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Thunderball* E1 5b

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28m, 2 pitches. Worth the bushwack, offering interesting and devious climbing. 1) 5b, 16m. Climb straight up the wall, then trend out right and climb the steepening wall above to a small stance on the left below the capping bulges. 2) 4c, 12m. Climb awkwardly up the groove to reach the roof, then scuttle left around this to easier rock. A rightward exit is harder (5a), and perhaps more in keeping with the lower pitch. © ROCKFAX
FA. Roy Leeming (4 pts) 1965 FFA Bob Dearman 1976
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This climb is in 27 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Hidden - 2013

mwatson - 2nd O/S - 16/Jul/12

Both pitches together. Liked the first pitch, 2nd pitch not so good, did some gardening.
Jake Young - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/12 with Mike

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11

Led p2. Hard for 4c
harold walmsley - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/11 with Colin Struthers

gregoritos - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/10

Ketu - 2nd O/S - 01/Aug/10 with Charles M

P1 only
cem - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/10 with Rob Truckle

drcorbasisgod - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/10 with Mark O'Neill

Dogmusher - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/10 with chris parson

No path; had to made one through nettles and scree. Climbing is amazing though! Brilliant technical wall to a hanging belay and an AWKWARD HVS finnish (felt like 'the claw')...tenuous abseil off
porridgefan - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/09 with Niall Francis

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Sep/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Sep/06

Hidden - Lead - 21/Sep/02

Led P2 - terrifying choss
Different Steve - AltLd O/S - 2001 with Martin Hore

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/00

nickcanute - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Jun/94

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Jun/91

Hidden - Lead - 15/Jun/91

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/90

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Jul/86

andy gittins - 1985

Hidden - 2nd - 06/May/84

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 04/Apr/82 with Charlie Leverton

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/80

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Voting
Total votes cast 23
hard E20 of 8
E20 of 8
easy E20 of 8
hard E13 of 8
E15 of 8
easy E10 of 8
hard HVS0 of 8
HVS0 of 8
easy HVS0 of 8
hard 5c0 of 8
5c0 of 8
easy 5c0 of 8
hard 5b6 of 8
5b2 of 8
easy 5b0 of 8
hard 5a0 of 8
5a0 of 8
easy 5a0 of 8
3 Stars1 of 7
2 Stars4 of 7
1 Star2 of 7
0 Stars0 of 7
Bag of .....0 of 7
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Style of ascent

Lead11 of 27 (40.7%)
Followed7 of 27 (25.9%)
Alt Leads7 of 27 (25.9%)
Unknown2 of 27 (7.4%)

'Climbed'11 of 27 (40.7%)
clean O/S16 of 27 (59.3%)