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Brute* VS 5a

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[Malcolm on Brute, 3 kb]No description has been contributed for this climb.

Ticklists: Scottish Mid-Grade Multi-Pitch, Strathspey's Finest.

Photo: Malcolm on Brute © Hannah Appleton
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 84 logbooks, and on 7 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead dog - 16/Sep/12

Led P2. Strenuous up the groove but short-lived.
iceicebaby - AltLd O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Sam Wood

PeteLoveless - AltLd O/S - 03/Sep/12 with Ben Gibson

Good wee route although the first pitch is short lived!
Gibson27 - AltLd O/S - Sep/12

Hidden - Lead - 30/Aug/12

barney_edin - AltLd rpt - 19/Aug/12 with Mehmet

RocKalina - AltLd - 18/Aug/12 with MM

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Aug/12

Direct start (LMF)
Andy Moles - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Greg Cain

andyinglis - AltLd rpt - 21/Jul/12 with Helen R

In 1 pitch
Bern - 2nd O/S - 07/Jun/12 with Peter Brown

First two pitches only, good route.
cam1401 - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/12 with Andy O

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Apr/12

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Sep/11

1st pitch (4c) lead by Rory. 2nd pitch (5a) lead by me.
stephenmckenzie - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/11 with Rory Brown

In 2 pitches, led p2. Ab station tat all new.
Dizz - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/11 with Andy N

centurion05 - AltLd - Sep/11

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Aug/11

Hidden - 20/Jun/11

MULTIPITCH
DOVEY - 03/Jun/11 with Chris + Fran

French Erick - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11 with Stuart McFarlane, Jim Hall

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11

janey pitch one, me pitch two then abbed off after finishing the good pitches.
sneaks - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11 with janey

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Scottish78 - 2011

newtonmore - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Luke Ellis - Lead O/S - 2011

Tomek S - AltLd O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Wojtek Polkowski

Wojttek - AltLd O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Tomek

First 2 pitches. Led 2nd pitch. 1st pitch a bit loose. Struggled to find a way over the crux roof on 2nd pitch. Good gear there though followed by a huge run out onto a slab and not very good gear. An ok route.
climberuk - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Drew

chapmand - AltLd - 01/Sep/10 with Suzie Hatchell

Led second pitch. Ab station in a bad state: take some tat up with you!
bigbobbyking - AltLd O/S - 16/Aug/10 with jacob davies

Smelly Fox - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/10 with Ryan Slater

mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/10 with trist

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/10

Ian Jones - AltLd O/S - Jun/10 with Roger Benton

one for the future. great moves on great gear.
cogg13 - 2nd O/S - 23/May/10 with david gemmell

Stiff pull through the wee roof..
Lawrie Brand - AltLd O/S - 19/Sep/09 with Jamie Wilson

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Sep/09

Only did first 2 pitches. I did pitch 2 - pretty thuggy!
Mrs Weasel - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/09 with JiveWeasel

I led pitch 1, Mrs W led pitch 2, then we abbed off in the drizzle.
JiveWeasel - AltLd - 30/Aug/09 with Mrs Weasel

mikecollins - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/09 with manmike

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/09

adw07 - AltLd O/S - 02/Aug/09 with Mark Jarvie

rclarke - AltLd - 23/Jun/09 with Dave Brigham

Sonya Mc - 2nd - 03/May/09 with AndyN

Quite steep and goey for VS!
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Ross Barnes

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/09

Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/09 with mal_meech

Ross Barnes - AltLd - 12/Apr/09 with Ally

Hidden - Lead - Apr/09

Ken Applegate - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Hannah Evans

Led first and third pitch. Very nice.
Shauna - AltLd O/S - 14/Aug/08 with Paul Cunningham

Hidden - Lead - Aug/08

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

TrollJester - AltLd O/S - 2008 with VARIOUS Throughout 80's+90's

Hidden - 2nd - 2008

jess - AltLd O/S - 2008 with martin

CurlyStevo - AltLd - 2008

Lead P2. Great route!
beegsyboy - AltLd O/S - 30/Sep/07 with Sandy

Led crux pitch
Captain Solo - AltLd - 29/Sep/07 with Mark

RobScotland - AltLd O/S - 20/Aug/07 with Derek

quite wet at the crux with seepage after recent heavy rains. Great route though with some big generous run out. Typical Creag Dubh affair.
jazzyjackson - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/07 with Jimbob

Led 5a pitch, ab'd after 2nd pitch.
HIGHTOWER - AltLd O/S - 17/Jun/07 with Tim

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Jun/07

timmy-ts - 2007

Hidden - 2007

wow brill second picth, going thro the roof with great gear below is amazing!
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 09/Sep/06 with Magnes Josnon

Very steep and slightly insecure for VS.
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/06 with Andy Inglis

andyinglis - AltLd - 04/Jun/06 with Ally Fulton

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/05

Hidden - AltLd - 12/May/05

and Pete Greene
dave o - AltLd - 23/Apr/05 with Julia H

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Apr/05

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2005

hedgehog77 - AltLd - 09/Jun/04

akhughes - AltLd - 2004

ruaridhmac - AltLd - 06/Aug/01 with Graham Dawson

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Mar/00

munro109 - 2nd - 02/Oct/76 with Glenmore Lodge

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
j.richards, Hidden, Hidden, Dustin, Ropeboy, Ian Jones, dthomson

Voting
Total votes cast 68
hard HVS0 of 22
HVS0 of 22
easy HVS3 of 22
hard VS6 of 22
VS13 of 22
easy VS0 of 22
hard HS0 of 22
HS0 of 22
easy HS0 of 22
hard 5b0 of 23
5b0 of 23
easy 5b0 of 23
hard 5a2 of 23
5a20 of 23
easy 5a1 of 23
hard 4c0 of 23
4c0 of 23
easy 4c0 of 23
3 Stars4 of 23
2 Stars16 of 23
1 Star3 of 23
0 Stars0 of 23
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Style of ascent

Lead7 of 84 (8.3%)
Followed8 of 84 (9.5%)
Alt Leads60 of 84 (71.4%)
Unknown9 of 84 (10.7%)

'Climbed'36 of 84 (42.9%)
clean O/S45 of 84 (53.6%)
clean rpt2 of 84 (2.4%)
dogged1 of 84 (1.2%)