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Boomerang** HVS 5b

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38m. A once popular route (at HVS 5b) up a good natural line, but it is polished and the old pegs are terrible. Climb the pocketed wall to the overhangs then traverse right to enter the groove. Up this by sustained bridging and jamming until things ease and the vegetation starts to take over. © ROCKFAX
A fine route up a strong natural line. Climb the pocketed wall to the overhangs then traverse right passing old pegs - the polished crux, - to enter the hidden groove. Up this by pleasantly sustained bridging and jamming until things ease. Pegs still in place but poor (Sept 10)
FA. Steve Read, Steve Hunt (3 pts) 1960
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Hidden - 2nd - 11/Aug/12

Brian Rodgers - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/11 with Esther Bott

Slippery but good fun.
Andrew Barker - 2nd - 01/Aug/11 with Tom Ramsden

Quite stiff but peg protecting crux still there. Other gear also available
Budge - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Doug Hobbs

bigdrew - Lead dnf - 03/Sep/10 with Sam Dixon

bullwinkle - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with John

Harder than Lime street! so slippy needed tension
gordonday - Lead β - 21/Apr/10 with clive

holters - 2010

doughobbs - 2nd - 09/Sep/09 with David Burgess, Dave Valentine-Hagart

Hidden - 2nd β - 09/Jul/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/09

miastacey - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/09 with Bob Smith

Hidden - 2nd dog - May/09

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Unseconded, very dirty.
thebigfriendlymoose - Lead O/S - 06/May/07 with Stephen

hard route i'd say more like e1
pep - 2006

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Apr/03

Dave Bond - Lead O/S - 2003 with charles

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2001

Hard!
cem - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/00 with Graham Dolman

philb - 2nd - 2000

Scary crux
EagerAndy - Solo rpt - 2000

Roget - Lead O/S - 28/May/97 with jim

Daniel Wrightson - Lead O/S - 07/May/95 with Richard Bradbury

nai - Lead - 1995

stevieb - 2nd O/S - 04/Sep/93 with Neil Trimboy, Rich Heap

hard - pegs were crap & bent
Backinthegame - 2nd - Jun/93 with Mark Atkinson

nickcanute - Lead - 1993

ChrisJD - Lead - 12/Oct/91

Hidden - 1990

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Aug/89

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/88

RichardMc - Lead - 04/Oct/86 with Dave Langmead

Hidden - Lead - 17/Aug/86

sadams - Lead - 05/Oct/85 with Aylesbury CC

Nigel Bond - Lead - 14/Sep/85 with Martin Crosby

andy gittins - 1985

Hidden - Lead - 22/Aug/84

charlesmfrench - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/84

Ian Clare - 1984

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Jun/81

Andy Stephenson - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/81

Ian Clare - 1981

Mark Kemball - Lead - 14/Oct/80

babymoac - 2nd - 01/Aug/80 with MTW

Andy Say - Lead O/S - 1973

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Total votes cast 43
hard E10 of 17
E10 of 17
easy E114 of 17
hard HVS2 of 17
HVS1 of 17
easy HVS0 of 17
hard VS0 of 17
VS0 of 17
easy VS0 of 17
hard 5c0 of 14
5c0 of 14
easy 5c2 of 14
hard 5b9 of 14
5b3 of 14
easy 5b0 of 14
hard 5a0 of 14
5a0 of 14
easy 5a0 of 14
3 Stars0 of 12
2 Stars4 of 12
1 Star5 of 12
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 46 (2.2%)
Lead26 of 46 (56.5%)
Followed13 of 46 (28.3%)
Unknown6 of 46 (13.0%)

'Climbed'25 of 46 (54.3%)
clean O/S16 of 46 (34.8%)
clean β2 of 46 (4.3%)
clean rpt1 of 46 (2.2%)
dogged1 of 46 (2.2%)
dnf1 of 46 (2.2%)