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Pendulum Chimney** S 4b

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[Nick Manasseh on pitch 4 of Pendulum Chimney, 3 kb]The classic of this buttress does not disappoint. The climbing is well-protected and can be climbed at highish tides during calm seas by making a straightforward abseil approach down East Gully and belaying on high ledges at the start of the first pitch. Photo on page 184.. 1) 4a, 13m. Move up easily to the base of a wide crack. Take the crack that leads up left to a large belay ledge.. 2) 4a, 12m. Move up to the V-chimney behind the stance and climb it before making a move right and up to a guano stained belay ledge.. 3) 4a, 10m. Move right to a steep crack and climb to a belay ledge.. 4) 4b, 12m. The wide crack/chimney above leads to a niche from which harder climbing accesses a ledge and belay.. 5) 4a, 12m. Continue up short corners, past ledges, to the top of the cliff. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: Classic Rock, West Country Climbs, Rockfax West Country top 50.

Photo: Nick Manasseh on pitch 4 of Pendulum Chimney © Chris Manasseh
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 243 logbooks, and on 36 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead - 21/May/13

carl_123 - Lead O/S - 06/May/13

ChrisHarris1981 - 2nd O/S - 06/May/13

EllieWoods - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with Jono, Rich

great route. Big seas so had to ab in and miss first pitch. don't let the seagull poo keep you away it doesn't effect the route what so ever
will moy - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/13 with sophie

Wendy Watthews - 2nd rpt - 06/Apr/13 with rockpool

led all pitches
rockpool - Lead - 06/Apr/13 with wendy mathews

elbeanio - Lead O/S - Apr/13

aljezurusrf08 - 2nd O/S - 09/Feb/13 with Willow

Nice climbing, but the white stuff all over the rock is definitely not chalk
DavidMetcalf - AltLd O/S - 01/Jan/13 with Wendy Watthews

bobfossil - 2013

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2013

markfromstoke - AltLd - 30/Oct/12 with Norman

Hidden - AltLd - 30/Oct/12

Did not look promising from the base but was in fact excellent, if only there was not so much guano! Thrutchfest on pitch 4 up Chimney, felt strenuous for severe.
Bobling - AltLd - 30/Sep/12 with Rich N

Nice once into the Chimney. Shame about the guano
Slick - AltLd - 30/Sep/12 with Robert Duerr

Led 1,3,5
Chris Manasseh - AltLd - 29/Sep/12 with Nick Manasseh

Private Flounder - AltLd - 28/Sep/12 with chris manasseh

Skip - AltLd dog - 08/Sep/12 with A Walker

A Walker - AltLd - 08/Sep/12 with Skip

AJ and I escaped onto this after bailing off South Face Direct. Tough for a Severe. AJ copped the nasty pitch.
manbat - AltLd O/S - 07/Sep/12

ripoffthemonkey - AltLd O/S - 07/Sep/12

Pilch - 02/Sep/12

Bristoldave - 2nd O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Caroline

It was high tide so we absailed in, there was a big swell we got splashed a little on the first pitch, really exciting!
Log dog - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/12 with jack reed

Bex_M - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/12 with Duncan Dunbar

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

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Aug/12

wolverine - Lead O/S - 16/Jul/12 with Caroline Ashman

Great route - nice close ups of seagull chicks!
Thunderthighsontheloose - 2nd - 16/Jul/12 with Mike Hayes

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/12

HIGHTOWER - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Mat (Leuchas)

jdgaventa - Lead - 04/Jun/12 with katy

Ollie led pitch 2 and 5. Lots of seagulls nesting on the route. Got attacked by one!
Darrell Read - AltLd - 03/Jun/12 with Oliver Mentz

jarodbishop - AltLd - Jun/12 with Christoph

Hidden - 2nd - 20/May/12

mikehenesy - Lead O/S - 05/May/12 with Tim Johns

Led 2nd and 4th pitch, good fun
Joby - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12 with Mike Hooper

Did it in two pitches, 1&2 together and 3,4&5 together, Matt led the first pitch and I led the second. Weather was dry and cool.
jpksalmon - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12 with Matt Rust

average route considering its in the rockfax top 50, two long pitches, I lead the first and john the second, we aggravated loads of seagulls who later shat on mike henesy - the same day liverpoo lost the cup final!!
rustaldo - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12 with John Salmon, Si

mike hooper - AltLd - 05/May/12 with jobey martin

guy757 - 15/Apr/12

Marti999 - AltLd O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Guy Buckingham

