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Too Much Pressure*** E1 5a

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A superb route beneath the prominent tooth at the top of the cliff, sustained and but low in the grade with only a couple of hard moves just above the second niche. There are some good hands-off rests available but watch out for the odd loose block. © ROCKFAX
FA. C.Curle 5.5.80 05/May/1980
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This climb is in 120 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

Ramon Marin - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/13 with ciaran tracey

Bart Shaw - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/13 with Rich

chrisallan - 2nd O/S - 25/May/13

Pippa - 2nd - 06/May/13 with Jamie Thornley

Stuart Johnston - 2nd O/S - 05/May/13 with Adam Ryan

adam 24 - Lead O/S - 05/May/13

Didn't enjoy this as much as I should.
Becky E - 2nd - 04/May/13 with Graeme Hammond

...was better on lead, harder than I remember though.
Graeme Hammond - Lead rpt - 04/May/13 with Becky E

richardr - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/13 with Chris Wyatt

dav - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Gill B

Hidden - 26/Aug/12

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/12

Greg Pittam - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/12 with Raff

cheesey959 - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/12

Dibdawg - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Will Twiggers

david wands - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12

Rob84 - Lead O/S - 27/May/12 with Chris James

crispyboy - 26/May/12 with denzel

msoldn - Lead O/S - 20/May/12 with Thomasina

melonmike - Lead O/S - 07/May/12 with Matt Roper

Really good, lots of 5a a couple of harder 5a. Lots of really good gear. Really good route
Olli-C - 2nd O/S - 05/May/12 with Rachel Slater

Fun route.
r fizzle - Lead O/S - 05/May/12 with Olli Crudge

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/12

sam820 - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Murdoch

Dave Rumney - 2nd - 06/Apr/12 with Tanya Milner, Sean Roberts

climbingpixie - 2nd O/S - 15/Oct/11 with Andy

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

markalmack - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/11 with katie garrett

Dizz - 2nd O/S - 29/Aug/11 with Matt K

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

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/11

2 star HVS
Owen W-G - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/11 with Jim

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Aug/11

Billg - 2nd rpt - 14/Aug/11 with Will Calvert

Hidden - Lead - 13/Aug/11

slightly over rated or just much better on lead?? will have to return one day...
Graeme Hammond - 2nd O/S - 13/Aug/11 with james pcc

thomasadixon - 2nd O/S - 02/Aug/11 with Mike

redjerry - TR - Aug/11

mountain.martin - Lead rpt - 20/Jul/11 with Edmund

Nicola - 2nd β - 02/Jul/11 with Lee

Stone Muppet - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/11 with bc

Really nice, quite sustained.
Fatboy1000 - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/11 with crispin

Hidden - Lead rpt - 02/May/11

steve.warrington - 2nd β - 02/May/11 with Nik Goile

Different Steve - 2nd rpt - 29/Apr/11 with Martin Hore

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Apr/11

Pippa - Lead - 24/Apr/11 with Jon

Pete Graham - Lead - 23/Apr/11 with Malcolm Scott

Shauna - 2nd rpt - 10/Apr/11 with Annelies

simonp - Lead O/S - Apr/11 with Smooth Rob

Rory Shaw - 2011

mwatson - 2011

frost - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with N Griffiths, D Garry

NeilGriffiths - 30/Aug/10 with Dave Garry, Simon Frost

Slightly overated compared to other 3 star stuff scattered around the barren wastelands known as Pembrokeshire. However... was good fare to get the blood pumping and that!
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/10

d_meacher - 2nd O/S - 28/Aug/10 with Mike Thomas

m.thomas15 - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/10 with Duncan

wolf.leeb - 2nd O/S - 23/Aug/10 with nic

mynyddresident - Lead - 23/Aug/10 with wolf

Bit sweaty but not too hard. Tipped it down just as I topped out, Andy had a job on his hands in the wet. Good but not great.
Dave Foster - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/10 with Andy

