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Pygmy Ridge** IV 5

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 159 logbooks, and on 32 wishlists.

michael83 - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/13 with Mark Mosgrove

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/13

andybrown114 - AltLd - 22/Feb/13 with Jim Watchorn, Ade Mellor

Hidden - 22/Feb/13

I led pitch 1 and 2 and Robin did p3. We avoided the final tower as it was 8pm by the time we topped out and we thought it was time to go home.
nigel pearson - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/13 with Robin

BUZZ1984 - 2nd - 02/Feb/13 with Gavin Pike

Hidden - Feb/13

Led first pitch, but had to escape round the top ridge as it got dark!
kelliroberts3 - AltLd dnf - 01/Jan/13 with Peter Rigby

Avoided last pitch due to darkness
Pete Rigby - AltLd dnf - 01/Jan/13 with Kelli Roberts

luke321 - AltLd - 13/Dec/12 with Jack Hodgson, Tom Jagger

Jack.H.92 - AltLd - 13/Dec/12

Early season conditions made it trcky. missed out final section due to fading light.
gst - 2nd O/S - 12/Dec/12 with Al Walker

radioshed - AltLd O/S - 25/Nov/12 with Marnoch

mhamiltonj - AltLd - 25/Nov/12 with Mathew C

JRae - AltLd - 24/Nov/12 with M Watson

mwatson - 24/Nov/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Nov/12

Hidden - 2nd - 05/Nov/12

freudy_love - AltLd O/S - 04/Nov/12 with Dave Douglas

Led 1 and 2. Took a while...
fall-line - AltLd O/S - 04/Nov/12 with Sarah Kirton

Led main pitch in 2. Led 2.
mctinkno - AltLd O/S - 04/Nov/12 with Andy

skirton - AltLd O/S - 04/Nov/12 with Donald Slater

Via summer start. Pretty straightword so early in season.
Dave Douglas - AltLd O/S - 04/Nov/12 with Paul Freudenthal

The Big Sender - AltLd O/S - 03/Nov/12 with andy latham

AndyL - AltLd O/S - 03/Nov/12 with Tom Eddington

joeydurkin - AltLd - 03/Nov/12 with Patch

Andy Moles - AltLd O/S - 03/Nov/12 with Ferdia

Hidden - Lead - Nov/12

by night after work under full moon
French Erick - AltLd O/S - 31/Oct/12 with Dave Kerr

First route of the season, solid hooks, knees and hands!
peter.herd - AltLd - 27/Oct/12 with Mike Cross

Hidden - AltLd - May/12

Torstein_Gonerstrom - Lead - Mar/12 with ANNA

Anna_wells - 2nd - Mar/12 with TIM

Matthew Robinson - AltLd - 07/Feb/12 with Gordon

Awesome route. No idea why I brought axes, even with a foot of snow of top much easier to climb with my hands! Gear and placements were quite hard to find though.
joe.91 - Lead O/S - 05/Feb/12 with Thomas Reid

Hidden - 2nd - 05/Feb/12

ZA - 2nd - 28/Jan/12 with Graham Dawson

first mixed route, awesome day!
Charlie Zephyr Booth - Lead O/S - 28/Jan/12

Hidden - 2012

alan moore - 2012

chapmand - 2012

nia - AltLd O/S - 30/Dec/11 with harry

led pitch 2
abbeywall - AltLd - 30/Dec/11 with K, FM

Bit of a hard pull at the start but fixed gear at your waist. Good route
benclimbing - AltLd O/S - 22/Dec/11 with Dave Latimer

First pitch quite hard!
Elsier - Lead O/S - 18/Dec/11 with Ian

dougs1232 - AltLd O/S - 10/Dec/11 with Finlay Wild

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Dec/11

rapped after first pitch due to darkness
Scotsken - Lead - 03/Dec/11

up the hill - Solo O/S - Jul/11 with Fiona Murray

first 2/3, top too bare
robertmichaeladams - AltLd - 28/Feb/11 with Dom

Led P1
mark20 - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11

eases off a lot after first pitche. good route.
Ollie B - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11 with M.Rankine

J1PEF - 28/Jan/11

In lean condition but still a great little route. Led pitches 1 & 3. Took a line up the left side of final tower to make things a bit more interesting.
Big Lee - AltLd O/S - 22/Jan/11 with Ryan Wilson

Glyn - AltLd - 06/Jan/11 with Tom Skelhon, Chris Davis

tskelhon - AltLd O/S - 06/Jan/11 with glyn hudson, chris davis

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 06/Jan/11

oliverk - 2011

monkeyboyraw - 2011

Hidden - 2011

scottveitch - 2011

freudy_love - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

newtonmore - 2011

Ben C - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Guy Wilson - 2nd - 22/Dec/10 with Dave Chapman

chapmand - Lead - 22/Dec/10 with Guy Wilson

Good route choice when a short day is required. Impressive exposure and straightforward climbing. Felt a little soft for IV,5 though.
willhawkins - Lead O/S - 18/Dec/10

nice climb, made all the more interesting by 50mph winds and -12temps, giving a cm of rime ice on my eyelashes. Good conditions, one puzzling move on the first pitch then the rest is straighforward.
adw07 - AltLd O/S - 16/Dec/10 with Mark Jarvie

Drew M - AltLd - Dec/10 with Fred Lyon

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Nov/10

tallthinmonkey - AltLd O/S - 14/Nov/10 with Rafa

mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd O/S - 13/Nov/10 with drew

