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Great - Bow Combination*** HVS 5a

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[Paul Taylor on Cloggy, 3 kb]A brilliant combination of pitches taking the best line up this side of the buttress. Start at a small pillar below a left-facing capped corner. 1) 4c, 45m. Climb onto the slab, step left to a groove which leads to a cave and ledge. 2) 4b, 12m. Pull around to the right then up to a stance. 3) 5a, 35m. Make a hard traverse leftwards along the break - low is harder, high is scarier. Continue to a crack which leads to a ledge on the left edge of the slab. 4) 4b, 25m. Steady climbing up the slab edge to another well-positioned stance. 5) 35m. Pull right back onto Great Slab and climb the rib to the top. Great Slab - A great route on its own. Instead of belaying on pitch 2 above, break right across the slab to the far corner. This gives a few tricky moves before much easier climbing leads in three pitches to the top. © ROCKFAX

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This climb is in 172 logbooks, and on 42 wishlists.

Martin Bennett - Apr/13

Hidden - 2013

Thought the traverse was desperate but might have been a reach issue :-) Got stupid flash pumped and rested on an rp! Doh!
Dizz - AltLd - 09/Sep/12 with David B

P1 and P3. Bold traverses, fun.
mes32 - AltLd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Will

Stone Muppet - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/12 with tl

Led P2 and P4
will_benfold - AltLd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Mary

jack01 - 2nd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with francis

Led pitches 1, and 3. Rolled pitches 3 and 4 into one pitch. Great route!!
mrginna - AltLd O/S - 06/Sep/12 with Duncan

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Aug/12

Hidden - AltLd - 27/May/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12

McGuinness - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with Dafydd

Dafydd Llywelyn - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with Sion McGuinnes

Beautiful weather. Gorgeous setting. Loved this route - first experience of Cloggy and first HVS lead. Lead P1 and P3. P3 was really long and great quality all the way. Delicate moves with good protection. Awkward stance though with strong wind which didn't help.
DaveMo - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with Jan

did P1 and 4. excellent introduction to Cloggy.
highclimber - AltLd O/S - 25/May/12

First Cloggy experience. Led P2,3,5
Cardi - AltLd O/S - 25/May/12 with Anthony

cheeky - AltLd O/S - 25/May/12 with Mark Philipson

mark4344 - AltLd O/S - 25/May/12 with Matt Payne

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 22/May/12

Gerallt Owain - AltLd O/S - 22/May/12 with Dan Jones

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Mar/12

A Downing - 2012

Stewart Armstrong - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Hidden - 2012

EagerAndy - Lead O/S - 2012

Ketu - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Kirill

led p1, p3, p5
Kirill - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Rob Truckle

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 13/Jul/11

walked in over the side of the llanberis pass, over rationalised our gear and left our guidebook behind too! so followed another team up the route
pebbles - 2nd - 03/Jul/11 with guido

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11

dan ely - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with steve

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/11

very nice
robertmichaeladams - AltLd - 04/Jun/11 with Tom

Nice route, not as hard as I expected, climbed scratch at tremadog the next day and thought it was much harder.
jayrenegade - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/11 with Prav

tomdude - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/11 with rob

A bit of a let down really. Quite chossy and vegetated considering its "classic" status. A nice line though.
Smelly Fox - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/11 with Steve Addy

vember was wet so this became my first cloggy experience.
Ollie B - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11 with S.Bennett

jamesh - 2nd - 29/Apr/11 with Jim Unwin

Super day out. Led pitches 2, 3 and 5
brockers - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/11 with Maggie Bass

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Apr/11

led p1 & p3. Excellent clear day, fantastic views from the top!
Pete Nugent - AltLd rpt - 21/Apr/11 with John Nuttall

Hidden - 2011

rob_small - AltLd β - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

swung leads with Ruairdh F
alasdair19 - 2011

Hidden - 2011

alisonsmigova - 2nd - 02/Sep/10

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Cocky

adam coxsell - 2nd - 15/Aug/10 with laurence

david morse - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/10 with lole

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/10

J1PEF - AltLd - 26/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jun/10

Abi Chard - AltLd O/S - 25/Jun/10 with Anna, Alex

Great climbing, soft for VS.
Jim Walton - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/10 with Mike Owen

Great route. Interesting starting moves and an exellent super exposed crux on pitch three. I would agree with others that the rest is not that hard but the scale and situations make this an awesome day out. Good times.
andybenham - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/10 with Gareth Hayfield

Great day out. Rock dry as a bone. Loved the belay at the end of pitch 4.
Gareth - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/10 with Andrew

brian watson - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/10 with scott titt

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/10

Lead 1st, 3rd and 5th pitches. Brilliant route, with a great crux traverse, a fantastically fun 1st pitch and a LONG, rambling and run-out VDiff pitch to finish.
lrandall - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/10 with Matteusz

Jennyvs - AltLd O/S - 25/May/10 with Sean Astley

Hidden - 25/May/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/May/10

Sophie Nunn - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10

Tomprusk - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/10 with Tom Ripley

zukator - Lead - 2010

Dave Rumney - 2010 with Tanya Milner

gritrash0 - 2010

soph - 2010

Led P1, 3, 5
theotherpetehill - AltLd - 17/Sep/09

chrisallan - AltLd O/S - 17/Sep/09

A bit disappointing as, although there is some nice climbing, it's not at all sustained at 4c / 5a, so I'd give this only one star. The holds on the crux traverse were a bit damp and some of the non-essential cracks on the easier sections were outright slimy, despite over a week of dry, fine weather. Led P1, 3 and 5.
Misha - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09

reg_measures - Lead O/S - Aug/09 with timmy & tom

esther - AltLd - Aug/09

thompson1000 - 02/Jun/09 with Olly

Super scary 5a traverse
Tanya Savage - 2nd - 30/May/09 with Neil Pacey

Neil Pacey - Lead O/S - 30/May/09 with Tanya Savage

Hidden - AltLd - 30/May/09

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Sep/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Sep/08

