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Ash Crack** VS 4b

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14m. Climb the sustained central crack in the back wall of the alcove. Well glossed and well protected - it eases with height. © ROCKFAX
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This climb is in 114 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

petellis - Lead dnf - 15/Sep/12 with Sloth

petellis - 2nd O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Sloth

Good route. Excelent lead from dale.
jayrenegade - 2nd β - 01/Sep/12 with Dale

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jul/12

plenty of holds, plenty of good old fashioned bomber gear - no cams required. You can see the polish, but it doesnt affect the climbing.
john_ni - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/12 with Graeme Hammond, Peak CC

Graeme Hammond - 2nd rpt - 27/Jun/12 with John B pcc

slacky - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/12 with Ben, Del

Still awkward and sustained.
victim of mathematics - 2nd rpt - 12/Jun/12 with Jaime

Don't like this climb, the polished rock inside the crack just feels horrible.
Jim Slater - Lead rpt - 14/Apr/12 with Rosa Vilaseca

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/12 with David

Hidden - 24/Mar/12

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Sep/11

shouter - AltLd - 21/Aug/11

Sustained and awkward.
victim of mathematics - 2nd O/S - 14/Aug/11 with J-Ro, Simon

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 14/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/11

IAmAStone - 2nd - 10/Apr/11 with Charlie Jefferson

ColinD - Lead - 09/Apr/11

Not the nicest bit of the crag and the route is well worn but much better than it looks. Thankfully the cloudburst waited until I was on the upper grassy slope before dumping its icy load on me.
jkarran - Lead - 03/Apr/11 with Karen, Simon, Pete

Too much fear
petellis - Lead dnf - 03/Apr/11 with Cleric James Koran

Quite tricky, but more friction than I'd expected.
JohnHutch - Lead - 28/Mar/11 with Jakob, Nik H

buxtoncoffeelover - 2nd - 28/Mar/11

Oceanic - 30/Aug/10

Panda - 2nd - 30/Aug/10

GrantB - Lead - 15/Aug/10 with El Bailos

Hidden - 2nd - 31/Jul/10

Hidden - 22/Jun/10

five - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/10 with TW

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/May/10

hellboundblr - 2nd - 15/May/10 with Danny Smudge

Hidden - 2nd O/S - May/10

Barefoot. What a hero. Good climb. Footless shennanigans on pinkie monos.
Bart Shaw - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Tim, Dunc

decs - 2nd - 24/Apr/10 with Tim, Bart

bullwinkle - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/10 with decs, Bart

Sustained and pumpy. Great route.
freemanTom (Guildford MC) - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10 with Paul Davies

daviesp2 - 2nd - 17/Apr/10 with Tom

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

Ken Taylor - 2010

nickcanute - 2010

Katie Marshall - Lead - 20/Sep/09 with Pete Mac

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Sep/09

tri-nitro-toulumne - Lead dog - 25/Aug/09 with Rob Truckle

Ketu - 2nd O/S - 25/Aug/09 with Nigel

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Aug/09

Polished as a polished thing with extra polish. Felt closer to 4c than 4b.
Toreador - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Carmen

Hidden - 2nd - 05/Jul/09

bridget143 - Lead O/S - 30/May/09 with George Taylor

Adam1973 - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/09 with Big Ian

DannyK - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/09 with Christos

and Mick
Tony Holdsworth - 2nd O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Nick Mitchell

Mick r - 2nd O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Tony and Nick

bjlsmith - 2nd - 12/Apr/09 with Rob, James and SMC

shaun walby - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/09 with Martin Haworth

This is a really good climb, as long as Hard Severe isn't top of your price range. Strenuous, sustained, and a bit shiny, but if you approach it as a VS then its quality climbing on a clean solid rock, on a good natural line. An unsung gem.
djones66 - Lead - 20/Sep/08 with Stve mc D

sustained and thuggy but nice, good solid rock.
pebbles - TR - 05/Jul/08 with alan walmsley

jadm2 - 2nd - 05/Jul/08 with Alan

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/08

jimbonfire - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/08

Polished, Hard work
Mike Soulby - 2nd dog - 26/Apr/08 with hannah moulton

Nicos - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/08 with lizzie pinard

