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Cracked Actor*** E2 5b

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[a classic , 3 kb]27m. A superb pitch up the thin right-to-left slanting crack system that sprouts from low down on Aladdinsane. Well protected on the hard section. © ROCKFAX
FA. Alan Evans, Dave Parker 1976. Previously aided.

Ticklists: Lancashire's Finest, 100 best limestone climbs in Britain.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 211 logbooks, and on 26 wishlists.

C coldwell-storry - Lead O/S - 17/May/13 with Ellen Spencer

shunt-Repeat
beds74 - 23/Apr/13

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 10/Apr/13

Swotson - TR rpt - 03/Apr/13

Repeat. Rained.
beds74 - TR - 17/Nov/12

pretty cool climbing, bit polished but otherwise nice and spicy
Paul Tanner - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12

direct start
ewen - 2nd - 21/Oct/12 with soupy

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Oct/12

Awsome!!!
arrang - Lead RP - 12/Oct/12

well done to my little bro for only resting once on 2nd.
samrad - Lead rpt - 09/Oct/12 with david (bro)

First E2 Lead!!
Chrismoore94 - Lead O/S - 07/Oct/12

Mackinclimb - Lead rpt - 01/Oct/12

Superb, so hot in the sun, great moves with bomber gear!
Martin Davies - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/12 with Alice du Preez

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12

Really good! Much less pumpy than I'd expected - the route was full of amazo finger locks and good but small footholds. Small fingers a definite advantage!
climbingpixie - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Andy

r fizzle - 2nd O/S - 14/Jul/12 with Olli Crudge

My fingers didn't fit in the crack :( made for some long moves and high feet. cool
Olli-C - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/12 with Rachel Slater

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Jul/12

Great route, sustained but well protected. Felt like it had a 5c move and lots of 5b moves.
Martin Haworth - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/12 with John Brannock

Brannock - 2nd O/S - 07/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Jun/12

cox - Lead β - 16/Jun/12

petekeron - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/12 with Dickon Morris

Dickon151 - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/12 with Peter Keron

guy757 - 06/Jun/12

Swotson - 2nd O/S - Jun/12 with Tony Madden

riddle - 2nd O/S - 29/May/12 with Keith Jones

I've been wanting to do this one for a while, It didn't disappoint!
MarkRoe - Lead O/S - 11/May/12 with Woody

Bob Windsor - AltLd - 02/May/12 with Harry Salisbury

Goose4 - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/12 with Andrew (bing), Stuart Paton

foostu4 - 2nd O/S - 30/Apr/12 with Gus McKendrick

gw3285 - 2nd - 28/Apr/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Mar/12

samrad - 2nd rpt - 21/Mar/12 with james G

efrance24234 - Lead rpt - 09/Mar/12

gb05 - Lead rpt - 15/Jan/12 with Adam Mackintosh

aerobiee - Lead dog - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Spanner - 2nd - 16/Nov/11 with tom keaveny

Tom Keaveny - Lead O/S - 16/Nov/11 with verity

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Nov/11

cat22 - 2nd O/S - 12/Nov/11 with Mike

Sustained good lead by beds
J1PEF - 2nd - 06/Nov/11 with beds

Sustained well protected climbing. More like e1 gear maybe e2 for the if you can hang around to place. To quote my strong 2nd (who did pull on a quick draw...but which 2nd?) you had to engineer your rests on that one.
beds74 - Lead - 05/Nov/11 with David gracie, Jon Peffer

gw3285 - 2nd - 14/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Jul/11

gb05 - Lead β - 29/Jun/11 with Ben Robinson

Hidden - Lead rpt - 23/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/May/11

Simon Holden (LCandCC) - 2nd dog - 30/May/11 with will9911

petegunn - Lead - 29/May/11 with Davina

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/May/11

Been on my list for ages. Given 5b on here and described in the guide as 'low in the grade'??? I was in gale force winds, but to me it made Regent Street feel like a walk-in! Top, top quality climbing, unrelenting, tenuous, technical and pumpy. Phew-eeee! Buzzzzin :)
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 24/May/11

Excellent climb, no move harder than 5b if you can finger jam but lots of interest all the way. Took the longest on the 5a move on the E1 bit of the route! Rock a bit snappy near the top, maybe should have moved left...
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 20/May/11 with Sam

