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Fly On The Wall** HS 4b

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[Under the bulge on 'Fly on the wall', Dewerstone., 3 kb]7m, 2 pitches. A well travelled line with some impressive moves on the second pitch. The route climbs the face overlooking the gully between Needle and Raven Buttress. 1) 4b. Belay on a ramp, above a 2m mossy wall, beneath a small tree at 5m. Move past the tree and take the obvious short crack above to a slab that leads to a tree and belay. 2) 4a. From a flake climb to the obvious line leading to the top © ROCKFAX
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Photo: Under the bulge on 'Fly on the wall', Dewerstone. © graham knott
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 270 logbooks, and on 14 wishlists.

Ed morris - AltLd rpt - 23/May/13 with Ian

hornbywill - Lead O/S - 18/May/13

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/May/13

mrteale - 2nd - 05/May/13

LDJ - AltLd - 05/May/13 with Oscar, Alfie

Lead P1.
andrea83 - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/13 with Hamish

I did pitch 2, which was exciting.
Hamish777 - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/13 with Andrea

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Apr/13

Lead second pitch, exposed and good fun
Chris Joyce - AltLd O/S - 19/Apr/13 with Gavin Scott

stephen ashworth - AltLd - 16/Apr/13 with martin clarke

martin clarke - AltLd rpt - 16/Apr/13 with steve ashworth

payne93 - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/13

Swifty lead I went second and Adam went last.
waydan - 2nd - 06/Apr/13 with Adam Buldock, El Swiftos

tomwheeler - Lead - 05/Apr/13 with Callum Arnold

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Apr/13

samjames91 - AltLd O/S - 04/Apr/13 with Matt Greenwood

fantastic climbing, good weather great exposure to wake you up at start of outdoor season, lots of positive holds both feet and hands, climbed third followed Wayne and Swifty up, really enjoyed this climb, felt very "real" think that was exposure at 120ft that did it,
adam84 - 2nd O/S - Mar/13

KDhruev - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/13 with Ed

jacksonm1 - 2nd - 07/Feb/13

Lewis Stewart - 2013 with James Goss

Lead P1
SurferStan - Lead O/S - 07/Dec/12 with Dave Piper

Dilwat - Lead O/S - 16/Nov/12 with Tom M

a great climb surrounded by fabulous autumnal colours on one of those stolen days when you didn,t think you would get any climbing in
whiteexplorer - 2nd O/S - 16/Nov/12 with Dilwat

waydan - Lead - 20/Oct/12 with El Swiftos

P1
Cheese Monkey - AltLd O/S - 19/Oct/12 with jordon fleming

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Sep/12

Jim led 1st pitch, I led 2nd.
Lyndsay Superclimber - Lead O/S - 29/Sep/12 with Jimbo

RFWilkie - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Sarah

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/Sep/12

led pitch 2, quite spicy, felt a little terrified on the traverse!
kirsten - AltLd - 01/Sep/12 with Michael

jarodbishop - Sep/12 with Paul

lead first pitch, great climb
bens - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/12

Great climb. Bomber gear for the first pitch. Good bit of exposure on the 2nd. Loved it.
snook - AltLd O/S - 15/Aug/12

Slick - AltLd - 11/Aug/12 with Isabel Evans

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Aug/12

Michael-H - Aug/12 with kirsten

Amazing
Jimmykeenan01 - Lead - Jul/12

Lead both pitches, second is very enjoyable. Nice, easy rpite with good gear.
ewanthomson - Lead O/S - 27/May/12

Robin UK - Lead - May/12

good second pitch watch out for loose chock stones
roryferris - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/12

lmacey - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12

Led both pitches, very nice route
francois - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Catherine, Chris

Fx lead.
BelayBunney - 2nd rpt - 15/Apr/12 with Catherine, Francois

KittyG - 2nd rpt - 15/Apr/12 with François, Chris

Mr Tickle - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/12 with tess mclaren

Where is my shoe? - 2nd O/S - 02/Apr/12 with Luke Rooker

pffft - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/12 with Jojo Mills

arandall - 2nd O/S - 28/Mar/12 with Wendy Matthews

I led first pitch, James second.
harryjan - AltLd β - 27/Mar/12 with James Powell

massive rope drag at top :(
Wendy Watthews - Lead - 27/Mar/12 with arandall

Philippa Arding - AltLd - 24/Mar/12 with jo nosworthy

ed2204 - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Chris Wildblood

Chris - Led first pitch. Alex - Led second pitch.
Alex Steele - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Chris Irwin

Jo Nosworthy - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12

cwildblood - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/12

Chris Led first pitch, Alex lead the second
Chris.Irwin - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Alex Steele

