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Piggy's Crack* VS 4c

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8m. The short crack in the wall. © ROCKFAX
FA. Al Evans 1977

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This climb is in 108 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Chalky Cat - 2nd O/S - 09/May/13 with Dom

Peakology - Lead O/S - 09/May/13 with Chalkycat

Hidden - Solo O/S - 08/May/13

VS that requires a heel-hook? Excellent
Cake - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with John Cooper

Somerset swede basher - Solo O/S - 03/May/13

shafman - Sent O/S - 28/Apr/13

tarn - Sent O/S - 25/Apr/13 with Alan Caley

jordan taylor - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/13

lirael - TR - 21/Apr/13

Steve Waters, Mynydd - 2nd - 16/Apr/13 with Mike Tempest

Hidden - Lead - 16/Apr/13

OliBangbala - Sent β - 14/Apr/13

Plenk - Lead O/S - Apr/13

the power - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/13 with deacon

Climbster - Solo O/S - 20/Mar/13 with Ian

First trad lead, though have soloed it in the past. Was a lot harder on lead, mainly because I placed gear every half a meter for the practice.
MTL - Lead rpt - 02/Mar/13 with James

RichyBOYY - Lead - 20/Oct/12 with Andy Pearson

p_won - Lead O/S - 20/Oct/12 with ric eliot

Fragmod - Lead - 04/Aug/12

tsl42 - 2nd O/S - 04/Aug/12 with Gaz Hooson

Tough
James Oswald - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/12 with deacon

AlexanderRyanBanks - Solo O/S - 27/Jul/12

Jake Young - Solo O/S - 09/Jul/12 with Jem

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/12

simonp - Lead β - Jul/12 with Annelies Sarrazyn

Wobbly hold at the top!
Bart Shaw - Sent O/S - 23/Jun/12 with Chad, Sam

Slightly exciting top out due to loose hold but nice jams and holds and not too high...
Chad123 - Sent O/S - 23/Jun/12 with bartshaw, Sam

Darron - 17/Jun/12

MTL - Solo rpt - 23/May/12

MTL - Sent O/S - 19/May/12

Hidden - Solo O/S - 17/May/12

led on pre-placed gear.
gavinpeach - Lead β - 13/May/12 with Liam Talbot

Absolutely butchered it so had to let Gav do it and then I seconded it (dogged). Had lots of trouble with the final move/jams. Not good!
talbot_60 - 2nd dog - 13/May/12 with Gavin Peach

OliBangbala - Solo O/S - 16/Apr/12

timmyhobby - Solo O/S - 23/Mar/12

pie_eater_pete - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/12 with Niall

James Oakes - Solo O/S - 05/Mar/12

MichaelGallimore - Lead O/S - Mar/12 with Andy Hawkins

Hidden - Sent - 03/Feb/12

Nicola - Lead β - 23/Oct/11 with Lee

Hidden - 2nd dog - 23/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/11

Nice climb, perhaps a bit too high to solo
Jonny Nick - Solo O/S - 05/Aug/11 with jamesgodwin64

Hidden - Solo - 01/Aug/11

petellis - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Broomy, Sloth

Jonathan Hall - 2nd - 28/May/11 with Rob Middleton

gpcomps - Lead β - 12/May/11 with Chris Bridgland

Fell trying the lead. Clean second. Found it surprisngly hard for a VS 4c.
Stoff - 2nd rpt - 12/May/11 with gpcomps

mark20 - Lead O/S - 04/May/11

liam - Solo O/S - 04/May/11 with Mark R

eazyclimbing - Solo β - 12/Apr/11

Nick Rundall - Lead rpt - 05/Apr/11 with Adam Youd

Hidden - Lead rpt - 14/Mar/11

Homebrew165 - Lead β - 14/Mar/11 with talon_guy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Tom Lee-Field - 2nd dog - 19/Nov/10 with Gaz