Exodus - Lead O/S - 04/May/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/May/11

djprepie - 2nd dog - 03/May/11 with John

Hidden - 2nd dog - 29/Apr/11

Belier - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11 with dad

Graham Iles - 2nd - 17/Apr/11 with Neil Cooper

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11

1st trad lead of the year and just back from Sport trip - felt steady away.
cooperman - Lead O/S - Apr/11 with Graham Iles

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/11

robin_hackney - 2nd O/S - 12/Mar/11 with Si

Hidden - 2011

lukehunt - Lead O/S - 2011 with max

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Oct/10

Brilliant and sustained and for me easy 5c but not 5b.
simon1965 - Lead - 08/Oct/10

ran out of steam both times I tried
mbambi - Lead dog - 24/Sep/10 with will williamson

JYates - 2nd - 17/Sep/10 with Paul Coxon

maria85 - 2nd O/S - Sep/10 with Gareth

j_turner023 - 2nd O/S - 22/Aug/10 with Craig spence

Great climb, very safe, absolutely bomproof wires all the way, really nice moves.
greenroom - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/10 with Harrington Melhuish

Superb and sustained climbing
Ken Taylor - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/10 with Chris Michalak

AlistairB - Lead O/S - 17/Jul/10 with Johan

johang - 2nd O/S - 15/Jul/10 with Ali Brash

A great pitch!
Dave Musgrove - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/10 with Paul Farrish

Hidden - Lead - 25/Jun/10

gr8 route route very sustained
Dale - Lead O/S - Jun/10 with dave

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/May/10

Andrew.Davies - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10 with Matty

daveclarke5 - 2nd - 17/Apr/10 with Andy

what a great route!!!!!!
samrad - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/10 with micky

Compo - Lead dog - 04/Apr/10 with Kev Faux

Leelogs - 2nd - 14/Mar/10 with Chris

KMoeckell - 2nd - Mar/10 with Tom Kingston

Hidden - Lead dog - 19/Feb/10

Seymore Butt - 2010

Climbed in the impending gloom after work - finished with minutes to spare before nightfall.
DSM - Lead O/S - 29/Sep/09 with Andy Gittins

a13x - 2nd - 23/Sep/09 with James Stokes

Hidden - 2nd dnf - Sep/09

tmawer - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/09 with chris wilson

Chris wilson - 2nd - 16/Aug/09 with Tony

fallingrocks - Lead O/S - Aug/09 with Mike "Oz" Osmund

Hidden - Lead - 20/Jul/09

bridget143 - 2nd O/S - 18/Jul/09 with Sion

khawk - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/09 with DT&RT

Hidden - Lead rpt - 01/Jul/09

elegant cheddar - 2nd dog - 07/Jun/09 with adam hughes

sustained 5b climbing. No real crux, just good climbing.
akhughes - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/09 with Emma Hughes

Hidden - Lead dog - 25/May/09

John Pickles - 2nd - 25/May/09 with Zac Poulton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/May/09

cem - Lead rpt - 17/May/09 with Steve Gould

Hidden - 2nd dog - 14/May/09

DavidR - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with Holly Adamthwaite

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 02/May/09

one fall due to a hold breaking gets E2 5c in the rockfax guide
John Pickles - Lead - 29/Apr/09 with Kieran Hodgson

Hidden - Lead dog - 26/Apr/09

Hidden - 2nd β - 26/Apr/09

Hot and sweaty, stopped to take my fleece off!Plus did Lonely wall E1 o/s lead which doesn't exist on this site but does in Lancashire rock
mbambi - Lead dog - 14/Apr/09

petegunn - Lead - 12/Apr/09 with Davina,Matt&Steve

GPN - Lead - 07/Apr/09 with Annette

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead - 31/Mar/09

Tom Phillips - Lead rpt - 15/Mar/09 with leo

spam - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/09 with Esther Seddon

Hidden - Lead dnf - 01/Jan/09

Hidden - 2009

Jo seconded in fell walking boots, crazy bastard!
Spence22 - Lead O/S - 2009 with Jo

Hidden - TR - 12/Oct/08

tomhull - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/08 with adam noble

GPN - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/08 with Simon

derico - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/08 with Cal

steven - 2nd O/S - 29/Aug/08 with Brian Hull

nutty_didz - 2nd - 22/Aug/08 with Herve Nuttall

Hidden - TR - 16/Aug/08

very very nice, hard for english teck 5b, more 5c
nutallovertheface - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/08 with Didier Nuttall

John Kettle - Lead O/S - 16/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/08

First clean E2 seconding
simonfife - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/08 with Tom Phillips

Tom Phillips - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/08 with Simon (LCCC)

Diggler - Lead dog - 07/Jun/08

Heisenberg - 2nd - 22/Apr/08 with andy ??