SteveoS - AltLd O/S - 23/Mar/12 with Doug Miller

Eike - Lead - 18/Mar/12 with Tom Emery

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

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Mar/12

Doug miller - AltLd O/S - Mar/12 with alex steele

Wendy Watthews - 2nd - 18/Feb/12 with david metcalf

Hidden - AltLd - 04/Feb/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jan/12

Will Gordon - AltLd O/S - 22/Jan/12 with Geoff Burton

Hidden - 2012

Tristan Sherlock - Lead O/S - 12/Dec/11 with George Coiley

CJEFF - 02/Dec/11

grumpyoldjanner - 2nd - 02/Dec/11

HarryB - 2nd O/S - 13/Nov/11 with Ollie

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Nov/11

P1, the traverse of p2 is briliant.
Matt Smith - AltLd O/S - 12/Nov/11 with John Tanner

Messners Yeti - 2nd O/S - 23/Oct/11 with Becky Hampshire

Becky H - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/11 with Pete Swan

JRSB1991 - Lead - Oct/11

teaching
DOVEY - Lead - 31/Aug/11 with Jon & Kate

DanLear - AltLd rpt - 30/Aug/11 with Al McPhierson

hard to find, nice steep second pitch, got lost though
matt25 - AltLd - 23/Aug/11

TommityP - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/11

EmilyElouise - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Aug/11

garth paterson - Lead - 03/Aug/11 with simon.roberts

simon.roberts - 2nd - 03/Aug/11 with Garth paterson

Brill climb but scruffy start. The traverse right under the roofline is impressive Some loose small blocks
kiwi boy - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with richard williams

mike hooper - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with john martin

Hidden - Solo rpt - 21/Jun/11

saet1a - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 07/Jun/11

led both pitches, second was a delight!
Joby - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/11 with Alice Fuller

scared myself leading p2 with the exposure and some wobbly handholds, but tons of gear and reassuring words from andrew (who didn't want to lead it) helped!
katherinesydney - AltLd O/S - 29/May/11 with andrew funnell

AndyFunnell - AltLd - 29/May/11 with katherinesydney

Orifice - Lead O/S - 24/May/11 with Nick Andrews

Nexonen - AltLd O/S - 23/May/11 with Alex

Lead 1st pitch.
gidmord - AltLd O/S - 23/May/11 with Lauren Davies

Lauren Davies - Lead O/S - 23/May/11 with Gideon Mordecai

AlexD - AltLd O/S - 23/May/11 with Andy

Lead the first pitch and seconded the next. Best done with double ropes for the second pitch to avoid drag on the traverse.
ElBarto - AltLd O/S - 13/May/11 with Joseph Toller

Lead second pitch
jo86 - AltLd - 13/May/11 with Neil Nand

Tricky...for me...
FrancescaFord - AltLd - 08/May/11 with MN

lead second pitch
Jordon Fleming - AltLd O/S - 04/May/11 with minexplorer

rpt first pitch jordan second pitch
minexplorer - AltLd - 04/May/11 with jordan

First Pitch- James Led Second Pitch- I Led
harryjan - AltLd O/S - 28/Apr/11 with James Powell

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/11

nopants - AltLd - 26/Apr/11 with Dave

P1
Dave Ing - AltLd O/S - 25/Apr/11 with Nick W

Hidden - Lead - 20/Apr/11

floss_81 - 2nd - 19/Apr/11 with john frost

Traverse across face on second pitch feels quite exposed - watch out for the loose hand hold! Nice climb. I thought the second pitch is high in the grade...
BelayBunney - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11 with Tamzin, Catherine

KittyG - 2nd - 16/Apr/11 with Tammy, Chris

Westcorkman - AltLd - 16/Apr/11 with Bob Dawson

nick hawkins - 2nd - 02/Apr/11 with Jez

As one pitch. Felt stiff at the top.
jezb1 - Lead - 02/Apr/11

little_tammy - 2nd O/S - Apr/11 with Catherine Guiavarch, Chris Bunney

Hidden - Solo rpt - 22/Mar/11

Gibbo - Lead O/S - 16/Mar/11 with Ollie Keynes

Jordon Fleming - AltLd rpt - 09/Mar/11 with minexplorer

Led p1. May have had some assistance from the rope at top of p2 due to tired arms...
Blisco - AltLd - 05/Mar/11 with Simon Waters

led the whole thing in one big pitch
Ed morris - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/11 with haydn

Wet! also, don't lead both pitches with one single rope, the rope drag is horrendous.....lesson learned.
Haydn Jones - 2nd O/S - 12/Feb/11 with ed morris

