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Ben's Roof** f7C+

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[Leah Crane climbing Ben's Roof, 3 kb]The classic cave problem.
Ben Moon

Ticklists: The Stick It Tick List, Peak Bouldering - Limestone bold star sub 8 problems.

Photo: Leah Crane climbing Ben's Roof © UKC News
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 45 logbooks, and on 20 wishlists.

First go today great conditions at the tor. First of the grade winter training paid off. Psyched!
con321 - Sent x - 08/Mar/13

4th proper session! Great moves. Felt easy when it went. Very happy! :)
Jayboy - Sent - 05/Mar/13

https://vimeo.com/60024190
Ian Fidd - Sent x - 19/Feb/13 with mic_b

blaza1 - Sent x - 09/Feb/13

barni - Sent dnf - 29/Jan/13

mic_b - Sent x - 22/Jan/13 with Ian Fidd

jussyrockstar - 01/Dec/12

Simon Davis - Sent rpt - 28/Nov/12

Tophe - Sent - 27/Nov/12

Hidden - Sent rpt - 12/Nov/12

AshWH - Sent x - 28/Oct/12 with Jake H, Adam J

Somerset swede basher - Sent x - 17/Oct/12 with Adam

marijus - Oct/12

dav - Sent rpt - 23/Sep/12 with Tor folk

1st go 2day
peaches69 - Sent rpt - 18/Sep/12

Quality problem even with the power scream i surprised everyone with (including myself) at the end!
EllaRus - Sent x - 08/Sep/12

bout time.......weakened to the kneebar method. 3rd session since March
peaches69 - Sent x - 06/Sep/12

Hidden - Sent x - 19/Jul/12

First working session, floor to move to pocket in side wall and knee bar to top. Next Sunday!
BenNorman - Sent dnf - 01/Jul/12

bfreeman - Sent x - 07/May/12 with Tom Newberry, Jon Freeman

jfreeman - Sent x - 07/May/12 with Tom Newberry, Ben Freeman

The right hand version to Ben's Roof - original and harder variation, a step up from the normal way for sure, staminaband next! https://vimeo.com/40372874
gcarmichael - Sent rpt - 14/Apr/12 with Adam and Pete

Apharri - Sent x - 01/Apr/12

first go on it, nice route, something to try next time
jack1996 - Sent dnf - 01/Apr/12

alaan - Sent x - 28/Mar/12

Ethan - Sent - 08/Mar/12 with Zips, Dave, Ed

Nice to get something done today. Felt heavy!
Richard Hession - Sent x - 01/Jan/12 with Skyner Weeks, Fatneck, Mike Hoppo, Mike Psyche

Yeh! psyched to get this done while still 17 and just before my summer exams start! knee bar was more painful than the sharp holds. awesome problem! http://vimeo.com/24921610
gcarmichael - Sent x - 10/Jun/11

dav - Sent rpt - 26/Feb/11 with Si Davis

glad to get this done!!! second session but conditions were bad ( had to use a J cloth to dry the holds!) by the end the crux was bearing the pain of the knee bar!
grey wolf - Sent x - 25/Feb/11

3rd go on 2nd proper session. Had previously done Too Hard For Mark Leach and looked at a couple of sections but had my 1st session properly working it on Friday.
danwaters - Sent x - 08/Nov/10 with Pirie

J_Clark - Sent - 04/Aug/10

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Sent - 08/Jul/10

little tom - Sent - 14/Jun/10

dav - Sent x - 08/Apr/10

JM - Sent - 26/Nov/09

Hidden - Sent - 31/Oct/09

TomHaigh - Sent x - 20/Aug/09 with Drew Withey

Nik Jennings - Sent x - 21/May/09

Hidden - Sent - 16/Apr/09

kristian - 2008

mbutton - Sent x - 2008 with John Cooke

Hidden - Sent x - 11/Jul/07

Boy - 2006

Hidden - Sent - Jun/01

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
BenNorman, Hidden, Mountain Spirit, Hidden, jake_haddock, Harry Chaplin, Hidden, Castleclimber, Adam Clifford, pr1984, Hidden, Hidden, NeilManley, Hidden, mr_cf, Hidden, Ollie Wragg, Hidden, Matt Fry, Hidden

Voting
Total votes cast 39
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easy f8A0 of 20
hard f7C+0 of 20
f7C+10 of 20
easy f7C+5 of 20
hard f7C4 of 20
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easy f7C1 of 20
3 Stars6 of 19
2 Stars11 of 19
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Style of ascent

Bouldered41 of 45 (91.1%)
Unknown4 of 45 (8.9%)

'Climbed'14 of 45 (31.1%)
clean rpt6 of 45 (13.3%)
clean RP22 of 45 (48.9%)
dnf3 of 45 (6.7%)