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Mad Dog of the West** VS 5a

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[High up in Australia, 3 kb]the obvious crack in the wall to the right of the main wall, where the crag drops to half hight

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This climb is in 115 logbooks, and on 13 wishlists.

ksjs - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with goosebump

Brilliant but gutted its not longer, great a finger locks, proper hidden gem.
Zoomer - Lead O/S - 21/Nov/12 with George Best

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Nov/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Nov/12

bullybones - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/12 with Neil

Lloyders - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/12 with Dave L

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12

petellis - 2nd rpt - 26/Aug/12 with The short fuse

Kevin Robert Jones - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/12 with Tomos Davies

Tomos Davies - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/12 with Kevin Robert Jones

VS seems fair, good gear all the way.
emlynroberts - Lead - 22/Jul/12 with Paul Emmett

ritchierich - 2nd rpt - 22/Jul/12 with Gerwyn Tremadog, Vinny

seconded this route a few years ago
vinspin - Lead rpt - 22/Jul/12 with GerM, ritchie

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/12

Alastair - Lead - 21/Jul/12 with Claire Duffield, Jane Edwards

Began to rain so had to ab off to get gear- like an ice rink
fizzychewitt - Lead - 08/Jul/12 with Jon Price

Bob Windsor - AltLd - 07/Jul/12 with paul trower

good crack climbing
JasonV - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/12 with Mart

Mattlamb90 - Lead O/S - 20/May/12 with Tibbett

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/May/12

roczny - 2nd β - 19/May/12

Bruce Houston - Lead O/S - Apr/12

Hidden - 28/Jan/12

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/Nov/11

Hidden - 2nd - Nov/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Oct/11

thecurlyone - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/11 with Robbie Blackhall-Miles

Not good when wet. Try another day, when its nice.
dionhughes - Lead dnf - 03/Oct/11 with Frank

Alix Tyers - 2nd O/S - 23/Aug/11 with Illiana, Sophie

Sardien - Lead rpt - 23/Aug/11 with Emlyn W. Roberts

emlynroberts - 2nd - 23/Aug/11 with Serinde VanWijk

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Aug/11

Tesni - 2nd rpt - 20/Jul/11

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

Great crack climb with loads of gear
daveyb - Lead O/S - 07/May/11 with gd303uk

if only this was a longer and steeper route. good all the same lace it with as much gear as you like crimp and/or jam your way up, very nice.
gd303uk - 2nd rpt - 07/May/11 with Dave Bennet

Hidden - Lead rpt - 02/May/11

gd303uk - Lead rpt - 01/May/11 with Shelley Garvey

Good solid crack climbing.
dionhughes - 2nd - 25/Apr/11 with Frank

Great climb, fully enjoyable..
freakyboy777 - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/11 with Dion

Hidden - Lead rpt - 23/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead - 23/Apr/11

gd303uk - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11 with John Rogers

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11

fizzychewitt - Lead - 22/Apr/11 with Andy

wish it was longer - great climbing
Sardien - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/11 with Simon Moore

slacky - Lead O/S - 05/Mar/11 with Nick Taylor

mzchambers - Lead O/S - 04/Mar/11 with I.L.J

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/11

Nice route, shame it's not twice the length.
climbingpixie - 2nd - 26/Feb/11 with Andy

Underwhelming to look at, but great to climb. If only there was a bit more of it...
victim of mathematics - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/11 with J-Ro

Hidden - 2011

nickcanute - 2011

Great trad climbin
evs91 - Lead O/S - 2011

Hidden - 2011

fellrunner1980 - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/10

A great climb in a great setting, well worth the walk in.
Teddys15 - Lead - 13/Oct/10 with Oliver Ruffle (O.d)

best VS in the quarries
david morse - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/10 with chris todd

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Sep/10

Keith Jones - 2nd - 08/Sep/10 with Chris

good fun, shame its not longer
christoph owen - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/10 with Keith jones

petellis - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/10 with Cleric James Koran

Good and clean, also a fairly unique feature in the quarries. Shame there's not another 10m of it.
jkarran - 2nd - 11/Jul/10 with Pete

scorky345 - 2nd - 04/Jul/10 with Tim Oates

tim20 - Lead - 02/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jun/10

michael burrows - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/10 with peter white, mike doyle

fizzychewitt - Lead - 18/May/10 with Jayne

mr mills - Lead O/S - 03/May/10 with Elfyn (chang)

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/10

Ewan Russell - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Huw

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/Apr/10

Little wet at bottom.
ritchierich - Lead O/S - 23/Jan/10 with Vinny, Alan Evans

vinspin - 2nd β - 23/Jan/10 with ritchie

dionhughes - 2nd - 23/Jan/10 with Wyn Price, Owen

gritrash0 - 2010

Hidden - Lead - 28/Oct/09

nice route! needs to be a bit longer to justify the walk up though. but one of the decent few sub E1s in the quarry. VS 5a lots of gear and more rests than you expect
adam06 - Lead - 26/Oct/09 with chris carr

cosreba - Lead O/S - 26/Oct/09 with Adam Radcliff

Hidden - Lead - 13/Oct/09

willson - 2nd - 13/Oct/09 with Alun

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead - 15/Aug/09

Glyn - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/09 with Amy

Keith Jones - Lead - 08/Jun/09 with ali, David

Hidden - 04/Jun/09

ChalkBall - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/09 with Rob Shepherd

beesleys - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/09 with phil

Renegade_Pony - 24/Dec/08 with Ewan Brown

benchwarmer - TR - 24/Dec/08 with Justina

Renegade_Pony - 2nd - 07/Dec/08 with barni

barni - Lead rpt - 07/Dec/08

barni - 2nd - 06/Dec/08 with james hayward

Keith Jones - 2nd - 14/Dec/07 with David

rob1 - Lead O/S - 06/May/07 with Tom Martin

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2007

Mark Reeves - 2006

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2006

Dringo - 2006

robkbangor - Lead O/S - 2004 with Martin Jones

Hidden - Lead - 14/Jun/03

Mark Riley - Lead O/S - Sep/00 with Stuart Greenall

julian allen - 2nd - 21/Aug/99

MjrTom - Lead O/S - Jul/99

stuart100 - Lead O/S - May/98 with Claire Graham

Good pro but hard climb.
Dax - Lead O/S - 24/May/97

chrisdavies - 1990

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Voting
Total votes cast 94
hard HVS0 of 31
HVS0 of 31
easy HVS7 of 31
hard VS8 of 31
VS15 of 31
easy VS0 of 31
hard HS1 of 31
HS0 of 31
easy HS0 of 31
hard 5b0 of 28
5b0 of 28
easy 5b0 of 28
hard 5a0 of 28
5a17 of 28
easy 5a8 of 28
hard 4c3 of 28
4c0 of 28
easy 4c0 of 28
3 Stars0 of 35
2 Stars26 of 35
1 Star8 of 35
0 Stars1 of 35
Bag of .....0 of 35
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Style of ascent

Lead73 of 115 (63.5%)
Followed30 of 115 (26.1%)
Toproped1 of 115 (0.9%)
Alt Leads1 of 115 (0.9%)
Unknown10 of 115 (8.7%)

'Climbed'44 of 115 (38.3%)
clean O/S57 of 115 (49.6%)
clean β2 of 115 (1.7%)
clean rpt11 of 115 (9.6%)
dnf1 of 115 (0.9%)