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Four Steps to Heaven*** E2 5c

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[4 steps, 3 kb]35m. Climb Rob's crack for 6m, step right, and climb to a pancake. Continue to a horizontal break; then step right and climb directly to the top on good holds.
I Butterworth, N Hillman, M Raine, R Nadin. 13/Apr/2002

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 111 logbooks, and on 13 wishlists.

Maxim2023 - Lead O/S - May/13 with Kate Tarrant

kate tarrant - 2nd β - May/13

bpmclimb - TR rpt - 14/Apr/13 with Shunt

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/Sep/12

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

lewiz - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Kirsten Donovan

up another grade notch, made a lot of fuss but did it in one go
kirsten - 2nd - 15/Sep/12 with lewis thompson

LukeyG - Lead - 03/Sep/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/12

wilkinscl - Lead β - Sep/12

lukerathmell - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Rachel Bennett

Wendy did rob's crack, and i did this instead :)
arandall - 2nd O/S - 23/Aug/12 with Liz, Wendy Matthews

Wendy Watthews - TR O/S - 23/Aug/12 with arandall

The Pylon King - TR rpt - 22/Aug/12 with Mr Shunt

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 19/Aug/12 with Clare

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/12

Jobbo - 2nd - 28/Jul/12 with sprucemoose, shaws

Leon. D - 2nd - 28/Jul/12 with jobbo

tommytom - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/12

Backed off, wasn't the day for it
98%monkey - Lead dnf - 20/Jul/12 with Jeff

riddle - 2nd O/S - 15/Jul/12 with Mike Stephenson

mikeyjbs - Lead - 15/Jul/12 with Roger Hamilton-Smith

Hidden - TR O/S - 31/May/12

Hidden - TR O/S - 31/May/12

previously seconded this
Dawlish - Lead β - 30/May/12 with pete

Misread one move and had a slip, fine when I found a better hold. A good climb.
The Ivanator - 2nd - 28/May/12 with Jez

Went to far right at about one third height and ended up on another route, which I then fell off. Got back on correct line and carried on. Quite straight forwards of you go the correct way...
jezb1 - Lead - 28/May/12

BALD EAGLE - 2nd - 12/May/12 with Will Wykes

nick hawkins - 07/Apr/12

Steve27 - TR - 07/Apr/12 with Nick Hawkins

Bristoldave - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/12 with Dawlish

Dawlish - 2nd O/S - 29/Mar/12 with Bristoldave

sweenyt - 2nd O/S - 26/Mar/12 with Tom M

fairly thin moves before massive break when its all over.. wouldn't want it to be much steeper. really good though
benkelsey - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/11 with Chris Kelsey

RossT - TR - 14/Aug/11 with Reg

RossT - TR - 14/Aug/11 with Reg

stuntsbyjon - Lead dog - Jul/11

Jon Didymus - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/11 with Josh&Thomas

The Pylon King - TR rpt - 16/Jun/11 with Mr Shunt

Ruth ND - 2nd β - 07/Jun/11 with Ev

lovely route - crux is rather thin just below break
evhall - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/11 with Ruth

Great route, hairy moments before the horizontal break.
riddle - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/11 with Yasmina

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Jun/11

Very fun slab climbing. Gets E3 5c in book its not Easy E2 5c right grade. Thought Epic-dural was harder and scarier at E2 maybe that should be E3.
Dale - Lead O/S - May/11 with dave

Andyh83 - TR O/S - 26/Apr/11 with Shunt

jamespreston01 - TR rpt - 10/Apr/11

jamespreston01 - TR O/S - 10/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Mar/11

Kayan - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/11 with David Brock

Slipped off after a pancake seperated from the wall... (not THE pancake) No idea whether this is a soft touch since i've never climbed harder than HVS before (take the hint)
Andyh83 - Lead - 05/Mar/11

Hidden - 2nd dog - 05/Mar/11

Pete Rigby - Lead O/S - 2011

fletch73 - 2011

To get to the top for my slings.
bpmclimb - TR rpt - 22/Oct/10 with Helen S

Pbclimbing.com - AltLd O/S - Sep/10 with henry castle

Hidden - 2nd β - 28/Aug/10

E2 seems about right.
bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 16/Aug/10 with Clare

tommytuffa - Lead β - 21/Jul/10 with jay, tomar

Watch that run out at midway.
Vertigo1 - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/10 with Tom

