Led 2nd pitch this time - and got to watch base jumpers flying down off Main Wall from the belay. Previously did the first again when the balloon fiesta was on and saw a balloon almost hit the wall above us, scraped its way over the fence! Exciting place this cliff.
thomasadixon - Lead rpt - 14/Oct/12 with Becca

dan ely - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/12 with Kemics

First E3 (Led P.2) Left to dry out as everything was soaked in the morning. Start to second pitch was a little too bold to enjoy while climbing (ring peg is proper manky) Finished chased by the darkness coming up the wall from the setting sun. One of my best climbs, was buzzing but only once i'd finally made it to the railings. Painful 2nd stance!
Kemics - AltLd O/S - 06/Oct/12 with Enduro Dan

Led p2
cem - AltLd O/S - 06/Sep/12 with Chris Parson

drcorbasisgod - AltLd O/S - Sep/12 with Charles Moreton

Santas Little Helper - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/12 with Northern Pete

Pete Rigby - AltLd rpt - 30/Jul/12 with Gary

no_need_for_lube_yan - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/12 with Donald 'Big Boy' Birchall

With one man down the day wasn't looking promising. Getting on this changed all that though. Very Very good route, not as bold as I was expecting. The first pitch is a harsh warm-up. Lead Pitch 2 and glad I did. A chapter over in my avon gorge career..
Stanners - AltLd O/S - 20/Jun/12 with Jack Bradbrook

Had been an aspiration of mine to climb this for a long time and very happy to finally do it. Definitely an essential tick for any regular Avoner and a true rite of passage. Each pitch has its own unique character and something very different to offer which makes for an exciting trip up the enormous wall. No especially hard or bold bits on any of the pitches but there are still enough tricky moves and run outs to keep you in the head space the whole time. Excellent route. (Led pitches 1 and 3)
Quarryboy - AltLd O/S - 20/Jun/12 with Rob Stanfield

P1 and P3. Deep breathing required for the runout top pitch, but it is way steady and has islands of bomber gear. A good experience.
eddy-on-the-rocks - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/12 with Mark

Led P1 and P3. Very, very good.
John Southworth - AltLd O/S - 18/Mar/12 with Rich Smith

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 18/Mar/12

I lead P2 & 3, P1 is way harder than these and has an intimidating start.
James Marshall - Lead rpt - Mar/12 with Pete Shepherd

P1 & 3
mikeshewring - AltLd - 26/Feb/12

Awesome route. Led P1 & P3. Airy but brilliant finish.
thomb - AltLd O/S - 07/Jan/12 with Gareth

Lead second pitch. Great route.
DorsetGareth - AltLd O/S - 07/Jan/12 with Tom B

Pleasant, exposed, somewhat crusty climbing. Challenging but not technically difficult anywhere.
Toby Dunn - AltLd - 13/Nov/11 with Sophie Nunn

Sophie Nunn - AltLd O/S - 13/Nov/11 with Toby

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Oct/11

P2, gibbering slightly.
quadmyre - AltLd - 21/Oct/11 with John Mcshea, Cherry

stephenhartley - 2nd - 03/Oct/11 with Burns

Pure class. Top pitch a very different experience to the rest of Avon, very strange (and good) rock on this wall.
thomasadixon - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/11 with Quico

Wet day so had a look at Avon. Wet rock so had a look at Exploding Galaxy wall. P1 v bold and technical at the crux. Good lead from Misha, 2nd in the rain, sliiipy. watched the rain from 1st belay and then lead P2 but had to rest after going wrong way at the mantle shelf - so annoyed! Top pitch excellentspace walking. Ice cream top out and abbed back down in a final down pour.
philhilo - AltLd dog - 07/Aug/11 with misha

What a brilliant route! It had rained earlier in the day and we could see some wet patches above the second borehole on P1 but decided to give it a go anyway. The sun was blazing as I set off on P1, which proved to be bold and tricky in places and fairly sustained overall. Started raining fairly hard just after I got to the bolted belay - a good second by Phil as most of the good holds were wet! By the time we had swapped the gear, it had stopped raining and the rock on P2 had mostly dried out, so Phil carried on. Started raining again as Phil was finishing the pitch but it stopped by the time I started seconding P2, which was pretty sustained and had lots of good climbing on increasingly interesting rock. I got P3, which was a refugee from Gogarth Red Wall with weird, funky rock that was mostly fairly straightforward but required a considered approach. Fantastic exposure moving up and left from the pancake gargoyle and peg. Topped out for an ice cream, then abbed down in two abs (the tat at the top could do with replacing soon) and got soaked in the process. Lots of blackberries at the bottom. Took up three and a half hours to the top.
Misha - AltLd O/S - 07/Aug/11 with Phil

pezzerrr - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/May/11

1st pitch amazing, 2nd pitch pulled on gear, 3rd pitch too tired to remember but Andy said he thought it was brilliant...must have been good!
RachelP - 2nd - 15/May/11 with Andy T

Hidden - TR dog - 11/Apr/11

Hidden - TR dog - 08/Apr/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 23/Mar/11