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Nov/10

Thought the first pitch to be solid grade IV. The crux is rather hard for the short.
Sonya Mc - AltLd O/S - 24/Oct/10 with AndyN

crux is gaining the starting groove. Nice climbing. :)
geoff.comley - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/10 with Pat Ingram

Stephen18 - AltLd O/S - 23/Oct/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Oct/10

Hidden - Sep/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/May/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Mar/10

First pitch is the crux.
moose ridd - AltLd - 28/Mar/10 with M.Sadler

Led the first pitch.
Brendan - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/10 with Andy, Paul

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Mar/10

Led 1st and 3rd pitches. Very white. Finding gear was hard work. Top pitch in glorious sunshine. Guys at top thought it was closer to V this weekend
Cardi - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/10 with Luke

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Feb/10

John Pickles - AltLd O/S - 03/Feb/10 with Andrew Morton, Zac Poulton

Andrew.Davies - AltLd O/S - 26/Jan/10 with chris

jonnie3430 - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/10 with Ronbo

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

Hidden - AltLd - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Dec/09

Pete Main - AltLd - 17/Dec/09 with Andrew S

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Dec/09

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 08/Dec/09

Alco-nomic - AltLd - Dec/09 with marek, Geoff, Andy Wardle

SWalls - AltLd - 29/Nov/09 with Sean Peatfield

BallsOfSteel - AltLd O/S - 29/Nov/09 with stevewalls

Hidden - Solo - 02/Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Mar/09

Alexander123 - AltLd - 30/Mar/09 with scotty webster

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/09

Gustav - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/09 with Matt G

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Feb/09

CT6419 - AltLd - 2009

rossn - 2009 with Paul Freeman, Bill Butterworth

Hidden - Lead O/S - Dec/08

nukebat - AltLd β - 25/Nov/08 with Colin

that_idiot - 2nd β - 25/Nov/08 with Scott, Colin

gaz.marshall - AltLd rpt - 22/Nov/08 with Will & Alex

Mr.Billiams - AltLd - 22/Nov/08 with Gaz & Alex

Did 1st pitch of Saturation Point to avoid other team
Captain Solo - AltLd - 22/Nov/08 with Ewan

Hidden - 02/Nov/08

frecro - AltLd O/S - 04/Oct/08 with Iain Munro

Hidden - AltLd - 04/Oct/08

morsy - AltLd - 01/Mar/08 with gerhard mors

FrankW - Solo rpt - 13/Feb/08 with None

troutbeck - AltLd O/S - 04/Feb/08 with A.M.

skittles - 2nd O/S - 20/Jan/08 with Rob Embry

Alco-nomic - AltLd - 2008

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 2008

wee hippy - 2nd - 2008 with sandy allan

brockers - 2008

peebles boy - 2nd - 2008

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/07

Bart Shaw - AltLd O/S - 08/Dec/07 with Sci

SWalls - AltLd - 01/Dec/07 with Alex Moran

Spade - AltLd - 06/Feb/07 with Tom Pearson

steev - 02/Jan/07 with Manjoe & Gaz

gaz.marshall - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/07 with Steev and ManJoe

timmy-ts - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Dec/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Dec/06

tumbling wizard - Lead O/S - Dec/06

Jim Haydock - 2nd - 09/Mar/06 with G. Ettle & Owen Samuels

mikecopp - 06/Jan/06 with Alison banwell, nick J

Alastair MacSween - Lead - 03/Jan/06 with Graham Hunter

Nice finish to an easy day out.
nicholas Barrowclough - Solo - 20/Dec/05

Grade III after first 10m
Jamie B - AltLd - Dec/05 with Rich Parker

akhughes - AltLd O/S - Nov/05

oor wullie - AltLd O/S - 2005 with Neil & Fiona

francois - 2005

rambler_gary - 2005

niall_mac - AltLd - Nov/04 with Emmett

Jamie Simpson - AltLd O/S - 2004 with Andy Munro

Yourlead - AltLd - 25/Oct/03 with Graham Penny

nickcanute - Dec/00 with tim parkinson

Hidden - 01/Dec/98

dangates - 1998 with Kirk Watson

FrankW - AltLd O/S - 28/Feb/96 with Andy R

Stuart S - AltLd O/S - Feb/94 with Mark Atkins

mark-abz - Lead - 02/Jan/94 with Dave G

Tarquin - 1992

Hidden - Lead - 29/Mar/91

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Voting
Total votes cast 93
hard V0 of 33
V0 of 33
easy V1 of 33
hard IV7 of 33
IV14 of 33
easy IV10 of 33
hard III1 of 33
III0 of 33
easy III0 of 33
hard 60 of 34
60 of 34
easy 60 of 34
hard 51 of 34
518 of 34
easy 513 of 34
hard 42 of 34
40 of 34
easy 40 of 34
3 Stars3 of 26
2 Stars20 of 26
1 Star3 of 26
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 159 (2.5%)
Lead18 of 159 (11.3%)
Followed14 of 159 (8.8%)
Alt Leads91 of 159 (57.2%)
Unknown32 of 159 (20.1%)

'Climbed'84 of 159 (52.8%)
clean O/S66 of 159 (41.5%)
clean β2 of 159 (1.3%)
clean rpt5 of 159 (3.1%)
dnf2 of 159 (1.3%)