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The Beest*** E3 6a

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[Topo, 3 kb]70m, 2 pitches. A cracking eliminate with a lot of fine fingery climbing and just a little unsavoury grass to remind you where you are. 1) 6a, 28m. Follow Patience to the bulge, then make fingery moves through this. Keep slightly right to avoid the vegetation until a horizontal traverse leads to a stance below cleaner rock. 2) 5c, 20m. Climb steeply rightwards to a rest in a shallow groove. Climb the groove, then trend slightly left to the bulges. Step right then pull leftwards onto the headwall and climb this, passing a man-sized hole, to easy ground and the holly. The Beesty Boys, E3 6a - This follows the fixed gear up the wall, and through the bulge left of the The Beest pitch 2. © ROCKFAX
FA. Jeff Morgan Z.Dyszlewicz (8pts of aid) 1970

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This climb is in 74 logbooks, and on 6 wishlists.

Excellent climbing, a few nice steep moves on big holds. Crux was getting Andi's gear out!
Souljah - 2nd - 04/May/13 with Andi T

Led both pitches. Great route, espec the second pitch, shame about the grotty bit at the end of the first. If anything I found the second pitch move through the overlap harder than the first pitch crux.
Si dH - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/13 with Alison Ingleby

P1. All fixed gear in good condition.
mark20 - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12

p1, then did patience was a pretty tired after the 6a section so didnt bother with p2. Will be back to finish off the 5c part.
Jake Young - 2nd O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Mark R

awsome. second pitch especially( we did the direct i think, lovely final pull and HUGE thread to protect grassy top out)
w.pettet-smith - AltLd - 18/Aug/12 with ben

Lead second pitch
phardman - AltLd O/S - 12/May/12 with Guy Maddox

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/May/12

keith leonard - 2nd - 08/May/12

bigdrew - 2nd O/S - 11/Mar/12 with Ian Milward

Bob - 2012

Climbed 1st pitch after 2 falls on crux, cleaned 2nd pitch but escaped out right on last pitch of Enough Time HVS 5b. Fantastic day - right laugh!
DannyK - Lead dog - 12/Nov/11 with pep

Second pitch. Amazing.
Chris_barr - AltLd O/S - 22/Sep/11 with James

powerful move on the first pitch and a pretty sustained 2nd pitch. brilliant route, even if it was roasting today.
al123 - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/11 with hannes

Hannes B - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Emlyn, Phil

lead 2nd pitch. found it pretty difficult, especially going over the overhang. awesome route though.
r fizzle - AltLd O/S - 21/May/11 with Nigel Slater

Not a good ascent. Tight rope on P1, then failed to lead at bulge on P2. Colin then led it. It seemed easy to 2nd. I need to get a grip.
harold walmsley - 2nd dog - 13/May/11 with Colin Struthers

phil64 - 2011

ist pitch only
gregoritos - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10

led p2 - 2 falls
robw007 - Lead dog - 08/Aug/10

rikbattye - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/10

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/10 with Martin Cleaver

Led Second pitch, worthy of every star what an amazing route
Martin Cleaver - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/10 with Dom Selers

Led firsst pitch, v good gear for crux, jst bob in a bomber wire off the left hand jug sidepull then, aim for the thread. Didn't think was 6a but maybe i just hit the sequence right so it felt of. John led second pitch and went wrong way. He headed left to the flaky groove, up this to the bulges then couple of moves right and then over the bulges where the second pitch does go, was very nice climbing all the same.
Adam Moroz - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with john (Krank)

Forgot the guide - had ment to do "Principle of Moments" and ended up doing the top pitch of this instead. Nice climbing.
Brian Rodgers - Lead O/S - 16/May/10 with Ian Wyatt

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/10

Hidden - Lead - 2010

Luke Brooks - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd dog - Jan/09

Very good. Lead first pitch, seconded second.
andi turner - AltLd O/S - 10/May/08 with Pete Harris

seconeded first pitch,led second pitch.think i got the cream.brill route
mark s - Lead O/S - 10/May/08 with andi turner ,pete harris

Brown - AltLd O/S - 15/Sep/07 with Max

Hidden - AltLd - 31/Jul/07

Ian Parnell - Lead O/S - Apr/07 with John Winter

1pt 2nding 1st pitch,2nd pitch lead clean on sight
Phill Mitch - AltLd - 2007 with mick

Boy - 2006

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/04

Had to rest and have tug on rope at crux of 2nd pitch. Totally knackered.
marcoleptic - 2nd dog - 2003 with Darryl

Hidden - AltLd - 15/May/02

Julian Wedd - 2001 with D. Body

Hidden - Lead - 13/Feb/00

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Apr/99

Hard got pumped and could hold on no longer! prussiked past the crux!!
wadey1973 - 2nd - 09/Jun/96 with Ivan Green

Daniel Wrightson - 2nd O/S - 13/May/95 with Simon

SteveRi - Lead - 1995

Roget - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/94 with baccy

Hidden - Lead - 24/Apr/94

Hidden - Lead - 17/Oct/93

Hidden - Lead - 17/Oct/92

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/92 with Paul Tanton

rob.grafton - Lead - 26/Jul/92 with Bruce

Hidden - Lead dog - 06/Oct/91

Hidden - Sep/90

bullybones - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 29/Apr/89

Hidden - Lead dog - 04/Sep/88

Hidden - AltLd - 29/May/88

John Marsland - 2nd - 12/Jul/87 with Dave Soles

LED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS
David Smith - Lead - 20/Jun/87

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Apr/87

Billg - Lead - 12/Apr/87 with Liam Grant

sadams - Lead - Aug/86 with Colin from Stoney

shark - AltLd O/S - 04/May/85 with Karl Telfer

Gezzer - Lead β - Jun/84 with Andy Towne

stp - AltLd - 24/Sep/83

2,L.
charlesmfrench - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/83 with Alan Bennett

Mark Kemball - AltLd - 06/Mar/83 with Paul Clark

Gezzer - Lead dog - 1983 with Merv Dudley

neilh - 2nd - 1983 with simon webster

Hidden - AltLd - 1983

Mike Owen - 03/May/82 with Lew Brown

Hidden - 2nd - 06/Sep/80

Al's diary records '1Pt Aid'
Falko - Lead O/S - 31/May/75 with Al W.

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Style of ascent

Lead32 of 74 (43.2%)
Followed12 of 74 (16.2%)
Alt Leads23 of 74 (31.1%)
Unknown7 of 74 (9.5%)

'Climbed'35 of 74 (47.3%)
clean O/S30 of 74 (40.5%)
clean β1 of 74 (1.4%)
dogged8 of 74 (10.8%)