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Sinecure** E1 5b

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[John Croft on Sinecure E1 5b at Carreg y Barcud, North Pembroke, 2 kb]20m. The most popular route at Barcud, and with good reason. Start just left of the recess and climb leftwards up flakes to a break below the headwall. The thin cracks above lead to the top. © ROCKFAX
FA. G.Lewis, M.Harber 1985

Ticklists: Victim Of Mathematics' Ticklist of Extreme Justice, Trad climbs for sport climbers.

Photo: John Croft on Sinecure E1 5b at Carreg y Barcud, North Pembroke © Chris Fryer
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 301 logbooks, and on 45 wishlists.

Excellent - Felt pretty relaxed on this after seconding Andy on Billy Sprag
monsteratt - Lead O/S - 19/May/13 with Andy C

Lovely route. So much quality
Daniel Heath - Solo rpt - 06/May/13

Curly Rich - 2nd O/S - 05/May/13 with GMC Steve W

Really great climbing, continually interesting and intricate. Deserves Top 50 really
RFWilkie - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with James

was ill and this didn't feel hard
hutchay - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/13 with Tom

TommityP - 2nd - 29/Mar/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 01/Mar/13

lukerathmell - 2nd - 16/Feb/13

Hidden - TR O/S - 31/Dec/12

Tom Hutton - 2nd - 16/Oct/12 with dAN, Huw Gilbert

first e1, awesome climb. 1 rest.
Go_Climb_A_Rock - 2nd dog - 25/Aug/12

dprctr - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/12 with Robert Dufton

rd20 - 2nd O/S - 25/Aug/12 with David P

Jams Crwca - Lead rpt - 25/Aug/12 with Zoe

Excellent route, can't wait to lead this one.
mcglenr25 - 2nd O/S - 12/Aug/12 with Francis Charlesworth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/12

Aaron Lines - 2nd - 02/Aug/12 with jim, Dan

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jul/12

givemetea - 2nd rpt - 21/Jul/12 with Rachel Somerville

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

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/12

Anoetic - Lead β - 21/Jul/12

First E1 lead in 21 years!
AndrewP - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/12 with Paul Griffiths

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

Rob Hirst - TR rpt - 04/Jul/12

pembrokeshirecaver - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/12 with Edmund Morris

will moy - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/12 with sophie

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/12

mikeyg - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Phil Pavey

Dibdawg - 2nd rpt - 04/Jun/12 with Will Twiggers

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Jun/12

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Louise Cowie

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Jun/12

davesimpson - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/12 with tadas the badass

Hidden - 2nd - 27/May/12

Pete Rigby - Lead O/S - 27/May/12 with Kelli Roberts

kelliroberts3 - 2nd - 27/May/12

jossjones - Lead O/S - 23/May/12

simonf - Lead rpt - 12/May/12 with Simon

Much better on lead than second. Very steady, great climbing and bomber gear.
Twisty - Lead rpt - 05/May/12 with Byron Buck

vanderz - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/12 with patrick dawson

steven - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/12 with jay, clay

Clay C - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Steve S, Jay

Becky E - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Matt Fennelow

max_chan - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Becky PCC

Jay C - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Steve S, Clay C

funsized - 2nd O/S - Apr/12

esther - Lead - Apr/12

Looks thin from the top but you get on it and it has everything you want. A little run out for the first 5m but then tons of good gear and lovely moves.
stvredmond - Lead - 13/Mar/12 with Helen Norris

adie84 - 2012

Hidden - 2012

alasdair19 - 2012

Rob_Webster - 2012

Nice route, very steady, had an interesting situation with the tide, JT got very wet!
vertigo714 - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/11 with James Taylor, Mike Wilson

d_meacher - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Paul Davis

AlexD - 2nd - 30/Sep/11 with Sophie

Sophie Nunn - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/11 with Alex

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/11

torsok - 2nd O/S - 31/Aug/11 with Ali

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - 27/Aug/11

m.thomas15 - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/11 with jess patel

Brilliant
Rob84 - 2nd O/S - 24/Aug/11 with Jess P, Mike Thomas

gaz.marshall - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/11 with Viv

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

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

Jess patel - 2nd - Aug/11

thomasadixon - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/11 with Mike

Brilliant little route! Pretty steady with good holds most of the way! Pretty much all I could manage after probably the hardest and best week of climbing I have ever had!
Duncan Campbell - UKC - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/11 with Dave Morse

Ollie B - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/11 with N. Weston

Found the lower section to be a bit bold but the climbing is easy. Great climb.
felixthelion - Lead O/S - 20/Jul/11 with anthony puddy