bavarianGaz - Lead RP - 19/Nov/10 with Tom

colin milton - 2nd - 28/Aug/10 with Sari Nevala

Sari Nevala - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/10 with Colin

Laurence Everitt - 2nd rpt - 12/Aug/10 with Alaina Beacall

Alaina - Lead dog - 12/Aug/10 with laurence_ev

Hidden - Solo O/S - Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10

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

JamieSparkes - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/10 with Nick

Nick1812P - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/10 with Jamie

Excellent. More of a boulder problem really. Short and therefore slightly harder.
andrea83 - 2nd O/S - 13/May/10 with Saffra, Dan

jamesgodwin64 - Lead O/S - 09/May/10 with R8JimBob88

R8JimBob88 - Lead β - 09/May/10 with James

joe.91 - Lead O/S - 08/May/10 with Olli Crudge, Thomas Reid

Nick Rundall - 2nd rpt - 02/May/10 with Jon Taylor

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

Everything was wet!!
bavarianGaz - Lead dog - 24/Oct/09 with Dan

mr rob - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/09 with ferg

Could not get two metres off the ground on this.
PhilfromPoynton - Lead dnf - 30/Sep/09 with Julie Cunningham

A Downing - 2nd rpt - 05/Sep/09 with Ben & Gaz

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/09

AlexDexter - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/09 with Dan halperin

Jon Dittman - 2nd - 12/Aug/09

Very pumpy
Kuarlos - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/09 with My bro

Jay J - Lead - Jul/09

many times... in the rain... in trainers... more of a boulder problem
willoates - Solo O/S - Jul/09

Got sucked in to putting to much gear in, got tired and spat off, then shot up it.
morrisdaboss - Lead rpt - 28/Jun/09 with Cecile

pauldr - Solo O/S - 26/Jun/09 with nick

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 31/May/09 with Samuel Walters

A Downing - 2nd O/S - 08/Mar/09 with Damian Lawson, Tom Parott

Daymo - 2nd O/S - 08/Mar/09 with A Downing

tomparrott - Lead - 08/Mar/09 with A Downing, Daymo

Very pumpy
Kuarlos - 2009

metal arms - Solo O/S - 14/Jun/08

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

gregoritos - Solo O/S - Jun/07

Peakphil - Lead O/S - 29/May/07

Hidden - Solo - May/07

kingholmesy - Solo O/S - 2007

Hidden - Lead - 22/Oct/06

JdotP - 2nd dog - 10/May/06 with Tom Brookes, Stuart Bury

FrankW - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/04 with Joe

Stig - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/04 with Geraldine Lawless

cem - 2nd O/S - 20/Oct/02 with Graham Dolman

Forshaw
adamwesthead - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/01 with Taylor

akhughes - Lead - Mar/01

LittleJoe - 2nd O/S - 2001

Roget - Solo O/S - 02/Nov/91

Nick Rundall - Solo O/S - 1990

Hidden - 2nd - 09/Oct/77

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/77

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, Steve Waters, Mynydd

Voting
Total votes cast 52
hard HVS0 of 18
HVS0 of 18
easy HVS0 of 18
hard VS13 of 18
VS4 of 18
easy VS1 of 18
hard HS0 of 18
HS0 of 18
easy HS0 of 18
hard 5a0 of 18
5a0 of 18
easy 5a3 of 18
hard 4c10 of 18
4c5 of 18
easy 4c0 of 18
hard 4b0 of 18
4b0 of 18
easy 4b0 of 18
3 Stars0 of 16
2 Stars1 of 16
1 Star12 of 16
0 Stars3 of 16
Bag of .....0 of 16
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Style of ascent

Soloed23 of 108 (21.3%)
Lead53 of 108 (49.1%)
Followed21 of 108 (19.4%)
Toproped1 of 108 (0.9%)
Bouldered7 of 108 (6.5%)
Unknown3 of 108 (2.8%)

'Climbed'20 of 108 (18.5%)
clean O/S63 of 108 (58.3%)
clean β8 of 108 (7.4%)
clean rpt9 of 108 (8.3%)
clean RP1 of 108 (0.9%)
dogged6 of 108 (5.6%)
dnf1 of 108 (0.9%)