31770 - 2011

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

tobydunford - AltLd O/S - 28/Oct/10

dellboy - 2nd O/S - 05/Oct/10 with Dan Eastman

Filthy - Lead - 05/Oct/10 with Stafford Dyer, Dan Ryder, James Dell

Loose blocks on the second pitch. Requires different approach to the climbs on the main Dewerstone!
tsjx - Lead - 26/Sep/10

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead - 18/Sep/10

mikeburf - Lead rpt - 18/Sep/10 with Rosie

Rosie Hutchins - 18/Sep/10 with Michael Burford

Led the first pitch
jim.barritt - AltLd - 18/Sep/10 with Nicholas Donohue

erinbastian - Lead - 01/Sep/10 with Mark

Rock Lizard - Lead - Sep/10

five - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/10 with AV

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 11/Aug/10

Steve Woollard - 2nd - 30/May/10 with Kevin Colclough

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/May/10

JulesClimbs - AltLd - 04/May/10 with Paul

led 1st luke top.
minexplorer - AltLd - 08/Apr/10 with luke

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/10

pete 1st me 2nd pitch great end to the day
minexplorer - AltLd rpt - 21/Mar/10 with pete campion

grant first me 2nd pitch
minexplorer - AltLd - 16/Mar/10 with grant newcombe

Homes - Lead - 23/Jan/10 with Rob M, Sam A

mad matt - 2nd O/S - 2010

relik - Lead - 2010

A nice finish to the evening
Jack_F - Solo O/S - 2010 with Max hodges

tommoulds - AltLd O/S - 25/Oct/09 with Schramm

Lead first pitch, one nice interesting move. But best bits are in the second pitch.
mark schramm - AltLd - 25/Oct/09 with tom m

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Sep/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/Sep/09

Homes - 2nd - Sep/09 with Sam A

Caralynh - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/09 with Jez Hadall

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 29/Aug/09

urbanmonkey - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/09 with Frances

cat22 - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/09 with Mike

P2 was mine. Nice, funny.
El3ctroFuzz - AltLd O/S - 07/Aug/09 with Ian Luscombe

Lummy41 - AltLd - 07/Aug/09 with Tom Bunn

mikelaing - Lead - Aug/09 with Carolyn

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/09

DCIGadget - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/09 with Alex Hartley

Forgot how much of a gem this was. Traverse is brilliant for the grade :)
JonHarvey - Lead rpt - 19/Apr/09 with James Langridge

Superb climb! (Second pitch after ST)
graham knott - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/09 with Phil Webber

Second pitch only after Silken Thread
Phil79 - 2nd rpt - 18/Apr/09 with Graham

langar27 - 2nd O/S - 15/Apr/09 with jon harvey

Kirill - Lead rpt - 13/Apr/09 with Rob Truckle

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Mar/09

I haven't climbed this for a while, but it's as nice as I remember. A few small loose blocks as you traverse across under the buldge, be careful as they are right above the belayer!!
Phil79 - Lead rpt - 21/Feb/09 with Pedro

pedro.silva - 2nd O/S - 21/Feb/09 with Phil

Paragonthewise - Lead - 2009

Confident second with competent leader.
Rich Wain-Hobson - 2nd O/S - Nov/08 with Steve Price

jbulger - Lead - 19/Oct/08 with Beccy Greasley

existing debt - 18/Sep/08 with Iain a

Andrew pitch one me pitch two
Gareth - AltLd O/S - 22/Aug/08 with Andrew

Seth.J - AltLd O/S - Aug/08 with Alex Stone

2nd pitch
adamscottthomas - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/08 with Ellen Taylor

Hidden - Lead - 26/Jun/08

Brilliant second pitch
JonHarvey - AltLd rpt - 19/Jun/08 with Jay Jackson, Jayne Bulbeck

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 19/Jun/08

Popkids - Lead - 17/Jun/08 with Pete Saunders

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/May/08

Great second pitch. Really worthwhile climbing with a slightly airy top out.
Reeges - AltLd O/S - 05/May/08 with Nick Saunders

Excellent, not half as hard as it looks
SC - 2nd O/S - 03/May/08 with mike kann

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/08

RobSteere - 2nd O/S - 04/Apr/08 with John Axeworthy

Popkids - 2nd - 17/Feb/08 with Pete Saunders

Mickdenali - 2008 with Tony Rudal

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Dec/07

Matt Bennett - Lead O/S - Nov/07

gfoster - 2nd O/S - 14/Oct/07 with Tim Holloway

Big exposure and big holds, superb.
Zoomer - Lead - 24/Aug/07 with Julia Bloomer

Jules 210681 - 2nd - 24/Aug/07 with glenn bloomer

second pitch, better than any of central groove
davefount - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/07 with David Williamson

