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Perched Block Arete* VD

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[Perched Block Arete (right hand finish), 3 kb]16m. Climb the right arete of the buttress on its right-hand side, passing over the perched block to the final wall where spooky moves left into the chimney become imperative. A Direct Finish isVS 4b and a bold Right-hand Finish, via a flake, is HVS 4c. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: Twelve fine routes in the lower grades at the Roaches, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List, 100 Western Grit Stars.

Photo: Perched Block Arete (right hand finish) © B.Cooper
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 128 logbooks, and on 9 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead - 06/May/13

Hidden - 2nd - 06/May/13

Excellent. For the grade, that step into the chimney as memorable as 'the' move on Valkyrie.
catt - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/13 with Amy

amymc - 2nd O/S - 13/Apr/13 with Iain

lukebowman551 - 2nd O/S - 22/Sep/12 with Craig Shelley, Duncan Bourne

Robnort - TR O/S - 24/Aug/12

bullybones - Solo - 18/Aug/12

CGlennie - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/12 with Rob Smith

robphys - 2nd - 08/Aug/12

bennys89 - Lead - Jul/12

Bisteris - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Glen Du Jardin

hard move up to the block
tim exley - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/12 with alice

alicethwaites - 2nd β - 11/Apr/12 with Tim Exley

A bit bold in places
Ross.Cooper - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/12 with Harry Yarrow

yarrow - 2nd O/S - 29/Jan/12 with Ross.Cooper

direct finish VS
fletch540 - Lead O/S - 2012 with joe flannagan

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Dec/11

Derek Furze - Solo - 28/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Oct/11

fantastic value for money. a sppoky move across the gap indeeed
virgil - Lead - Oct/11 with bcc

eeonz - Lead - 20/Aug/11

tompilgrem - 2nd O/S - 19/Aug/11 with Nick/D

hotfeet - Lead - 07/Aug/11 with Mac

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Aug/11

Very pleasant little climb. Stepping across the gully gives good exposure for vd.
Stevie_R - Lead rpt - 14/Jul/11 with dan brown

Hidden - Solo O/S - 12/Jul/11

moelfras - Lead - 03/Jul/11

Kind of soloed - just placed a sling to protect the second at the top of the first section before the traverse. Did the route just to keep warm while waiting for 'Thrug' to become free.
Chris Sansum - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Nathaelle Bouttes

hazeysunshine - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/11 with GT

Paul Hy - 2nd O/S - 21/May/11 with Damien K, Tony

colin milton - Solo - 21/May/11

Doug Hughes - 2nd O/S - 20/Apr/11 with Paul

took a while to step over the gap
trish1968 - Lead - 17/Apr/11 with Nick Bennett

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/11

alias dave - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Sam.EB

tubby Tez - 2nd O/S - 03/Apr/11 with daddybear2004, templeton adams

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/11

Hidden - Solo O/S - 07/Mar/11

mmalbon - Lead - 22/Aug/10 with James, Simon

Paul1 - Lead - 19/Jun/10 with Jon

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/10

John Lewis - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Maureen

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/10

Jim Malo - Lead O/S - 31/May/10

Round of applause from the baby jackdaws as you make the step across into the chimney.
electriclinz - 2nd - 23/May/10 with Robert

Hidden - Lead - 22/May/10

Kamikaze Badger - 2nd - 18/May/10 with Phil Newing

cooper leek - Lead rpt - 21/Mar/10 with dawn

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/10

GF - 2010

benny_m - 2nd rpt - 13/Sep/09 with Roger Hill

As I searched inside the horizontal crack for a placement I saw a tiny bat staring back!
silhouette - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/09 with benny_m

