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Bomb Bay VS 4c

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[Stu on Bomb bay with a Bannana up his a**e, 3 kb]This route follows the big-but-not-as-big-as-the-other-one crack, in the right-hand side of the wall. © ROCKFAX
FA. P.Whillance 2.1.78 02/Jan/1978

Ticklists: Classic Rock Climbs of Great Britain by Bill Birkett.

Photo: Stu on Bomb bay with a Bannana up his a**e © Mattzx6r
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 205 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

michael burrows - Lead rpt - 06/May/13 with mike doyle

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/May/13

Dennis999 - 2nd O/S - 05/May/13 with Remus

nic42 - 2nd RP - 05/May/13 with josh

dmurray - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with mark

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/May/13

First VS.
mrchewy - Lead O/S - 03/May/13

AlexanderRyanBanks - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/13 with Spoon

HarryB - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/13 with Camilla

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Mar/13

Jillybean - Lead - 29/Oct/12 with Brad

cpt_crunch - Lead - 15/Oct/12

A good route, pretty steady for VS 4c. Surprised to find it protects really well without anything too large.
Nick Russell - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/12 with Emily

Half Pint Lizz - 2nd dog - 26/Aug/12 with Lynn Liu

Sankey - Lead - 12/Aug/12 with jon h, Ed

Really nice climbing. Steady away on good holds. Good to get the confidence back after yesterday's knock....Steady away to getting back into it all and VS is probably where I am comfortably at.
mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/12 with Pete Ellis

petellis - 2nd O/S - 12/Aug/12 with mattyork2

richiebongo - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/12 with Gwen Thomson

matjam - Lead - 15/Jul/12

Katya - Lead - 15/Jul/12 with Chris

Nathaniel Gjöderum-Larsson - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Louise Hall

Louise Hall - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Nathaniel Gjoderum-Symons

Really Good Route
Ross.Cooper - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Sarah Wright

alasdair19 - Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/May/12

slacky - Lead O/S - 13/May/12 with Andes

Bloodys hard work for vs!!
joem - Lead O/S - 05/May/12

pretty greasy
Matt88 - 2nd - 05/May/12 with Joe M

ritchierich - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/12 with Sera Roberts

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 11/Apr/12

Matt lead. Good route and steeper than it looks at the top.
monsteratt - 2nd O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Richard, Matt Barnett

Hidden - 2nd β - 08/Apr/12

Mattb1421 - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/12 with monty

pie_eater_pete - 2nd - 02/Apr/12

cf2g08 - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/12

muzz44 - Lead O/S - Mar/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Mar/12

mountain.martin - Lead rpt - 28/Jan/12

pembrokeshirecaver - 2nd O/S - 28/Jan/12 with Martin

Hidden - 2012

Polly4 - 2012

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 13/Nov/11

LardClimber - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Dave Williams

hels bels - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/11

d_meacher - 2nd rpt - 25/Sep/11 with Paul Davis

Paulos - Lead - 25/Sep/11

Ketu - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/11 with Tom E

Mr Sparkle - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/11 with Lindsey Pearson

LovelyMrTom - 2nd - 29/Aug/11 with Rob Truckle

smolders - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/11 with Tracey T

Hidden - Lead - 27/Aug/11

AndyMcCoy - 2nd - 27/Aug/11 with Andy

John Tanner - 2nd O/S - 21/Aug/11 with Oli Brend

matthewjames - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/11 with Alan Saul

mountain.martin - Lead rpt - 10/Aug/11

jacktomlinson - 2nd O/S - 11/Jul/11 with Charlie Evans

Charlie Evans - Lead - 11/Jul/11 with Jack Tomlinson

Hidden - 2nd - Jul/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/11

Really interesting climbing, crack at the bottom was a bit greasy, steep in places. Nice!
Fatboy1000 - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/11 with Tommy Cole

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Jun/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Jun/11

Steep
Jams Crwca - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Ed morris, Martin

Great climb, I'd give it two stars...
stergeboy - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/11

frume - 2nd O/S - 24/May/11 with Ian

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/May/11

Blurgy319 - 2nd O/S - 23/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Apr/11

John Roe - Lead - 23/Apr/11 with Mark Aymes

Sgt. Vest - 2nd - 09/Apr/11 with Rich bennet

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Apr/11

david morse - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/11 with siobhan