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/07

first climb at dewerstone
chalk monster - TR O/S - 19/Apr/07 with simon & richard

climber sim - 2007

ducle - Lead dnf - 05/Nov/06 with Alastair Haslewood

jw231 - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/06 with nblackbeard

nblackbeard - 2nd - 05/Nov/06 with James Whitlock

jo86 - Lead - 05/Nov/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/06

Great exposure for a route that starts in the trees
mart rich - AltLd O/S - 22/Sep/06 with Steve Moody, Steve Cox

quadmyre - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/06 with Wifey

dmoir - AltLd O/S - Sep/06 with James Sexton

Hidden - Lead - 18/Aug/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Aug/06

1st pitch:2nd, 2nd pitch:lead
Sarah Bough - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/06 with Oliver Mentz

Jon_Warner - 2nd - 28/Jul/06 with Mac

thoabb - 2nd O/S - 01/Jul/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead - Jun/06

Hidden - 2nd - Jun/06

Excellent route, worth **. Second pitch 4a.
Rog Wilko - AltLd - May/06 with Debbie Wilkinson

cem - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/06 with Kirill Spiridonov, James Gill

Kirill - 2nd - 30/Apr/06 with James Gill, Charles Moreton

Dave Searle - Lead - 30/Mar/06

leadmat - Lead - 2006

leadmat - 2006

Hidden - 2nd - 2006

CraigMac1 - 2006

cia05js - Lead O/S - 2006

jhawton - Lead - 2006

Hidden - Lead - 24/Sep/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/05

ChrisBrooke - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/04 with John Inkpen

sam coward - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/04 with Wayne

HS: 4b 50' - 4a 50' CUMC Summer Meet 2004
ducle - 2nd rpt - 01/Jun/04 with Mike Moss

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/Apr/04

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/04

timreynolds - AltLd - 15/Feb/04 with Martin Hoather

mike.moss - Lead O/S - 2004

James B - Lead - 03/May/03 with Nigel

JonHarvey - Lead O/S - 2003

Hidden - AltLd - 15/Sep/02

Samuel1989 - 2nd - 15/Sep/02 with Bob, Gareth

Hidden - AltLd - 31/Aug/02

darren1 - 11/Jul/02

Hidden - Lead - 08/May/02

Hidden - Lead - 2002

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/00

Hidden - 2000

andy_pemberton - Lead - 2000

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/98

Raggar - AltLd - 29/Apr/98 with Andy J

Hidden - Lead - 1998

Hidden - Lead - 15/Sep/96

Damp to start Dean
climbingrichard - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/96

iskra2000 - Lead - 06/Apr/96 with Paul Woodcock

timreynolds - AltLd - 25/Oct/95 with Al Dinham

Hidden - Solo - 16/Apr/95

brew_guru - 1995

timreynolds - AltLd - 16/Nov/94 with Lanni Vogel, Steve Taylor

climbingrichard - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/94

JiveWeasel - AltLd - 1994

colin milton - Lead - Aug/93 with eric milton

Loose rocks on 2nd pitch!
brew_guru - AltLd - 1993 with Pete Veron

jim_randell - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/92 with MS

Marti999 - Lead - 1992

Led pitch 1
Iain Thow - AltLd - 30/Sep/91 with Rob Ivens

Exposed 2nd pitch!
brew_guru - AltLd O/S - 1991 with Pete Veron

Hidden - 2nd - Jul/90

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Mar/90

sdht - 1990

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Oct/89

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Dec/87

Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 10/May/82 with Wendy Goodyer

Andy Fielding - 2nd - 1982

Hidden - Lead - 1982

Steve Woollard - Lead - 1980

mark-abz - Lead - 05/May/79 with Jerry C

Mike C - Lead - 04/Jun/78 with Richard Oxlade

Bolt Phobia - Solo - 03/Apr/76 with John Broadwell

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HS27 of 38
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easy 4c0 of 38
hard 4b6 of 38
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Style of ascent

Soloed5 of 270 (1.9%)
Lead106 of 270 (39.3%)
Followed54 of 270 (20.0%)
Toproped1 of 270 (0.4%)
Alt Leads88 of 270 (32.6%)
Unknown16 of 270 (5.9%)

'Climbed'119 of 270 (44.1%)
clean O/S129 of 270 (47.8%)
clean β1 of 270 (0.4%)
clean rpt19 of 270 (7.0%)
dnf2 of 270 (0.7%)