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The Bandits*** 7b+

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[Tom Harrison pulling hard on The Bandits F7b+, 3 kb]15m. Arguably the best sport route at Dinbren. A powerful start, fingery middle and easier but energy sapping finish all make for a memorable outing. © ROCKFAX
FA Gary Gibson 13.6.88 13/Jun/1988

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Photo: Tom Harrison pulling hard on The Bandits F7b+ © westyb3
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This climb is in 47 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Finally, it's done! Session number 5! Perfect conditions today.
davidliu - Lead RP - 30/Apr/13 with Angus Kille, Alek Kumar

great moves, once you've got them!
anguskille - Lead RP - 30/Apr/13 with David, Laura

davidliu - Lead dog - 19/Apr/13 with Angus Kille

Hidden - 2013

davidliu - Lead dog - 31/Aug/12 with Alek Kumar

Great sport route. Felt desperate until I sorted out my sequence, then felt fine. 2nd RP
Adam Booth - Lead RP - 03/Aug/12 with Ed Booth

Hidden - Lead rpt - 03/Aug/12

powerful! 2nd r.p
spidey - Lead RP - 30/Jul/12 with luke owens

_m.cox_ - Lead β - 22/Jul/12 with Ben West

Awesome!
westyb3 - Lead RP - 22/Jul/12 with Matt Cox

Account open.
Adam Booth - TR dog - 20/Jul/12

Top roped twice
davidliu - TR dog - 19/Jul/12 with Dave Rose

Put the clips up, 1 TR and 1 RP, felt brutal
davidliu - Lead dog - 30/May/12 with Ed Jenner

Put up draws and tried the moves, but only had time for one proper redpoint. Powered out just before clipping jug of fourth bolt, so not a million miles away. Great route; so sustained.
jgustafsson - Lead dog - 28/Aug/11 with Jen

31/07/11 Had lots of tight but made it all the way up with many rests, all holds were chalked so was easy to work 90% of the moves. (3 goes) 02/08/11 Tried again, first go I just tried each move, 2nd go had just one rest on the technical move half way. 05/08/11 Forgot harness so made one out of tapes. Did rubbish, think lack of harness knocked my confidence as I planned to go for the RP today.
matt30987 - TR dog - 31/Jul/11 with Dad

Cowflinger - Lead dog - 24/Jul/11 with Pete Lewis

dan gibson - Lead RP - 11/May/11 with martin cleaver

New beta proved to be the answer
Martin Cleaver - Lead RP - 20/Apr/11 with james kay, lawrence

lx - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/11 with rob

Peter Dickinson - Lead - Mar/11 with Matt Donnelly

2nd go.
Rich Kirby - Lead RP - 25/Sep/10 with Pete

Hidden - TR RP - 03/Aug/10

2nd RP
mux - Lead RP - 22/Jun/10 with frost

Mark Riley - Lead RP - 25/May/10 with Tom Silsbury

daveayton - Lead RP - May/10 with Vince, C Harney

Hidden - Lead RP - 13/Mar/10

1st go = clips in / warm up - surprisingly efficient 2nd go = done! solid, v good route
ksjs - Lead RP - 19/Aug/09 with rob

ksjs - Lead dog - 16/Aug/09 with goosebump

ksjs - Lead dog - 30/Jul/09 with jo

Hidden - Lead β - Jul/09

switch - Lead RP - 13/Jun/09

ksjs - Lead dog - 12/May/09 with john

Hidden - Lead dog - 07/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead RP - 05/Apr/09

Hidden - Lead dnf - 04/Apr/09

Lee Proctor - Lead - 2009

Mark Riley - TR dog - 19/Apr/08 with Simon Witcher

I'm so chuffed to get this! What a climb. Finding a new footwork sequence for the middle was the key.
guyblackwood - Lead RP - 30/Sep/07 with Lee

bigie bob - Lead RP - 01/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead β - 12/Jun/07

so close-
guyblackwood - TR dog - 07/Jun/07 with Roger

Wow! clean on a top rope! I'll have this climb yet.... :ŹD
guyblackwood - TR RP - 29/May/07 with Natasa

B*gger me- this is powerful. I think I'm going to take a while to get this one...... Fun climbing though.
guyblackwood - TR dog - 20/May/07 with Lee

guyblackwood - Lead RP - 2007

Hidden - Lead RP - 23/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead RP - 2006

nige - Lead - Jul/05 with nick colton

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
matt30987, jamiev

Voting
Total votes cast 43
hard 7c0 of 22
7c0 of 22
easy 7c4 of 22
hard 7b+13 of 22
7b+3 of 22
easy 7b+1 of 22
hard 7b1 of 22
7b0 of 22
easy 7b0 of 22
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Style of ascent

Lead38 of 47 (80.9%)
Toproped8 of 47 (17.0%)
Unknown1 of 47 (2.1%)

'Climbed'4 of 47 (8.5%)
clean O/S1 of 47 (2.1%)
clean β3 of 47 (6.4%)
clean rpt1 of 47 (2.1%)
clean RP22 of 47 (46.8%)
dogged15 of 47 (31.9%)
dnf1 of 47 (2.1%)