Climbed previously leading all pitches. This time lead P3 and P4.
andrea83 - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/12 with Hamish

Hamish777 - AltLd β - 11/Apr/12 with Andrea

mariannekhoo - AltLd O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Sonya Crowe

wildrover220 - AltLd O/S - 06/Apr/12 with Ali Dixon

Ran the first two pitches together until the steep crack, then wendy led the whole chimney as one pitch.
arandall - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/12 with Wendy Matthews

alex ran 1&2 together I lead 3,4&5 together
Wendy Watthews - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/12 with arandall

gingerking - Lead O/S - Mar/12 with Josh Hadley, James Hadley

Josh Hadley - 2nd - Mar/12

did not do pirch one, the route was covered in bird poo, that stank. nice moves though
max railing - Lead O/S - 16/Feb/12 with Oliver

tapley - 2012

tapley - 2012

goadventure1 - 2012

JonG - 2012

captain dringo - 2012

perfect for the grade. big belay ledges, stunning situation and superbly varied climbing. loved it
jag - AltLd - 2012 with steveo

2602steve - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

neilstubbs - AltLd O/S - 15/Oct/11 with Stefan Parkin

Country_Boy - 2nd RP - 11/Sep/11 with Stu Bradbury

In 5 pitches, I led the even ones. Could combine pitches but the belay positions are all so good that it's worth doing as per the guidebook. Other than the ledge at the end of the V chimney there was no guano :-) A brilliant route, one of the best I've done.
Toreador - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/11 with Carmen

slight rain at the car park but dryed up to be a sunny day
mike hooper - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/11 with dave dean

Hidden - Solo O/S - 21/Aug/11

mark sharples - AltLd O/S - 20/Aug/11

pezzerrr - AltLd O/S - 14/Aug/11

Dave Mason - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/11 with Trev Tatler

KittyG - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Chris

Atmospheric! Might have gone off route on P1 though as it seemed a bit sparse on the gear front and harder than S 4b!
BelayBunney - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Catherine

Perhaps should be renamed 'Guano Grooves'?
thomasaneurinsmith - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Dad, Stuart Reeves

5 pitches as per WCC Rockfax. I led P1+P2 (ran together), Tom led P3+P4 (ran together), David led P5. Quality marred somewhat by the filthiness.
stuaart - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with David Smith, Thomas Smith

lou_p - 2nd - 03/Jun/11 with Chris

highfivekrissy - AltLd - 02/Jun/11 with Pete Myers

Em66 - AltLd - 02/Jun/11 with Mat

Chris M - Lead - 01/Jun/11 with Louise

peter myers - AltLd - Jun/11 with Krissy Humble

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/11

shoulders - AltLd dnf - 29/May/11 with dai

sims - 2nd O/S - 19/May/11 with Nick and Jonno

Martin Stevens - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/11 with Mervyn L.

dan gibson - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/11 with helen gibson

ran together most pitches. Plastered in birdshit
stevepotter - AltLd - 24/Apr/11 with Bryan

Hidden - AltLd - 24/Apr/11

No route description as intended climb busy, just topo. Took about 1hr. Me P1&2 in one. Steve P3&4 in one. Me P5. Lost of bird shit - really didn't mean to put wires in mouth.
hellboundblr - AltLd - 24/Apr/11 with Steve P

P1, P3 and P5: Phil. P2 and P4: Me
avin_a_look - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/11 with phil griffiths

DOVEY - Lead - 23/Apr/11 with billie & j

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Apr/11

Lead p 1/3/5. A guano feast!
tompilgrem - AltLd O/S - 19/Apr/11 with Dad

A guanno fest!! Had to be done to get the classic rock tick.
bobpilgrem - AltLd O/S - 19/Apr/11 with Bob/Tom

Tarquin - 18/Apr/11 with Ness

led first pitch.we did in 2 pitches
dickypips - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11 with Roy Thomas

Led P1, P3, P4.
Neil D - AltLd O/S - 20/Mar/11 with Beth Hodgett

p.2
Betha. - AltLd O/S - 20/Mar/11 with Neil D

d_meacher - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Beth Oates

Great climb. Perfect balance got harder and more exposed until the top 3/4 and then a nice easy top out to stunning view. Judging by other comments january was a good time to do it with hardly any guarno bird shit in the chimneys :) Day was perfect with sun setting in front of the crag, no wind and moon in front of the crag for the climb off the tower!
royal - Lead O/S - 09/Jan/11 with rob

