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The Tory VS 4a

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38m. Starting from the cave entrance just right of Balch's Slide, move up and cross loose ground to reach the slab; then take a direct line to the top. Spaced protection.
P Clarke, E Findlay 11/Apr/2002
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This climb is in 53 logbooks, and on no wishlists.

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/13

bradholmes - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/13 with Chris Bonner

cbonner - 2nd O/S - 21/Apr/13 with Brad Holmes

Hidden - Solo rpt - 06/Apr/13

Hidden - 2nd - 06/Apr/13

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

Hidden - Lead - 19/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd β - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/May/12

wurzelinzummerset - 2nd - 15/Apr/12 with Mick

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Apr/12

lazzaw - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/12 with Jason Wilber

Cleaned the gear as she went. Not bad for 8yrs old!
Hey Jude - 2nd O/S - 11/Mar/12 with Andrew Porter, lazzaw

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

not worth doing, felt very uneventful, unchallenging and fruitless
mikeydee135 - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead - May/11

Tom lead I seconded.
blum - 2nd O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Tom Starks

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

Spaced gear and loose rock.
bpmclimb - TR rpt - 27/Mar/11 with Shunt

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

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

nick hawkins - 2nd - 12/Oct/10

wilf - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with nick f

cas smerdon - Lead - 24/Jul/10 with Mark S

mark stansfield - 2nd - 24/Jul/10 with Carole

cas smerdon - 2nd - 21/Jul/10 with mark joyce

Matt02003 - Lead - Aug/09

nick hawkins - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/09 with peter

halfwaythere - Lead - 04/Jun/09 with nick hawkins

one bit of gear after 10 metres, soloed for the other 35
upontop - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/09 with Chris

colin milton - 2nd - 13/Apr/09 with chris dew

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

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

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

SteWatkins - Aug/08

chockstone - Lead O/S - Jun/08 with Tom Foster

Hidden - TR O/S - 16/Feb/08

Lady Lou Lou - Lead O/S - Feb/08 with Peter Tecks

ian d f - Lead - 2008

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

guy xavier percival - Solo O/S - 22/Aug/07 with none

deklan - Lead - Aug/07

Hidden - Lead - 17/Feb/07

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Mar/06

JamieAyres - 2nd O/S - 19/Mar/06 with Nick Ingram

gripped01 - Lead O/S - May/05 with Dan Graves

cornishben - Lead - Jan/05

Hidden - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/04

Hidden - 2nd - 19/Sep/04

Digger - Lead O/S - 22/Jun/03 with Sarah Nield

Voting
Total votes cast 19
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hard HS2 of 7
HS0 of 7
easy HS0 of 7
hard 4b0 of 6
4b0 of 6
easy 4b0 of 6
hard 4a0 of 6
4a6 of 6
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 53 (7.5%)
Lead27 of 53 (50.9%)
Followed16 of 53 (30.2%)
Toproped3 of 53 (5.7%)
Unknown3 of 53 (5.7%)

'Climbed'21 of 53 (39.6%)
clean O/S29 of 53 (54.7%)
clean β1 of 53 (1.9%)
clean rpt2 of 53 (3.8%)