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Magic Flute** E2 5b

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[Ian on the crux of Magic Flute, 4 kb]Start up Golden Stairs but move out right to gain the base of the slab awkwardly. Pad up its left-hand edge, heading for the magic fluting above. Photo on page 236. © ROCKFAX

Photo: Ian on the crux of Magic Flute © andybirtwistle
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 110 logbooks, and on 13 wishlists.

John 'B' Hutchinson - 2nd β - 05/May/13 with Stewart Rattray

Hidden - Lead - 04/May/13

Hidden - Lead rpt - 02/Apr/13

Runnels!
Alex Mason - Solo O/S - 02/Apr/13 with Charlie Torrance, tim peck, kieran king, Laura Perry, Mikey G

Adamski1986 - 2nd - 02/Mar/13 with Richard Gage

Bit of a one-move wonder. The slab is over too soon.
Dr Toph - 2nd O/S - 09/Jan/13 with Will

salix - Lead dog - 09/Jan/13 with Topher

Glenn Sutcliffe - Lead - 07/Nov/12 with Charl

Tom Folley - 2nd O/S - 06/Oct/12 with George Dunton

georgedunton - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/12 with greg strong

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12

le t - Sent β - 02/Sep/12 with ross

Trevera - Lead - 26/Jul/12

E2 really?? Felt like VS
Matthew Keeves - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12

Adamski1986 - 2nd O/S - 22/Jan/12 with Ross Creber

petegunn - Lead - 09/Dec/11 with Davina

Hidden - 2nd - 09/Dec/11

Fultonius - Lead O/S - 20/Nov/11 with Ross Barnes

dougs1232 - 2nd β - 20/Nov/11 with Ross Barnes, Alasdair Fulton

Dave Warburton - Solo O/S - 22/Oct/11

Ewan Russell - Solo O/S - 22/Oct/11 with bert, Dave Warburton

one amazing hex 4 for the crux, and an ok friend 1
robertmichaeladams - Lead - 15/Oct/11 with Tom

tomdude - 2nd rpt - 15/Oct/11 with rob

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Sep/11

JRae - Lead - 11/Sep/11 with A Turnbull, A Saul

AndyT1151 - 2nd - 11/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead - Aug/11

PiotrB - 2nd - 10/Jul/11

CharlieMack - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Pam

phil64 - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/11 with rachie

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/11

pudding - 2nd O/S - 17/Jun/11 with matt murphy

wookie667 - Sent O/S - 15/Jun/11

Mark D - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/11 with Ewan Irvine, Laurence Everitt

Laurence Everitt - 2nd O/S - 01/Jun/11 with Ewan Irvine, Mark D

ewan i - 2nd - 01/Jun/11 with mark duggan

MDowson - Lead rpt - 07/May/11 with oli warlow

a13x - Lead O/S - 01/May/11 with Matthew Gibbings, Alison Monks

James Rolf - 2nd O/S - 2011

gforce - Lead - 25/Jul/10 with James

James Prowse - 2nd - 25/Jul/10 with Graham

with a tug on the rope first time round, as had missed a hold... clean on second attempt!
jameslord - 2nd dog - 09/Jul/10 with chris

j0shwyatt000 - Lead O/S - 19/May/10

tomdude - Lead O/S - 15/May/10 with ben warlow

oliwarlow - Lead - 15/May/10 with Adam W

tom144807 - 2nd O/S - 09/May/10 with Ian Birtwistle

MDowson - Lead O/S - 08/May/10 with Karl wood

definitatley E1 5a max
Woodiee - 2nd rpt - 08/May/10 with Matt Dowson

Just feels a bit precarious on the on-sight. Easy moves though. Did this as a warm up :-0
odox - Lead O/S - 08/May/10 with Tom Pitchforth

petegunn - Lead - 07/May/10 with Davina

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/May/10

seeroo - 2nd dog - 02/May/10

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

Alison2 - 2nd O/S - May/10 with matthew154

rgd1977 - TR - 23/Apr/10

scott gibson - 2010

Steve Crowe - Lead - 2010

graham lawrie - Lead O/S - 2010

first onsight e2. Only gear is 1 shit cam
pete87abs - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/09 with Dave Brigham

oliwarlow - Lead - 07/Sep/09 with Jonny

Smelly Fox - Lead β - 26/May/09 with Mark Mosgrove

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/May/09

dave o - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with Julia H

vanderz - Lead O/S - 02/May/09

dodfoster - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with ben robinson