Loved the hanging belay, brilliant!
Harry Kingston - AltLd O/S - Mar/11

led p1&3
Aaron Lines - AltLd O/S - Nov/10 with frank

Hidden - TR β - 15/Sep/10

Hidden - TR β - 04/Sep/10

led the relatively easy middle pitch. brilliant.
Alasdair88 - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/10 with Raph, sophie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/10

Hidden - TR β - 31/Aug/10

Hidden - TR β - 29/Aug/10

Hidden - TR O/S - 22/Aug/10

No guidebook and a single rope folded in half which was too short. EPIC.
Richard Hall - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/10 with Keith Bradbury

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Jul/10

A good route to test the repair of my broken bones and ligaments. Had to do it over 2 days as we ran out of time to pick Ollie up from school after the 2nd pitch. A brilliant route with exposure and hanging belays ideal for anyone wanting to take their first steps into adventure.
KRB - Lead rpt - 30/Jun/10 with Martin Bridges

richiebongo - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/10

AlexRenshaw - Lead - 09/May/10 with Ted Lister, Thomas Renshaw

Fantastic, unusual and classic. 5c, 5b, 5b. I led P2.
ericinbristol - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/10 with Barry Durston

Superb. We combined pitches 2 + 3 in 1 big pitch - it may be better to take the belay in between to avoid getting pumped out of your mind some distance from your last gear on the final left trending ramp! We got down in two abs - from in situ gear on the tree at the top and from the double bolt belay ledge at the end of pitch 1.
Ed Babs - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Mike Hawkins

Led P1&3
Bristoldave - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/10 with Harry

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/10

Pbclimbing.com - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/09

James Marshall - 2nd - 22/Jul/09

Brilliant. 4 stars. Combined p2 and p3.
Chubbard - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/09 with J Robinson

JimR - 18/Jul/09 with Charles H

Hidden - AltLd - 21/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2009

Lead pitch 2. Great route, wild exposure on the top pitch
lukehodson - AltLd O/S - 07/Dec/08 with Howard

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/08

Lead P1 (4 runners) & P3 (~11 runners)
Paz - AltLd rpt - 29/Aug/08 with WG

Finished just into the dark with Rosea. Awesome.
Spacetourist - AltLd O/S - 2008 with Rosea

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 21/Jun/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Feb/07

haydng - AltLd O/S - 2007 with Rob

waltersp - 2nd O/S - Dec/06 with Nick

Lead 2nd pitch; brief rest before the mantle shelf
simonf - AltLd dog - Nov/06 with Simon + Chris

Lead P3 for the second time, just safe steady runout E3 climbing.
Paz - AltLd rpt - 09/Sep/06 with MH

Washed away in a torrential downpour in 2003. Revisited for the last climb of the day one evening after work. Finished in virtual darkness at 10:30pm.
KRB - Lead rpt - 13/Jul/06 with Chris Bridges

Led 2nd pitch.
Bux - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/06 with Nick

Lead P2, which is probably why I think of this as easy E3 - I've only lead the top pitch once.
Paz - AltLd rpt - 04/Mar/06 with RJ

Jo McCready - 2006

Bern - 2006

Marti999 - AltLd - 2006

Paz - AltLd rpt - 31/May/05 with TS

Tim Steward - AltLd - 31/May/05 with James Parrot

joe_alexander - 2nd dog - 31/Jan/05 with Nick Gillette

phsharpy - Lead rpt - 2005 with Simon Kimber

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Jul/04 with Jack G

lead P2.
Paz - AltLd rpt - 19/May/04 with AS

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 14/Apr/04

cornishben - 2nd O/S - 2004 with Mike Raine

dan gibson - 2004 with anthony prior

Hidden - 2004

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2004

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Nov/03

_m.cox_ - Lead O/S - Aug/03 with Adam Mulholland

Lead P1 and P3 (waited at the ramp for a heavy shower to pass).
Paz - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/03 with TC

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/03

Hidden - Lead rpt - 09/Apr/01

Billg - Lead O/S - Jul/00 with Harry

Tim M - Lead O/S - 2000

guy xavier percival - 1999

Dave Musgrove Jnr - AltLd - 12/Sep/96 with Al Willoner

Hidden - Solo - 1996

I lead all the pitches and Adam climbed in his pants.
lowersharpnose - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/94 with Adam

chris sm - 2nd dnf - 29/Mar/94 with Jon Pearson

Hidden - Lead - 20/Mar/93

AndySL - 2nd O/S - 1993 with Tim

Roget - Lead O/S - 13/Nov/92 with mark t

Pete Ogden - AltLd - 1990 with Mark Worsley

L,2,L.
charlesmfrench - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/89 with Andy Tallent

Hidden - Lead - 24/Sep/89

Soloed having lead it the year before. Wobbly hold on the last move!
frank ramsay - Solo - Jul/88

Led pitch 2
Kafoozalem - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/88 with Paul Reily

DDDD - 1987

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1986 with Emily

Ug.
Ena - Lead dnf - Jun/85 with Mark Courtiour

andy gittins - 1983

stp - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/82

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Aug/81

Hidden - 1981