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El Chocco*** 7c

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[Pete, just about to sink his teeth into the crux on his onsight of El Chocco, 7C, 3 kb]Quality climbing with a sting in the tail. Start 6m right of the large block. 17m. Leave the ground with some difficulty and continue past the break and up the small steep corner to the crux rock-over that provides access to the final short slab. © ROCKFAX
M J Crocker, M Woodford 03/Mar/1990

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Photo: Pete, just about to sink his teeth into the crux on his onsight of El Chocco, 7C © archiecb
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This climb is in 55 logbooks, and on 13 wishlists.

fantastic climb...feels so hard at first then it just goes!!
Be Fuller - Lead RP - 18/May/13

Happy to finally do this. Done in a day after being on the intended wishlist for about 4/5 years.
archiecb - 11/May/13 with Pete Wycislik

3rd go, manky mantle crux at top!
peaches69 - Lead RP - 06/May/13 with luke

natalietanzer - Lead RP - 23/Apr/13

JM - Lead RP - 17/Feb/13 with Pete Dickinson

Ramon Marin - Lead rpt - 19/Jan/13 with ciaran tracey

Awesome climax! (thats what she said) Fell off the flash on the rockover, blind moves to the lip and tricky to get your feet up, really hard to read. 1st redpoint felt steady.
Mike Goldthorp - Lead RP - 09/Jan/13 with Giles, Hannah B, Cailean Harker

natalietanzer - Lead dog - 03/Sep/12 with Adam

Hard crux
thomasadixon - Lead dog - 22/Jul/12 with Mike

Hidden - Lead RP - 19/Jul/12

Well pleased to get this.. pretty much plays to all my weaknesses.. proper touch and go on last few moves!
derico - Lead RP - 15/Jul/12

iforwms - 2nd dog - 15/Jul/12 with Patty

iforwms - TR dnf - 14/Jul/12 with Patty

one to come back for.
jacobjlloyd - Lead dog - 29/May/12 with Nicola

Really good, 3rd go
adam cooper*super* - Lead RP - 13/May/12

Rock it out, bey, rock it out, proper job.
quadmyre - Lead RP - 13/May/12

Hidden - Lead - May/12

natalietanzer - TR dog - 15/Apr/12 with Dan Gibson

dan gibson - Lead RP - 15/Apr/12 with nat tanzer

Hidden - Lead RP - 14/Apr/12

Toby Dunn - Lead RP - 21/Mar/12 with Alexis Perry

Pippa - Lead dnf - 19/Feb/12 with Gareth

brices - Lead RP - 16/Feb/12

pezzerrr - Lead β - 16/Feb/12

Took a while
gazhbo - 28/Jan/12

2nd RP of the day. Cool route!
Vertigo1 - Lead RP - 10/Dec/11 with Symon

Felt hard the other day, easy today. Enjoyable route! Probably soft 7c
Tris.w - Lead RP - 30/Nov/11 with Tomar

Cailean Harker - 28/Nov/11

Hidden - Lead dog - 30/Oct/11

3rd redpoint
Martin Cleaver - Lead RP - 24/Sep/11 with david

1st rpt. boulder problem rockover. good rest bit below crux
Glyn - Lead RP - 15/Sep/11 with Amy

Hidden - Lead RP - 10/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead RP - 04/Sep/11

I can see why some think this is 7b
James Marshall - Lead RP - Jun/11

2nd redpoint today, first bit seems a bit pointless as there is such a good rest but nice moves over the top, clipping may be the hardest move! soft
BenNorman - Lead RP - 08/May/11

westyb3 - Lead RP - 07/May/11 with Heather Ogston

quiffhanger - Lead RP - Apr/11

Hidden - Lead RP - 27/Mar/11

Didn't feel soft to me?! The first 3/4 is lovely. but move up to and over the overhang is HARD! Will take a couple more tries for me! soft....?!?! (walks off sulking)
rubben - Lead - 14/Mar/11 with Marcus O'Leary

TomPR - Lead - 12/Mar/11

Spacetourist - Lead RP - Mar/11 with Rosea

soft but very good
Luke Dawson - Lead RP - 22/Feb/11

Funnily i struggle with the move below the crux, and find the rest ok. not too far off. march maybe.
Jon_Warner - 2nd dog - 24/Oct/10 with Tom

tskelhon - Lead RP - 24/Oct/10 with skeen

Hidden - Lead RP - 12/Sep/10

tried it first time today, one hang on second go, lookin forward to sending this one.
bensendz - Lead dog - 07/Mar/10

Maybe easy for 7c, not sure really. Really good route though.
Richard Hall - Lead RP - 01/Feb/10 with Chris Savage

Rick hard Rock - Lead RP - 17/Oct/09

Being short i found the boulder problem start hard, couldn't get the crux when i tried it a couple of times on lead but got it first time on toprope.
phsharpy - Lead RP - 16/Jun/06 with Alex Barrows

Finally!
Paz - Lead RP - 23/May/06 with AS

>=5th day. Should've had it by now!
Paz - Lead dog - 26/Apr/06 with AS

guy xavier percival - Lead RP - 03/Mar/06 with paul

Hidden - 2006

Hidden - Lead RP - 2006

_m.cox_ - Lead RP - Apr/04 with Adam Mulholland

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Ian Ash, cha1n, natalietanzer, xcomm, adam cooper*super*, lukeh, RockSteady, Hidden, Hidden, Goonie, archiecb, Hidden, Hidden

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Style of ascent

Lead47 of 55 (85.5%)
Followed2 of 55 (3.6%)
Toproped2 of 55 (3.6%)
Unknown4 of 55 (7.3%)

'Climbed'7 of 55 (12.7%)
clean β1 of 55 (1.8%)
clean rpt1 of 55 (1.8%)
clean RP35 of 55 (63.6%)
dogged9 of 55 (16.4%)
dnf2 of 55 (3.6%)