Very good route,got 2 cams in the crack before 'the move' so it felt easy at E2.
Phill Mitch - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with dave

Hidden - Lead β - 22/Feb/09

burto - Lead O/S - 24/Jan/09 with ducky

Andy Moles - 2nd - 24/Jan/09 with Calum

CalumC - Lead O/S - 24/Jan/09 with Andy Moles

barney_edin - Lead - 2009

Softest e2 yet, but only because I found a large tricams placement in the slab flutes, look v scary without. Nice rock over.
andymoin - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/08 with Sean

Easy crux, felt like a hard 5a, penalty for failure on the fluting didnt look inviting so bailed.
SeanB - Lead dnf - 02/Oct/08 with Andy

Went for the lead knowing it was "poorly protected" so expecting some poor cam or small nuts. Couldn't find anything so pretty much soloed it!
dj_brigham05 - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/08 with Chris Gordon

Hidden - 29/Jun/08

ed woods - 2nd - 14/Jun/08 with Marshall

gaz.marshall - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/08 with Eddie

mshorter - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/08

Felt very soft touch! - wouldnt want to fall off the top fluting but your not going to... camalot .5 is bomber!
Woodiee - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/08 with Nikki Sommers

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/08

RobScotland - 2nd - 30/Sep/07 with Dougie

Nice route but very easy for grade. One easy 5b move with perfect protection leads to the runout but easy slab. Three Pebble Slab is harder and thats now HVS!
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/07 with Viv

danwaters - Lead O/S - Sep/07 with Scott Gibson

andyandy - Lead - 26/May/07 with Phil

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/06

Had a 'moment' on the crux rock up when a friend caught in the bow of my shoelace making it impossible to straighten my leg out.
shark - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/05 with Karl Telfer

1st E2 - a soft touch.
GPN - Lead O/S - May/05 with Jamie Moss

Mr Pink 2 - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Jan/04

ali_robb - Solo O/S - 2004

ewen - 2003

Roget - Lead O/S - Aug/02

Hidden - Solo O/S - Feb/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2001

Hidden - 2nd - 2000

gypsy3006 - 2000

Hidden - Lead - Jun/99

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/98

akamini - Solo - Jul/97

Ian Jones - Solo - 1997

tlr - 2nd - 07/May/95 with Pete D

tlr - Lead - 14/Apr/95 with Andy B

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Solo - 24/Apr/94

Evoman - Solo - Apr/93

Jon Read - Solo O/S - Feb/93 with Richard Fielding

kato'sdad - Solo - 1992

Rich Kirby - Lead - Oct/91

Dave Musgrove - Solo - 28/Aug/89

Hidden - TR - 03/Apr/83

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Voting
Total votes cast 81
hard E30 of 30
E30 of 30
easy E30 of 30
hard E20 of 30
E26 of 30
easy E28 of 30
hard E115 of 30
E11 of 30
easy E10 of 30
hard 5c0 of 29
5c0 of 29
easy 5c0 of 29
hard 5b0 of 29
5b21 of 29
easy 5b6 of 29
hard 5a2 of 29
5a0 of 29
easy 5a0 of 29
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Style of ascent

Soloed12 of 110 (10.9%)
Lead61 of 110 (55.5%)
Followed27 of 110 (24.5%)
Toproped2 of 110 (1.8%)
Bouldered2 of 110 (1.8%)
Alt Leads1 of 110 (0.9%)
Unknown5 of 110 (4.5%)

'Climbed'42 of 110 (38.2%)
clean O/S55 of 110 (50.0%)
clean β5 of 110 (4.5%)
clean rpt4 of 110 (3.6%)
dogged3 of 110 (2.7%)
dnf1 of 110 (0.9%)