Hidden - 2011

brianrunner - 2011

JEP - 2011

31770 - 2011

Hidden - 2011

rurp - Lead - 2011

bullybones - 2011

Mark Salter - 2011

Proposed to my girlfriend and she said yes!
Safety Monkey - AltLd - 2011

Wrong day, wrong time? Bad karma? Didn't appreciate this route much.
Andyh83 - Lead O/S - 12/Dec/10 with Erin

erinbastian - 2nd - 12/Dec/10 with andy

cornishbekx - 2nd - 05/Dec/10 with mayo

Chimney was soaking and horrible
Mayo - Lead O/S - 05/Dec/10 with Bekx Hancock

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/10

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Oct/10

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

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/10

Andre Clarke - AltLd - 28/Aug/10

Completed in three pitches (1&2,3&4,5)
dpe - 2nd - 27/Aug/10

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

petegunn - AltLd - 16/Aug/10 with Davina

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Aug/10

Hamish777 - 2nd - 14/Aug/10 with Andrea

Fantastic. Lead all pitches.
andrea83 - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/10 with Hamish

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Aug/10

Tenko - AltLd - 13/Aug/10 with Guy Williams

tomB - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/10 with John walton

Led pitches 1 3 and 5
erica - AltLd O/S - 31/Jul/10 with John

John Brayshaw - AltLd O/S - 31/Jul/10 with Erica

The chimney is more than severe!
JohnHutch - Lead - 23/Jul/10 with Alex F

andybrown114 - Lead - 10/Jul/10 with Amanda Brown

martinp - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Ali S

Climbed with Jo and Sam - fun apart from the seagull attacks!
lauramfletcher - 2nd O/S - 31/May/10

ollyhorst - Lead O/S - 02/May/10

Halfway up pitch 3 had a bat fly out of the crack and nearly slap me in the face. Covered in turds too!!!
dja - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Chris Dean

Hidden - AltLd dog - 17/Apr/10

riddle - AltLd O/S - 04/Apr/10

Different Steve - AltLd O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Clare

hazeysunshine - AltLd O/S - 03/Apr/10 with Dave

1651SP - AltLd O/S - 14/Feb/10 with Mark van vleit

callum brown - AltLd - 2010 with Jack Reed

Great route.Guanotastic
cooper leek - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/09 with donk

donkster - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/09 with ben

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/09

yes a very fine climb indeed despite the gwarm which in the heat produced a choking gas
bob johnson - AltLd O/S - 24/Sep/09 with Bram

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Sep/09

Graham Westbrook - AltLd - Sep/09

Mike Hargreaves - 18/Aug/09 with Graham Chadwick

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Jul/09

adam.wheeler - 2nd - 30/Jul/09 with Andrea van der Vilt, Mark Edwards, Dave Wheeler

Atmospheric: sea chasing in had us at a gallop up slightly harder direct start until, ay up, seagulls and chicks and fish bones and guano guano everywhere. Yet one of the finest routes I've ever experienced.
jimorothy - Lead - 23/Jul/09 with Rachel Crolla

Mark D - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Ewan Irvine

Steve Lenartowicz - Jun/09 with Ed, Tilly

deklan - AltLd - 29/May/09 with dad

Hidden - Lead - 24/May/09

Hidden - 23/May/09

Hidden - AltLd - 03/May/09

Julian Prieto - 2nd O/S - 02/May/09 with Neil Weymouth, Lesley Markie

Gareth Clendinning (UBMC) - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/09 with Rose Williams

Rose Williams - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/09 with Gareth

ewan i - AltLd - 2009

P1+2 , p4
Dilwat - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/08 with SurferStan

Lead P3 and P5
SurferStan - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/08 with Dilwat

mark4344 - AltLd O/S - 17/Sep/08 with Nick Coles

Done in 4 pitches, led 1&3 with abit of an alternative pitch 1 and 2 due to going slightly off route on P1.
markfairbank - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/08 with Mick D

Hidden - Lead - Aug/08

2shortplanks - 14/Jun/08

SteveM - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/08 with Tobs

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/08

mad matt - Lead O/S - 02/May/08

timreynolds - Lead - 02/May/08 with Matt Reynolds

Jim Walton - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Lead p 1 + 3
ellentaylor - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/07 with Adam Thomas