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/09

benny_m - 2nd O/S - 04/Jul/09 with ali and jo

mmalbon - Lead - 24/Jun/09 with Mick, Dave Lowndes, Mick Cartwright and James

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/May/09

deanr - Lead O/S - 23/May/09

tomboyle - Lead O/S - May/09 with simon boyle

Rob Laird - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/09

joe larner - Solo O/S - 03/Apr/09

amstel - Lead - Apr/09 with Joe

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/09

Ewan Russell - Solo O/S - 15/Mar/09 with Peter Drake

Peter Drake - Solo O/S - 15/Mar/09 with Ewan Russel

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Dec/08

donkster - 2nd rpt - Dec/08 with DaveNW

masa-alpin - Lead O/S - 08/Nov/08 with Adam W

dave_rose - 2nd O/S - 12/Oct/08

asmith37 - Lead O/S - 12/Oct/08 with Dave Rose

Look out for the bat halfway up!
jumpingjimminy - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/08 with Ellie

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Sep/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/08

mortimea - Lead - 13/Jul/08 with Greg Richards

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/08

Took the easy route out to the left across the chasm at VDiff. Seconded it a year or 2 ago.
mmalbon - Lead - 15/Jun/08 with Mick, Simon and James

Hidden - Solo O/S - 08/May/08

Allan Young - 2nd O/S - 03/May/08 with Owen Evans

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/08

fizzychewitt - Lead - 26/Apr/08 with Kat

pepperpot - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/08 with Paul Wright

Dave Wearing - 2nd - 12/Apr/08 with Geoff Graham

VS 4b variant
Stig - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/08 with Goi

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Oct/07

Took left route out (VD) with that interesting bridging over the abyss.
doughboy_swiftandsure - Solo O/S - 27/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/07

donkster - Solo O/S - 20/May/07 with ben

John-Luke Casey - 2nd O/S - 28/Apr/07 with Josh Jones

Guy Wilson - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/07

dan gibson - 2007

Hidden - Solo - 07/Oct/06

EAYL - 2nd - 05/Sep/06 with LMB

damp
dread-i - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/06 with castleman

sadly backed off from chimney ... psyched out by the green - glad i left it
eonuk - Solo - 26/Aug/06

Castleman - 2nd - 26/Aug/06 with dread-i

Hidden - Solo - 23/Nov/05

leonjones - 2nd - 30/Apr/05 with Paul Ness

Carl Smethurst - Solo O/S - 04/Sep/04

Will Gordon - Solo - Aug/04

SteveM - Lead - 28/Mar/04 with Roger

Hidden - 2004

Toreador - Lead O/S - 19/Oct/03 with Carmen

Mark Stitson (ULGMC) - Lead - 12/Oct/03

Sankey - Lead - 29/Mar/02 with Andy E

Hammy - Solo - 27/Mar/02

Stevie_R - 2nd O/S - 22/Aug/01 with rod

Katie Weston - 2nd - Aug/00

richard31 - 2nd O/S - 13/May/00 with Dave Draycott

Brazzer - 2nd O/S - Sep/99 with Ben Williams

Peakology - Lead O/S - 1999 with cat

Chalky Cat - 2nd O/S - 1999 with Dom

craig h - Solo O/S - 08/Oct/98 with Jamie Lillieman

FrankW - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/98 with Roland K

Yourlead - Lead - 11/Jun/95 with Graham Penny

smudge - Solo O/S - 1993

Roget - Solo O/S - 11/Nov/90

andrew300169 - 1990

Iain Thow - Solo - 17/May/89

tlr - Solo - Oct/88 with Fin and Nick

tapley - Solo - 18/Sep/87

Ian Archer - Solo O/S - 06/Sep/86

Nigel Bond - Lead - 09/Jan/83 with Charlie Leverton

Rog Wilko - Lead - Mar/71 with Debbie Wilkinson

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Voting
Total votes cast 44
hard HVD0 of 23
HVD0 of 23
easy HVD1 of 23
hard VD10 of 23
VD12 of 23
easy VD0 of 23
hard HD0 of 23
HD0 of 23
easy HD0 of 23
3 Stars1 of 21
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Style of ascent

Soloed24 of 128 (18.8%)
Lead64 of 128 (50.0%)
Followed35 of 128 (27.3%)
Toproped1 of 128 (0.8%)
Unknown4 of 128 (3.1%)

'Climbed'48 of 128 (37.5%)
clean O/S75 of 128 (58.6%)
clean β1 of 128 (0.8%)
clean rpt4 of 128 (3.1%)