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[Emma Williams on the arête of Tai Chi (6b) at Olta, Costa Blanca., 2 kb]26m. The superb and photogenic arete. It is probably 6c+ if you climb direct past the second bolt although most folks go right. © ROCKFAX
FA. Jens Muenchberg 1990s 1995

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Photo: Emma Williams on the arête of Tai Chi (6b) at Olta, Costa Blanca. © Mark Glaister
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This climb is in 124 logbooks, and on 10 wishlists.

Abi Chard - Lead β - 14/Apr/13 with Ian

Can't climb here!? After being to sella and toix it seemed a completely different rock type and couldn't get on with it. Had a go at this iconic route any way and f#cked it up :( head was boxed as the clips seemed a long way apart? Awesome route to where I got to though
geoff.comley - Lead dnf - 08/Apr/13 with Vic Paterson

Didn't particularly enjoy this, awkwardly bolted and slightly shoddy old drilled thread at the top.
JamieSparkes - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/13 with Claire

paul__in_sheffield - 03/Apr/13 with Beanie

IceBun - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/13 with Wilson

Decmorris - Lead dog - 27/Mar/13

monkeymyster - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/13

Hidden - Lead dog - 27/Dec/12

TiffTiff - Lead RP - 21/Dec/12 with Jo Davison, Andy W

andrew549 - Lead β - 18/Dec/12

Lovely
AlexanderRyanBanks - Lead O/S - 18/Dec/12 with Ben

DaveTrain - Lead RP - 12/Dec/12

MartyJ - Lead O/S - Dec/12

Lovely Jubbly, delicate face climbing with a pleasant airy finish on large holds.
Saurus - Lead RP - Dec/12 with Barfani Chita

Jim Brownlow - 2nd - 25/Oct/12 with Ben Burns

really nice balance technical route!well bolted
jon_gill1 - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/12 with ross garfoot

Joepenfold - Lead β - 28/Apr/12

mdg skidmore - TR dog - 28/Apr/12 with joe penfold, clive dean

Good
domskezz - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/12 with Jamma

Hidden - Lead - 28/Mar/12

Hidden - TR dog - 21/Mar/12

Seymore Butt - Mar/12

Hidden - 2nd dog - Mar/12

tim newton - Lead O/S - 08/Jan/12 with dan ely

2nd go
Jonathan Emett - Lead RP - 08/Jan/12 with tim

ianjfsutcliffe - Lead O/S - 23/Dec/11 with Psycoates

I climbed direct on 6c,really worth this one,mitic,excellent,and awesome photos
Biggo - Lead O/S - 06/Dec/11 with Berta

superb
Dave Rumney - Lead - 24/Nov/11 with Tanya Milner

As brilliant as ever.
Alan James - UKC and UKH - Lead - 11/Oct/11 with Paul Cox

Nice
LAlhadeff - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/11 with Gary, Andy

bigdrew - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/11 with Garry, Lisa

Chriswallis2 - Lead O/S - 27/Apr/11 with Anna

emotional....
krasavenko - Lead dog - 05/Apr/11 with Clement

Liam Ingram - Lead RP - 05/Apr/11 with Fiona Mellor

amazing climb. having failed to onsight even a 6a all week I just decided to go for it. slipped at the crux once but got it the second time. getting to the jug was such an awesome feeling
THardSevere - Lead dog - 05/Apr/11 with fergus cuthill

Trevera - Lead - 05/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/11

Hidden - TR O/S - 05/Apr/11

Andy Moles - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/11 with Phil, Ferdia

mctinkno - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/11 with Phil, Andy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/11

Andrew1 - Lead - 26/Mar/11 with Chris Fisher

design crisis - Lead dog - 17/Mar/11 with Tom W

JPGR - Lead O/S - 23/Jan/11

Robin Head - Lead dog - 06/Jan/11 with Amy, Joe Premier

Hidden - 2nd dog - 06/Jan/11

Amy Horton - Lead - 06/Jan/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/11

Tried the Direct (6c+) version initially, after getting truely pumped, decided to try again on the 6b+.
tomhennigan - Lead RP - 06/Jan/11 with Amy Horton

dswansonlow - Lead O/S - 02/Jan/11 with sarp

JonBrown - Lead O/S - 02/Jan/11 with John Tanner

khmhau - Lead - 02/Jan/11 with Keith Jackson

Took one fall early on and blew onsight.
Ollie Rattue - Lead dog - 2011

Bit too tired to get this clean at the end of the day. Still, I got that all important photo.
Adam_42 - Lead dog - 30/Dec/10

timreynolds - Lead - 02/Dec/10 with Steve Taylor

A Downing - Lead dnf - 26/Apr/10 with Ben Monkton

MDowson - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10 with duncan carr

j0shwyatt000 - Lead dog - 18/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead - 18/Apr/10

oliwarlow - Lead - 18/Apr/10 with Chris

Hidden - Lead - 18/Apr/10

Ian JL - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/10

BicepAndrews - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Caspian Johnson

