UKC

72m, 3 pitches.

Rockfax Description
A steep and exciting journey up the very centre of the wall - a Gorge classic. Start 20m left of the huge corner at a well-trodden patch of ground clear of brambles, beneath a bolt at 9m.
1) 5c, 26m. Move up shale covered ledges to the bolt. Make an awkward short traverse left and up to better holds and another bolt above. Trend right and climb up into a vertical borehole and good small wires. Move up to the top of the borehole, peg, and traverse steeply left to a grassy ledge and pull onto it. Move up right to another good ledge with a bolted belay.
2) 5b, 22m. Clip a peg above the ledge on the right and make surprisingly difficult moves up the wall and onto a hollow flake/ledge. Move up leftwards and clip a peg before traversing left on good pockets to a peg and deep pocket (just above a prominent metal spike). Climb a crack above the pocket and gain a small ledge, peg. Stand on the ledge and move up the wall to easier ground. Traverse left past a good calcite thread, and the base of the impending corner above, and make steep moves up past a couple of pegs to a hanging belay on a spike and good nuts.
3) 5b, 22m. Climb rightwards on great holds with feet above the overhang past a thread to a harder section where the wall turns smoother. Gain a small pancake of rock (good thin-sling runner) and prominent peg. Now gain the right-to-left sloping ramp and follow this on rounded but plentiful holds to a steep exit near its end. A wildly exposed pitch. © Rockfax

D Ivory, E Hart (T Gloag, P Johnston (1 aid pt) May/1972) 1973.

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Great Wall Climbs of the UK , Rockfax SW select - Avon gorge routes , West Country Climbs , Rockfax West Country top 50 , CLIMB Mag's Top 100 routes in Britain , Ultimate E3 ticklist , The best the UK has to offer for mere mortals (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , Becky's ticklist , South West Climbs - Pat Littlejohn (1st Ed.) , So you think your an Avon Climber? , Paul Dearden's classic rock climbs , Best of the Gorge , South West in Extremis , Avon Gorge *** Routes , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3 , E1-E3 adventure routes: seacliffs, outcrops just not mountains. , Avon GORGEous

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jld579 5 Aug, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Pumped and rainy, nearly arse rocketed off the muddy topout. Apart from that and getting the ropes stuck a great route!
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βeta: Pumped and rainy, nearly arse rocketed off the muddy topout. Apart from that and getting the ropes stuck a great route!
widdlestickmcpoos 4 Aug, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Sketchy top out in the rain, unexpectedly difficult and hold-less.
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βeta: Sketchy top out in the rain, unexpectedly difficult and hold-less.

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