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The Alpine Ridge PD

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[The Alpine Ridge., 2 kb]100m. The obvious rocky ridge which juts back towards the quarry entrance, and which separates the East and West Ends. Moderate climbing, but care needed, especially in wet and/or windy weather.

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This climb is in 155 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Combining this as a descent after Back to Basics is a great little trip!
BruceW - Solo rpt - 08/Jun/13 with Becca

brew_guru - Solo - 05/Jun/13 with El Peamundo, shane dawson

More exciting descent route than a boring old abseil off an EDK :)
katherinesydney - Solo - 05/Jun/13 with rick sewards

Nice little ascent/descent path
mamabear - Solo - 02/Jun/13

Hidden - Solo - 01/Jun/13

Epic. 4x descent
Cheese Monkey - Solo O/S - 17/May/13 with Mike

Up and reversed in trainers
gjh - Solo O/S - 06/May/13

johnl - Solo O/S - 06/May/13 with Sarah Perrett, Adam Perrett

multiple descents
Adam Perrett - Solo O/S - 06/May/13 with Sarah Perrett, John Leonard

Felix Ottey - Solo O/S - 04/May/13

Hidden - Solo O/S - 15/Apr/13

petegunn - Solo - 08/Apr/13 with Davina

Hidden - Solo rpt - 08/Apr/13

steve-grigg - Solo O/S - 07/Apr/13

petegunn - Solo - 03/Apr/13 with Onk, Davina

Hidden - Solo O/S - 03/Apr/13

In decent 3 times.
MartinN - Solo O/S - 03/Mar/13

Think grade 1 scramble would be more appropriate...
homing-penguin - Solo O/S - 02/Mar/13

Hidden - Solo - 28/Feb/13

Hidden - Lead - 20/Jan/13

Total winter conditions!
Stanners - 2nd rpt - 20/Jan/13 with Deepstar, Mark Davis, Jack Bradbrook

Possibly first fully winter ascent, bloody cold!
Quarryboy - 2nd O/S - 20/Jan/13 with Martin Bazley, Rob Stanfield, Mark Davies

Ian JL - Lead O/S - 13/Jan/13

Nipped up and down this to retrieve Tom's abseil anchor gear
risby - Lead O/S - 08/Dec/12

Tom Thorne - Solo O/S - 08/Dec/12

Lizzie Randall - Solo O/S - 10/Nov/12 with Alex

Hidden - Solo O/S - 29/Sep/12

Hidden - Solo - 29/Sep/12

down
kirsten - Solo - 15/Sep/12

In decent
MartinN - Solo O/S - 09/Sep/12

Hidden - Solo rpt - 26/Aug/12

arandall - Solo O/S - 23/Aug/12

You can log this - oh ok then... descent
jamespilgrim - Solo O/S - 18/Aug/12

Hidden - Solo O/S - 10/Aug/12

Down climbed it.
wurzelinzummerset - Solo O/S - 27/Jul/12 with Mike

Downclimb
Mayaculpa - Solo - 27/Jul/12 with wurzelinzummerset

Hidden - Solo - 19/Jul/12

up, plus used for a few downclimbs
mattx1123 - Solo O/S - 19/Jun/12 with josh west

Hidden - Solo O/S - 09/Jun/12

riddle - Solo O/S - 02/Jun/12

adam 24 - 02/Jun/12

Downclimb
mullermn - Solo O/S - 12/May/12 with Kylie Richards

Descent Route
SharonC1604 - Solo O/S - 12/May/12

Sarah Welsh - Solo O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Emma Grant

sweenyt - Solo O/S - 26/Mar/12

Descent route from Balch's Slide
Katherine Ross - Solo O/S - 24/Mar/12

lazzaw - Solo O/S - 11/Mar/12

down climb
ape1980 - Solo O/S - 11/Mar/12

j miller - Solo - 2012

Hidden - Lead - 25/Nov/11

Hidden - Solo O/S - 13/Nov/11

riddle - Solo O/S - 12/Nov/11

Sam Ash - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/11

Nick1812P - Solo O/S - 06/Nov/11

Used as a descent route (roped).
teh_mark - 18/Sep/11 with Adam Kidson

downclimb as descent from topping out on other routes
DreadyCraig - Solo O/S - 14/Aug/11

