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Countdown Direct** HVS 5a

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[Leading Countdown Direct HVS 5a, For the real HVS's, 3 kb]No description has been contributed for this climb.
Ernie Shield & Brian Snowdon 14/Apr/1962

Ticklists: NYMoors Classics.

Photo: Leading Countdown Direct HVS 5a, For the real HVS's © IanJackson
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This climb is in 24 logbooks, and on no wishlists.

2 words pumpy and pumpy
freemanTom (Guildford MC) - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/12 with Callum

Narked4fun - 2012

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Oct/11

Bit of a scary top out scrambling up the heather. There is a belay stake about 5m from the top of the route.
robin_hackney - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/11 with Si

Hidden - Lead - 14/Aug/11

Brilliant climbing, one of the best HVS cracks I have done.
ablackett - Lead - 13/Jul/11 with Andy Wallace

Quality.
Dave Warburton - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/10 with HuwGoodal

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Oct/10

melonmike - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/10 with Matt Roper, Franco

Epic, Excellent, Exciting. The jamming is superb. Blown away by the quality. Is this the best wall in the moors? the Nightwatch, Central crack, The Skab, The claw and this. Pretty cool.
Franco Cookson - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/10 with Mike r

IanJackson - 2nd - 15/Jul/08 with Peter

During a thunderstorm....I was excited belaying, poor luke!!
IanJackson - 2nd - 03/Jul/08 with luketheape

Brown - Lead O/S - 23/Feb/08 with Ralph

IanJackson - AltLd rpt - 03/Jun/07 with Robeverybody

IanJackson - 2nd - 20/Jun/06 with Luke Hunt

Great steep climbing, do it in one pitch, the belays crap but the leader didnt fancy the tope section
IanJackson - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/06 with Luke Hunt

Toreador - 2nd rpt - 25/Jun/03 with Duncan

Toreador - 2nd O/S - Jun/02 with Rich

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/02

Roget - Lead O/S - 06/Sep/98 with jim

Richard White - 1988

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/77

Hidden - Lead - 24/Jun/76

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 12/Sep/71

Voting
Total votes cast 30
hard E10 of 10
E10 of 10
easy E10 of 10
hard HVS6 of 10
HVS2 of 10
easy HVS2 of 10
hard VS0 of 10
VS0 of 10
easy VS0 of 10
hard 5b0 of 10
5b0 of 10
easy 5b0 of 10
hard 5a0 of 10
5a9 of 10
easy 5a0 of 10
hard 4c1 of 10
4c0 of 10
easy 4c0 of 10
3 Stars7 of 10
2 Stars2 of 10
1 Star1 of 10
0 Stars0 of 10
Bag of .....0 of 10
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Style of ascent

Lead11 of 24 (45.8%)
Followed8 of 24 (33.3%)
Alt Leads3 of 24 (12.5%)
Unknown2 of 24 (8.3%)

'Climbed'9 of 24 (37.5%)
clean O/S13 of 24 (54.2%)
clean rpt2 of 24 (8.3%)