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The groove left of Live by the Sword is a varied pitch. © ROCKFAX
Tim Dunsby, Nigel Coe, Scott Titt 02/Nov/1991

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 79 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Antwhitehead - Lead dog - 08/Jun/13

Julesthe1st - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/13 with Tania

Alex Norman - Lead β - 27/Jan/13

Anthony Dixon - 04/Jan/13 with Edd

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Dec/12

mikeconway - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/12

Good 6b climbing
Dizz - Lead - 16/Sep/12 with Richard S

Linc - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/12 with zoe brodie-james

jiggerypokery - Lead dog - 22/Jul/12 with Joe Day, Rosea Day

felt hard! top is a bit confusing now there is a separate lower-off for the new route on the left.
Jonathan Emett - Lead rpt - 05/Jul/12 with Paul

Stuart Johnston - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/12 with Ian, Daniel Tipton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/12

Vince McNally - Lead O/S - 15/May/12 with Nick

Quiddity - Lead rpt - 15/May/12 with Vinnie

Kevster - Lead rpt - 15/May/12

Chappy - Lead O/S - 13/May/12

Defo 6b!
El3ctroFuzz - Lead O/S - 13/May/12 with Alex Chapman

Hidden - Lead rpt - 18/Mar/12

Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/12 with Brian Hannon

_m.cox_ - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/12 with Tom Harrison

Hidden - Lead rpt - 22/Jan/12

trev_f - Lead rpt - 17/Dec/11 with Ed, Marti

Marti999 - Lead rpt - 12/Dec/11 with Dr Steve

Hidden - Lead O/S - Dec/11

Tom Thorne - Lead O/S - 26/Nov/11 with Mike Hawkins

Sophie Nunn - Lead O/S - 26/Nov/11 with Toby

Hidden - TR O/S - 18/Sep/11

Quiddity - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/11 with Hazel

timharrison - Lead rpt - 25/Aug/11 with Davide Gaetta

timharrison - Lead rpt - 11/Aug/11 with Matt Carwardine

mattc - Lead dog - 11/Aug/11

sam.sam.sam.ferguson - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/11 with Harry Massey

Sparky!!!3 - Lead RP - 31/May/11

Alex More - Lead O/S - 31/May/11 with Sparky

timharrison - Lead rpt - 14/May/11 with Andy Fisher, Rob Tearle

two crack tricky bit, needed help getting over
ekaterina sigida - 2nd - 19/Apr/11 with rob daughtery

MarkRyder - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/11 with Ivan M

Marti999 - Lead rpt - 26/Dec/10 with Rob Kennard

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Dec/10

brian watson - Lead O/S - 13/Nov/10 with scott titt

Jonathan Emett - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/10 with crispin

el_monty - Lead β - 11/Jul/10 with sam ferguson

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

mark_wellin - Lead O/S - 28/May/10

bbrowne - Lead RP - 15/May/10 with Kelly Atkin

a nice climb
Peterjuliandawson - TR β - 04/Apr/10

fun
Luke d - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10

Mark Shale - TR dog - 27/Mar/10 with Roslyn

givemetea - Lead rpt - 27/Mar/10 with Gary Wong

garywong - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/10 with Roslyn McKendry

Ed Babs - Lead O/S - 17/Jan/10 with Harry

Jane Weir - 2010

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 2010 with kyle rance

vertigo - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/09 with Ben Harper

timharrison - Lead rpt - 25/Oct/09

trevor macalonan - Lead β - 14/Aug/09 with Tim

timharrison - Lead rpt - 14/Aug/09 with Trevor Macalonan

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/09

trev_f - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/09 with Mike H

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 24/Jan/09 with Angus

JimR - 17/Jan/09

timharrison - Lead rpt - 25/Sep/08 with Pete

Peter Swift - TR dog - 25/Sep/08 with tim

CosmosKey - TR dog - 20/Sep/08 with Fabrizio

dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/08 with Ben Harper

Matt Bennett - Lead rpt - 12/Apr/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/08

Rob Kennard - 01/Mar/08 with Rich White, Harry Massey

Spacetourist - Lead O/S - 2008 with Ed Heslam

AlexD - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/07

timharrison - Lead - 22/Apr/07 with Gordon Mission

Hidden - 2007

steve taylor - Lead rpt - 30/Dec/06 with Ben Stokes

V difficult to get established in the groove for the short (above a nasty smash onto the ledge). Solid 6B.
Wilbur - Lead O/S - 27/May/06 with Morgan

timharrison - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/06 with Matt Burrows

Marti999 - Lead - 2006

Steep start followed by pleasant climbing in the grrove above. Bolted to take the challenge of the hanging boulder finish!
steve taylor - Lead β - 12/Nov/05 with Joff Cook

Hidden - 12/Nov/05

Richard Horn - Lead O/S - 2005

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Voting
Total votes cast 32
hard 6b0 of 17
6b0 of 17
easy 6b14 of 17
hard 6a+1 of 17
6a+1 of 17
easy 6a+0 of 17
hard 6a1 of 17
6a0 of 17
easy 6a0 of 17
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Style of ascent

Lead67 of 79 (84.8%)
Followed1 of 79 (1.3%)
Toproped5 of 79 (6.3%)
Unknown6 of 79 (7.6%)

'Climbed'10 of 79 (12.7%)
clean O/S39 of 79 (49.4%)
clean β5 of 79 (6.3%)
clean rpt17 of 79 (21.5%)
clean RP2 of 79 (2.5%)
dogged6 of 79 (7.6%)