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[Mr Sceptical on Salome (S), 3 kb]Access the narrow right to left sloping ramp and follow this and the cracks in the wall to the platform. © ROCKFAX
FA. c.1960s 1965

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Photo: Mr Sceptical on Salome (S) © mr_sceptical
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This climb is in 328 logbooks, and on 6 wishlists.

jhobbs - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Elliott Clark

Hidden - 2nd - 06/May/13

joedoherty - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Mike Irving

LDJ - 2nd - 01/May/13 with Oscar, Alfie, Lou

Chris Ridgers - 2nd rpt - 28/Apr/13 with Skip

Don't reckon this is a severe, HVD maybe.Not as polished as i expected.
Skip - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/13 with Chris Ridgers

easy at first with a tricky move at the end
whiteexplorer - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/13 with Pete

Chaman - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/13 with Alex H

Jon_Warner - 2nd rpt - 07/Apr/13 with Jenni

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/13

Teaching
OllieF - Lead rpt - 02/Apr/13

Jamiet297 - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/13 with Reece Wotton

OllieF - 2nd rpt - 13/Mar/13 with Rob north

gjh - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/13

Johnbsmith - Lead O/S - 22/Feb/13

PaulRickard - 2nd - 01/Feb/13

mark schramm - TR rpt - 26/Jan/13

Short but very sweet
Cheese Monkey - Lead O/S - 16/Jan/13 with Vienna

Hidden - 2013

This was my first ever outdoor lead fall! It was interesting!
Chris dyer - Lead dnf - 28/Sep/12 with Sam Hackney

very easy rout crux is polished so move complicated but not hard
Mule.88 - 2nd O/S - 21/Sep/12 with Owen

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/12

second trad lead :)
OllieF - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/12

jackdobson1994 - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/12 with Ollie Footitt

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Aug/12

Easy but was recovery climb having lost my nerve on Guy Fawkes Crack.
alexporter - Lead O/S - 23/Aug/12 with Clare Finn

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Aug/12

standard
kyebrooks - Lead rpt - 02/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/12

Chris dyer - TR O/S - 26/Jul/12 with Sam Hackney

Katie Comer - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/12 with Dan Cox

Chris dyer - TR O/S - 23/Jul/12 with Tami wells

phil456 - Lead O/S - 20/Jul/12 with Martin S

Enjoyed this route!
Babika - 2nd - 01/Jul/12 with John Hammond

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/12

Marktrin - 2nd - 27/Jun/12 with Chaman

TommyC - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/12 with Jamie Trump

Chaman - Lead rpt - 27/Jun/12 with Kiernan, Mark G

Jamiet297 - 2nd - 27/Jun/12 with TommyC

Sarah Welsh - Lead - 27/Jun/12 with Matt Bano

MBano - 2nd β - 27/Jun/12 with Sarah

petecallaghan - Lead rpt - 06/Jun/12 with Matt, Stephen Price

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/12

jack243 - Lead O/S - 19/May/12 with Rob H

Hidden - Lead dog - 16/May/12

Foxy - Lead O/S - 15/May/12

Orifice - Lead O/S - 15/May/12 with Stafford Dyer, James Dell

Hidden - 2nd - 12/May/12

Hidden - Lead - 12/May/12

Selina - TR O/S - 08/May/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/12

Given VDiff in West Country Climbs. Certainly didn't feel like a Severe. Maybe a bit pollished.
lanc23 - Solo O/S - 12/Apr/12

Willbur - TR O/S - 07/Apr/12

First lead using only my own gear: one set of nuts and five quickdraws
MBano - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd - 06/Apr/12

bazthomas - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/12 with Tom Crouch

TommyC - 2nd O/S - 28/Mar/12 with Baz

good start section
steve1986 - TR rpt - 27/Mar/12

climbhannahclimb - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/12 with Iain Adams

