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The Low Girdle* VS 4c

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Easiest line at low height. Try it solo at high tide - perhaps the best route on the crag.
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This climb is in 35 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/13

Tide at a good height today, high enough but not too high to make it hard. Did the usual right to left and back with a few extras thrown in, good workout...
Chad123 - Solo rpt - 20/Jul/12

Completely different when the tide is out, much easier than at high tide but there is quite a high section in the middle. About VS....
Chad123 - Solo rpt - 28/Jun/12

Timed it perfectly for a high spring tide, still wouldn't want to fall in though! Lovely sustained climbing, went both ways in the end, but more like HVS 5b I reckon especially if you stay low around Pain Pillar. Seemed harder going left to right though I was pretty pumped by then...not bad effort from 7 month pregnant lady though she retreated when it got tricky at Pain Pillar!
Chad123 - Solo O/S - 09/May/12 with Emily

mshorter - Solo O/S - 18/Mar/12 with erika

Hidden - Solo O/S - 03/Jul/11

R-L. Got a little higher than I'd have liked around pain pillar, with the tide on its way out
Thoms6974 - Solo O/S - 03/Jun/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/May/11

Hidden - Sent - 03/Oct/10

Basking in the sun..
Lawrie Brand - Solo rpt - 17/Jun/10 with Mariana, Mina

Hidden - Solo rpt - 29/May/10

Great route, quite tricky in places at high tide especially in the low light.
sebrider - Solo - 20/May/10

A bit tricky around Saracen and Toerag's wall, but the will to stay dry pulled me through
kdlauder - Solo β - 21/Apr/10 with james

franksnb - Solo O/S - 21/Apr/10

enjoyable, though I did meander up and down a bit.
JamieSparkes - Solo O/S - 21/Mar/10

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2010

Ace. Done with tide in as suggested in guidebook (though water not all that deep). A few tricky bits, and falling would be quite undesirable! Good seaside adventure :)
KeithAlexander - Solo - 27/Sep/09

Lawrie Brand - Solo O/S - 31/Jul/08

Done when the tide was right up - absolutely fantastic. Water is deep enough to fall into. Stay low below pain pillar to pull round a blank section using a crimp sidepull for LH and some smooth RH holds. Fell in there! Hard! (V2)
paulpitcher - Solo - 04/Jul/08 with Solo

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - Sep/07

el diablo - 2007

Hidden - Solo - 24/Jun/06

Amazing high tide, sun shining, the best.
andymoin - Solo O/S - 13/May/06 with Chemhoyish

whispering nic - Solo - 29/Oct/05

graemecook - May/05

BRUCESTRAC - 2005

Captain Solo - Solo - 13/Jun/04 with Colin

220bpm - Solo O/S - 22/May/04

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2004

Didn't complete largely to do with the fact that with a great splosh, Chris went swimming!
samwelli - Solo dnf - 05/Oct/02 with Reuben Brown and Chris Naylor

Hidden - Solo O/S - May/01

Hidden - Solo - Oct/99

Hidden - Solo O/S - 1998

Yourlead - Lead - 22/Aug/93 with Gillian Lyall

Ric fell in and waded back in the scuddy!
Yourlead - Solo - 22/Aug/91 with Ric Gregory

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Voting
Total votes cast 27
hard HVS0 of 8
HVS0 of 8
easy HVS1 of 8
hard VS1 of 8
VS6 of 8
easy VS0 of 8
hard HS0 of 8
HS0 of 8
easy HS0 of 8
hard 5a0 of 9
5a0 of 9
easy 5a1 of 9
hard 4c2 of 9
4c6 of 9
easy 4c0 of 9
hard 4b0 of 9
4b0 of 9
easy 4b0 of 9
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Style of ascent

Soloed27 of 35 (77.1%)
Lead2 of 35 (5.7%)
Followed1 of 35 (2.9%)
Bouldered1 of 35 (2.9%)
Alt Leads1 of 35 (2.9%)
Unknown3 of 35 (8.6%)

'Climbed'13 of 35 (37.1%)
clean O/S16 of 35 (45.7%)
clean β1 of 35 (2.9%)
clean rpt4 of 35 (11.4%)
dnf1 of 35 (2.9%)