conorcussell - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12
solo 1st, lead 2nd and conor finished up capricorn
Ewan Russell - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with Connor
soph - AltLd - 25/May/12 with Mandy Tee
The top pitch was quite exciting without any hexes or cams that fitted properly into it. Finished up the crack to the right.
RedFox - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Ron D
Roger Cruse - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Kris & Trevor
Abbed off before the last pitch, was so wet couldn't find the bottom of the climb in the mist finally found it was wet and muddy ended up taking a very long time.
Tom Seccombe - Lead dnf - 21/Aug/11 with Mark Robson
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Jul/11
Soloed upto 3rd pitch, largely wet. Then got a TR for the the final goppy corner, still have muddy hands from jamming it now.
Alex Mason - Solo O/S - 11/Jul/11
worth it for amazing top pitch. brutal but simple long crack. poss to abb of if defeated
dan ely - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with terry
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/11
Hidden - AltLd - Jul/11
Anthony Dixon - Lead - 04/Jun/11
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
2 in situ hexs can be threaded on the first corner of the last pitch, handy if you lack adequate large gear. the last corner looked horrendous with only a chockstone to protect so I followed the 5b crack.
the offwidth reminded my of crew cut at millstone
alasdair19 - 2011
First pitch was wet, final pitch would get HVS 5a as a standalone. Hard laybacking and jamming up and intimidating crack.
Excellent quality, bivi'd out the night before and climbed the route as a 3, finished as the sun set over an October Cloggy - Awesome.
evilweed - AltLd dog - 16/Oct/10 with Dan
Certainly harder than expected for a VS but a great, well protected climb none-the-less. Much of the excitement was provided by the greasy wet rock on which rock boots refused to smear. Sustained, lay-backing was the order of the day for much of the climb, and there's bomber protection all the way, provided you have enough medium Hexs/Cams (size 3/4 or larger).
A good route, worthy of it's stars and probably a promotion to HVS.
Pitches led as follows:
P1-JL, P2-DL, P3-JL, P4- 1st 1/2 DL, 2nd 1/2 JL.
fragglerock - AltLd dog - 16/Oct/10 with Duncan Johnstone, Jon Lumb
No cams!
stuart34 - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/10 with Joe Shipcott
warning the climb is very dirty due to a large rock fall, the chimney pitch contains a new check stone and its big!
Top pitch well hard for the grade more HVS.
martrin - AltLd - 18/Jun/10 with Colin Smith
Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/May/10
I did the final pitch. initial crack was very greasy and a fantastic traditional struggle. I turned the crag blue with my language. HVS anyone?
nigel pearson - AltLd O/S - 23/May/10 with Robin
Tom lead 1st, I seconded in trainers was so wet. Lead 2nd pitch (a two move wonder), Robin lead 3rd. 4th Pitch was corner crack slimefest and alas had to back off. After cloggy spat us off, we regroupped by swiming in the lake and bouldered in the evening sun. Rad
JonBrown - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10 with Robin Head, Tom Smart
last pitch was a slimefest so we decided it was safer to back off. I lead pitch number 3. Tom did the first one and Jon the 2nd pitch
Robin Head - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10 with Tom S, Jon Brown
Hidden - 2010
gritrash0 - 2010
TimPerkin - AltLd dog - 13/Sep/09 with Richard Harris
gregoritos - Lead O/S - Jun/09 with fox
Seymore Butt - 2009
VS 5a my arse
centurion05 - AltLd O/S - 24/Sep/08 with chris thorne
I attempted fourth pitch. Very hard and sustained. Basically, totally wimped out. And I generally climb a good bit harder. Can't help but think that, whatever the protection, a sustained 5a crack like that is work HVS of anybody's money.
cmsg - AltLd dnf - 24/May/08 with Luke Gannarelli
Scruffy first pitch, hard and strenuous last pitch - well worth HVS
Andy Chubb - AltLd - 28/Aug/07 with Steve Goodman
P2,4 - trending right crack system on P4[4b variant]
OffshoreAndy - AltLd - 26/Aug/07 with NCC Kelvin
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/07
mikelawrence aka jonnienomates - 2006
michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/05 with rob geaves
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Sep/02
WB - 1998
GuyM - 1996
michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 17/Jun/90 with john roberts
Guy - 1990
Hidden - Lead - 14/May/88
Tom V - 1984
Ian Jones - AltLd O/S - 1983 with Dave Greenald, Billy Jones, Chris Gore, Tom Jones, Paul Stott, 'Flog'
Chris Craggs - Lead - 1980
granitbahn - AltLd - 1978
petemeads - Lead - 1976
Bolt Phobia - AltLd - 25/May/74
Hidden - AltLd - 14/Apr/74
Steve Woollard - Lead - 1974 with Doug Adams
Since done on several occasions
David Smith - AltLd - 25/Aug/73 with Dave Ellis
pneame - AltLd - 1973
'Quite hard for grade. Mark somewhat pressed, so I did all the leading.'
Gordon Stainforth - Lead - 26/Aug/70 with Mark --?
Campbell42 - AltLd O/S - 25/Aug/68 with Kim Wainwright