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[Pembroke sandstone, 2 kb]18m. A good route. Thin cracks lead to the break, then trend left. © ROCKFAX
FA. H.Griffiths, M.Harber, G.Lewis 1985

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Photo: Pembroke sandstone © Mark Salter
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This climb is in 115 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Felt soft to me' but gear not great near top
freemanTom (Guildford MC) - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Stuart gmc, Asbo

easier than azimuth
iksander - 2nd - 04/May/13 with freemanTom (Guildford MC)

Got wet while belaying. Rachel threw nuts at the sea.
Olli-C - 2nd O/S - 03/May/13 with Rachel Slater

r fizzle - Lead O/S - 03/May/13 with Olli Crudge

givemetea - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/12 with Rachel Somerville

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Jul/12

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

AndrewP - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/12 with Paul Griffiths

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

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Jun/12

theotherpetehill - 2nd O/S - 26/May/12 with Caroline Culwick

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/May/12

simonf - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with Simon

Hardcore Pat - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/12 with Chris Vanderz

Got scared moving left.
hutchay - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Fliss

Easy moves, pants gear, fun times!
andrew sandercock - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Mark A

markalmack - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with scotish andy

Ceridwen - 2nd O/S - 30/Sep/11 with Dan Barbour, Andy Mosienko

Lots of gear in the first half, not so much in the second half and a bit fiddly to place. Good fun, nice moves trending left.
felixthelion - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/11 with anthony puddy

Hjort - 2nd O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Sophie Wilmes

sonnenstern - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Toby Vye

jtree03 - Lead - 30/Apr/11 with dazza

belay bunny turned bad - 2nd rpt - 17/Apr/11 with loundsy

loundsy - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/11

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/11 with Harry Martin

Tom Greenwood - Lead O/S - 19/Mar/11 with Chris Simpson

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

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

Rory Shaw - 2011

3kidsandamortgage - 2nd - 26/Sep/10 with Pete Templar

Whooping finish!
teflonpete - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/10 with Barry

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Aug/10

cem - Lead rpt - 28/Aug/10 with Paul Bolton

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

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

david morse - 2nd O/S - 26/Aug/10 with siobhan

Hidden - Lead - 26/Aug/10

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

Jim Gaffney - 2nd O/S - 12/Aug/10 with Jonny Taylor

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/10

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

Moves above the break required some balls after placing plenty of ok gear.
jonny taylor - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/10 with Jim Gaffney

Jim Slater - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/10 with Will Jones

Hardest of the E1's I did today. Sustained and hard-won gear of marginal quality on left trending upper half
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/10

another awesome barcud line GOD that place is awesome !
TM_Horton - 2nd O/S - 30/Jun/10 with ed

Jams Crwca - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/10 with Ed morris

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

Hidden - Lead rpt - 07/May/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/10

djking1983 - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/10 with Andy Smith

RobRock84 - Lead rpt - 03/Jan/10 with Steve Quinton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

RobRock84 - TR rpt - 29/Sep/09

loundsy - Lead rpt - 17/Sep/09

belay bunny turned bad - 2nd rpt - 17/Sep/09 with loundsy

bullybones - Lead - Aug/09

copious gear, nothing to desperate. nice.
Ed morris - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Ronan Kemp

Great route. Lovely start, gets bold near the top. Wonderful
brockers - 2nd O/S - 25/May/09 with Guido

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

broc - 2nd O/S - 24/May/09 with Luke

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/May/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/May/09

Hidden - 24/May/09

Straightforward up to the traverse line. Then very, very thin and not much good gear. Ian thought it was 5c move.
Swotson - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Ian Athroll

Brown - Solo O/S - 10/Apr/09 with Solo

RobRock84 - 2nd O/S - 22/Mar/09 with Steve Quinton

d_meacher - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/09 with Owen Tweedy

tweedcore - 2nd O/S - 20/Feb/09 with Duncan Meacher

scorpia97 - Lead O/S - 15/Feb/09 with Paul

Aaron Lines - Lead - 2009

eagleopus - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/08 with Martin Skinner

Hidden - Lead dog - 13/Sep/08

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

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

tobydunford - TR O/S - 17/Jul/08 with Harry Martin

Felt exposed near top, lack of handholds.
imlycett - TR O/S - 05/May/08 with Steve Venton

MikeT - 2nd O/S - May/08 with AW

sonnenstern - 2nd O/S - 16/Apr/08 with James Marjot

Ben Harper - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/08 with Steven Mayor

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 12/Nov/07

Found the bottom half fairly easy, so ended up go straight on when I should have jinked left
Chris the Tall - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/07 with Dave J

Belier - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/07 with reeve

Dan 85 - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with Luke

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

zcapxa5 - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/07 with Adam Young

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/07

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Apr/07

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

janegallwey - Lead - 2007

crag_monster - Lead - Aug/06

Hidden - 27/Jun/06

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

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

Boy - 2006

irish paul - Lead O/S - Sep/05 with Ed

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/05

cem - 2nd O/S - 30/Jul/05 with David T

ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - Jun/05

alex_th - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/04 with Tim Riley, Will Frost

chris wyatt - Lead - 2004 with gwyn evans

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/01 with Viv

loundsy - 2001

belay bunny turned bad - 2000

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

Hidden - Lead - 24/May/98

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

RichardMc - Lead - Aug/96 with Steve Gould

Hidden - Lead - 12/Jun/96

Andy Say - Lead O/S - 31/May/93

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1991

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1990

eroica64 - Lead - 29/May/88 with Denis Crampton

Chris Craggs - 1980

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Voting
Total votes cast 34
hard E20 of 11
E20 of 11
easy E20 of 11
hard E12 of 11
E19 of 11
easy E10 of 11
hard HVS0 of 11
HVS0 of 11
easy HVS0 of 11
hard 5c0 of 11
5c0 of 11
easy 5c0 of 11
hard 5b0 of 11
5b10 of 11
easy 5b1 of 11
hard 5a0 of 11
5a0 of 11
easy 5a0 of 11
3 Stars1 of 12
2 Stars8 of 12
1 Star3 of 12
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 115 (0.9%)
Lead68 of 115 (59.1%)
Followed36 of 115 (31.3%)
Toproped3 of 115 (2.6%)
Unknown7 of 115 (6.1%)

'Climbed'25 of 115 (21.7%)
clean O/S79 of 115 (68.7%)
clean rpt10 of 115 (8.7%)
dogged1 of 115 (0.9%)