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Poisoned Arrow* E4 6a

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[Poised on the Poisoned Arrow, 3 kb]A good technical pitch. Start as for Ricochet but move right to below a crack in the wall. Climb the crack and its continuation above, which leads rightwards to the top of Cupids Bow. © ROCKFAX
FA. S.Lewis 1982

Photo: Poised on the Poisoned Arrow © Glyn
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 66 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

Nick Sillem - Lead O/S - 2013

Nippy
Dangerous Dave - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/12 with Dave O

Gear looked tricky on the lower wall. Good climbing on a bit of st govans that isn't polished rubbish.
Ed morris - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/12 with Adam Bevan

redjerry - TR O/S - Sep/12

Too hard for E3. Soft E4
david morse - Lead rpt - 15/Apr/12 with Josh,Nath+Mikey

melonmike - 2nd O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Nath, Dave Morse

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Apr/12

liam - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/11 with Ollie B

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Aug/11

Very cruxy, fun though.
thomasadixon - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/11 with Mike

Tried to lead but was just getting super pumped trying to get the kit in and work out the moves, felt out of my depth so came down. Still fell off on 2nd!
Duncan Campbell - UKC - Lead dnf - 28/Jul/11 with Dave Morse

Glyn - 2nd O/S - 28/Jun/11 with Luke, Barni

Luke Brooks - 2nd - 27/Jun/11 with Glyn Hudson, Barni

barni - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/11 with luke

belay bunny turned bad - 2nd O/S - 16/Apr/11 with loundsy

One tricky section on lower wall then steady just creeps in at e4 6a
loundsy - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11

miastacey - Lead O/S - Apr/11 with Bob Smith

mwatson - 2011

drcorbasisgod - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/10 with Mark O'Neill

Graham Iles - 2nd - 13/Aug/10 with Neil Stabbs

Matthew Gray - 2nd β - May/10

First E4, finally got that out of the way.
irish paul - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10 with Mark

Andrew.Davies - 2nd - 27/Feb/10

Cool moves, steady for E4, good fun.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/10 with andrew davies

Confirmed: I had Lymes Disease whilst trading this bad boy
eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead O/S - 04/Oct/09 with Doug

simonp - Lead O/S - Sep/09 with Andy Reeve

Hidden - 2nd - 09/Aug/09

really nice climbing: open, clean and well-protected, highly recommended. low in the grade and 'easy' if you have reasonable fitness / can recover on good holds.
ksjs - Lead O/S - 25/May/09 with goosebump

feilx - 2nd O/S - 28/Mar/09 with Andy L

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/08

morganator - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/08 with Rich Cross

Hidden - Lead - 30/May/08

dts - 2nd dog - 30/May/08 with Andy Taylor

Billg - May/07

ellis - Lead O/S - May/07 with Tom Holdsworth

Tony Little - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/07 with Ed Brown

haydng - 2nd O/S - 2007 with Rob

Wil Treasure - 2nd - 2007

Hidden - Jul/06

Mark Riley - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/06 with Reeve

Bern - 2006

Needed a rest for the gear but it wasn't -too- bad. sigh.
Paz - 2nd dog - 01/Aug/05 with AS, EG

Brown - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/05 with Neil

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/05

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - 2005

daveayton - Lead O/S - 2005

Hidden - Lead - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/04

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/May/04

Steve Crowe - 2nd O/S - 12/Apr/04 with KM

whispering nic - Lead O/S - Jul/03 with lee byrnes

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/Jun/02

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Sep/01

Easy, even by Pembroke standards.
goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/01 with Roy Thomas

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/00

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

Richard White - 2nd O/S - 1999 with Dave Pickford

sadams - 2nd - 15/Aug/98 with Pete Bukowski

Rich Kirby - 2nd rpt - 30/May/98 with Paul Tanton

PaulTanton - Lead O/S - 30/May/98 with Dave Taylor

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - May/98 with Paul Tanton

michael burrows - 2nd - 02/Apr/97 with andy boorman

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Mar/96

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1996

keefe - 20/Apr/92 with Glenn Sutcliffe

Glenn Sutcliffe - 20/Apr/92 with keefe

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
platoon, Hidden, DavidR

Voting
Total votes cast 73
hard E50 of 25
E50 of 25
easy E50 of 25
hard E40 of 25
E410 of 25
easy E412 of 25
hard E33 of 25
E30 of 25
easy E30 of 25
hard 6b0 of 24
6b0 of 24
easy 6b0 of 24
hard 6a0 of 24
6a19 of 24
easy 6a3 of 24
hard 5c2 of 24
5c0 of 24
easy 5c0 of 24
3 Stars0 of 24
2 Stars20 of 24
1 Star4 of 24
0 Stars0 of 24
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Style of ascent

Lead34 of 66 (51.5%)
Followed24 of 66 (36.4%)
Toproped1 of 66 (1.5%)
Unknown7 of 66 (10.6%)

'Climbed'20 of 66 (30.3%)
clean O/S39 of 66 (59.1%)
clean β1 of 66 (1.5%)
clean rpt3 of 66 (4.5%)
dogged2 of 66 (3.0%)
dnf1 of 66 (1.5%)