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/12

Chris_gowing - TR - 29/Feb/12

rachelvlc - 2nd - 22/Feb/12

AliciaHarrison - Lead rpt - 21/Feb/12 with Richard Mardell

First Trad Lead!
Tom Gale - Lead β - 21/Jan/12 with Keiha

KDhruev - Lead - 21/Jan/12 with Tom G

crazymadfool - 15/Jan/12

Ian Hughes - 2012

JevonJennings - Lead O/S - 2012

Chris Ridgers - 2nd O/S - 31/Dec/11 with Alan

wurzelinzummerset - Lead - 31/Dec/11 with Chris

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/Dec/11

First trad lead.
Dale Turrell - Lead O/S - 24/Nov/11 with JeromeT

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Nov/11

Surprisingly steep at the top. Only gets VDiff in the Rockfax guide.
Katherine Ross - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/11 with Naomi Dalton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/11

Becky H - 2nd O/S - 12/Nov/11 with Rob Evans, Jack Verber

guide book says Vdiff. Top section is harder, but never a Severe!!
papabear - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/11 with mamabear

Definately not a Severe!
mamabear - 2nd - 29/Oct/11 with papabear

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 21/Sep/11

Chaman - Lead rpt - 21/Sep/11 with David Llewellyn, Mark G

Marktrin - 2nd - 21/Sep/11 with Chaman

Will Hodges - Lead β - 18/Sep/11 with Angusmc, Ja Cromwell

Angusmc - 2nd O/S - 18/Sep/11 with Will Hodges

MJAS82 - 2nd - 04/Sep/11

MissMuddypenny - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/11

jhawton - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/11

Teddys15 - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/11 with Mollie Hughes

roryferris - Lead O/S - Aug/11

foxjerk - Lead - 30/Jul/11 with wiwwim

Dave Page - Lead - 27/Jul/11 with Tegan Page, Lenaya Page

abicampbell - Lead - 19/Jul/11

mark schramm - 2nd rpt - 04/Jul/11 with tom mason

Eike - 2nd - 13/Jun/11 with Tom Emery

Tom_Page - 2nd O/S - Jun/11 with Chris

nice, but polished to a high gloss!
colinw - Lead O/S - 29/May/11 with Dan F, Tina

tinsmif - 2nd O/S - 29/May/11 with Colin Woolford

Why does the guidebook say VDiff?
Alpinehero - Lead O/S - 28/May/11

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 18/May/11

Eike - Lead - 14/May/11 with Tom Emery

Finished on Seventh Veil VS move at top
madguernseyboy - 2nd - 14/May/11 with Lucy Plowman

lgp81 - Lead - 14/May/11 with Brendan Gill

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 14/May/11

Started on left with traverse in rather than on bottom of right hand arrete.
BelayBunney - Lead rpt - 13/May/11 with Adam

Hidden - 2nd - 07/May/11

Lead rather than second, with correct (easier) top moves
FrancescaFord - Lead - 07/May/11 with JA

mxfiggins - May/11

hairy51 - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/11 with Ben Axford

Interesting move towards the top, generally pleasant climbing. Lovely sunny pitch
FrancescaFord - 2nd - 23/Apr/11 with MN

Tightsgirl - 2nd - 18/Apr/11 with Jonny

AJH - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/11 with Rebecca

John Southworth - Solo - 14/Apr/11

BALD EAGLE - Lead - 10/Apr/11 with Rob Horler

Slick - Lead - 08/Apr/11 with Isabel Evans

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Apr/11

henrynelson - TR O/S - 04/Apr/11

Eike - Lead - 02/Apr/11 with Tom Emery

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 02/Apr/11

Hidden - TR - 02/Apr/11

abicampbell - TR O/S - Apr/11

Chaman - 2nd rpt - 30/Mar/11 with Pete

Hidden - Lead - 30/Mar/11

Thought it was a VDiff!
jpksalmon - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/11 with Adam

Hidden - Lead - 08/Mar/11

dmaldonado - 2nd rpt - 04/Mar/11 with Anthony Hampstead, Gemma Foster

Joe Richards - TR O/S - 04/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/11

