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[Doug on Thread Flintstone, 3 kb]22m. The best route here and one of the classic quarry routes of Britain. Superb rock, moves and flowstone pipes all topped off with a pumpy little finish. Photo page 305. © ROCKFAX
FA. Ken Palmer 19.6.87. With most gear from threads. 19/Jun/1987

Ticklists: Torbryan Quarry, The road to 8a, West Country Climbs, Classic UK F7s, Summer 2013 Ticklist..

Photo: Doug on Thread Flintstone © quadmyre
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 166 logbooks, and on 26 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead RP - 18/May/13

Great route, although I preferred Barney rubble personally. Immaculate rock!
Mike Goldthorp - Lead β - 18/May/13 with Drew Mulcahy

chris j - Lead rpt - 08/May/13 with Nick Saunders

A long time coming. Did it with a sprained ankle in the end (didn't affect the climbing though). Psyched to have gotten this one!
Dale Turrell - Lead RP - 07/May/13 with Bristoldave

Hidden - TR dog - 06/May/13

Bolt to bolt, then first RP
Dan 85 - Lead RP - 05/May/13 with Andy H, Dave

Ellis Butler-Barker - Lead RP - 04/May/13 with JackMac

done in 3 bits
misterb - Lead dog - 02/May/13 with wain

Elaine Budden - Lead RP - 13/Mar/13 with Keiha

4 sessions
tim exley - Lead RP - Mar/13 with Tom Secombe

Hidden - TR dog - 24/Feb/13

well messed it up first time and fell off the first crux, so finished it and then lowered off. did it clean first redpoint attempt but was pumped; mainly because every other move i had to warm my hands up, on greassy holds! got to love britain, but a totally amazing climb !
Jordon Fleming - Lead RP - 07/Feb/13

Tom Seccombe - Lead RP - 06/Feb/13 with tim exley

Paul Robertson - TR dog - 29/Nov/12 with Guy Percival

Laurence Everitt - Lead dog - 18/Nov/12 with Ross Cooper

JackMac - 2nd dog - 20/Oct/12 with andy south devon

chris j - Lead rpt - 25/Sep/12 with Ben Bradford

JackMac - 2nd dnf - 22/Sep/12 with Andy H

Finally. About time too seeing as first try was back in '88
Johnny Baker - Lead RP - 13/Sep/12

made it, 3rd try in all! great route... certainly 7b compared to barney rubble...
andrew hammond - Lead RP - 08/Sep/12

Ramon Marin - Lead rpt - 01/Sep/12 with viki harvey

Jay Mowat - Lead β - 27/Aug/12

easy 7b
Ramon Marin - Lead rpt - 26/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 26/Aug/12

Spent a while falling off this
theotherpetehill - Lead dog - 26/Aug/12 with Michelle

Claudia Harvey - Lead dnf - Aug/12

Hidden - Lead RP - Aug/12

Carter - Lead dog - 01/Jul/12 with Ed

Ed Feldman - Lead RP - 30/Jun/12

burto - Lead RP - 29/Jun/12 with jerome

_m.cox_ - Lead rpt - 23/Jun/12 with Jason Williams

First Outside 7a+ and First Onsite 7A+. Sweet
davesimpson - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/12 with Dean Russel

Great route
robbie Warke - Lead β - 16/Mar/12 with Jamie Langler, wendy sampson

highrepute - Lead RP - 14/Mar/12

1st rp - Brilliant route!
billb - Lead - Mar/12

Ace route!
AJM - Lead RP - 26/Feb/12 with Charles Hubbard

Chubbard - TR dog - 26/Feb/12 with AJM

tom harrison - Lead - 2012 with Matt cox

andy south devon - Lead dog - 2012

Hidden - 2012

tedj234 - Lead RP - 29/Oct/11 with davidliu

davidliu - Lead RP - 29/Oct/11 with Ed Jenner

amazing climb! shall lead it one day!
Elaine Budden - TR dog - 16/Oct/11 with tom bunn

Dogged up once and worked the moves. Then sent 1st redpoint.
El3ctroFuzz - Lead RP - 16/Oct/11 with Elaine Budden

derico - Lead β - 16/Oct/11 with Sadact, Tom

Sophie Nunn - 2nd dnf - 10/Oct/11 with Toby

worked the crux.
Jonathan Emett - TR dnf - 04/Sep/11 with toby

Hidden - Lead dog - 22/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead RP - 15/Aug/11

Brilliant, as good as anything i have done in Europe. First RP. Definitely 7b. Harder than empire of the sun. Didn't get the amazing rest after crux but even if i had this would still be 7b. As hard as any 7b i have done.
felixthelion - Lead RP - 12/Aug/11 with Dan craig