Sustained and polished. Under graded (4c)
Jim Slater - Lead dog - 26/Jan/08 with Al Smith

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Jan/08

daveagriff - 2nd - 2008

Hannah Moulton - Lead - 2008 with imo, spudly, ali

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Jul/07

Ed had a go at leading this then slipped and took farely spectacular fall near the top. Very polished and sustained.
Pilch - Lead O/S - 20/May/07 with Ed

at 3/4 up the pitch, fiddling with gear slipped on seriously polished area and took rather spectacular dive to end swinging upside down. But I suppose its always good to get a new perspective on a problem.
EdShep - Lead dnf - 20/May/07 with Pilch

EdShep - 2nd rpt - 20/May/07 with Pilch

Hidden - Lead - 17/May/07

colin milton - 2nd - 07/Jul/06 with pep & graham

Ali - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/06 with John

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/May/06

Hidden - Lead - 01/May/06

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/05

Ramon Marin - Lead O/S - 05/May/05 with Ben Gilbert

FrankW - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/04 with Lou

Howard J - 2nd - 08/Jul/03 with Dave Spencer

Brown - Lead O/S - Jul/03

Sam and will - 2nd - 02/Dec/00 with Anthony Bennett

marcoleptic - Lead - 2000

cem - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/99 with John Smith

sdht - 1999

A Crook - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/98 with Dad

Roget - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/96

tlr - Lead - 17/Jul/95 with Kim

Chris Ellis - Lead rpt - 16/Jul/95 with Ian Clayton

malc - 2nd - 05/Jun/94

Felt hard for the severe it was given at the time.
Iain Thow - Lead - 12/Mar/93 with Christine King

Rog Wilko - Lead - Sep/91 with Debbie Wilkinson

leathers - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/91 with Ed Hyatt

SimonN - Lead - May/90

Backinthegame - Lead - Apr/90

dodders - 2nd - 26/Sep/87 with Dick Hargreaves

Hidden - Lead - 03/Jun/86

Chris the Tall - 2nd - Oct/85 with Richard O'Meara

Simon2005 - Lead O/S - Aug/85 with KevinL

Hidden - Lead - 25/Jul/85

andy gittins - 1985

Ian Clare - 1984

Pete Pozman - Lead O/S - Jul/83 with Jeremy

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 1982 with Rich Lewis

Mark Kemball - Solo - 22/Apr/79

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 17/Apr/79 with Dave Crookes

JohnHutch - May/77 with BA

rogerskews - 1977 with Various

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Aug/76

Nigel Bond - Lead - 26/Oct/75 with John Derbyshire

Hidden - 2nd - 26/May/75

Andy Say - Lead O/S - 1975

Hidden - Lead - 1974

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Aug/73

Dave Westby - Lead O/S - 1972 with Phil Caley

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Voting
Total votes cast 77
hard HVS0 of 27
HVS0 of 27
easy HVS2 of 27
hard VS15 of 27
VS7 of 27
easy VS2 of 27
hard HS1 of 27
HS0 of 27
easy HS0 of 27
hard 4c0 of 27
4c0 of 27
easy 4c19 of 27
hard 4b5 of 27
4b2 of 27
easy 4b0 of 27
hard 4a1 of 27
4a0 of 27
easy 4a0 of 27
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2 Stars8 of 23
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 114 (0.9%)
Lead57 of 114 (50.0%)
Followed43 of 114 (37.7%)
Toproped1 of 114 (0.9%)
Alt Leads1 of 114 (0.9%)
Unknown11 of 114 (9.6%)

'Climbed'59 of 114 (51.8%)
clean O/S43 of 114 (37.7%)
clean β1 of 114 (0.9%)
clean rpt5 of 114 (4.4%)
dogged3 of 114 (2.6%)
dnf3 of 114 (2.6%)