Neil Henson - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Elliot Carrington - Lead O/S - 2011 with Tristan Pollitt

Danny Bags - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

matt.woodfield - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/10

seb had a bit of a mare on this and rested on the lead twice.
twodada - 2nd - 11/Oct/10 with Seb Fisher Green

Hidden - Lead dog - 03/Oct/10

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

GarethHall - 2nd O/S - 28/Aug/10 with Sarah

Good intro to area- steep. Sustained and a bit greasy, great line though.
middlemarker - Lead - 08/Aug/10 with Dovydas

hms - TR O/S - 08/Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Aug/10

DanH9883 - Lead O/S - 29/May/10 with Lee

Good route, crux in the middle
hepitt - Lead O/S - 24/May/10 with Phillipa Arding

Philippa Arding - 2nd - 24/May/10 with helen pitt

pumped
Pbclimbing.com - Lead O/S - 18/May/10

agibb - Lead O/S - 03/May/10

nic42 - 2nd O/S - 03/May/10 with Sarah R, Matt

Loose blocks at the top give it a necky feel!
lyneux - Lead - 03/May/10 with Chris Bull

mes32 - 2nd - 01/May/10

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Apr/10

yeah!
katherinesydney - 2nd O/S - 04/Apr/10 with gary burgess

Richard Hall - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Adam M

1 rest. No more climbs that day due to rain!
Chris Sansum - Lead dog - 25/Mar/10 with Gary Lewin

JonBrown - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Grace

Tim W - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Paul Black

Nice features at the start then a pretty thuggy crack. Put me back on Amorican please!
Shonkhor - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Alex UBMC

irish paul - 2nd - 07/Mar/10 with Tim W

RobRock84 - 2nd O/S - 23/Jan/10 with Adam Bevan

very similar to cheiftan. lots of gear and good moves :)
Ed morris - Lead O/S - 10/Oct/09 with mark dwyer

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 31/Aug/09

Fat Tim - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/09 with Mark kauntz

Mattzx6r - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/09 with Stu

Twisty - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/09 with Nigel Stock

godusty - 08/May/09 with CLAIRE RICHARDSON

d_meacher - 2nd O/S - 21/Feb/09 with Owen Tweedy

horrible
tweedcore - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/09 with Duncan Meacher

Really good :)
annabel hodges - 2nd O/S - 15/Feb/09 with Jon Bleiker

1 Fall from gigantic loose chock-stone,
matsavage - Lead dog - 15/Nov/08

gjd - Lead - 26/Sep/08 with Ewan

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/08

Hidden - Lead - 03/Aug/08

Kyle Rance - 2nd - 03/Aug/08

eagleopus - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/08 with Gareth

Ascent split over year and a half. Decked out from 30 foot on first attempt, Helicopter ride resulted. Rubbish gear placement. 2nd attempt slick and controlled.
freemanTom (Guildford MC) - Lead - 02/Aug/08 with Jenny Watson

gareth r - 2nd - 02/Aug/08 with Hywel

Raining, but winds from East kept the rain off St. Govans face, greasy though and wet at the top.
RocknRoll - Lead O/S - 25/May/08 with Ramon Marin Martinez

Ramon Marin - 2nd O/S - 25/May/08 with Gerry Sheehy

Hidden - TR - May/08

jude s - Lead O/S - May/08 with G Fry

Mark Walter - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/08 with Sarah and Alex

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Apr/08

haydng - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/08 with Rachel

Hidden - Lead RP - 2008

Beckholland - Lead dnf - 21/Oct/07 with Dan_Carroll

Beckholland - 2nd RP - 21/Oct/07 with Dan_Carroll

khawk - Lead - 07/Sep/07 with WH

Circus - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/07 with Chris Pollard

cragdan - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/07 with Dan Gibson