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/10

chris wyatt - 2nd - 11/Jul/10 with PAul O'neal

Shauna - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/10 with Jules

Ed Booth - 2nd O/S - 19/Jun/10

Adam Booth - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/10 with Ed Booth

clipskipper - Lead O/S - 22/May/10 with Davey Boy

Some creaky bits!
tommytuffa - Lead O/S - 02/May/10 with james

Sophie Nunn - Lead - 17/Apr/10

JonBrown - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/10 with Floris

Pown - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/10

irish paul - 2nd O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Sarah Joyce

Andrew.Davies - Lead O/S - 28/Feb/10

mux - 2010 with Simon Frost , Neil Griffiths

Paul Bowen - Lead rpt - 12/Sep/09 with Nicola Wilton-Jones

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/09

mikeshewring - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/09

Hidden - Lead - Jul/09

Different Steve - Lead - 03/May/09 with Guy & Joe

joehanks61 - 2nd O/S - 03/May/09 with Different Steve

Ed Babs - 2nd O/S - 03/May/09 with Harry

Rob Kennard - May/09 with Jane Weir, Andy Schofield

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead - 20/Sep/08

gforce - 2nd - 03/Aug/08 with Jason

loundsy - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/07 with PCC

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jul/07

cem - Lead O/S - 26/May/07 with Graham Dolman

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 06/May/07 with martina

Hard work
Wangy - 2nd O/S - 01/Apr/07 with Tim Wilkinson and Darren Miller

Tim W - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/07 with Wangy, Darren Miller

feilx - 2nd O/S - 25/Mar/07 with Mike Soldner

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Aug/06

over rated and not very hard
WB - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/06 with Guy

keefe - Lead - 28/Aug/06 with Tansy

david morse - Lead - Aug/06 with rampant

Ramon Marin - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/06 with Dave Reaney

Another great Pembroke classic - good gear, nothing too strenuous but quite sustained for an HVS (in the CC guidebook). Don't think it merits E1, especially as a useful Severe is nearby for possible escape, making the whole situation less serious.
Oliver Sherman - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/06 with John Eales

chris sm - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/06 with Pippa Froggatt

NeilGriffiths - 2006 with Paul Morgan, Rodger

ian caton - Lead O/S - 2006 with Abi

Kyuzo - Lead O/S - Oct/05 with Hal Watts

colin milton - 2nd - 17/Sep/05 with ian dunbar

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/May/04

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/02

shoulders - Lead - 29/Mar/02 with dai

Graded HVS 5a at the time...needed a tight rope!
Pete Nugent - 2nd - Aug/01 with Simon Harry

Dave Musgrove Jnr - 2nd rpt - 09/Jun/01 with Viv

Billg - 2nd O/S - 29/May/00 with Roy Ruddle

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/May/98

Steve Crowe - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/96 with KM

Alan James - UKC and UKH - Lead - May/95 with Tim Seabourne

Mike Owen - 23/Apr/87 with Elaine Owen

andy gittins - 1987

shark - Lead O/S - Jul/86 with Steve Long

Mark Kemball - Lead - 24/Apr/83 with Dave Kenyon

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Voting
Total votes cast 126
hard E20 of 43
E20 of 43
easy E20 of 43
hard E10 of 43
E16 of 43
easy E125 of 43
hard HVS12 of 43
HVS0 of 43
easy HVS0 of 43
hard 5b0 of 43
5b0 of 43
easy 5b4 of 43
hard 5a25 of 43
5a13 of 43
easy 5a1 of 43
hard 4c0 of 43
4c0 of 43
easy 4c0 of 43
3 Stars18 of 40
2 Stars14 of 40
1 Star8 of 40
0 Stars0 of 40
Bag of .....0 of 40
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Style of ascent

Lead70 of 120 (58.3%)
Followed39 of 120 (32.5%)
Toproped1 of 120 (0.8%)
Unknown10 of 120 (8.3%)

'Climbed'36 of 120 (30.0%)
clean O/S74 of 120 (61.7%)
clean β2 of 120 (1.7%)
clean rpt8 of 120 (6.7%)