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Grotto* VS 4c

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This climb is in 77 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

SteveM - Lead - 06/May/13 with Kat

Hidden - AltLd - 06/May/13

Lead both pitches. First was brilliant. Nice climbing and holds that just kept appearing. Fantastic crossing the overhang between jugs. Would've been 2*, but the second pitch spoilt it. Poorly protected, a large loose block and route finding wasn't easy either. Would be better to finish directly above the belay after P2 by the looks of it.
JezH - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/13 with Ellie

wi11 - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/13 with Gwen L

Gerallt Owain - AltLd O/S - 18/Sep/12 with Dan H, Dan Jones

I really liked this one.
Dan724 - AltLd O/S - 18/Sep/12 with Gerallt Owain, Dan Jones

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Sep/12

lead p1 and bailed onto christmas curry because of rain before p2.
Jones_88 - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12

roberts1234567890 - AltLd - 07/Apr/12 with Simon Van Dam

SimonvanDam - AltLd - 07/Apr/12 with Matt Roberts

Lead the second pitch only. Climbed in light rain, conditions were slightly damp.
iwanap - AltLd O/S - 21/Jan/12 with Gerwyn

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Jan/12

Callum Anderson - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Tricky for the grade - much harder than some of the other Tremadog VSs. Very varied route - worth doing.
Rampikino - Lead - 10/Dec/11 with Cat

Hidden - Lead - 05/Nov/11

edpd1b - AltLd - 30/Sep/11 with Leo Scheltinga

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/11

Backed off 1st then 2nd pitch
kdalzell - 2nd - 12/May/11 with Cordelia Molloy

Quite hard moves on the bottom of first pitch, with only micro wires for protection.
kleinej - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Patrick

Hidden - 14/Mar/11

popov86 - AltLd - 20/Jan/11

Hidden - 2011

Rory Shaw - 2011

dan-8990 - AltLd - 16/Apr/10 with NM

DuckingFesperate - 2010

simon_williams6 - 2nd β - 29/Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/09

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

Slight error route finding, an interesting start to the 1st pitch
Bart Shaw - AltLd O/S - 14/Jun/09 with Ian

cleaned as part of bmc crag clean up,the top pitch looks blank but is all there and wires protect the moves across the wall, a good sustained, we did the last 2 pitches together
michael burrows - Lead rpt - 18/Apr/09 with margaret

lead first 2 pitches (christmas curry)
Lallylandslider - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/09 with michael burrows

Seymore Butt - 2009

jpalmer - Apr/08

Sean Kelly - 2008

JPM71 - 2nd O/S - 2008

I lead 1, 3 and 4, missed the belay spot at the end of pitch 3 :-o Steep once off xmas curry.
taw - AltLd - 2008

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Oct/07

A hard sustained climb even for a second. Did not do the top pitch as little/ no protection.
sdawson1 - 2nd O/S - 02/Jul/07 with Ray

Good route. Mike belayed early on the first pitch to avoid rope drag which gave me most of the good climbing. Found the top rather spacey.
Siderunner - AltLd - 05/May/07 with Mike P

jepotherepo - Lead - Feb/07 with richard lackey

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Sep/06

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Aug/06

ritchierich - 2nd O/S - 27/Feb/06 with Phil Taggart

Hidden - 2006

PWEI_fan - 2006

NickBrat - 2006

Hidden - 2006

Hidden - Lead - Jul/05

michael burrows - AltLd - 14/Jun/05 with mike doyle

John Kettle - Lead - 2005

An Eric Jones sandbag! We asked the silver fox to recommend a good VS that wouldn't be busy. Judging by the thorn-filled crack on the crux pitch, don't think this had seen an ascent in years!
Owen W-G - AltLd O/S - 24/Jul/04 with Roger Lau

malc - 2nd O/S - 12/Apr/04 with ??

akhughes - Lead - 2003

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2003

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Aug/00

zero six - Lead O/S - 2000

Paul Boardman - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/98 with Iain Boardman

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Apr/97

Hidden - Lead - 06/Mar/97

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Apr/96

Budge - AltLd O/S - 1993 with Richard Teed

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Feb/92

Nige led all
John Roe - 2nd - Sep/90 with Nige Hughes

RB/SGC/MB alt leads
Steve Crowe - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/87 with Bob Bennett

Carl Smethurst - AltLd - 04/Apr/86 with Ian Pickles, Los Kenny

Falko - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/81 with A N Other

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Solo - 1981

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 1979 with Mike Wright

Pedro50 - Lead - 27/Mar/77 with Steve White

RichardMc - Lead O/S - 21/Mar/76 with Betty Seifert

Bolt Phobia - AltLd - 15/Jun/75 with John Young

pneame - May/75

petemeads - Lead - 1975

granitbahn - AltLd - 1975

Mike Owen - 1975 with John Roberts

Tom V - 1970

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Voting
Total votes cast 25
hard HVS0 of 9
HVS0 of 9
easy HVS0 of 9
hard VS5 of 9
VS4 of 9
easy VS0 of 9
hard HS0 of 9
HS0 of 9
easy HS0 of 9
hard 5a0 of 9
5a0 of 9
easy 5a7 of 9
hard 4c2 of 9
4c0 of 9
easy 4c0 of 9
hard 4b0 of 9
4b0 of 9
easy 4b0 of 9
3 Stars1 of 7
2 Stars4 of 7
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 77 (1.3%)
Lead18 of 77 (23.4%)
Followed9 of 77 (11.7%)
Alt Leads33 of 77 (42.9%)
Unknown16 of 77 (20.8%)

'Climbed'48 of 77 (62.3%)
clean O/S27 of 77 (35.1%)
clean β1 of 77 (1.3%)
clean rpt1 of 77 (1.3%)