TommityP - 2nd O/S - 18/Feb/11 with merriottmm

mark schramm - Lead - 06/Feb/11 with tom m

tommoulds - 2nd - 06/Feb/11 with Schramm

mrstarwarsman - Solo O/S - 06/Feb/11 with sarp

JenDurden - 2nd O/S - 06/Feb/11 with Robin Uren

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Feb/11

AliciaHarrison - Lead - 2011

Hidden - 2011

floss_81 - Lead - 27/Nov/10 with sophie bruynseels

Neil Rigiani - Lead rpt - 13/Nov/10 with Cherry Bedford

Hidden - TR O/S - 13/Nov/10

cripper - Solo β - 30/Oct/10

nice easy solo
cripper - Solo β - 27/Oct/10

tobydunford - Solo O/S - 27/Oct/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 06/Oct/10

francesanncavanagh - 2nd - 05/Oct/10 with Haven Banks

Julia's first proper lead climb on the slippery, slidey Salome
Neil Rigiani - 2nd rpt - 20/Sep/10 with Julia Wherrell

francois - 2nd - 15/Sep/10 with Chris

Julia placed leader gear for first time, but climbed with top rope protection. I then showed Julia how to set up a belay and ran down to second it.
Neil Rigiani - 2nd rpt - 12/Sep/10 with Julia Wherrell

georgedunton - TR - 09/Sep/10

Chaman - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/10 with David C

mike_lumby - TR - Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 17/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead - 17/Aug/10

Really very easy, know lisa had a bit of a worry at the top but nothing she couldn't handle.
sofe13 - 2nd - 10/Jul/10 with Lisa

matheub - 2nd O/S - Jul/10

Hidden - 2nd - 19/Jun/10

Neil Rigiani - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/10 with Julia Wherrell

dellboy - 2nd O/S - 15/Jun/10 with Dan Ryder

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/10

dmaldonado - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/10 with Harry Whitby

Did it at night! Forgot my torch too...
cripper - 2nd - 04/Jun/10 with Ben

Climbed at night before descending into a tent :)
Benw320 - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Jun/10

Benw320 - 2nd O/S - 27/May/10

Eike - Lead - 19/May/10 with Chawn Harlow

Ivan Muckle - Lead - 28/Apr/10

Ade Lane - 2nd - 21/Apr/10 with Emma Grant

Hidden - Lead - 21/Apr/10

DCIGadget - Lead - 07/Apr/10 with Gareth SDMC, Lee Merry

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jan/10

Jimma - 2nd O/S - 2010 with Matt

Matt02003 - Solo - 2010 with James

Ostlerm00 - Lead O/S - 2010

jmhood - 2010

Jack_F - Solo - 2010

MH123 - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

pezzerrr - Solo - 2010

RandomHero - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/09 with Jason Burnard

nickevens - Lead O/S - 24/Sep/09 with Richard Bishop

sthame - 2nd - 29/Aug/09

Very enjoyable
Teddys15 - Lead - 29/Aug/09 with Sam Thame

Shiney and polished all the way.
Andyh83 - TR O/S - 05/Aug/09 with Tom

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/09

Entertaining (but easy) moves towards the top
SCGale - Lead β - 01/Jul/09 with Chris Weekes

cjweekes - 2nd dog - Jul/09 with Stuart Gale

Very polished but a nice route.
vanden - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/09 with Claire

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/09

Richard Morgan - 2nd - 22/Jun/09 with rh5980

rh5980 - Lead rpt - 22/Jun/09 with Richard Morgan

One tricky move but relatively simple. Still learning to place gear - tricky when lots of vegetation!
jameseacott - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Kate Edhouse

DCIGadget - 2nd rpt - 20/May/09 with Lee Merry

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 06/May/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/May/09

DCIGadget - TR rpt - 29/Apr/09 with Lee Merry, Dave Coley

Nice climb, bit polished, as ever
surfbish - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/09 with Ben and Hugh