Unfortunately got it on my first lead attempt. Wish I could have spent more time on it!
Pete Scott - Lead RP - 09/Aug/11 with John kay

dmoir - Lead β - 01/Aug/11 with Will Murray

Hidden - TR RP - Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - 30/Jul/11

quiffhanger - Lead RP - 30/Jul/11

2nd rp
Bristoldave - Lead RP - 11/Jun/11 with Cusco

really good - probably 7b but depends how long you rest at the ledge...
wolverine - Lead RP - 05/Jun/11 with Sarah Marks

John Henry Wynn - 31/May/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/May/11

Kevster - Lead RP - 15/May/11

chris j - Lead rpt - 11/May/11

marcpontin - Lead RP - May/11 with huw

Hidden - Lead RP - 29/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead dog - 18/Apr/11

richiebongo - Lead RP - 11/Apr/11 with Nick Smith

Hidden - Lead RP - 11/Apr/11

adam cooper*super* - Lead RP - 02/Apr/11 with jack folland

richiebongo - Lead dog - 21/Mar/11 with Gwen Thomson

Hidden - Lead dog - 12/Jan/11

PeterDawson - Lead RP - 2011

TommityP - Lead dog - 27/Nov/10

Hidden - Lead dog - 23/Oct/10

Pippa - Lead - 23/Oct/10 with Jon

Hidden - Lead RP - 17/Oct/10

Hidden - Lead dog - 02/Oct/10

Hidden - 2nd dog - 02/Oct/10

Hidden - Oct/10

sam.sam.sam.ferguson - Lead dog - 27/Sep/10 with Marti Hallett

sam.sam.sam.ferguson - TR dog - 27/Sep/10 with Marti Hallett

had a truly awful awful sequence on the crux that involved a wild slap with powerscream sound-effects, then watched Jenni walk up it, must try harder.
jacobjacob - Lead β - 14/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead RP - 12/Sep/10

Toby Dunn - Lead - 10/Sep/10 with Sophie Nunn

Need to finish this off
georgel - Lead dog - 30/Aug/10 with will

i_a_coops - Lead RP - 30/Aug/10 with Jacob

John Henry Wynn - Lead rpt - 29/Aug/10 with Simon Downing

dan gibson - Lead RP - 29/Aug/10 with jacquie robinson

Took some time to find the hold off the crux holds. Took biggest fall to date by penultimate bolt. 3 star climbing.
TommityP - Lead dog - 09/Aug/10

1 go top rope a few weeks ago then 2nd go on lead
Wendy - Lead RP - 31/Jul/10 with Tom Ball

Got it second go, should have got it OS but slipped on the final move of the crux, gutted!
colesy - Lead RP - 11/Jul/10

Got it at last! 3 top rope sessions and 5 sessions of redpoint attempts and a lot of swearing. Originally seconded Ken 1987 clean - but the holds were bigger then?
Kafoozalem - Lead RP - 06/Jul/10 with Sam

Hidden - Lead RP - Jul/10

thomb - Lead - 24/Jun/10 with Darren

tis done! at last I can move on to Ansteys!
Gingerdarren - Lead rpt - 23/Jun/10 with Nate Bastian

Amazing route, possibly the best at the grade I have climbed so far, great moves on funky rock, easy (ish) when you know how.
Dandan82 - Lead RP - 19/Jun/10 with jason darke

Grand
eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead rpt - 12/Jun/10 with Geoff

Hidden - Lead RP - Jun/10

Hidden - TR dog - 31/May/10

tom169 - Lead RP - 18/May/10 with Paul

Had two goes at it throughout 2 weeks and nailed it on the thrid attempt......First 7b says it in the guide
Jack_F - Lead RP - 10/May/10 with Adam copper *super*

amazing the best 7a+ in south west i fink
Peterjuliandawson - Lead RP - 02/May/10

Luke Dawson - Lead RP - 02/May/10

alaan - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead - 11/Apr/10

really exciting crux then really flowy sequential moves to the top.....quality route
John Henry Wynn - 10/Mar/10 with Will Murray

my first 7a!
Will_Murray - Lead RP - Mar/10

Hidden - 2010

Santas Little Helper - Lead RP - 2010 with Mark

Does the good rest make this only hard 7a+ and not 7b? Who cares, it's excellent, go do it.
catt - Lead RP - 04/Oct/09 with Richie

Luke d - Lead RP - 04/Oct/09

nblackbeard - Lead RP - 03/Oct/09 with Tom Grant, Darren Russell

took a few goes, lower crux very sequency- easy when you know how! with the top just keep going.
w.pettet-smith - Lead RP - 25/Sep/09 with steve

