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Rimsky Korsakov*** E5 6a

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[Here or watching England get trounced........., 2 kb]25m. The excellent route up the centre of the wall on perfectly adequate gear. Start at the base of a very slight groove, move up to a leftward diagonal crack and follow this back to big holds and the aformentioned groove. Climb direct on satisfyingly large holds to a short, wide crack and scamper out left into a large steepening groove. Finish up this. french 6c.
johnny dawes

Ticklists: Top Five Pass E4's, Great Wall Climbs of the UK, North Wales Rock Graded List, Trad climbs for sport climbers.

Photo: Here or watching England get trounced......... © Rich Kirby
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This climb is in 50 logbooks, and on 7 wishlists.

2nd go ground up
steve_yo - Lead - 09/Jun/13 with sam ring

LRob - Lead O/S - 2013

centurion05 - 2013

1 fall. Gutted. Great route though, top of the grade E4.
conorcussell - Lead - 28/May/12

Ewan Russell - 2nd O/S - 28/May/12 with Connor

Crux was greasy, rested on cam. Cracking route.
Owain Llewelyn - Lead - 04/Aug/11 with Andy, Gareth E

top crack was wet, got the cam in then couldn't finish without coming off. nice route, could've done with a warm up before though.
centurion05 - Lead dog - Aug/11

Luke Brooks - 2nd - 06/Jun/11 with Liam

offroute - 06/Jun/11 with luke brooks

Steve Crowe - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/11 with KM

Ed Booth - Lead O/S - 04/May/11 with Ben Alsford

phil64 - Lead rpt - 02/May/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

phil64 - 2011

barni - 2nd O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Toni st

Rest on gear at half height.
HamishD - Lead - 04/Sep/10 with Wil Treasure

Wil Treasure - 2nd - 04/Sep/10 with hamdunn

ewen - 2nd - 22/Jun/10 with neil stabbs

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 20/Jun/10

nige - Lead - 20/Jun/10 with ash

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/10 with nick bullock

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/10

phil64 - Lead - Jun/10 with tim hunter

slightly bold off the ground but fine. bit run out to gain final crack but youre above good gear. generally, thought gear was a bit spaced but good. brilliant sport-style trad that just beats What a Difference... for quality, pumpy. E4 6a or Fr 6b+/c
ksjs - Lead O/S - 24/May/10 with pete

Very much enjoyed, pretty pumpy but not excessively so. Guidebook said it was a bit runout but didnt seem to be too bad
Mike Goldthorp - Lead O/S - 22/May/10 with George Ulrich

First trad route for a while. ended up down climbing to the deck from the last 2/3 moves because i missed the big cam. E4 5c except the first move, but top end. All jugs. 6c.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/10 with Sam Hamer

Luke Brooks - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

Did all the hard climbing then slipped on the easy groove to fall headfirst back onto the face - whoops!(E4).
gregoritos - Lead - 09/Aug/09 with james

Pumped out out at crux, hesitated, disappointing. 1 rest.
Stig - 2nd dog - 08/Aug/09 with Greg

Toby Dunn - Lead - 23/Jun/09 with Andy Reeve

Hidden - Lead dnf - 16/Jun/09

Hidden - Lead - Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd dog - May/09

Boy - Apr/09 with Nige Kershaw

Obi-Wan is lost... - 2nd - 2008

Belier - Lead O/S - 10/Sep/07 with reeve

IOAN D - Lead O/S - 28/May/07 with Mills

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Lead rpt - 25/Jun/05 with Ed Brown

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/02

sadams - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/98 with Andy Bowie

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/97

whispering nic - Lead O/S - Apr/96 with April

E4 5c. Great climbing.
switch - Lead O/S - 1996

innes - Lead O/S - 1996 with Craig

Cowflinger - Lead O/S - Jun/95

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/94

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/88

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Voting
Total votes cast 40
hard E60 of 15
E60 of 15
easy E60 of 15
hard E50 of 15
E52 of 15
easy E56 of 15
hard E47 of 15
E40 of 15
easy E40 of 15
hard 6b0 of 14
6b0 of 14
easy 6b0 of 14
hard 6a0 of 14
6a6 of 14
easy 6a8 of 14
hard 5c0 of 14
5c0 of 14
easy 5c0 of 14
3 Stars10 of 11
2 Stars0 of 11
1 Star1 of 11
0 Stars0 of 11
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Style of ascent

Lead34 of 50 (68.0%)
Followed10 of 50 (20.0%)
Unknown6 of 50 (12.0%)

'Climbed'19 of 50 (38.0%)
clean O/S24 of 50 (48.0%)
clean rpt3 of 50 (6.0%)
dogged3 of 50 (6.0%)
dnf1 of 50 (2.0%)