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Frensis* VS 5a

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[frensis, 2 kb]10m. Power up the paired jamming cracks to their termination then shuffle right and finish with a taxing mantelshelf. © ROCKFAX
Allan Austin, Doug Verity. 1956

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 104 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 12/May/13

Hidden - Lead - 12/May/13

lithos - Lead - 14/Oct/12 with paul d

TRFrost - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/12 with W. Hooke

papashango - Lead - 11/Sep/12 with Craig

al jackson - 2nd - Aug/12

Nickster - 2nd O/S - 17/Jun/12 with alan Purgues

Hidden - Lead - 11/Jun/12

Got really pumped on the lead so Ben took over
lcullum7 - 2nd β - 20/May/12 with Ben Barnard

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/May/12

David Bulley - 2nd O/S - 05/May/12 with Nathan Gibson

Sam Marks - Lead O/S - 17/Mar/12 with Matt Capsey

Matthew Robinson - Lead - 08/Mar/12 with simon, Dan

Ed carrigan - Lead - 2012

Hidden - 2012

RossKirtley - Lead O/S - 17/Nov/11

jonny5 - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Richard Harrison

Tenko - 01/Oct/11 with Jon Rogerson

mikecollins - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/11 with craigruddock

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/May/11

nick ferro - 21/May/11

tomthecoolperson - Lead O/S - 15/May/11 with Ben 250

ben_250 - 2nd O/S - 15/May/11 with Tom

munch88 - 2nd β - 07/Apr/11 with ben

andysroom - 2nd - Mar/11 with Dave Gent

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 2011

cube359 - 2nd - 2011

Steff007 - 2nd O/S - 2011 with Rob

rockrat - Lead O/S - 20/Oct/10 with Lucy Reed, Heather Ingram

oliwarlow - Lead - 17/Oct/10 with James H

cunningly persuaded dave to lead this
pebbles - 2nd - 26/Sep/10 with ian, dave shield

NorthernRock - 2nd - 26/Sep/10 with Rob Stone, Peri

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/10

..after finding direct wet and slimey
Chriswallis2 - Lead rpt - 18/Jul/10 with Anna

Thought about the direct, but far too pumped (boxed!). Traverse off right is worrying.
B-bop - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with Jake

mikecollins - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/10 with cliff lowther

jonny taylor - Lead dog - 09/Apr/10 with Andy B

Would be HVS in the peak.
Owen W-G - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/10 with Gav

Andy Graham - Lead O/S - 2010

Easier to solo onsight than to second! (Although the top-out was a little more interesting...)
PeteH - Solo O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Naomi Hart

NaomiHart - Lead O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Peter Hart

tip top climbing
80s pete - Solo β - 11/Oct/09

pebbles - 2nd - 24/Aug/09 with dave shield

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/09

Daniel Sutherland - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/09 with Mal

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

John Pickles - 2nd - 10/May/09 with Zac Poulton

Extremely pumpy!
shouter - Lead - 03/May/09

IBR Paul - 2nd - 09/Apr/09 with Jim

padski - 2009

scared as fook on the traverse, but it was brill!
gilldando - 2nd - 12/Jul/08 with Mike

Attempted direct but couldnt do the very last move had to down climb....didnt rest on the rope.
JWB - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/08 with Ian Stokes

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Jun/08

PaulHermes - 2nd - 15/Jun/08 with Rich

after a failed attempt on the direct.
IanJackson - Lead O/S - 29/May/08 with Robeverybody

HamishD - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/08 with sergei

chiverstom - Lead dog - 09/Feb/08 with James Baker

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 19/Jan/08 with Gareth C

nice traverse at the top
mikekeswick - Lead dog - 25/Nov/07 with leif

cube359 - 2nd - Nov/07 with Alan

Hidden - Lead - 14/Oct/07

Another tough VS but is was raining!
Chad123 - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/07 with Rik

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/07

Whitt - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/07 with Ed

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Feb/07

northernneil - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - Nov/06

jonnyboy - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/06 with Sharon R

Mattyk - Lead O/S - 10/May/06

King Rat - Lead dog - 2006 with A

tomhull - 2006

Northen Vince - Lead dog - 17/Dec/05 with Zoe

Hidden - Lead β - 25/Jul/05

Hidden - Lead - 21/May/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/05

Nick Beckett - Lead - 2005

Brown - Lead - 21/Sep/04

FrankW - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/04 with Joe

sdht - 2004

My first (unsuccessful) introduction to Yorkshire VS
SteveM - Lead dnf - 28/Mar/03 with Bekhs

Stone Muppet - 2003

Hidden - 2nd - Apr/02

Hidden - Lead - 20/Jul/01

Whealiebob - 2000 with Robin

Hidden - Lead dog - 2000

Hidden - Lead dog - 2000

Hidden - Lead - 2000

peterp - Solo O/S - Jun/99 with just me

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jun/98

John Southworth - Solo O/S - 25/Aug/97

Tenko - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/96 with Dick Lockie

John Brayshaw - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/94 with Richard Spryut

adam carless - Lead - 1994 with Someone from YUMC

Hidden - Solo O/S - 15/Aug/92

kato'sdad - Lead - 11/Aug/91 with Jerry Mattinson

craig h - Lead - 28/Aug/90

Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Aug/90

Marti999 - Lead - 1990

lithos - Lead O/S - 1988 with all sorts

Hidden - Lead - 12/May/79

RichardMc - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/76 with Don Hammond

Dave Musgrove - Lead - 15/May/71

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1971

Dave Musgrove - Lead - Jun/67 with Bob Knapton

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Psycoates, andybuckley, topsafari, betamonkey, Hidden

Voting
Total votes cast 24
hard HVS0 of 9
HVS0 of 9
easy HVS0 of 9
hard VS6 of 9
VS3 of 9
easy VS0 of 9
hard HS0 of 9
HS0 of 9
easy HS0 of 9
hard 5b0 of 7
5b0 of 7
easy 5b0 of 7
hard 5a1 of 7
5a6 of 7
easy 5a0 of 7
hard 4c0 of 7
4c0 of 7
easy 4c0 of 7
3 Stars0 of 8
2 Stars7 of 8
1 Star1 of 8
0 Stars0 of 8
Bag of .....0 of 8
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Style of ascent

Soloed6 of 104 (5.8%)
Lead66 of 104 (63.5%)
Followed23 of 104 (22.1%)
Unknown9 of 104 (8.7%)

'Climbed'45 of 104 (43.3%)
clean O/S45 of 104 (43.3%)
clean β4 of 104 (3.8%)
clean rpt1 of 104 (1.0%)
dogged7 of 104 (6.7%)
dnf2 of 104 (1.9%)