Tom Phillips - Lead - 04/Apr/08 with dick

chiverstom - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/08 with John Bramwell

Hidden - Lead - 02/Mar/08

Did the e3 finish! woops
TomKingston - Lead - 27/Jan/08

Hidden - 2008

Al Evans - 2008

ewen - 2008

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

had a rest in middle of tough 6m section
wheelo - 2nd dog - 22/Sep/07 with jon

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/07

alaan - Lead O/S - 06/May/07 with Grant

Hidden - Lead β - 21/Apr/07

climber130887 - 2nd - 21/Apr/07 with dan mathewmann

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/07

Hidden - 2nd - Feb/07

TomKingston - 2007

middlevern - Lead O/S - Nov/06 with Mike Blood

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/06

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Aug/06

Andy Chubb - TR - 30/Jul/06 with Bill Wheeler

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/06

Different Steve - 2nd O/S - 27/May/06 with Martin Hore

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/06

Hidden - Lead dog - 01/Mar/06

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Mar/06

Ben1983 - Lead O/S - Jun/05

datoon - Lead O/S - 31/May/05 with DS

Phill Mitch - Lead β - 2005 with dave

ian caton - Lead O/S - 2005 with various

Hidden - 2nd - 2005

nicholas Barrowclough - Lead - 08/Oct/04 with Mark

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/Aug/04

Justin Tracey - 2nd O/S - Aug/04 with Dan Hinton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/04

Mark A Humphries - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/04 with gary wood

Hidden - Lead rpt - 21/Sep/03

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Jun/03

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jun/03

John Roberts (JR) - Lead - 2003

cem - Lead O/S - 31/May/02 with James Gregory

Hidden - Lead - 16/Mar/02

Got benighted
Dave Westby - Lead dnf - 2002 with Rob Lewis

Adam Lincoln - Lead - 2002

2 rests
John Marsland - Lead dog - 27/Aug/01 with Ant Williams

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Aug/00

Hidden - Lead - 2000

craig h - Lead O/S - May/98 with Janet Hannah

I led took a rest, Bollocks!!
wadey1973 - Lead - 03/Aug/97 with Bob Windsor

Jody - Lead O/S - Jul/97 with WW

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1996

Roget - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/95

goi.ashmore - Lead β - 21/Aug/94 with Dee Herbert

NeilGriffiths - 1994 with Duncan

Date a guess.
andy farnell - Lead O/S - 1992 with Jerry

PeteCheung - Lead - 1992 with Bill

Jonathan Lagoe - UKC - 1992 with Martin Doyle

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Jul/91

whispering nic - Lead - 21/Jul/91 with noj

nige - Lead - Jun/91 with bryan pearson

jim robertson - Lead β - 1990 with Flute. G Coverdale.

Hidden - Lead - 12/Jun/89

jfletcher - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/89 with Tim Newton

mik1miller - Lead O/S - 1989 with derek johnson

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 1988 with Phil Delthwaite

JamieAyres - 2nd RP - Aug/85 with Graham Aveyard

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1983 with Andy Cianchi

Hammy - AltLd - 02/Jun/82 with Mark Lowe

Hammy - AltLd - 10/May/80 with Rob Lawson

Mike Owen - 13/Sep/78 with Pete Craig

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Voting
Total votes cast 174
hard E30 of 69
E30 of 69
easy E31 of 69
hard E23 of 69
E255 of 69
easy E29 of 69
hard E11 of 69
E10 of 69
easy E10 of 69
hard 5c0 of 45
5c0 of 45
easy 5c25 of 45
hard 5b13 of 45
5b7 of 45
easy 5b0 of 45
hard 5a0 of 45
5a0 of 45
easy 5a0 of 45
3 Stars59 of 60
2 Stars1 of 60
1 Star0 of 60
0 Stars0 of 60
Bag of .....0 of 60
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Style of ascent

Lead124 of 211 (58.8%)
Followed64 of 211 (30.3%)
Toproped5 of 211 (2.4%)
Alt Leads5 of 211 (2.4%)
Unknown13 of 211 (6.2%)

'Climbed'75 of 211 (35.5%)
clean O/S95 of 211 (45.0%)
clean β7 of 211 (3.3%)
clean rpt13 of 211 (6.2%)
clean RP2 of 211 (0.9%)
dogged16 of 211 (7.6%)
dnf3 of 211 (1.4%)