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Quasar** E3 6a

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[Moves looked deceptively easy!, 3 kb]Short but steep, the crux holds on the headwall sometimes seep. 40m. Climb the groove (surprisingly awkward) to the overhang. Pass this on the right to reach a good rest before the crux. Blast past the crack above to reach Kaiserbirge Wall. © ROCKFAX

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Photo: Moves looked deceptively easy! © dhwsa
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 105 logbooks, and on 10 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 25/May/13

Owain Llewelyn - Lead O/S - 07/May/13 with Gareth E

Crux holds wet.
Ed Babs - Lead dog - 01/Sep/12 with Iain Moodie

Hidden - 2nd dog - 01/Sep/12

guy757 - TR - 14/Aug/12

Glyn - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/12 with Will Oates

1. 11/6/12 Fell off the top crack repeatedly, crack was wet, got the move in the end, arrd!! 2. 26/7/12 Did it this time, still a little wat in the crack, but no where near as bad as last time. much easier in these conditions. still a great route.
willoates - Lead rpt - 26/Jul/12 with Iona, Glyn

Wil Treasure - 2nd - 21/Jul/12 with Dunc

Good partner route to Stroll On.
zero six - Lead O/S - Mar/12

Hidden - 2nd dog - 24/Aug/11

offroute - Lead O/S - 03/Aug/11 with iwan

benchwarmer - 2nd dog - 02/Aug/11

khawk - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/11 with DT

feilx - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/11 with Dan Barbour

dannyboy83 - 2nd O/S - 23/Jul/11 with Felix Coxwell

Hidden - Lead dog - 30/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/11

Pippa - 2nd - 29/Apr/11 with Jon

nige - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/11 with adam ellwood

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

Hidden - 2011

Rory Shaw - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

fell on the crux!! was too cold to hang about and recover for long. got the crux move after a few attempts. really good route gutted i fell! probably should have waited for a better day b4 gettin on it.....
samrad - Lead dog - 20/Oct/10 with james G

Superb but very hard. You need stamina for the bottom groove and power for the top crack. I just couldn't latch the top layaway of the crack without repeatedly falling. Pulled on gear in the end.
Kafoozalem - 2nd dog - 04/Sep/10 with Ken Palmer

phil64 - Lead - 03/Sep/10 with chris guest, dave evans

Hidden - Lead rpt - 19/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead dog - 05/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/10

morganator - 2nd dog - 30/May/10 with Sophie Whyte

Had wanted to do this since last summer when I did the partner route Stroll On. Layed one on for the top of the crack! Getting that trad head back on slowly but surely.
mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with Ben Heason

Fell off last hard move of the crux, foot popped and I went with it. Did it next go. Awesome route.
akhughes - Lead rpt - 24/May/10 with Emma Hughes

Hidden - Lead - 15/May/10

mr mills - Lead rpt - 09/May/10 with Elfyn (chang)

soph - Lead O/S - May/10 with jon morgan

Hidden - Lead - 27/Apr/10

eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead dog - 13/Apr/10 with Rich

foot popped and i followed. jumped straight back on and did it. great route.
barni - Lead dog - 12/Apr/10 with Liam fleming

Ows - 2nd - Apr/10

Cool route, crux went well after a bit of deliberation. about V3.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 09/Mar/10 with Mikey G

Cool bouldery crux, about V2/3 if it was on the floor. Went up and reversed a fair few times before going for it.
Mike Goldthorp - Lead β - 08/Mar/10 with alex mason

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Oct/09

frost - 2nd dog - 13/Sep/09 with N Griffiths, D Garry

Bah!...Found this harder than Stroll on... Harder than any other E3 I have done in the pass really.
mux - Lead dog - 13/Sep/09 with Simon Frost , Neil Griffiths

Too hard for E3
NeilGriffiths - 2nd - 13/Sep/09 with Simon Frost, Dave Garry

Richard Horn - 2nd O/S - 24/Aug/09

JulesV - Lead O/S - 05/Jul/09 with Shauna Cunningham

Hidden - Lead RP - Jul/09

Got crux move on 4th attempt.
Dan 85 - Lead - 29/Jun/09 with Pete & Josh

Marti999 - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/09

Ri - Lead O/S - Jun/09 with Anja Jones

The start felt harder than the crux!
Andrew Barker - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/09 with Chunk

real quality. found crux very hard but perhaps didn't use best sequence - some holds in crack were wet
Belier - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/09 with Al, Guy & Lee

Hidden - Lead dog - 27/Jul/08

Hidden - 2nd dog - 15/Jun/08

gregoritos - Lead O/S - 24/May/08 with chris gooder

datoon - Lead O/S - 17/May/08 with RT

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 15/May/08

hookface - 2nd - 15/May/08 with steven franklin

Hidden - Lead - 13/May/08

Matt Vigg - 2008

Tricky crux, but superb protection gave enough confidence to go for it. Had no quickdraws left for the upper half though. Fantastic climbing.
joe larner - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/07

just about made it, fairly technical through the crux. good route but short-lived difficulties. over-shadowed by Stroll On.
ksjs - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/07 with goosebump

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 24/May/07 with simon chevis

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 20/Apr/07

Quite a tough E3! Pumpy bottom groove and then I almost got the crux first time but lobbed, only to lob a few more times. Eventually worked out a good sequence. Going into Hangover crux is real pumpy!
Chad123 - Lead dog - 14/Apr/07 with Emily

jeffmcd56 - Lead dog - 2007

Hidden - Lead - 15/Jul/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/06

Nathan Kemp - Lead dnf - Aug/05

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - 2005

Gus - Lead O/S - 23/May/04

nicholas Barrowclough - Lead - Sep/03

Hidden - Lead rpt - 28/Jun/03

shoulders - Lead - 28/Jun/03 with mart, andy sharp, dai

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Sep/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/May/00

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 03/May/99 with Hugh

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead O/S - 02/May/99 with Sam Dew

Hidden - Lead rpt - 04/Oct/97

ellis - Lead O/S - Sep/97 with Ali Coull

WB - Lead O/S - Jul/96 with Guy

Hidden - AltLd - May/96

sadams - Lead - 06/Apr/96 with John Boyle

michael burrows - 2nd - 30/Apr/95 with richard parry

Roget - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/94 with jon

Steve Crowe - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/94

ste_d - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/94 with mik

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1994

jfletcher - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/93

steve taylor - 2nd - Jun/90 with Steve Williams

phardman - AltLd O/S - 17/Jun/89 with Simon Marsh

Hidden - Lead - 28/May/89

shark - Lead - 1988

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jul/87

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Jul/86

sadams - Lead dnf - 22/Aug/84 with Chris Thwaites

Hidden - Lead - 1983

Hidden - Lead dnf - Jul/80

Mark Kemball - Lead - 1980

Hidden - 1980

Hidden - 1980

Mike Owen - 26/Aug/79 with Hugh Watkins

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1979

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Style of ascent

Lead71 of 105 (67.6%)
Followed22 of 105 (21.0%)
Toproped1 of 105 (1.0%)
Alt Leads2 of 105 (1.9%)
Unknown9 of 105 (8.6%)

'Climbed'35 of 105 (33.3%)
clean O/S40 of 105 (38.1%)
clean β1 of 105 (1.0%)
clean rpt8 of 105 (7.6%)
clean RP1 of 105 (1.0%)
dogged17 of 105 (16.2%)
dnf3 of 105 (2.9%)