Caspian Johnson - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with james andrews

Dan_Carroll - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/10 with Iain and Rich

Ahab - Lead O/S - Mar/10

Seb - 26/Feb/10

Hidden - TR β - Feb/10

seeroo - 2nd dog - 16/Jan/10 with Scone

1 fall. Great route. Not actually as blank as it looks.
gjd - Lead dog - 28/Oct/09 with mary stewart, Jim Hall

Vince - TR β - 07/May/09 with Laszlo

Steve lead it cleanly. I top roped, resting twice.
hellboundblr - 2nd - 04/May/09 with Steve Taylor

sdht - Lead O/S - May/09 with Danny Smudge

K Wall - 2nd - 18/Feb/09 with Luis

Dave Reeve - Lead O/S - 04/Feb/09 with Steve Hordley

Had no desire to lead it, however my partner pulled the rop through 'accidentally'. Pretty glad he did really, super climb.
funsized - Lead β - Dec/08

RCrockford - Lead dog - 23/Nov/08 with Andy G, Andy C

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 17/Nov/08 with sam read

Hidden - Lead dnf - 05/Apr/08

hash - Lead dog - 10/Mar/08 with DafSWMC

DafSWMC - Lead O/S - 10/Mar/08 with Hash

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/08

2 rests
MikeLeeds - Lead dog - 31/Dec/07 with Dave Clark

DavidR - Lead O/S - 30/Dec/07 with Holly Adamthwaite

Hidden - Lead rpt - 30/Dec/07

Bottled it at step left near forth bolt
Sankey - Lead dnf - 18/Dec/07 with Luke and Tom

jh5638 - 2nd O/S - 16/Dec/07 with Ian Gould

thebigfriendlymoose - Lead O/S - Dec/07

Amazing! Staying low for the move to the left is best. Rockover is hard!
Katya - TR O/S - 04/Nov/07 with Chris

James Prowse - Lead O/S - Nov/07 with Mandy Ponton

Hidden - Lead dog - Nov/07

Hidden - Lead dnf - Oct/07

tskelhon - Lead β - Apr/07

Hidden - TR dog - 24/Mar/07

skolvikking - Lead - Mar/07

WOW!!!
pottsworth - 2007 with Kat

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/06

Hidden - Lead dog - Apr/06

Hidden - Lead dog - 08/Feb/06

TiffTiff - TR dog - 01/Jan/06

creag - 2006

Stig - Lead dnf - 22/Oct/05 with Horace

Bux - Lead O/S - Mar/05 with Lewis

Hidden - Lead rpt - 30/Jan/05

Lowered from 4th bolt.
Phil West - Lead dnf - 13/Sep/04 with Shaun Walby

Hidden - TR dnf - Jul/04

whispering nic - Apr/04 with The Wife

Kyuzo - Lead O/S - Mar/04 with Bernard Lam

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/04

Roget - Lead O/S - 2004 with jon

4 bolts up and then just too bloody thin, spaced and bold - backed off. Olta - funny day - we were flagging by now starting to loose enthusiasm for climbing. Took ages to find the climbs - spent the whole morning bushwacking past undeveloped cliffs - loads of it - some amazing overhanging walls. Eventually backtracked and found the routes. Routes quite samey - nothing to really distinguish them, but all pleasant enough - some toughish.
Alaric - Lead dnf - 22/Apr/03 with Pierre Maxted

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Nov/01

cem - Lead O/S - 27/Nov/01 with Graham Dolman

Hidden - Lead - 16/Nov/01

Dave Musgrove - Lead O/S - Jan/01 with Steve Coates, Brian Middleton

First ever climb I worked - just at one place where it was very thin. Can't remember the year but it was when we were away with John B
Swotson - Lead RP - Dec/00 with Ian Athroll

Hidden - Lead - 31/Oct/00

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/00

Toreador - TR dnf - 01/Feb/00 with Ian and Mike

chrishedgehog - Lead O/S - Jan/00 with Dan Bailey, Clare Wilkie

Marti999 - Lead - 2000

Mark Riley - Lead O/S - 05/Feb/99

Hidden - Lead rpt - 21/Dec/98

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
lewiz, Ali Burns, mikespooner, Hidden, Hidden, Dax, Robin Head, Hidden, Danhan, A Downing

Voting
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easy 6c0 of 44
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easy 6b0 of 44
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Style of ascent

Lead101 of 124 (81.5%)
Followed7 of 124 (5.6%)
Toproped10 of 124 (8.1%)
Unknown6 of 124 (4.8%)

'Climbed'24 of 124 (19.4%)
clean O/S50 of 124 (40.3%)
clean β7 of 124 (5.6%)
clean rpt3 of 124 (2.4%)
clean RP7 of 124 (5.6%)
dogged23 of 124 (18.5%)
dnf10 of 124 (8.1%)