Led pitches 2, 4 and 5. Superb climbing on pitches 2 and 3, the chimney itself was rather noxious and a little unpleasant as to be expected!
adamscottthomas - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/07 with Ellen Taylor

abbed down east chimney in searing heat. P1 (wall) + P2 run together, P4 (thrutchy chimney) + P5 together
lithos - AltLd O/S - 23/Aug/07

centurion05 - Lead O/S - Aug/07 with chris thorne

Hedley - Lead O/S - Aug/07 with Matt Conway

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

Hidden - AltLd - 05/May/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Apr/07

Lead 1(direct),2,4. Perfect climbing.
Jon_Warner - AltLd O/S - 16/Apr/07 with Jonny

Hidden - 2nd - 09/Apr/07

timmy-ts - 2007

Geoffers - AltLd O/S - 2007 with Richie, Tim

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/06

sgl - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/06 with Konnie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/06

Climbed as 2 pitch. Led first pitch.
Caralynh - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/06 with Dan (dpmuk)

Busy on a bank holiday weekend but worth every bit of the wait and very sociable at the belay stances!
Gav J - Lead - 26/Aug/06 with Kate & Liz

Flicka - AltLd - 26/Aug/06 with Sarah Clough (Cider nut)

Led pitches 3,4,5 as one
dpmUK - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/06 with Caralynr

Hidden - Lead - 17/Aug/06

Kyuzo - AltLd O/S - Jun/06 with Hal Watts

hal - Jun/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 13/Apr/06

Hidden - Lead - 2006

liz77 - 2nd - 2006 with HRC

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Aug/05

victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/05 with crossdressingrodney

crossdressingrodney - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/05 with victim of mathematics

Hidden - Lead - 01/Jun/05

hepitt - 2005

Hidden - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/04

Hidden - AltLd - 24/Aug/03

andybrown114 - AltLd - 13/Jul/03 with Rachel Andrews

Hidden - 04/Mar/03

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2003

Scotsken - 2003

rapidrich - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/02 with Kate

Tom Vivian - AltLd - Jul/02 with Ben Wray

Mickdenali - Lead - 2002 with Mark Hutchinson

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Jul/01

BALD EAGLE - AltLd - 09/Jun/01 with Duncan Bender

andy_pemberton - Lead - Sep/00 with Katharine Pemberton

bullybones - 2000

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Aug/98

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/May/98

timreynolds - AltLd - 03/May/97 with John Burnip

Pitch 1 bold.
Rog Wilko - AltLd - Mar/97 with Debbie Wilkinson

belay bunny turned bad - Lead - 1997

five - AltLd O/S - Jun/96

tradguy - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/95 with Ed Lamb

ed_1973 - AltLd - 01/Oct/95 with paul highams

Raggar - AltLd - May/95 with John H

stevieb - Lead - 14/Apr/95

colin milton - AltLd - 18/Mar/95 with eric milton

Babika - AltLd - Apr/92 with Ekkhard Hettler

David Smith - 30/May/91

Andy Chubb - AltLd - 24/Aug/90 with Roger

Mark Kemball - Lead - 1990 with Alison Dorey

nigehughes - Lead - May/89 with Mark Troy

Alan had just led the first pitch when a wave came rolling in that blocked out the horizon! I legged it up the first pitch as it came ever closer. I got to within 10ft of the belay, with Alan just taking the rope in hand over hand, as the wave hit the rock. Massive noise and the boiling foamy water came to within a few feet of me! Just ten mins earlier we had been sat on the rocks at the bottom eating a sandwich, without a care in the world. Oh, and then we ended up finishing in the dark... What a day!
BigHairyIan - AltLd - 01/Jan/89 with Alan Lilley (Thug)

Led 1,2&5
Iain Thow - AltLd - 06/Apr/88 with Steve Ball

nigehughes - AltLd - Aug/87 with Steve Magee

davemhart - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/87

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/May/87

Hidden - Solo - 06/Sep/85

First two pitches
Richard Weller - Solo dnf - 25/May/85

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Jul/84

ill_bill - AltLd - Apr/83

Nigel Bond - Lead - 20/Jul/82 with Mike

Chris Craggs - 1980

Steve Woollard - Lead - 1978

Hidden - 1978

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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 243 (1.2%)
Lead53 of 243 (21.8%)
Followed25 of 243 (10.3%)
Alt Leads128 of 243 (52.7%)
Unknown34 of 243 (14.0%)

'Climbed'123 of 243 (50.6%)
clean O/S113 of 243 (46.5%)
clean β1 of 243 (0.4%)
clean rpt1 of 243 (0.4%)
clean RP1 of 243 (0.4%)
dogged2 of 243 (0.8%)
dnf2 of 243 (0.8%)