Hidden - 20/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/11

Having messed up my ropework and untied with one of the ropes. Awesome route - easy for 5b and questionable whether it's E1.
James Oswald - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/11 with Jon Stewart

Glyn - 2nd O/S - 29/Jun/11 with Luke, Barni

Luke Brooks - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/11 with Glyn Hudson, Barni

benchwarmer - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/11 with Konrad

leon - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/11 with Amanda Skeldon

alj - 2nd O/S - 28/Jun/11 with leon skeldon

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/11

very nice, delicate and technical but good protection
pebbles - 2nd - 01/Jun/11 with guido

Hidden - 2nd - 31/May/11

Byronius Maximus - 2nd rpt - 01/May/11 with Darren McMaster

Really fun with sustained interest
Daniel Heath - 2nd O/S - 01/May/11

Aid@n - Lead O/S - 01/May/11

Really nice.
shed_hed - Lead O/S - 01/May/11 with Jake Harrison

Danstephens - Lead O/S - 01/May/11 with Dan Geogoehan

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/11

jtree03 - Lead - 30/Apr/11 with dazza

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Apr/11

Lovely steady wall with ample gear and just one tricky move once the easy bold start has been dealt with.
jkarran - Lead - 29/Apr/11 with Aly

belay bunny turned bad - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/11 with loundsy

loundsy - 2nd rpt - 17/Apr/11

tobydunford - 2nd β - 11/Apr/11 with Harry Martin

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/11

First E1 Lead, gear is pretty good but very small.
Matt Smith - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/11 with Stephen Jennings

Hidden - TR dnf - 24/Mar/11

Hidden - TR O/S - 24/Mar/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Mar/11

My first E1 Lead!
Jo Davison - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/11 with John Tanner

John Tanner - 2nd O/S - 20/Feb/11 with Jo Davison

dswansonlow - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/11 with sarp

Rory Shaw - 2011

dj hannaford - TR O/S - 2011

cheesey959 - TR - 2011

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

adie84 - 2011

mwatson - 2011

Ali - Lead O/S - 2011 with Rich M

jcurley - 2nd O/S - 20/Oct/10 with Mike Buddle

themadbrown - 2nd O/S - 29/Sep/10 with james

Jams Crwca - Lead rpt - 29/Sep/10 with themadbrown

Fantastic climb. Tried it on lead but had to Ab down from half way after i had 'a moment'. completed it on TR
Rob Hirst - TR β - 17/Sep/10 with Michelle Hordern

climbingchica - TR - 17/Sep/10

richardr - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead β - 07/Sep/10

sam820 - 2nd - 07/Sep/10 with Angry Chris

muttley_109 - 2nd O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Gary Lewis

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead - 30/Aug/10

Pippa - 2nd - 30/Aug/10 with Jon

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/10

cem - 2nd rpt - 28/Aug/10 with Paul Bolton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/Aug/10

cat22 - 2nd O/S - 23/Aug/10 with Mike

Bloody awesome climbing and i thought the gear was good also :)
TM_Horton - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/10 with ed

ojp - 2nd O/S - 16/Aug/10 with Si

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/10

Steady and quite involving. Really nice route.
Dave Foster - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/10 with Andy

Really good route, 3 stars.
Adam Moroz - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/10 with john (Krank)

Jim Gaffney - TR O/S - 12/Aug/10 with Jonny Taylor

Didn't want to lead as gear looked questionable. Turned out it would have been fine. Damn.
jonny taylor - TR O/S - 12/Aug/10

Speeddemonsi - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/10

Andrew Barker - 2nd O/S - 11/Aug/10 with Cat Black

Found some of the gear quite awkward to place.
catblack - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/10 with Andy Barker

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

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

RobRock84 - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/10 with Steve Quinton

soph - Lead O/S - Aug/10 with Dan McManus

Nice moves..soft for the grade.
Jim Slater - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/10 with Will Jones

This is a truly magnificent climb of shudderingly top quality E1 fare. Why not 3 stars Rockfax? Went back to Barcud for the last route of a coastal ticking trek from Porth Clais, as we missed this one the day before (don't ask!).
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead - 23/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead - 23/Jul/10

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Jul/10

Good pro all the way
Jams Crwca - Lead rpt - 21/Jul/10 with Pat

Brilliant! the rock is fantastic so your feet seemingly stick to anything!
Tomprusk - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/10 with Dad

3rd E1 of the day, was a bit scared throughout and very hesitant to do the move at the top. Can't wait to repeat this.
Jams Crwca - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/10 with Ed morris

