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Jive Talkin'* E1 5b

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[BenP solo on Jive Talkin', E2 5b, Fairy Caves Quarry, 2 kb]14m. Start under the obvious tree belay at a small overhanging block. Climb up, slightly right, and then back left to the tree.
R A Broomhead, J Stanbury 24/Apr/2002

Photo: BenP solo on Jive Talkin', E2 5b, Fairy Caves Quarry © James Jackson
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This climb is in 91 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12

Steve27 - TR - 09/Sep/12 with Ewan Gilmour

gilmourheid - TR O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Steve27

mattc - Lead RP - 03/Sep/12

First E1 for Matt. Nice one!
Jobbo - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/12 with Matt Carwardine

A very thin start/lower half. Made a few snatches for holds for some reason, "Be like Johnny Dawes".
JezH - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Ellie

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Aug/12

sonic46 - Lead - 12/Aug/12

Some hard thin moves at the bottom until gear and jug higher
LukeyG - Lead - 12/Aug/12

Kayan - Lead O/S - 06/May/12 with Rachel leese

wurzelinzummerset - TR - 15/Apr/12 with Mick

Second dave up this one for a warm up
Dawlish - 2nd - 21/Feb/12 with leadballoon, Bristoldave

Bristoldave - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/12 with Dawlish, Mark

Hidden - 2nd dog - 14/Oct/11

nick hawkins - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/11

A few slips. Cloudy. First E graded route.
jpksalmon - TR dog - 10/Oct/11 with Hannah

Hidden - TR - Oct/11

Hidden - Lead RP - 03/Sep/11

hutchay - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/11 with Louise Ayliffe

Dawlish - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/11 with Son Aaron

stuntsbyjon - Lead O/S - Jul/11

riddle - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/11

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Jun/11

first E2 lead after first E1 lead, all in the same day. Thin climbing but nice moves, little gear.
Mr-Cowdrey - Lead RP - 04/Jun/11 with Lorcan O'Brien

Hidden - TR - 21/May/11

Hidden - TR β - 21/May/11

jon bradley - Lead rpt - 04/May/11 with Brian Vaughan

Probably E1
bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 20/Apr/11 with Clare

Hidden - Lead rpt - 16/Apr/11

Low E2 or high E1 - can't decide.
bpmclimb - TR rpt - 28/Mar/11 with Shunt

Nice moves, perhaps a bit soft for E2?
jezb1 - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/11

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

Fell off and scraped my way down slab luckily without injury. Got back on and sent it without problems.
Jon Didymus - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/10 with Rich

No gear for the first 6 metres. Tough moves to the first piece of gear. Reassuring holds and smears to finish perhaps worth two stars.
kiwi boy - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Greg K

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 05/Aug/10 with Clare

Marti999 - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/10 with Anna, Graham Charman

Graham C - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/10 with Marti

ian d f - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/09

Greg Pittam - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/09 with Claire Durant

paul1234 - 2nd - 27/Jun/09 with luke

luke13 - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/09 with Paul

cas smerdon - TR - 24/Jun/09 with bob & chris

very thin - quite difficult slab climbing (but easy for E2)
evhall - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/09 with CK

deklan - Lead - 10/May/09 with dad

Hidden - TR - 01/Mar/09

Hidden - TR O/S - 01/Mar/09

1st E2 Lead.
vertigo - Lead β - 19/Oct/08 with Mark Ryder

MarkRyder - Lead O/S - 19/Oct/08 with Rich

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 23/Jun/08 with Clare

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Jun/08

richardr - Lead O/S - Jun/08

Found it difficult to get some of the protection to sit - need offsets!
James Moyle - Lead rpt - 08/May/08 with D. Murphy

jon bradley - Lead β - 07/May/08 with Matt Pearcey

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/May/08

Ben1983 - Lead O/S - 05/May/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/May/08

petegunn - Lead - 2008

done on shunt
The Pylon King - TR O/S - 18/Sep/07

Richard Fox - 2nd O/S - 15/Sep/07 with Kevin VC

Matt Tranter - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/07

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Sep/07

Hidden - Lead - 02/Sep/07

guy xavier percival - Solo O/S - 27/Aug/07 with none

freelancer_85 - Lead rpt - 17/Aug/07 with Megan

Paul Robertson - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/07 with Hannah Redmond

maybe_si - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/07 with jamie

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/07

Nice climbing, some good moves on it. Decent gear higher up but thin to start off.
AJM - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/07 with Jim Robertson

JimR - 2nd - Jul/07 with AJM

Hidden - TR - 01/Jun/07

Felt harder then Back Off, but it was the end of the day and I was a bit tired.
freelancer_85 - Lead O/S - 02/May/07 with Megan

Pre-placed gear
jon bradley - Lead β - May/07 with Dave Card

MarkR - TR - 15/Apr/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/06

Hidden - TR - Jul/06

bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 31/May/06 with Clare

gaz.marshall - Lead O/S - 2006

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

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

chris sm - Lead O/S - Aug/05 with Pippa Froggatt

gripped01 - Lead O/S - Jun/05 with Paul, Lyneham

KRB - Solo O/S - 07/May/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/04

Hidden - 12/Jun/04

Paz - Lead - May/04 with AS

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2004

Digger - 2nd O/S - 05/May/03 with James Latham

Digger - 2nd O/S - 05/May/03 with James Latham

chris sm - Lead O/S - May/03

hvs/e1
cornishben - Lead O/S - Jan/03

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Voting
Total votes cast 33
hard E20 of 1
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easy E20 of 1
hard E11 of 1
E10 of 1
easy E10 of 1
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hard 5c0 of 16
5c0 of 16
easy 5c0 of 16
hard 5b11 of 16
5b4 of 16
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 91 (2.2%)
Lead58 of 91 (63.7%)
Followed15 of 91 (16.5%)
Toproped15 of 91 (16.5%)
Unknown1 of 91 (1.1%)

'Climbed'21 of 91 (23.1%)
clean O/S53 of 91 (58.2%)
clean β4 of 91 (4.4%)
clean rpt8 of 91 (8.8%)
clean RP3 of 91 (3.3%)
dogged2 of 91 (2.2%)