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Lone Tree Groove** HVS 5a

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[Lone Through the Tree Groove, 4 kb]50m, 2 pitches. 1) 5a, 28m. A fine and popular climb up the big groove with its solitary tree. Take care with some loose blocks on this pitch. At the top of the groove traverse left over grass to belay on L.S.D. 2) 4b, 10m. Trend right up the tottery wall to enter a more solid groove and finish up this. © ROCKFAX
FA. Doug Scott, Steve Read 1964

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This climb is in 97 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Damp but good climbing until the loose stuff is reached.
geoff.comley - Lead O/S - 20/May/13 with Vic Paterson

Large loose block (18"x12") on left side of groove a few metres after the tree. Nice climb. Strenuous to get around the bulge. Loose holds up to ledge are unnerving.
Double Knee Bar - Lead O/S - 29/Sep/12

Jim Slater - Lead rpt - 27/May/12 with Pete Wimbush

Dave Bond - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/11 with Simon Wren

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

Chris M - 2nd - 06/Aug/11

Led 2nd pitch of Lime Street
Kirill - AltLd rpt - 06/Aug/11 with Charles Moreton

Led main pitch
cem - Lead rpt - 06/Aug/11 with Kirill Spiridonov

The second half is rather loose.
masa-alpin - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/11 with Lee P

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 08/Jun/11

Nice climbing in the bottom half, a lot of the top half seems quite loose though maybe it's not as bad as I thought
Byronius Maximus - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Andy Winter

good route
bigdan050 - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/11 with Tosh

hard section through bulge. Slippy. great route
wishicud climbHVS - 2nd - 04/Apr/11 with Big Fat Dan

abit loose near the top ...
markpollak - Lead rpt - 29/Mar/11 with suzanne mcfadzean

Repeat climb, first done early nineties with Dad & Dave. Done in a single pitch.
jshields - Lead - 16/Sep/10 with Ed James

gordonday - 2nd rpt - 22/Jul/10 with Jack

Tough crux, but really good value.
jwpil - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/10 with Gordon

twright180 - AltLd O/S - Jul/10

Lead in one pitch. Felt hard!
migs493 - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/10 with Josh

Jim Slater - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Graeme Hammond

Led as one big pitch as the peg belay on line street looked poor and was occupied (although latter abseiled off it!) great 3 star moves lover down passing the bulge but some loose rock higher up then vegetation (mainly the 2nd pitch) made for more careful slower climbing and tainted the experience. I couldn't remember which was the 2nd pitch and which was the end pitch of lime street went when I got to the top of the first pitch and neither could the guy on lime street but ended up picking the easier and correct line of the two, to a more solid belay.
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Jim

gordonday - Lead - 15/Apr/10

Pretty chilly!
Matt Fry - 2nd O/S - 11/Mar/10 with Ethan Walker

holters - 2010

Seymore Butt - 2010

alasdair19 - 2010

Budge - Lead rpt - 24/Sep/09 with Dave Valentine-Hagart

katyc - 2nd - 11/Sep/09

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 09/Sep/09

Climbed in one long pitch
Pilch - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/09 with Ed

Adam1973 - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/09 with Alex

as one pitch
Kirill - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/09 with Charles Moreton

cem - 2nd rpt - 01/Jul/09 with Kirill Spiridonov

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jun/09

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

Brian Rodgers - 2nd - 13/Jun/09 with Phil Leng

Hidden - Lead RP - 01/Jun/09

Good at HVS
Andy Peak 1 - Lead - 03/May/09

loved it, really really good route. Tricky pull over the bulge below the tree, (look for that cheeky foothold ;), and loose blocks galore above the tree. Still nice though, second pitch is very easy at 4b, more like 4a, and is a nice simple end to the route. Worth the stars. Tough at the grade, but never E1, possible 5b in places?
Sam1991 - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/09 with Andy J

bigdrew - 2nd - 24/Apr/09 with Sam Dixon

joese7en - Lead O/S - 2009

Hidden - Lead rpt - 11/Oct/08

greenclimb - Lead rpt - 11/Oct/08 with sarah

Alfredo - Lead - Aug/08 with Ben H

b.hayley - 2nd - Jul/08

I climbed this with a stinking hangover and had to hang off the tree whilst i hauled up a set of nuts i'd dropped in my drunkeness.
HamishD - Lead O/S - 26/Jan/08 with matt savage

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

AntiGrav - Lead - 2008

Budge - Lead dog - 13/Sep/07 with Carl Tiivas, Mike Oates, Dave Valentine-Hagart

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/07

5a, 4b. Duncan led first, me second.
PenJD - AltLd O/S - 02/Sep/07 with Duncan Martin

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/Aug/07

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 08/Jun/07

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Aug/06

Found it quite tough, and the loose blocks didn't really help. Great bridging though
DrGav - Lead dog - 29/Jul/06 with Wendy

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 14/Jul/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead - 2006

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Jun/05

cem - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/05 with Graham Dolman

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Apr/04

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/03

Sankey - AltLd O/S - Aug/03 with Reuben

Dave Mason - Lead O/S - 2002 with Trev Tatler

philb - Lead - Aug/00

EagerAndy - 2000

Roget - Lead rpt - 20/Aug/98 with baccy

Heisenberg - 2nd - 02/Aug/95 with john blower

colin milton - AltLd - 20/Jul/95 with eric milton

Tim Bateman - AltLd - 16/Jul/95

nai - Lead - 1995

Hidden - Lead - 18/Jun/94

nickcanute - Lead - 1993

Budge - Lead - May/92 with Brian Ottewell

marcoleptic - Lead O/S - 1992 with Moley

ChrisJD - AltLd - 01/Sep/91

Hidden - 1990

RichardMc - Lead - 24/Apr/88 with Jon Clifford-Smith

Roget - 2nd O/S - 1988 with jim

RichardMc - 2nd - 20/Jul/86 with Pete Stokes

Chris the Tall - 2nd - Jun/86 with Phil Dickens

sadams - 2nd - 05/Oct/85 with Aylesbury CC

Hidden - AltLd - 31/Aug/85

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Jul/85

andy gittins - 1985

charlesmfrench - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/84

Ian Clare - 1984

Hidden - Lead - 02/Jul/83

Andy Stephenson - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/83 with Alan Dance

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 04/Jul/82 with Rodger Edenborough

babymoac - 2nd - 30/May/80 with MTW

Mark Kemball - Lead - 14/Oct/78 with Sarah Bridge

Hidden - Lead - 16/Apr/77

Falko - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/76 with Alan Taylor

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Aug/75

Dave Musgrove - 23/Oct/71

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Voting
Total votes cast 64
hard E10 of 22
E10 of 22
easy E10 of 22
hard HVS2 of 22
HVS19 of 22
easy HVS1 of 22
hard VS0 of 22
VS0 of 22
easy VS0 of 22
hard 5b0 of 21
5b0 of 21
easy 5b2 of 21
hard 5a10 of 21
5a8 of 21
easy 5a1 of 21
hard 4c0 of 21
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easy 4c0 of 21
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2 Stars12 of 21
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Style of ascent

Lead51 of 97 (52.6%)
Followed24 of 97 (24.7%)
Alt Leads14 of 97 (14.4%)
Unknown8 of 97 (8.2%)

'Climbed'46 of 97 (47.4%)
clean O/S34 of 97 (35.1%)
clean rpt14 of 97 (14.4%)
clean RP1 of 97 (1.0%)
dogged2 of 97 (2.1%)