JPGR - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10

ian d f - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/10 with Mark

markfromstoke - 2nd - 25/Jun/10 with Ian

Gareth Clendinning (UBMC) - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/10 with James Kay

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/10

Paul Bowen - Lead rpt - 05/Jun/10 with Nicola Brankley, rob jenkins

Great lead by Carol, her first E1 and my highest graded second to date. Fine climbing all the way.
Richard Gilbert - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Carol McTavish

Hidden - Lead - 05/Jun/10

Dibdawg - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/10 with Dominic Turner

Jessie Rushbrooke - Lead O/S - 18/May/10 with GF

spacey - 2nd - 15/May/10 with paul evans

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/May/10

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 07/May/10

02jmmoran - 03/May/10

02jmmoran - 2nd - 03/May/10

hardoreVdiffBen - Lead O/S - 02/May/10

Hidden - Solo rpt - 02/May/10

Great climbing, felt low in the grade.
Byronius Maximus - Lead O/S - 02/May/10 with Jazz Lucas, Alex Twist

Twisty - 2nd O/S - 02/May/10 with Byron Buck

Hidden - Lead - May/10

RedFox - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/10 with Tom K

fantastic rock. good gear throughout
Jacob k-d - Lead β - 13/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/Mar/10

climbingpixie - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/10 with Andy Hobson

John Tanner - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/10 with Tom Maidwell

Ceridwen - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/10 with Matt

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

incoming tide... atmostpheric
benkelsey - 2nd O/S - 15/Oct/09 with Remus Knowles

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Sep/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/09

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

Worlds fastest drying route? Started it running with water but it was dry by the time I got half way!
Kafoozalem - 2nd O/S - 24/Aug/09 with Sue Hazel

bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/09 with Clare

belay bunny turned bad - Lead rpt - 02/Aug/09 with loundsy

loundsy - 2nd rpt - 02/Aug/09 with bex

Hidden - Lead - Aug/09

Ronans first E1 and at highish tide. did very well after two days of learning to trad climb. great effort.
Ed morris - 2nd - 20/Jul/09 with Ronan Kemp

Lauren Davies - 2nd O/S - 04/Jul/09 with Crazy Tom

liaml89 - 2nd O/S - 24/Jun/09 with Callum Coldwell-Storry

dodfoster - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/09 with tom pearson

mark89 - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/09

mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/09 with Johnny Richard

Joris.Roulleau - 2nd O/S - 07/Jun/09 with Mike McKenna

Becky E - 2nd O/S - 07/Jun/09 with Phil Lee

Hidden - Lead - Jun/09

Hidden - Lead - 25/May/09

superb, well protected. A bit easy for E1?
brockers - Lead O/S - 25/May/09 with Guido

givemetea - Lead O/S - 24/May/09 with Gary Wong

garywong - 2nd O/S - 24/May/09 with Roslyn McKendry

Hidden - 24/May/09

Shauna - 2nd O/S - 23/May/09 with Jules

scorpia97 - Lead rpt - 12/Apr/09 with Paul

3rd time. Still a great route. Lovely moves. Nice rests. No pump this time.
Swotson - Lead β - 12/Apr/09 with Ian Athroll

Mark Salter - 2nd - 22/Mar/09 with Chris Shorrock

loads more fun than when i secounded it last year and lots of gear all the way up!
Ed morris - Lead rpt - 21/Mar/09 with stefan

nutallovertheface - Lead O/S - Mar/09 with Fingers

I started up, began to feel uncomfortable at the lack of protection, and downclimbed, leaving Simon to lead it.
Caspar - 2nd - 18/Feb/09 with scorpia97

scorpia97 - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/09 with Caspian

Aaron Lines - Lead - 2009

andy_pemberton - Lead - 2009 with Richard Woods, Katharine Pemberton

feilx - Solo rpt - 01/Nov/08 with Floris

Chris the Tall - 2nd rpt - 27/Sep/08 with Dom Ske

eagleopus - 2nd O/S - 27/Sep/08 with Martin Skinner

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

madmats - 2nd O/S - 25/Sep/08 with oli

Tim Steward - 2nd O/S - 25/Sep/08 with Crispin

jonnybull - Lead O/S - Aug/08 with Alban

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/08 with anna barnes

chris sm - Lead rpt - 20/Jul/08 with Pippa Froggatt

First time this year, tons of gear, not run out at any point.
loundsy - Lead rpt - 13/Jul/08 with bex

dave657 - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/08 with Tim

Tim W - 2nd O/S - 12/Jul/08 with Dave Ripley

Bern - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/08

BenJacobs - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/08 with Nick

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead rpt - 10/Jun/08

Ed morris - 2nd O/S - 14/May/08 with carwen

Wow, fantastic route!
imlycett - TR O/S - 05/May/08 with Steve Venton

Excellent wall climbing on perfect holds, surely a 3 star route? Not sure where the run outs are - there are perfect wire slots the whole way up...
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 04/May/08 with Sam

