UKC

24m.

Rockfax Description
A major route following the blunt overhanging prow, up the front face of the Promontory, above an evil landing. It gives sustained, dynamic and blind moves between some reasonably positive holds and some unreasonably sloping ones. Start beneath the pocket on the front face. Once above this, a nasty slap around the arete for a hidden dish leads to the famous knee-move - not needed unless you've got long inflexible legs. A final worrying stretch for the break (hard for the short) gains protection and easier ground. © Rockfax

FA. Seb Grieve 1997.

Ticklists

Hard Grit , Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List , The Peak: Past and Present , CLIMB Mag's Top 100 routes in Britain , Hardest routes in Britain , The "Mates Rates" Ticklist , The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , The Gritual , Rockfax Eastern Grit (2015) Top 50 , The Froggatt to Black Rocks 3 Star Pilgrimage , Definitive *** Peak Grit , On Peak Rock , Rockfax Eastern Grit: Peaks and Pinnacles , Definitive Eastern Grit top 50- 2001, 2006 and 2015 editions , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Hard Grit , 2022 Rockfax Eastern Grit Graded List , Comprehensive E9+

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Grade: E9 7b ***
(Cratcliffe Tor)

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