John Henry Wynn - Lead dog - 12/Sep/09 with Simon Downing

Great no hands rest on the ledge if you're cunning. Moves feel much easier to me than Little White Lie - I can hardly touch that one at the mo...
chris j - Lead RP - 04/Sep/09 with Josh

natalietanzer - Lead dog - 29/Aug/09

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Aug/09

Felt a way off at the time. Possible now I think.
Jon_Warner - 2nd dog - 08/Jul/09 with Tom

Hidden - Lead RP - 03/Jul/09

Dogged through the crux and climbed the rest above. amazing route
henbot - TR dog - 16/Jun/09 with Ben Bradford

Hidden - Lead RP - 09/Jun/09

Nice to get back to Torbryan after a long while ... holds feeling bigger after a bit of training! To answer the query below about 7b votes it feels harder to me overall than either Vicious Delicious or Little White Lie and certainly taken more attempts to get it (partly because I was trying to use a rubbish method for the crux).
quadmyre - Lead RP - 09/May/09

fluffed the lower hard bit on the onsight- which fluting to go for!? once sussed, cracked on with the onsight mentality, didn't see the last bolt, just made a bee line for the lower off, thinking the climbing was easing. hand popped off, boshed myself in the nose and split it, took a huge 40ft+ fall and screamed a bit.next time for sure.
w.pettet-smith - Lead dog - May/09 with josh

nblackbeard - Lead dog - 02/Apr/09 with James Whitlock

jw231 - TR dog - 02/Apr/09 with nblackbeard

Too pumpy to get clean, really nice moves though
sebrider - Lead dog - 2009 with Joe Doyle

jld579 - Lead RP - 2009

A couple of very tough moves. One to come back to
Jon_Warner - TR dog - 27/Dec/08 with Mark Glaister

Pleased to flash this all things considered - had failed on RP at last move in 1993 !
shark - Lead β - 27/Dec/08 with Mark Glaister + John from Wellington

was quite cold but really really good route!
Dave Searle - Lead RP - 24/Nov/08 with Dave henderson

Richard Horn - Lead RP - 03/Aug/08

Hidden - Lead RP - 29/Jul/08

Not sure why this is getting lots of 7b votes, as there's a brilliant rest in the middle.
Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Lead O/S - 20/Jul/08 with Dave Ferguson

Wimped out and grabbed the last draw! Next time
richardr - Lead dog - Jul/08

sharmawho? - TR dog - 08/Jun/08 with Dave

Hidden - Lead RP - 08/Jun/08

amazing and nails. i'll be back
feilx - Lead dog - 01/Jun/08 with Phil Davis

dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/08 with Dave Moir

Hidden - Lead RP - 10/May/08

hippo99 - Lead RP - May/08 with roby rudolf, joe doyle, tom worall

_m.cox_ - Lead O/S - May/08 with Prajak

Jake Shaw - Lead RP - 2008 with Iain

JeromeT - Lead RP - 2008

nawface - 2008

Hidden - Lead RP - 10/Jul/07

Marti999 - Lead - 03/Jul/07

bigie bob - Lead O/S - 12/May/07

Rob Kennard - 2007

Richard White - Lead RP - 2007 with Rob Kennard

climber sim - 2007

Hidden - Lead RP - 2007

Boy - 2006

Hidden - Lead RP - 2006

westyb3 - Lead O/S - 2003 with Andy long

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/02

CraigMac1 - 2000

Dringo - 2000

sadams - Lead - 20/Jun/98 with Andy Long

Hidden - Lead - 1998

phardman - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/97

robyn1 - 1997

Hidden - Lead dog - 01/Aug/95

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/95 with Dad

Hidden - Lead RP - 1994

keefe - 30/Aug/92 with Glenn Sutcliffe

Glenn Sutcliffe - 30/Aug/92 with keefe

Hidden - Lead β - 08/Sep/91

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Voting
Total votes cast 144
hard 7b0 of 79
7b2 of 79
easy 7b51 of 79
hard 7a+12 of 79
7a+11 of 79
easy 7a+2 of 79
hard 7a1 of 79
7a0 of 79
easy 7a0 of 79
3 Stars63 of 65
2 Stars2 of 65
1 Star0 of 65
0 Stars0 of 65
Bag of .....0 of 65
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Style of ascent

Lead133 of 166 (80.1%)
Followed6 of 166 (3.6%)
Toproped13 of 166 (7.8%)
Unknown14 of 166 (8.4%)

'Climbed'25 of 166 (15.1%)
clean O/S11 of 166 (6.6%)
clean β8 of 166 (4.8%)
clean rpt10 of 166 (6.0%)
clean RP70 of 166 (42.2%)
dogged37 of 166 (22.3%)
dnf5 of 166 (3.0%)