, thought it deserved more stars!
embob - Lead - 13/Jun/09 with Alex

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 28/Feb/09

chri55ie - Lead - 27/Sep/08 with Mike Hough

mike_hough_uk - 2nd - 27/Sep/08 with chri55ie

Hidden - TR O/S - 24/Aug/08

ste_d - Solo rpt - 02/Aug/08

thinair48 - Solo O/S - Aug/08

4b start.
Calder - Lead O/S - 19/Jul/08 with James Brown & co.

Hidden - Lead - 23/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/08

Matt - BodyPoint - Lead rpt - 29/May/08 with Andrew Wood

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

stevo smith - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/07 with Paul Taylor, Arthur smith (Dad)

tobydunford - Solo O/S - 29/Aug/07

laurencehicks - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/07 with russ

cem - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/07 with Steve Capes

eonuk - Solo - 31/Mar/07

dread-i - 2nd O/S - 14/Oct/06 with Chris Tan

Gooders - Lead O/S - Oct/06 with Ant

eonuk - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/06 with Jacko

Matt - BodyPoint - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/06 with John Guest

JdotP - AltLd O/S - 15/Jul/06 with Dave Lovelady

direct + normal starts
Carl Smethurst - Solo O/S - 03/Jul/06 with Gareth Mayhead

Chris Davids - Solo O/S - 29/Jun/06

First pitch a bit of a disappointment!
George Ormerod - AltLd O/S - 10/May/06 with Clare D

Rampikino - Lead - 27/Aug/05 with Claire & Tom

DIRECT (Variation)
Rampikino - Lead - 27/Aug/05 with Claire & Tom

Simonj - TR - 30/May/05 with Andy

Toreador - Lead O/S - 19/Dec/04 with Carmen

Rampikino - Lead - 24/Jul/04 with Liz, Ian, Claire, Glyn

jonnyboy - AltLd - 2004 with Charlie Roland

Laramadness - Solo - 06/Apr/03

Did the direct start. This would make a nice lead.(Must return and do it). Another nice climb.
Owdham - TR O/S - 25/Nov/02 with Girtch

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Nov/02

craig h - Solo O/S - 01/Oct/90

babymoac - Solo - 12/Aug/89

Rob led
Chris Ellis - 2nd - 07/Aug/89 with Rob Gale, Trevor Massiah

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Voting
Total votes cast 26
hard HS0 of 9
HS0 of 9
easy HS0 of 9
hard S2 of 9
S6 of 9
easy S1 of 9
hard HVD0 of 9
HVD0 of 9
easy HVD0 of 9
hard 4b0 of 9
4b0 of 9
easy 4b0 of 9
hard 4a0 of 9
4a9 of 9
easy 4a0 of 9
hard 3c0 of 9
3c0 of 9
easy 3c0 of 9
3 Stars0 of 8
2 Stars2 of 8
1 Star5 of 8
0 Stars1 of 8
Bag of .....0 of 8
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Style of ascent

Soloed15 of 90 (16.7%)
Lead38 of 90 (42.2%)
Followed22 of 90 (24.4%)
Toproped5 of 90 (5.6%)
Alt Leads6 of 90 (6.7%)
Unknown4 of 90 (4.4%)

'Climbed'39 of 90 (43.3%)
clean O/S45 of 90 (50.0%)
clean β1 of 90 (1.1%)
clean rpt5 of 90 (5.6%)