Steerpike - 2nd rpt - 02/Apr/09 with Bish

raku - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/09 with Beata Rakowska

Grant - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/09 with Matt Corr

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 11/Mar/09

luke46 - Lead - Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/09

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Feb/09

1st Traditional Lead
Sam Longridge - Lead O/S - 23/Feb/09 with Simon Canning

Popkids - Lead O/S - 01/Feb/09 with Pete Saunders

sasasa - 2nd - 31/Jan/09

Hidden - TR O/S - 09/Jan/09

Hidden - Solo O/S - 31/Dec/08

henbot - Lead O/S - 30/Dec/08 with Matt Ryder

Would agree with below that the protection is sparse near the top!
space monkey - Lead dog - 22/Dec/08 with Sophie

Real good gear placements but sparse near the top
suunto12 - Lead O/S - 05/Dec/08 with Jack

Richard Morgan - Lead - 01/Nov/08 with Andy Brook

Spanglepants - 2nd O/S - 31/Oct/08 with Reeges

tom169 - Lead rpt - 18/Oct/08 with Rob Aubrey

1st Climb Outside ever
marksrhodes - 2nd O/S - 09/Oct/08 with Ben Rhodes and Nick Saunders

Hidden - Lead - Oct/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/08

Hidden - TR - 08/Jun/08

Jon_Warner - Lead rpt - 04/Apr/08 with Sarah Warner

Steerpike - 2nd O/S - 03/Apr/08 with Huw

Hidden - Lead - 24/Mar/08

richardadventurecafe - Lead - 23/Mar/08 with Todd Fox

tom169 - Lead O/S - 08/Mar/08 with Matt

nice enough. bit forested.
w.pettet-smith - Solo - Mar/08

wildbill - 2nd rpt - Feb/08 with Faith Cook

ijd201 - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - Lead - 2008

Hidden - TR - 2008

nopants - AltLd - 2008

rh5980 - Solo - 23/Dec/07

Really nice gentle climb.
rh5980 - Lead O/S - 20/Dec/07 with Dave Horton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Nov/07

jw231 - 2nd O/S - 04/Nov/07 with Marc Mcgary

Good fun. took a variation by going up the main face, then traversing RW on a crack. harder than the normal route
henbot - 2nd O/S - 25/Oct/07 with Mike Waller

misterb - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/07 with steve

remilio - 2nd O/S - 23/Oct/07 with Noxious

RobSteere - 2nd O/S - Oct/07 with John Axeworthy

pss204 - Lead O/S - Oct/07 with Nick Blackbeard, Billy Mclennan

richardr - Solo - Sep/07

Dave Searle - Lead - 31/Jul/07

sharmawho? - Lead O/S - 20/Jul/07 with Oli, Chris, Nick , Dave

sam coward - Lead rpt - 06/Jul/07 with Helen

kitch22 - 2nd - 06/Jul/07 with Justin Halls

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/07

markshobbrook - 2nd O/S - 23/Jun/07 with gwilymstarks

hapymike - Lead - 19/May/07

Jon_Warner - Lead rpt - 05/Apr/07 with Alekcs

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/07

tim402 - 2nd O/S - Apr/07 with edg

francois - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/07 with Lorna

Hidden - 2nd - Mar/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Feb/07

sam coward - Lead rpt - 14/Jan/07 with Helen

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jan/07

climber sim - 2007

Jon Evans - 2007

eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead O/S - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2007

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/06

Jon_Warner - Lead rpt - 08/Sep/06 with Jonny

middlemarker - Lead - 03/Sep/06 with Martin

freelancer_85 - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/06 with Megan

Easy when you do it right!
Jon_Warner - Lead - 02/Aug/06 with Sarah

Ben1983 - Solo rpt - 24/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead - 07/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/06

wildbill - TR - 06/May/06 with Chris Charles

richardr - May/06

cham749 - 2nd - May/06 with Toby Harding

paul_d - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/06 with Iain Simpson

wildbill - TR dnf - 14/Jan/06 with Chris Charles

Easy to go too far left - in which case the gear runs out ... ahem
Jon_Warner - Lead O/S - 2006 with G Warner

