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Javelin Buttress* VS 4c

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Climb the groove that splits the buttress and a scoop to a thread. Layback and mantel onto the upper slab and wander up this, easing all the time. © ROCKFAX

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This climb is in 190 logbooks, and on 13 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 19/May/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/May/13

Sam Melville - 2013

Committing crux!
howlingbaboon - AltLd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Scott

Dom Cordner - 2nd O/S - 06/Sep/12

bleakned - 2nd - 06/Sep/12 with Steve

Steve Wakeford - 2nd - 06/Sep/12

matthias13 - Lead - 23/Aug/12 with Broomy

Broom136 - 2nd - 23/Aug/12 with rich matthias

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Aug/12

Excellent route, 1 star in the new guideboook is rather stingy.
Toreador - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Carmen

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12

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

SarahA - 2nd - 29/May/12

lcullum7 - Lead O/S - 29/May/12 with Sarah Acheson

kristinawe - 2nd - 28/May/12

willoates - Solo O/S - 28/May/12

Rich God 3 - Lead - 28/May/12 with Stu

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Apr/12

agolay - 2nd O/S - 15/Mar/12 with Bin Smedley, Heather Vernon

alan moore - 2012

Sam Melville - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Almost dry! Nice pitch
jezb1 - AltLd - 14/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/11

Chris Manasseh - Lead - 15/Sep/11 with Nick Manasseh

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Sep/11

ZA - AltLd - 31/Aug/11 with smcw

Beautiful rock, atmospheric climbing, easy in the grade. Too good to miss. Best climb of the day.
lizzyb - 2nd O/S - 15/Aug/11 with Emily Ward

Hidden - Lead - 15/Aug/11

smcw - Solo - Aug/11 with zoe anderson

LukeyG - Lead - Aug/11 with C-nunez

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Jul/11

good moves, good gear.
benkelsey - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/11 with Remus Knowles

andysroom - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/11 with Lizzie

five - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/11 with AV

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/11

SteveM - 2nd - 02/Jul/11 with Kat

Too windy for Javalin Blade
Conan - Lead - 30/Apr/11 with Clare A

ceaddiso - 2nd - 30/Apr/11 with Conan

shaun walby - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/11 with Ian Holtby, Martin Haworth

Hidden - 21/Apr/11

psychomansam - AltLd - 20/Apr/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/11

mynyddresident - Lead rpt - 18/Apr/11 with callum next door

More difficult than I remembered it.
Chris M Thomas - Lead - 19/Mar/11 with Maurisio

Crux move was great fun! Layback ahoy!
Private Flounder - 2nd - 2011 with chris manasseh

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

bsmedz - 2011

bold for vs
nathan foster - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/10

In the wet. Crux was sopping. Careful use of dry flakes/crimps out right!
PeteH - AltLd O/S - 11/Sep/10 with Noel Peatfield

Bold for VS!
Dizz - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10

Harri777 - 2nd - Aug/10 with Liz

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

MarekM - Lead - Jul/10

becksta500 - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Alex Smith

asmith37 - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Bex Leigh

Alasdair88 - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/10 with Claire

Alroy - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/10 with john corbett

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/10

wilchivs - 2nd O/S - 17/Jun/10 with Tim Ashlin

cmsg - Lead - 10/Jun/10 with Llewelyn Thomas

RCrockford - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Jonah, Andy C

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/May/10

Dux - 2nd O/S - 18/May/10 with Andy Smith

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2010

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Elise Beke

Hidden - 2nd - Sep/09

igneouscarl - 2nd - 25/Aug/09 with Tom Stahl

couple of moves at top felt more than 4c.
RachaelB - 2nd - 22/Aug/09 with Duncan Graham-Rowe

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Aug/09

SGD - Lead - 08/Aug/09 with Tom WMC

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 08/Aug/09

Karlos - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/09 with Mark B, Anna LW

a decent add on to hope. rain stopped and it had dryed out for this
jubolo - 2nd O/S - 11/Jul/09 with mark

Dan 85 - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/09 with Pete & Josh

Little AndyH - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/May/09

donkster - Lead O/S - 23/May/09 with DaveNW

dan gibson - Solo O/S - 20/Apr/09

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Apr/09

Hjort - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Serinde Van Wijk

Sardien - 2nd β - 05/Apr/09 with Toby Vye

Hidden - Lead - 2009

MarkFoster - 2009

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 21/Sep/08

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Sep/08

Neil Pacey - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08

Climbed as 3 with Annette. Lovely corner, then very steep wall - tricky move, which I did as layback turning into wobbly mantelshelf move
Tanya Savage - 2nd - 21/Sep/08 with Neil Pacey

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08

edpd1b - 2nd - 14/Sep/08 with Kelly Hillyer

Great line, awkward belay stance shared with the top of "Hope"
Richard Gilbert - 2nd O/S - 14/Sep/08 with Jerry Ostrowski

crag_monster - AltLd - Sep/08 with murphydave

Excellent- a suprise VS for Jools!
Twisty - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/08 with Rayan & Jools