Tim Sparrow - AltLd - Aug/08 with Geoff Thomas

Led 2nd & 4th.Mike led the 5a pitch. Excellent day
jcurley - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/08 with Mike Buddle

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/08

Chriswallis2 - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/08 with Jim

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/08

ChalkBall - 2nd O/S - 01/Jun/08 with Luke Brooks

Luke Brooks - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/08 with Ryan Brooks

irish paul - AltLd - 31/May/08 with Sarah Joyce

centurion05 - Lead O/S - 14/May/08

Got caught in a downpour just after the crux.
Bob - AltLd O/S - 11/May/08 with C Chaloner

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2008

Hidden - 2008

dave657 - AltLd O/S - 15/Sep/07 with Steve

Lead pitches 2 & 4
bullwinkle - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/07 with John

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/07

Rich Mayfield - AltLd - 12/Aug/07 with Mark Stevenson

spacey - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/07 with si barrow

Paddy_The_Fascist - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/07 with Andy Morris

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

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/06

rob1 - AltLd - 10/Jun/06 with andrew clark

Led Ps 1,3,5.
Andy Clarke - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/06 with Rob

DavidR - AltLd O/S - 06/May/06 with John Marston

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Apr/06

Hidden - 2006

Ian McNeill - 2006 with Carol Emmons

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Jun/05

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/05

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - 2005

tom.e - AltLd O/S - Aug/04 with Charlie Everett

lithos - Lead - Jul/04

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/04

I think we got the traverse line wrong!
JohnHutch - AltLd O/S - Sep/02 with L

The Pylon King - AltLd - Aug/02 with Fiend (on multipitch!?!)

The Pylon King - AltLd O/S - Aug/02 with Fiend

Just Another Dave - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/02 with Chris Bird

Mark Riley - AltLd - May/00 with Stuart Greenall

john led crux traverse
dickypips - AltLd O/S - 1999 with john richards

Ched - Lead O/S - 1998 with Glanfor

WB - AltLd O/S - 1998 with Nicola

alan moore - 1998

zero six - AltLd O/S - 1998

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Aug/97

phardman - 20/Jul/97

Paul Boardman - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/97 with Iain Boardman

timreynolds - AltLd - 15/Jun/96 with John Burnip

nai - AltLd - 01/Sep/93 with Roger Devy

Budge - AltLd - 1992 with Brian Ottewell

lithos - AltLd - 1992

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Jun/91

Nick Rundall - AltLd O/S - 1990

Steve Lenartowicz - AltLd - 1990

scree - Jun/89

charlesmfrench - AltLd O/S - 29/May/89

ChrisJD - Lead - 28/May/89

michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 21/May/89 with pete roberts

Hidden - Lead - 17/May/89

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 06/Jul/87

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - AltLd O/S - Jun/87 with Andy Heald

first hard rock route
andyblain - AltLd O/S - Jun/86

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1986 with Emily, Steve, Shaun etc

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Jul/85

JamieAyres - AltLd O/S - Aug/84 with Mark Hopkins

One of two teams on Cloggy,atmospheric
neilh - Lead - 06/Jul/84 with dave croker

IM led p1 of Great, I led most of Bow (p4,5 -5a,7), VS,4c in 1976 guide!
Pete Nugent - AltLd - 18/Jun/83 with Ian Makin

solo
Mike Owen - 25/Jul/82

JEP - AltLd - 1981

babymoac - AltLd - 24/May/80 with MTW

Chris Craggs - Lead - 1980

andy gittins - 1980

robinsi197 - 1980 with Barbara

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Jun/78

granitbahn - AltLd - 1978

Had done Great Slab in 1963. Seem to recall I got the link pitch
David Smith - AltLd - Sep/77 with George Wilson

Mark Kemball - 2nd - 12/Aug/77 with George Mumford, Sarah Bridge

GeoffG - AltLd - 10/Jul/77 with tony bowker

GeoffG - AltLd - Jul/77 with tony bowker

steve691 - 1977

3rd big route of the day.
Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 21/Aug/76 with Jim Worthington

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Jun/76

Bolt Phobia - Lead - 04/Jun/76

Hidden - 1976

Nigel Bond - Lead - 28/Jun/75 with Robert Lloydd

Fabulous route - great position
pneame - Solo - 1974

RichardMc - AltLd - 25/Aug/73 with Betty Seifert

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Voting
Total votes cast 107
hard E10 of 36
E10 of 36
easy E10 of 36
hard HVS3 of 36
HVS20 of 36
easy HVS6 of 36
hard VS7 of 36
VS0 of 36
easy VS0 of 36
hard 5b0 of 35
5b0 of 35
easy 5b2 of 35
hard 5a2 of 35
5a24 of 35
easy 5a7 of 35
hard 4c0 of 35
4c0 of 35
easy 4c0 of 35
3 Stars22 of 36
2 Stars10 of 36
1 Star4 of 36
0 Stars0 of 36
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 172 (0.6%)
Lead19 of 172 (11.0%)
Followed10 of 172 (5.8%)
Alt Leads112 of 172 (65.1%)
Unknown30 of 172 (17.4%)

'Climbed'83 of 172 (48.3%)
clean O/S86 of 172 (50.0%)
clean β1 of 172 (0.6%)
clean rpt2 of 172 (1.2%)