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Petronella** VS 4c

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[Liam Marin, Petronella VS., 2 kb]Great VS on the left edge of the Lower Tier of Cioch Buttress. After the first pitch the leaders imagination can run riot to get to the top of the second (the right slanting crack in the boulder up and right is great at VS 4c!)

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This climb is in 35 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

LibS - 2nd - 19/May/13 with Mark Brims, Carol Goodall

Found top of crack on first pitch a scary proposition without any gear and so backed off.
DavPk - Lead dnf - 25/Aug/12 with Andrew James

APRS - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/12 with Lawrence Furse

Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Warren, Andy

andymoin - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Neil Mackenzie, Warren

LibS - Lead O/S - 21/May/12 with Jonnie Williams

jonnie3430 - 2nd O/S - 21/May/12 with Libby

Slightly exciting; followed Birthday boy Sam up 1st pitch and we were belaying Ben up after when Matt took a nasty 20m fall from P2 of Cicoch Grooves to halfway down P1. Lowered Ben straight off to help and we finished the route and got down asap. Leading after seeing a fall like that was harrowing to say the least. Matt was choppered off the mountain and got away with some nasty cuts and a broken wrist.
cookacat - AltLd - 20/Jun/11 with Ben, sam

CragDog - AltLd O/S - 20/Jun/11 with Alex Minshall

I led first pitch, Matt led second. The gear didn't seem too bad with a No.4 torque nut and a No.5 dragon cam. Maybe arms and legs stuffed into the crack made it feel safer.
David Kay - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Alexandra Craven, Matt Robinson

Col Kingshott - Lead O/S - 04/May/11

K Wall - AltLd - 30/Apr/11 with Martin

Seymore Butt - 2011

Liam Martin - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/10 with Eric Grimes

Roger Cruse - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/10 with Kris

jl - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Penny

pennyb - 2nd O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Jon

HamishD - Lead O/S - Jun/08 with pete

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/May/08

Hidden - AltLd - 19/May/08

Ross Barnes - AltLd - May/05 with Andy I

andyinglis - AltLd - May/05 with ross barnes

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2004

Bold without very big gear for first pitch.
Jamie B - AltLd - Sep/02 with Alex Glasgow

220bpm - AltLd O/S - 22/May/99 with Snowboarder, Dave

John Brayshaw - 2nd - 03/Jun/92 with Chris Heald

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/91

johnkeith - 1990

colinthrelfall - 1990

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Aug/87

gooberman-hill - Lead - 1985

Hidden - 1983

Ken McCulloch - May/82

RichardMc - AltLd O/S - 30/May/77 with Dave Langmead

Date is approximate, done several times
David Smith - Lead - May/69 with Pete Clayton

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Voting
Total votes cast 33
hard HVS0 of 12
HVS0 of 12
easy HVS5 of 12
hard VS2 of 12
VS5 of 12
easy VS0 of 12
hard HS0 of 12
HS0 of 12
easy HS0 of 12
hard 5a0 of 11
5a0 of 11
easy 5a1 of 11
hard 4c1 of 11
4c8 of 11
easy 4c0 of 11
hard 4b1 of 11
4b0 of 11
easy 4b0 of 11
3 Stars1 of 10
2 Stars9 of 10
1 Star0 of 10
0 Stars0 of 10
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Style of ascent

Lead9 of 35 (25.7%)
Followed5 of 35 (14.3%)
Alt Leads16 of 35 (45.7%)
Unknown5 of 35 (14.3%)

'Climbed'17 of 35 (48.6%)
clean O/S17 of 35 (48.6%)
dnf1 of 35 (2.9%)