Superb climb with adequate protection.must lead one day.
jamie ward - 2nd O/S - 02/May/08 with Chris Comrie

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Mar/08

dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/08 with Dave Moir

A great route!Gear is good but a little sparse in the mid section.Bring friends for the break!
TheNorthernOne - Lead β - 26/Jan/08 with Nick Taylor

Hidden - 2008

Stone Muppet - 2008

Ben1983 - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/07

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with Ben Hanson, Ben Freeman

Lovely route. Second time I've done it and will do it again on next visit to Pembroke!
Swotson - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/07 with Ian Athroll

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/07

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Apr/07

david morse - Lead - 06/Apr/07 with jon denniss

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Apr/07

benjhans - 2nd O/S - 05/Apr/07 with Ben Freeman, Graeme Hammond

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/07

RichS-Bristol - Lead O/S - 2007

Hidden - Lead - 2007

janegallwey - Lead - 2007

Owen W-G - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/06 with Si

Nice climb in a great location, but a necky lead, as no gear for quite a way in the mid section.
clipskipper - 2nd O/S - 18/Jul/06 with Davey Boy

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/06

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 27/Jun/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/06

Mike H - Lead - 30/May/06 with Jamie Smith

Marq - 2nd O/S - 28/May/06 with Daniel Dennehy

ewen - 2nd O/S - 16/May/06 with the kettle

not as hard as it could have been 3 pieces of gear
beanfingers - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/06 with jeremie

jim robertson - 2006

John Kettle - 2006

feilx - 2006

barni - Lead O/S - 2006 with james hayward

Slightly damp, incoming tide, nervous second
Chris the Tall - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/05 with India

cem - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/05 with James Gill

Andy Barwell - 2nd - Jun/05 with Mandy Tee

Bella - Lead O/S - 14/May/05 with Michael

chris wyatt - Lead O/S - 2005 with gwyn evans

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Aug/04

al99 - Lead O/S - Aug/04 with Alex Wainwright

goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/02 with Roy Thomas

phardman - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/02 with Teresa

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/02

Rock Fairy - 2nd - Sep/01 with david

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Jul/01

loundsy - 2001

orb - Lead O/S - Oct/00 with ?

belay bunny turned bad - 2000

chris sm - 2nd O/S - 20/Jun/99 with Dom Goodridge

alex_th - 2nd - 02/May/99 with Stephen Lumb

dickypips - Lead O/S - 1999

Carl Smethurst - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/98 with Ian Pickles

Hidden - May/98

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - Apr/98 with Hugh

Ched - Lead O/S - 1997 with Glanfor

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 1997 with Karen Ghiselli

Budge - Lead O/S - Aug/96 with Brian Ottewell

RichardMc - Lead - Aug/96 with Steve Gould

Hidden - Lead - 12/Jun/96

michael burrows - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/96 with richard parry

Tom V - 2nd - 15/Apr/93 with Glenn Watson

neilh - Lead - 09/Oct/91 with sara hyde

AlanLittle - Lead - 20/Mar/90

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1990

Andy Say - Lead O/S - 31/May/89

Mike Owen - 31/Aug/88 with Elaine Owen

bullybones - 1988

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1985 with Emily

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Voting
Total votes cast 230
hard E20 of 78
E20 of 78
easy E21 of 78
hard E10 of 78
E132 of 78
easy E135 of 78
hard HVS10 of 78
HVS0 of 78
easy HVS0 of 78
hard 5c0 of 77
5c0 of 77
easy 5c0 of 77
hard 5b1 of 77
5b40 of 77
easy 5b26 of 77
hard 5a10 of 77
5a0 of 77
easy 5a0 of 77
3 Stars37 of 75
2 Stars36 of 75
1 Star2 of 75
0 Stars0 of 75
Bag of .....0 of 75
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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 301 (1.0%)
Lead168 of 301 (55.8%)
Followed98 of 301 (32.6%)
Toproped11 of 301 (3.7%)
Alt Leads1 of 301 (0.3%)
Unknown20 of 301 (6.6%)

'Climbed'76 of 301 (25.2%)
clean O/S190 of 301 (63.1%)
clean β7 of 301 (2.3%)
clean rpt26 of 301 (8.6%)
dogged1 of 301 (0.3%)
dnf1 of 301 (0.3%)