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Aug/08

very nice
gb83 - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/08 with masa

masa-alpin - 2nd β - 15/Aug/08 with Graeme B

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Aug/08

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Jul/08

lovely climbing!
SamStokes - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/08 with Ed Webb

webbe01 - 2nd O/S - 24/Jul/08 with Sam Stokes

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

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jul/08

sgl0jd - 2nd - 07/Jun/08 with Steve Hobbs

Hidden - 07/Jun/08

chris sm - 2nd - 06/Jun/08 with Pippa Froggatt

The Bad Cough - 2nd O/S - Jun/08 with Lee Bonner

peter myers - 2nd - May/08 with Simon Bennet

Hidden - 2nd - Apr/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2008

Matt Vigg - Solo - 2008

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Jamie B - Lead - Sep/07 with Jo George and Kat Barisova

I lead the first pitch
Ben Sidsaph - Lead - 09/Jun/07 with Andy Beverly

Hidden - Lead - 05/Jun/07

kleinej - Lead dog - 05/May/07 with Patrick

paddygoodwin - 2nd - 05/May/07 with Jason

the juicy dangler - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/07 with carlene hill

Carly - 2nd - 20/Apr/07 with Richard

Sean Kelly - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Strange little creature - 2nd - 14/Oct/06 with Scott Cramp

cat22 - 2nd O/S - Aug/06 with Mike

JohnHutch - Lead O/S - 30/May/06 with SC

mikelaing - 2006

Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 16/Oct/05 with Ed Booth

Ed Booth - AltLd - 16/Oct/05 with Adam Booth

nice tricky route finding found it well hard 4 vs
Alex Mason - Lead - Jul/05 with Steve Ramsden

John Kettle - Lead - 2005

Al 'Mase the ace' Mason accused me of sending him up the nearby E1. Yeah right, 'crack on kid!'
Belier - AltLd O/S - 2005 with Alex Mason

A great pitch - must come back to lead this. Also contains my favourite ever thread runner.
Wil Treasure - 2nd - Aug/04 with Malcolm

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/04

chris wyatt - Lead - 15/May/04 with Dave clode

malc - AltLd O/S - 13/Apr/04 with ??

Hidden - Lead - Oct/03

Gman - Lead O/S - Aug/03 with Dave

Hammy - AltLd - 07/Jun/03 with Iain Gallagher

Hidden - Lead - Oct/02

Ann S - 2nd - Sep/02 with Bill Harrison

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/02

Ian Archer - 2nd - 01/Jun/02 with Alan Segar

michael burrows - Lead O/S - 12/May/02 with dave meeson

akhughes - AltLd - Apr/02 with Emma Hughes

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Jul/01 with Mr Lickerish

Scotsken - Jul/01

A long time ago
simonwaters5 - 2nd - 2000 with Bill Pilling

zero six - Lead O/S - 2000

RobSimmo - 2nd O/S - 17/Aug/98 with Jon Berry

kato'sdad - Lead - 17/Aug/98 with Rob Simpson

kato'sdad - Lead - 17/Aug/98 with Rob Simpson

Hidden - Lead - 1998

Jamie B - 2nd - Sep/97 with Ian Smith

big - 02/Aug/97

Pete Nugent - AltLd - 03/May/97 with Simon Harry

BenTiffin - 2nd - 08/Mar/97 with Andy Bissell

Hidden - Lead - 15/Sep/95

Hidden - Lead - 06/Jul/95

Ched - Lead O/S - 1995 with Glanfor

JiveWeasel - Lead - 17/Jun/94 with Rich C

Tenko - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/93 with Kev Wilson

Ian Robertson - 2nd - 1993 with Steve Hinde

goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 26/Oct/91 with Ian Hosley

ChrisJD - 2nd - Jul/91

Hidden - Lead - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 27/Mar/89

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Nov/88

Iain Thow - Lead - 13/May/88 with Steve Ball

babymoac - 01/Aug/87 with Rich Reeder

AlanLittle - Lead - Jul/87 with Carl Blakeley

Mark Kemball - Lead - 04/Jul/85 with Chris May

nigehughes - 2nd - Aug/84 with Ian Cameron

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 09/May/82 with Rodger Edenborough

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - 2nd - 1982 with Andy Heald

Hammy - AltLd - 26/Aug/78 with Jonathon Stacey

Mark Kemball - Lead - 29/Apr/78

Bolt Phobia - 2nd - 04/Jun/77

Mark Kemball - 2nd - 05/Jun/76 with Mark Pearce

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Aug/73

Hidden - Lead - Aug/73

John Stenhouse - AltLd - Sep/72 with John Offord

rogerskews - AltLd - 1970 with Martin Coward

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Voting
Total votes cast 103
hard HVS0 of 36
HVS0 of 36
easy HVS1 of 36
hard VS6 of 36
VS20 of 36
easy VS7 of 36
hard HS2 of 36
HS0 of 36
easy HS0 of 36
hard 5a0 of 35
5a0 of 35
easy 5a1 of 35
hard 4c6 of 35
4c21 of 35
easy 4c5 of 35
hard 4b2 of 35
4b0 of 35
easy 4b0 of 35
3 Stars7 of 32
2 Stars22 of 32
1 Star3 of 32
0 Stars0 of 32
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 190 (2.1%)
Lead71 of 190 (37.4%)
Followed69 of 190 (36.3%)
Alt Leads25 of 190 (13.2%)
Unknown21 of 190 (11.1%)

'Climbed'113 of 190 (59.5%)
clean O/S73 of 190 (38.4%)
clean β2 of 190 (1.1%)
clean rpt1 of 190 (0.5%)
dogged1 of 190 (0.5%)