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Little Steve's Mersey Tunnel Affair S 4a

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18m. Start a metre right of the Back to Sandy Lane groove. Climb up to and over the left side of an overlap; then climb a crack to a ledge. Finish up the thinner, right hand of two cracks.
J Hitchins, R Thompson 08/Apr/2002
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Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/Jun/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/13

Wet and windy conditions
alikirk - 2nd O/S - 12/Jun/13

Trippinjester - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Jennie Fowler, Jamie Knight

lgp81 - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Brendan Gill

madguernseyboy - 2nd O/S - 04/May/13 with Lucy Plowman

Malpractise - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/13 with Richard Goodbody

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Apr/13

beth_may - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/13 with Klara Marsikova

Neil Gay - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/13 with Ben Bird

paulerussell - 2nd O/S - 06/Apr/13 with Steve Grey

BenBird - 2nd O/S - 06/Apr/13 with Neil Gay

JenRoberts - 2nd O/S - 06/Apr/13

MartinN - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/13

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

hubert - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/13

riddle - 2nd O/S - 01/Jan/13 with Danny H

Wet and in trainers
BBEENN - Lead β - 16/Dec/12

madwheeler - 2nd O/S - 16/Dec/12

riff156 - Lead rpt - 11/Nov/12 with Jo Smith

TomGudgeon - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/12 with Matt Williams

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

Hidden - Lead - 29/Sep/12

Brads 1st trad lead!
tomshanti - 2nd β - 09/Sep/12 with Brad Fry

bradfry - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Tom Shanti

arandall - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Mum, Liz

Lizzie Randall - 2nd O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Alex

klo1981 - 2nd O/S - 20/Aug/12 with Steve Collard

riff156 - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/12 with kate Brown

The Pylon King - Solo rpt - 03/Aug/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead - 19/Jul/12

Phill lead.
jamiemcdonald - 2nd O/S - 06/Jul/12 with Michelle Taylor, Phill Sparks

PhillS - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/12 with Mich, Jamie

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jun/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/12

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

Hidden - AltLd - 15/Apr/12

Great route to warm up on after a frosty night! Lots of cracks and flakes, just to the right of cirstel wall,
Mikey1988 - Lead O/S - 15/Jan/12 with Gareth Berwick

j miller - 2012

Great first HS lead for Nick.
Deano100 - 2nd - 26/Nov/11 with Nick

pete1993 - 2nd - 05/Nov/11

mattorford - Lead - 05/Nov/11

AielSavage - Lead - 05/Nov/11

stoneback - Lead O/S - Nov/11 with Dean

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 30/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/11

BBEENN - 2nd O/S - 16/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead - 16/Oct/11

Grade seemed soft.
stranter - 2nd β - 15/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead - 02/Oct/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11

Hidden - 2nd β - 01/Oct/11

Hidden - Lead - 12/Sep/11

A nice climb to warm up a wee bit loose near the top but not too bad.
Dopey_172 - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/11 with Adam

Hidden - Lead - 02/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead - 28/Jun/11

nick hawkins - Lead - 22/May/11 with steve

Steve27 - 2nd - 22/May/11 with Nick Hawkins

Hidden - Lead - May/11

James Moyle - 2nd - 29/Apr/11 with Carole Standing

Andyh83 - Solo O/S - 29/Mar/11

bpmclimb - Solo rpt - 13/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 19/Jan/11

Jonathan Emett - Lead O/S - 25/Oct/10 with karen, jimbo

The Pylon King - Solo O/S - 22/Oct/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Oct/10

HS 4a- 20m TR- loose Thirding Avon and Cheddar
Matt Smyth - TR O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Raff Russell, Olly Pirkis

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 16/Oct/10

fatbuoybazza - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/10 with liv_the_div

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jul/10

Agreed - Severe at most. Watch out at half way point - large loose rock.
mikehay - Lead - 23/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/10

webs_69 - Lead - Aug/09

webs_69 - Lead - Aug/09

WoD - 2nd O/S - 30/Jul/09 with Sophie

Sweet! Gear hard at times but fun all the same, easy climb
sofe13 - Lead - 30/Jul/09 with Ben

cas smerdon - Lead - 15/Jul/09 with chris y

carl_123 - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/09 with foy

gringoloco - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/09 with pins

ollie080488 - Lead O/S - 19/Dec/08 with Luke Moran

alexisg - TR O/S - 08/Nov/08

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

CosmosKey - 2nd O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Rick & Frank

leeangell - 2nd O/S - 07/Sep/08 with Lee Parsons

lemon - Lead RP - 13/Jul/08 with James Chidgey

richardadventurecafe - Lead - 26/Jan/08 with Steve Reynalds

dcomeau - Solo rpt - 08/Sep/07

Ooodles of protection after the initial runout from the ground.
dcomeau - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/07 with Self Belay

guy xavier percival - Solo O/S - 09/Aug/07 with none

mol - Lead - 02/May/07 with Paul Drayton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/07

cas smerdon - 2nd - 23/Apr/07 with jones and shea

Megans first HS lead. Nice one gadget girl!
freelancer_85 - 2nd rpt - 18/Apr/07 with Megan

Sarah Bough - 2nd O/S - 18/Apr/07 with Henry Olver, Andrew Hawkins

littledave - 2nd O/S - 09/Apr/07 with Ian Parkhouse

Lovely climb, good belay at the top and low in the grade to boot!
freelancer_85 - Lead O/S - 21/Mar/07 with Megan

seconded by rosa and hazel, descended the ridge
ebunick - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/07 with Rosa

mike kann - Solo O/S - 2007

bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 17/Dec/06 with Clare

Hidden - Lead β - 18/Jun/06

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 05/Jun/06

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Jun/06

adamscottthomas - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/06 with Ben Clench

bob3141 - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/06 with Jon Martin

Knocked big rock onto Colleen. Tied directly into gear and rested while she recovered.
dpmUK - Lead dog - 03/Sep/05 with Colleen

Jen79 - 2nd - Sep/05 with Matt Litchfield

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2004

Voting
Total votes cast 42
hard HS0 of 5
HS0 of 5
easy HS0 of 5
hard S1 of 5
S2 of 5
easy S0 of 5
hard HVD0 of 5
HVD2 of 5
easy HVD0 of 5
hard 4b0 of 19
4b0 of 19
easy 4b0 of 19
hard 4a0 of 19
4a14 of 19
easy 4a4 of 19
hard 3c1 of 19
3c0 of 19
easy 3c0 of 19
3 Stars0 of 18
2 Stars3 of 18
1 Star12 of 18
0 Stars3 of 18
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Style of ascent

Soloed7 of 111 (6.3%)
Lead62 of 111 (55.9%)
Followed38 of 111 (34.2%)
Toproped2 of 111 (1.8%)
Alt Leads1 of 111 (0.9%)
Unknown1 of 111 (0.9%)

'Climbed'31 of 111 (27.9%)
clean O/S64 of 111 (57.7%)
clean β5 of 111 (4.5%)
clean rpt9 of 111 (8.1%)
clean RP1 of 111 (0.9%)
dogged1 of 111 (0.9%)