UKC

20m.

Rockfax Description
Stunning and bold. The technical crux is getting into the groove - good gear - then superb moves gain a draining rest point at the top of the groove where even breathing feels precarious! Slopers out right lead to the psycho-crux pull onto the arete with a high kick for a toe-hook, much gusto and a strong will to live. © Rockfax

FA. Johnny Dawes 1986.

Ticklists

Hard Grit , Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List , World Graded List , Peak Rock/16/Eighties Gritstone :The Shape of Things to Come , The BMC 70th Anniversary Ticklist , Consumed , The "Mates Rates" Ticklist , The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , Rockfax Eastern Grit (2015) Top 50 , The Froggatt to Black Rocks 3 Star Pilgrimage , Definitive *** Peak Grit , Definitive Eastern Grit top 50- 2001, 2006 and 2015 editions , Dream Grit Ticklist , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Dawes’ finest grit routes , Hard Grit , 2022 Rockfax Eastern Grit Graded List

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Steve_westy 26 Sep, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Average, Dawes was shit
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βeta: Average, Dawes was shit
Simon Caldwell 9 Mar, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: ...though you may then have trouble fitting your fingers in as well
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βeta: ...though you may then have trouble fitting your fingers in as well
JR 11 May, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: or watch another clip on www.beardownproductions.co.uk
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βeta: or watch another clip on www.beardownproductions.co.uk
The old James turnbull 1 Mar, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: could never do it, but anyone whos trys should watch the opening of the hard grit video. what a swing, what a slam, what a climb.
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βeta: could never do it, but anyone whos trys should watch the opening of the hard grit video. what a swing, what a slam, what a climb.

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Route of Interest
Return of the Jedi

Grade: E8 7a ***
(Upper Matlock Quarries)

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