Hidden - 2nd - 2010

I'm not an E3 climber usually so I guess this must be easy for the grade, a couple of thinnish moves, but more like E1 5b I'd say.
The Ivanator - 2nd O/S - 29/Aug/09 with Sean

Perryman - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/09 with Ivan Bicknell

katherinesydney - 2nd dog - 19/Aug/09 with andy wylie, bobby gilbert

Fairly easy. Thought it should be E1
Bobby Gilbert - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/09 with Katherine Sydney

gaz.marshall - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/09 with Luke

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/09 with Ben Smith

paul1234 - 2nd - 12/Jun/09 with Dec

deklan - Lead - 11/Jun/09 with mike + paul

eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead O/S - 28/May/09 with Geoff

chris sm - Lead rpt - 10/May/09 with Damien ?

amazing climb. Lots of smearing and tricky, balancy moves.
joeurwin - 2nd O/S - 03/May/09 with alex & Dan Bruniges

AlexD - Lead O/S - 03/May/09 with joeurwin

upontop - Lead O/S - 01/May/09 with Julie

Neil Tucker - Lead - Sep/08 with Andras Pinter

Clean after abseil inspection. E2 5c?
quadmyre - Lead β - 02/Aug/08 with Wifey

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Aug/08

Good route. Interesting technical climbing in sometimes bold positions.
AJM - Lead O/S - 16/Jul/08 with Jim Robertson

timharrison - 2nd O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Matt Perks

Hidden - 2nd dog - 21/May/08

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

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

No more than E1.
chris sm - Lead rpt - 17/May/08 with Pippa Froggatt

Hidden - Lead rpt - 2008

ian d f - Lead - 2008

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

V. soft for E3.
chris sm - 2nd O/S - 11/Nov/07 with Ian Butterworth

just!
kevinknights - 2nd O/S - 25/Aug/07 with John Hat

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/07

Ed Babs - Lead O/S - Jun/07

Even though the thread has broken out, you can still get a runner in above the pancake
jon bradley - Lead O/S - May/07 with Dave Card

John_Hat - Lead O/S - 2007 with Various

Silum - Lead - 2007

The little thread just above the "pancake" is no longer a thread - the thin connecting pillar broke off.
bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 03/Nov/06 with Clare

The Mountain Goat - 2nd O/S - 19/Sep/06 with Dom Sellers

Somerset swede basher - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/06 with Jon Miles

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/06

Lev - Lead O/S - 04/Feb/06 with Claire Durant, Jo Stadden

mike kann - 2nd O/S - 2006 with Rob Scheicl

Jon Greengrass - Lead O/S - 2006 with Mark Stevenson

Marti999 - Lead O/S - 2006 with Mick Cooke

John Southworth - Lead O/S - Sep/05 with Vicky Munn

_m.cox_ - Lead O/S - Sep/05 with Chris Davis

KRB - Lead O/S - 02/Jan/05 with Chris & Martin

E2
cornishben - Lead O/S - Jan/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/04

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Jul/04 with Laura

Hidden - 19/Jun/04

JamieAyres - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/04 with Nick Ingram

Paz - Lead - May/04 with AS

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Nov/03

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Mikey1988, Dean177, The_flying_climber, Kafoozalem, kyle, Alan100, hfac, Hidden, stuntsbyjon, kayakingash, Owen W-G, Ropeboy, James Moyle

Voting
Total votes cast 79
hard E30 of 18
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easy E33 of 18
hard E21 of 18
E211 of 18
easy E23 of 18
hard E10 of 18
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easy E10 of 18
hard 6a0 of 31
6a0 of 31
easy 6a0 of 31
hard 5c0 of 31
5c17 of 31
easy 5c8 of 31
hard 5b6 of 31
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easy 5b0 of 31
3 Stars7 of 30
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Style of ascent

Lead62 of 111 (55.9%)
Followed32 of 111 (28.8%)
Toproped13 of 111 (11.7%)
Alt Leads1 of 111 (0.9%)
Unknown3 of 111 (2.7%)

'Climbed'23 of 111 (20.7%)
clean O/S66 of 111 (59.5%)
clean β7 of 111 (6.3%)
clean rpt10 of 111 (9.0%)
dogged4 of 111 (3.6%)
dnf1 of 111 (0.9%)