Up and down several times
Dopey_172 - Solo O/S - 02/Aug/11 with Adam

In descent.
victim of mathematics - Solo O/S - 10/Jul/11

max railing - Solo O/S - 29/Jun/11

bonoid - 26/Jun/11

Down climbed as a means of getting off the top of Robs slab.
Quarryboy - Solo O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Rob Stanfield, Mark Davies

this has been a project of mine for several years now
Stanners - Solo O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Mark Davis, Jack Bradbrook

tough
The Pylon King - TR dog - 19/Jun/11

Ruth ND - Solo O/S - 07/Jun/11

Mr-Cowdrey - Solo O/S - 04/Jun/11 with Lorcan O'Brien

Messners Yeti - Solo O/S - 04/Jun/11 with Cate Muir

Used as descent. Nice scrambling.
catemuir - Solo - 04/Jun/11 with Pete Swan

Clay C - Solo O/S - 02/Jun/11

Shonkhor - Solo - 01/Jun/11

bradholmes - Solo - 28/May/11 with Chris Bonner

cbonner - Solo O/S - 28/May/11 with Brad Holmes

Hidden - Lead - May/11

Hidden - Solo - 15/Apr/11

descent route
Andyh83 - Solo - 05/Mar/11

good mini alpine route used as the decent
Dale - Solo - Mar/11

Reasonably easy walk in for an alpine route.
JonHarvey - Solo O/S - 23/Jan/11 with Michael Maben

Up, down, backwards, forwards. Not done it on a pogo stick yet. I love the fact that people have voted on the grade!
James Moyle - Solo - 2011

Hidden - Solo O/S - 25/Oct/10

davenev - Solo O/S - 16/Oct/10 with luke

Mr Tickle - Solo O/S - 16/Oct/10

PD- 100m Solo Warm-up Avon and Cheddar
Matt Smyth - Solo O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Raff Russell, Olly Pirkis

Hidden - Solo O/S - 16/Oct/10

Hidden - Solo - 22/Sep/10

Jonny M - Solo O/S - 18/Sep/10 with Chris Billington, Colin Skuse, Karen Chalmers

The Pix - Solo O/S - 18/Sep/10 with Oli Gray, Chris Billington, Jon Moulding

A bit of a giggle practicing moving together. Shame its all over in the space on 30m. Just needs to be another 1000m Ascent and descent. Amusing to think that it has a PD but it is alpine ridge
kiwi boy - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Greg K

Tom_Harding - Solo rpt - 08/Aug/10 with Tim

down climb...
Kayan - Solo - 29/Jul/10

Hidden - Solo β - 29/Jul/10

Hidden - Solo - 24/Jul/10

Hidden - Solo O/S - 23/Jul/10

Descent path. My first alpine climb....
TommityP - Solo O/S - 23/Jul/10

downclimb
mikehay - 23/Jul/10

Bit of practise for the alps when its wet. Up and down. Very easy.
darren hudson - Solo - 18/Jul/10 with David Ford

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2010

Tom_Harding - Solo O/S - 16/Aug/09 with Gordy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/09

webs_69 - Lead - Aug/09

Matt02003 - Lead - Aug/09

Hidden - Solo O/S - 20/Jul/09

JJMOZ - Solo - 20/Jul/09 with Jonny Cooper

carl_123 - Solo - 13/Jul/09 with foy

tobydunford - Solo O/S - 27/Jun/09

Descent route. I love how this gets an alpine grade.
Poco Loco - Solo O/S - 31/May/09 with James Gray