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/07

Kirill - Lead O/S - 28/May/07 with Claudia Fritz, Chris Donica

ellentaylor - 2nd O/S - 26/May/07 with 31770

Hjort - 2nd - 06/May/07 with William Malcolm

sonnenstern - 2nd - 05/May/07 with Nicolas Dave

Sgt. Vest - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with toby vye

jepotherepo - 21/Apr/07

Katya - 2nd - 08/Apr/07 with Mike

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/07

Hidden - AltLd - Apr/07

vet - Lead - 2007 with Helen

RichS-Bristol - 2007

willjones - Lead O/S - 2007

Stone Muppet - 2007

janegallwey - 2nd - 2007

Wil Treasure - Lead - 2007

andysroom - Lead O/S - Nov/06

keefe - 01/Sep/06 with Tansy

Hidden - Lead - Sep/06

colkurtz - 2nd - 31/Aug/06 with Andy, Karin

davidwright - Lead - 27/Aug/06

waltersp - Lead O/S - Aug/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2006

dave657 - Lead O/S - Nov/05

al99 - Lead rpt - Aug/05 with Nick Record

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/05

snowy white - AltLd - 13/Jul/05 with simon antonon

snowy white - AltLd - 12/Jul/05 with simon antonon

reg_measures - 2nd O/S - 26/Mar/05 with steve burdett

daveayton - Lead O/S - 2005

Mark Collins - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/04 with Neil Henson

Scary route. Glad I didn't try and lead this one. Steep, polished and pumpy.
Neil Henson - 2nd - 20/Jun/04 with Mark Collins

Hidden - Lead - 23/Mar/04

dicky79 - 2nd O/S - 2004 with Vic Odell

chris wyatt - Lead O/S - 2004

mikeyjbs - 2nd O/S - 23/Aug/03

ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/03 with Shona D'arcy

Marq - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/03 with Sophie Whyte

Digger - 2nd O/S - 25/May/03 with James Latham

cem - 2nd O/S - 03/May/03 with Pete Atkinson

Julian Wedd - Lead - 2003 with unknown

Tarquin - 2002

Different Steve - Lead O/S - May/01 with Rupert Holbrook

Tarquin - 2001

Hidden - Lead dog - 29/Jul/00

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jun/00

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jun/00

Ian Jones - Lead - 2000 with Karen Ghiselli

timreynolds - 2nd - 25/Sep/99 with Gary Jackson

Reds - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/97 with Sezer

Jim Brooke - 2nd O/S - 21/Sep/97 with Rich

Ched - Lead O/S - 1997 with Glanfor

simon kimber - TR - 1997 with Nick Kimber

five - Lead O/S - Aug/96

Hidden - Lead - 1995

whispering nic - Lead O/S - 1994 with Kat

Richard Weller - AltLd - 1993 with John Temple

Mark Kemball - 2nd - 28/Jul/92 with Alison Dorey

Hidden - 2nd - 10/May/92

steve taylor - Lead - May/91 with steve kerr

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/90

michael burrows - 2nd - 13/Apr/90 with steve williams

bullybones - 1990

BigHairyIan - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/88 with Little Dean (Dean Gibbs)

Tony Buckley - Lead - Mar/88 with Robert Clark

Mike Owen - 30/Jul/87 with Elaine Owen

Jelly Mould Surfer - Lead O/S - 1987

Dave Musgrove - Lead - 10/Apr/85

shark - 2nd O/S - 08/Apr/85 with Arve

scree - Apr/84

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Thoms6974, web10steelj, Aaron Phillips, Edd Reed, Warren Earle

Voting
Total votes cast 86
hard HVS0 of 29
HVS0 of 29
easy HVS5 of 29
hard VS8 of 29
VS14 of 29
easy VS2 of 29
hard HS0 of 29
HS0 of 29
easy HS0 of 29
hard 5a0 of 29
5a0 of 29
easy 5a8 of 29
hard 4c5 of 29
4c15 of 29
easy 4c0 of 29
hard 4b1 of 29
4b0 of 29
easy 4b0 of 29
3 Stars1 of 28
2 Stars8 of 28
1 Star17 of 28
0 Stars2 of 28
Bag of .....0 of 28
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Style of ascent

Lead114 of 205 (55.6%)
Followed66 of 205 (32.2%)
Toproped3 of 205 (1.5%)
Alt Leads4 of 205 (2.0%)
Unknown18 of 205 (8.8%)

'Climbed'79 of 205 (38.5%)
clean O/S110 of 205 (53.7%)
clean β1 of 205 (0.5%)
clean rpt6 of 205 (2.9%)
clean RP3 of 205 (1.5%)
dogged5 of 205 (2.4%)
dnf1 of 205 (0.5%)