UKC

24m.

Rockfax Description
Despite the name, not very technical but bold in its central section. Climb straight up the slab (harder for the short and unprotected where it matters) until you join the traverse of Pedestal Route. Finish as for Pedestal Route, or more in keeping, out right as for the Neb Finish to Hollybush Crack. © Rockfax

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Classic Rock , BMC staffordshire slab exam , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , Western Peak Grit 100 VD - VS , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , 100 Western Grit Stars , Roaches w sobote? :) , The Original 'Classic Rock' List , The Gritlist , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , 50 more great HS routes , Roaches Cracks , Peaky , Diffage Comp , 2024

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Charles Reade-Jahn 15 Nov, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Last climb of a cold and very windy afternoon (when most of the Peak was wet and grim).. as the night (and some light rain) began to fall, adding an element of urgency. Brilliant route. Positive holds and adequate gear keep appearing on the slab, which are hard to see from below, so it looks harder than it is. A nice romp, which needed to be a quickie!
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βeta: Last climb of a cold and very windy afternoon (when most of the Peak was wet and grim).. as the night (and some light rain) began to fall, adding an element of urgency. Brilliant route. Positive holds and adequate gear keep appearing on the slab, which are hard to see from below, so it looks harder than it is. A nice romp, which needed to be a quickie!
jrobinson 20 Nov, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Managed to fit a green cam and a red cam into the scoops on the bold section middle section. Suboptimal placements but they stayed in just fine.
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βeta: Managed to fit a green cam and a red cam into the scoops on the bold section middle section. Suboptimal placements but they stayed in just fine.
JackO3522 11 May, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Bold in the middle section but great climbing and easy enough if you can make the hold
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βeta: Bold in the middle section but great climbing and easy enough if you can make the hold
Mark Bullock 22 Mar, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Downclimbed from the big break at ~10m with a less than perfect cam at 3m. Might not feel that bold to many in these notes, but couldn't force myself to press on to the next break at 13m hoping for gear there. Easy climbing, but still, reversed! Ha.
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βeta: Downclimbed from the big break at ~10m with a less than perfect cam at 3m. Might not feel that bold to many in these notes, but couldn't force myself to press on to the next break at 13m hoping for gear there. Easy climbing, but still, reversed! Ha.
Kryank 19 Jun, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Great route, good holds, and well worth doing the Neb finish, the protection is very sparse, however I didn’t find the climbing too hard as a relatively new VS leader and felt completely comfortable on the route (my belayer was happy when I had topped out though ).
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βeta: Great route, good holds, and well worth doing the Neb finish, the protection is very sparse, however I didn’t find the climbing too hard as a relatively new VS leader and felt completely comfortable on the route (my belayer was happy when I had topped out though ).
madman70 22 Oct, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: very little protection until about 10-15 meters up. 5 meters from the top there was some dirt in the holds beware!
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βeta: very little protection until about 10-15 meters up. 5 meters from the top there was some dirt in the holds beware!
Paul Hy 23 Jul, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: i dont notice how bold the bottom section is now!
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βeta: i dont notice how bold the bottom section is now!
Dean.p.92 7 Jul, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Where’s the bold bit?
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βeta: Where’s the bold bit?
Iain Thow 19 Mar, 2007 Show βeta
βeta: You can get pro on the bottom bit by clipping two opposed nuts together in the pockets. Maybe 4b for the short
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βeta: You can get pro on the bottom bit by clipping two opposed nuts together in the pockets. Maybe 4b for the short
Will Hunt 23 May, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: Beware! BrianT and JCT had sex at the top of this!
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βeta: Beware! BrianT and JCT had sex at the top of this!
Si dH 23 May, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Agree the Neb Finsih is the best bit, although also considerably harder than the rest of the route and felt very bold. The slab is quite bold but on positive holds so feels ok.
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βeta: Agree the Neb Finsih is the best bit, although also considerably harder than the rest of the route and felt very bold. The slab is quite bold but on positive holds so feels ok.
Chris the Tall 15 Aug, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: Agree with Gordon - you can't get more fun than this without it being illegal !
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βeta: Agree with Gordon - you can't get more fun than this without it being illegal !
Jamie B 3 May, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: I reckon it's only 4b for the short. HS 4a is bang on.
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βeta: I reckon it's only 4b for the short. HS 4a is bang on.

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Grade: HS 4c ***
(Roaches Upper Tier)

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