Livvy Mcglone - Solo O/S - 30/May/09 with Paul Locke

Hidden - Solo O/S - 30/May/09

Mark Salter - Solo - 10/May/09

andy dunn - Solo O/S - 10/May/09 with Alan

gringoloco - AltLd - 13/Apr/09 with colin milton

Decended this several times but this was the first time climbing up.
KarlH - Solo - 28/Feb/09

Climbed in winter conditions. Never seen this much snow in Somerset!
SC - 07/Feb/09

ollie080488 - AltLd O/S - 14/Dec/08

used for descent (cheap tick)
tractorbachcoch - Solo - 22/Nov/08 with Teresa

alexisg - Solo O/S - 08/Nov/08

Rose Williams - Solo - 22/Aug/08

Got to Fairy Cave Quarry first; 'climbed' this in trainers with guide book in hand looking for a phone signal and identifying the climbing areas. Only realised the ridge was a graded route later, but hey, a tick's a tick right?. Useful descent route from Rob's slab.
Humpty Dangler - Solo - 27/Jul/08

Descent. Ok unless v windy
Jon_Warner - Solo O/S - 07/Jul/08 with Ben Arch

chris sm - Solo O/S - 17/May/08 with Martin Sime

Hidden - Solo - 2008

leeangell - Solo - 2008

richardadventurecafe - Solo - 25/Nov/07

igneouscarl - Lead O/S - 20/Oct/07

Matt Tranter - Solo - 22/Sep/07 with Mark Ward.

dcomeau - Solo rpt - 08/Sep/07

dcomeau - Solo O/S - 30/Aug/07

downclimb twice
kevinknights - Solo rpt - 25/Aug/07 with John Hat

deklan - Aug/07

leonjones - Solo - 26/Jun/07

descent
kevinknights - Solo O/S - 07/Apr/07 with John Hat

Used as a descent, many times.
jimjimmyjimjim - Solo O/S - 18/Feb/07

completed as a decent
ebunick - Solo O/S - 18/Feb/07

Tom87 - Solo - 17/Feb/07

Did it moving together, got to the end, and found no way down,so turned back round and downclimbed it. Downclimbed this another two times to get down from other climbs.
freelancer_85 - Lead O/S - 15/Feb/07 with Megan

In descent. Be careful with novices!
RichS-Bristol - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/06

Zoomer - Solo - 29/Oct/06 with Julia Bloomer

Jules 210681 - Solo - 29/Oct/06 with glenn bloomer

Hidden - Solo rpt - 12/Oct/06

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

TiffTiff - Solo O/S - 21/Aug/06

Hidden - Solo - 16/Aug/06

Hidden - Solo - 03/Jun/06

Almost as many times as up my stairs at home
bpmclimb - Solo O/S - 22/Apr/06

Downclimbed
BruceW - Solo O/S - 25/Feb/06

A nice scary descent back into the quarry!
maresia - Solo O/S - 11/Feb/06 with Mike Kann

mike kann - 2006 with maresia

Marti999 - Solo O/S - 2006

zcapxa5 - Solo O/S - 05/Nov/05

Mark Salter - Solo O/S - 10/Aug/05 with Chris Shorrock

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2005

Hidden - Lead - 19/Sep/04

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Sep/04

tom.e - Solo O/S - 2004

Hidden - 2004

Paz - Solo - Jun/02

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
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Voting
Total votes cast 42
hard PD+1 of 21
PD+0 of 21
easy PD+2 of 21
hard PD0 of 21
PD4 of 21
easy PD11 of 21
hard PD-3 of 21
PD-0 of 21
easy PD-0 of 21
3 Stars5 of 21
2 Stars1 of 21
1 Star7 of 21
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Style of ascent

Soloed126 of 155 (81.3%)
Lead14 of 155 (9.0%)
Followed2 of 155 (1.3%)
Toproped1 of 155 (0.6%)
Alt Leads3 of 155 (1.9%)
Unknown9 of 155 (5.8%)

'Climbed'58 of 155 (37.4%)
clean O/S87 of 155 (56.1%)
clean β1 of 155 (0.6%)
clean rpt8 of 155 (5.2%)
dogged1 of 155 (0.6%)