UKC Logbook - 'The Groove'

Martin Bennett - Apr/13

Quite a serious outing. Wet and slimy at the bottom. Chossy and unprotected at the top. Not awesome.
Longsufferingropeholder - AltLd - 08/Sep/12

Led P1, P3 & P5. Climbing was great but tough going. P1 was a right bastard with a scary chossy top out, would def give it 5b.
Jim Slater - AltLd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Graeme Hammond

Top afternoon (given the late start!). Led P2, P4 & 6. Hard damp first pitch seemed solid 5b and understandably took quite a while to complete but good gear. P2 was excellent hard bridging though a bit damp in the crack itself in a couple of places but easy to avoid and solid gear. P3 has enough gear and some good moves. P4 is excellent and the jugs just keep coming :) P5 is easy & good though quite bold. P6 is easy but very bold, bit loose and vegetated in places but nothing you wouldn't expect on the upper part of a mountain crag. Thought overall pitches were 5b, 5b, 5a, 5a, 4b, 4b
Graeme Hammond - AltLd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Jim

Stunning day, only one wet hold on the route. Would grade the pitches 5b - 5a - 5b - 5a - 4b - 4b. Went down slightly off 2nd belay then diagonally up to 3rd belay - hard and lichenous, so might have been off route. 1st pitch full on 5b.
philhilo - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with Helen E

Luke Brooks - AltLd - 29/Mar/12 with Konrad Doyle

Hidden - 2012

Captain Gear - 2012

Stewart Armstrong - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

great route, real mountain feel to it. Second pitch is 5b, third has no gear and the fourth is excellent. recommended.
centurion05 - AltLd O/S - 19/Apr/11 with chris thorne

Hidden - 2011

Glenn Sutcliffe - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Roger Cruse - AltLd dog - 26/Jun/10 with Kris

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/May/10

5b (in guide). Cracks where wet/green so had to climb without them, made the harder pitches alot harder. Lots of loose holds. Good though
Matt Bennett - AltLd O/S - 23/May/10 with Mr Lopez, Stuart Honick

Ken Taylor - 2010

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Aug/07

Rich Mayfield - AltLd - 02/Aug/07 with Mark Stevenson

Near took a bad fall on the second pitch back to the belay ledge. Groove was wet and muddy, excavation for wire placements required!
sebrider - AltLd - Jun/07 with Roby Rudolf

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Jul/06

Bailed after the first pitch as Rich didn't have the beans! An early outing!
Smelly Fox - Lead dnf - Oct/03 with Thick Rich

Gus - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/03

Coel Hellier - AltLd - 2003

zero six - Lead O/S - 2000

phardman - Lead - 04/Aug/96 with Jon Bibby

rob.grafton - AltLd dnf - 13/Aug/95 with Bruce

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/95

Ched - Lead O/S - 1995 with Glanfor

Hidden - 1995

Dave Rumney - AltLd - 15/Jun/94

rob.grafton - AltLd - 28/Jun/92 with Bruce

Bob - AltLd O/S - Jun/91 with G. Westruppe

done in drought conditions. I got best pitches. I had watched the first ascent party clean the route many years before
David Smith - AltLd - Aug/89 with John Robinson

mark-abz - AltLd - 19/Jun/88 with Jerry C

Hidden - AltLd - 04/Jul/87

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1986 with Emily, Steve, Shaun etc

Excellent! I led p2&4
Pete Nugent - AltLd - 28/Apr/84 with Simon Harry

babymoac - AltLd - 25/Jul/80 with MTW

Hidden - Lead - 23/Jul/79

Mark Kemball - AltLd - 18/Aug/77 with George Mumford, Sarah Bridge

RichardMc - 2nd - 02/Jul/77 with Dave Langmead

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/Aug/76

Hidden - 1976

Very damp and greasy. Got to top of pitch 2 which is steady 5b!
Sean Kelly - Lead dnf - May/75 with Tim Moss

granitbahn - AltLd - 1975