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Track of the Cat*** E5 6a

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[Jon Fullwood a long way above his gear on Track of the Cat E5 6a, 2 kb]12m. A powerful start and a technical groove (pull out right as soon as you can) culminate in an insecure and smeary reach for the top. On the final crucial section, the gear is a little too far away for comfort. Low in the grade though harder for the short. © ROCKFAX
FA. Jonny Woodward 1977

Ticklists: ROCKFAX Western Grit: Top 50, The Roaches - Routes Graded List, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List, The Roaches Skyline 'E' challenge.

Photo: Jon Fullwood a long way above his gear on Track of the Cat E5 6a © Simon Wilson
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This climb is in 64 logbooks, and on 27 wishlists.

sgl0jd - Solo rpt - 19/Apr/13

didn't have a guide, went the wrong way i think. went right to early, ended up doing some Nature trail /Track link up.
C coldwell-storry - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/13 with rob lay

Max Lowry - Solo O/S - 2013

Ky - Lead O/S - Oct/12 with Dave H

Ky - 2012

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/Oct/11

pipof747 - Lead RP - 04/Jun/11

First E5 onsight. Spicy.
Wil Treasure - Lead O/S - 30/Jan/11 with Andy Gray

i_a_coops - Lead β - 15/Nov/10 with Jacob

Not bad seconding effort for Rachel @ 5 months pregnant ;-)
Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Lead rpt - 24/Oct/10 with Rachel Briggs

Not on sight as topped it last week, but ground up pplacing gear. Very happy man.
thrutch - Lead - 24/Oct/10 with Ryan

david morse - 2nd β - 23/Oct/10 with phil+rory

rory dropped me a cheeky runner to clip for last move!! too scared to commit.... next time- oh well there goes the onsight!
phil64 - 22/Oct/10 with rory shaw, dave morse

thrutch - TR O/S - 17/Oct/10 with Sven

donkster - TR O/S - 26/Sep/10 with jus

nathanlee - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Dom Lee

Cool lead by nat.
dominic lee - Lead rpt - 25/Sep/10 with nathan lee

Bloody fantastic - sneaky crack hold around arete near the top is useful.
tigertim - Lead RP - 22/Sep/10 with Alex Winter

Sketchy!
Spidermunkie - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Dom

Beautiful warm evening, lots of top rope practice and gear in the holes. Waited to last light for the lead. For me the perfect gritstone experience. BTW 6'3" tall makes the top a little easier!
Gambit - Lead RP - 17/Jun/10 with Barney

jacobjacob - Lead O/S - 09/May/10

quiffhanger - Lead β - Apr/10

Boy - Mar/10 with Nige Kershaw

Ebarnes - 2010

very good
northy1983 - Lead - 2010

pretty sure a fairly big hold has gone awol
Col Allott - Solo - 11/Sep/09

Mr Wild - Lead - 04/Jun/09

Thought this was easier than willow farm!
dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - 11/May/09

Nicolas Duboust - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/09 with Dany

daveagriff - TR - 2008

Hidden - Solo O/S - 09/Nov/07

immaculate, sublime, etc. great sequence/moves all the way up from the pockets....
Belier - Lead O/S - 18/Oct/07 with reeve

In thick mist in the near dark. Surreal conditions.
Jus - Lead O/S - 28/Sep/07

mark s - Lead rpt - 15/Sep/07 with jon read andi t

Definately come back and lead this one. Its in the bag.
sam8oy - TR O/S - 08/Sep/07 with John

bronsonite - Lead β - 04/Feb/07

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Nov/06

nathanmanc - Lead RP - 03/Nov/06 with Chris Todd

I found the crux on this harder than the Wings crux but the top move felt easier. It's definitely E5 for the onsight, especially if you don't place the cams in the pocket (which I didn't do as it seemed too far to reach) as the other gear is lower and smaller. The last move is brilliant.
Andrew Barker - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/06 with Luis

The rain was bothersome, but not as bothersome as for the leader! I'll come back for the lead come winter...maybe.
alaan - 2nd O/S - 06/Aug/06 with Aly

Hidden - TR O/S - 29/Jan/06

Hidden - 2006

dominic lee - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/05 with daniel lee

Iggy_B - Lead O/S - May/05 with Adam Harrison

Ropeboy - Lead - 20/Feb/05

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Solo O/S - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Feb/04

mark s - Solo rpt - 2004

Hidden - TR - 16/Aug/02

nige - Lead β - 2002 with mark hounslea

Gus - Lead - 03/Jul/01

sadams - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/00 with John Boyle

tlr - 2nd - 2000

Wish I hadn't t-roped it. Moves r easy 6a
Peakology - TR O/S - 2000 with cat

left hand finish
Roget - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/99 with jim, jon

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead - 16/Sep/96 with Al Willoner

OMSKB - TR - 27/Mar/93 with Richard Winfield

andrew300169 - TR O/S - 05/Jul/92 with Tim

Jon Read - Solo RP - Jul/92 with Roger Peppe

andrew300169 - 1990

Baking hot day!
Sean Kelly - Jul/89 with Ian Patterson

Hidden - TR - 23/Jul/87

mark mcgowan01 - 1986

Mark Kemball - TR - 09/Feb/83 with Paul Clark

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Voting
Total votes cast 152
hard E60 of 52
E60 of 52
easy E61 of 52
hard E51 of 52
E524 of 52
easy E517 of 52
hard E49 of 52
E40 of 52
easy E40 of 52
hard 6b0 of 50
6b0 of 50
easy 6b1 of 50
hard 6a2 of 50
6a33 of 50
easy 6a12 of 50
hard 5c2 of 50
5c0 of 50
easy 5c0 of 50
3 Stars47 of 50
2 Stars1 of 50
1 Star1 of 50
0 Stars0 of 50
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Style of ascent

Soloed8 of 64 (12.5%)
Lead33 of 64 (51.6%)
Followed4 of 64 (6.2%)
Toproped11 of 64 (17.2%)
Unknown8 of 64 (12.5%)

'Climbed'21 of 64 (32.8%)
clean O/S27 of 64 (42.2%)
clean β5 of 64 (7.8%)
clean rpt6 of 64 (9.4%)
clean RP5 of 64 (7.8%)