Martin Lilley - 2nd O/S - 2006 with John Axworthy

ElvisLeg - Lead O/S - 17/Mar/05 with Ed Southwood

JeromeT - Lead O/S - 2005

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2005

snowy white - AltLd - 24/Aug/04

MontyH - Lead O/S - 23/May/04 with Paul Milton

Hidden - Lead - 2003

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/02

Hidden - Lead - 08/Apr/02

darren1 - Apr/02

Fairly Easy, Short Climb
Carl Simmons - TR - 15/Nov/01

Hidden - Lead - 14/Oct/01

sam coward - Lead RP - 19/Jun/01 with Emma

bazzag - Lead - 2001 with james

Hidden - Lead - 12/Aug/00

D Berry - Lead rpt - 08/Jul/00 with Claire Berry

FrankW - Lead O/S - 27/May/00 with Unknown

D Berry - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/00 with Claire Berry

jim_randell - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/99 with PS

petegunn - Lead - 25/Sep/98 with Matt Wilkes

Raggar - 2nd - 05/Sep/98 with Andy J

kuku 1963 - 2nd - 22/Jun/98 with mick jennings

sixties - Lead - 13/Sep/97 with hrd

markw - Lead O/S - 1997

S.P.S.A assesment
brew_guru - 1995

brew_guru - Lead - 1995

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Jul/94

brew_guru - Lead - 1994

JiveWeasel - Lead - 1994

sdht - 1994

colin milton - Lead - Jun/93 with eric milton

kristian - Solo - 1993

Marti999 - Solo O/S - 25/Oct/91

Iain Thow - AltLd - 26/Jul/91 with Rob Ivens

Mickdenali - Lead - 1990

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 14/Dec/89

davidalcock - 1988 with Philip Scorer

Kafoozalem - TR O/S - 30/Sep/84 with shunt

Ena - 1983

Roped solo
Mike C - Solo - 14/Nov/81 with Katrina Borowski

Mike C - Solo - 26/Jul/81

Mike C - Solo - 26/Jul/81

Mike C - Lead - 05/Dec/80 with Graham Williams

Mike C - Lead - 21/Feb/80 with Jill Millward, Mandy Negus

mark-abz - Solo - 13/Jan/80

Mike C - Lead - 13/Oct/79 with Tony McDaid

Hidden - 1979

Mike C - 2nd - 05/Mar/78 with Richard Unwin

Mike C - TR - 11/Feb/78

Mike C - Lead - 12/Nov/77 with Richard Oxlade

Mike C - Lead - 22/Oct/77 with Chris Shaw

Mike C - 2nd - 15/Oct/77 with Walter Phipps

Bolt Phobia - Lead - 07/Apr/72

Steve Woollard - Lead - 1971

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Voting
Total votes cast 93
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easy HS0 of 34
hard S1 of 34
S19 of 34
easy S9 of 34
hard HVD5 of 34
HVD0 of 34
easy HVD0 of 34
hard 4b0 of 28
4b0 of 28
easy 4b0 of 28
hard 4a0 of 28
4a19 of 28
easy 4a8 of 28
hard 3c1 of 28
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Style of ascent

Soloed20 of 328 (6.1%)
Lead171 of 328 (52.1%)
Followed91 of 328 (27.7%)
Toproped24 of 328 (7.3%)
Alt Leads4 of 328 (1.2%)
Unknown18 of 328 (5.5%)

'Climbed'136 of 328 (41.5%)
clean O/S141 of 328 (43.0%)
clean β6 of 328 (1.8%)
clean rpt39 of 328 (11.9%)
clean RP1 of 328 (0.3%)
dogged3 of 328 (0.9%)
dnf2 of 328 (0.6%)