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West Rib** HVS 5a

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[West Rib Pitch 2, 2 kb]Another classic HVS, supposedly slightly easier than the neighbouring Diagonal. 1) 4b, 18m. Start 4m left of the wall. Climb up a chimney then move leftwards to belay left of the obvious rib. 2) 5a, 30m. Traverse right to the rib, climb it to a high step at 9m (good runner) and weave delicately up to join Western Slabs. 3) 4c, 18m. Move round the arete on the left and climb a thin crack. Pass the steep arete and go right to meet Western Slabs. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: North Wales Rock Graded List, Kirkus Routes.

Photo: West Rib Pitch 2 © mikelaing
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 262 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/May/13

Ray Sparks - AltLd O/S - 02/May/13

Hidden - 2013

Lloyders - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/12 with Paddy

Led p2, quite runout on the rib but easy angle helps. Finished up the the chain.
pastep - AltLd - 08/Sep/12 with ebf

I led the first, Paul the second and we finished up The Chain, which I led - a great finish to this route. Very nice.
ebf - AltLd - 08/Sep/12

Kyuzo - 07/Sep/12

dave657 - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/12 with Alys

stevoland - Lead O/S - Aug/12

P2 - what a beautiful climb! Both P2 and 3 are awesome
Sardien - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/12 with Greg Edwards

Jake Young - AltLd O/S - 21/Jul/12 with Mark R

P1+2
mark20 - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/12

Mackinclimb - Lead - 09/Jul/12

martrin - AltLd - 18/Jun/12 with Sarah Kekus

Lead pitch 1,3
r fizzle - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12

Lead P2
Olli-C - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Rachel Slater

roberts1234567890 - AltLd - 27/May/12 with Simon Van Dam

SimonvanDam - AltLd - 27/May/12 with Matt Roberts

Led P2. V gusty made the bold bits extra scary. I seconded the Chain finish thinking it was the regular finish. Thought it felt tricky for 4c.
Owen W-G - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with Richard

Rich God 3 - AltLd - 26/May/12 with Owen

davesb - AltLd O/S - 25/May/12 with Torquil

Lead P2 after straying off Diagonal
Richard Kemble - Lead O/S - 24/May/12 with Lewis G

Hidden - AltLd - 22/May/12

Led P2, mild but bold. Finished up The Chain.
victim of mathematics - AltLd rpt - 21/May/12 with James Oswald

Lead P1. Runout and easy
James Oswald - Lead O/S - 21/May/12 with Colin Angus

Bold first pitch, glad I was seconding today!
Wyn Bach - 2nd O/S - 04/May/12 with Ifan Roberts

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/May/12

Lead P2.
JezH - AltLd O/S - 03/May/12 with Ellie

Hidden - May/12

Hidden - AltLd - May/12

hrgcb - AltLd - 25/Mar/12 with Crispin, John Chattaway

Stone Muppet - AltLd - 24/Mar/12

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Mar/12

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Nov/11

alias dave - AltLd O/S - 20/Nov/11 with Sam.EB

chrisallan - AltLd β - 14/Oct/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Sep/11

Phil_Hall_97 - 2nd - 28/Sep/11 with Alice Du Preeze, Dave Evans

Led middle pitch. Good route.
lukehodson - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/11 with Charlotte

with the chain to finish.
Ewan Russell - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/11 with Halla

Lead P2(HVS 5a)awesome pitch, delicate and balancey and the gear is there you just need to really look for it.
Clarky10 - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/11 with Stuart Morris

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 23/Jul/11

Led P2, finished up The Chain (Jayne led). Really good climb, didn't feel too run-out or necky on second pitch. The chain was a great way to finish
fizzychewitt - AltLd - 14/Jul/11 with Jayne

gw3285 - AltLd - 10/Jul/11

Lawrie Brand - AltLd O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Joe

lead last pitch HVS 4C
emma Warren - AltLd O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Matt Stygall, Keith Ball

deejmonkey - AltLd - 03/Jul/11 with Tom

dan gibson - Solo rpt - 03/Jul/11

tomparrott - AltLd - 03/Jul/11 with DJ

Great climb on great rock, loved pitch 2
freakyboy777 - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Lee, Simon

Simon Cahill - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Frank Blakley, Lee Paskin

led 1st and last pitch
Bill Lawrence - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with andy lawrence

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11

Heisenberg - AltLd - 02/Jul/11 with tony hulme

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Jul/11

Bold first pitch due to lack of gear and unclear route. Great second pitch.
Andy Chubb - AltLd - 01/Jul/11 with Nick Gregory

With The Chain finish
david morse - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/11 with Nicola Jasieniecka, lole

Main pitch is nicer than anything on Diagonal, arguably.
five - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/11 with AV

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

Magz led crux. I led the Link pitch
brockers - AltLd - 03/Jun/11 with Maggie Bass

Could not find starty of first pitch and rock greasy. Did first pitch of Western Slabs.
egg-man - AltLd - 03/Jun/11 with Pete Nugent

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Jun/11

Had tried earlier in the day (midday) but start was difficult to locate (why isn't the large detached flake mentioned as a reference point in the description?),was damp and seemed bold & poorly protected for 4b. So we did Western Slabs. In the evng sunlight (6 pm) we came back and used p1 of Western slabs to gain the rib from the right. P2 is excellent, marvellous climbing. On p3 we did the 4c finish but regretted not finishing up p2 of the Link (5b); a beautiful finger crack. Would be worth 3 stars this way.
Pete Nugent - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Graham Phillips

mikelaing - AltLd - Jun/11 with Ian Whitehead

NickJH - AltLd - Jun/11 with LiamG

NickJH - Lead - Jun/11 with LiamG

Lead The Chain (E1 5B) instead of the last pitch.
Nigel Mackwood - AltLd rpt - Jun/11 with Mark Westerman

Hidden - 2nd - 19/May/11

Clarky10 - AltLd O/S - May/11 with Ben Matthews

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Apr/11

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Apr/11

lead pitch 2 (4b) very quick easy climbing up crack and flakes to top of pinnacle. great way to finish a great day
benkelsey - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/11 with Remus Knowles

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/11

Lead pitch one clean, but had intended to be on the VS! Abseiled off whilst the going was good. Thought it was quite hard for the grade!
mcglenr25 - Lead dnf - 19/Apr/11 with John Niven

I led pitch 2. Wet at the start so pitch one felt quite committing.
Katex - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/11 with Simon Edwards

sophiecb - 2nd - 10/Apr/11 with Neil, James

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11

Julesthe1st - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Mike

the chain pitch finish
tim newton - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/11 with dan jones

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/11

Rory Shaw - 2011

David Smith - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

alasdair19 - 2011

mwatson - 2011

had to ab off after second pitch as it pi..ed it down.. Great route up to there tho...
gazfellows - AltLd - 20/Sep/10 with shaun d

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Sep/10

Aaron Lines - AltLd O/S - Sep/10 with sue hazel

jl - AltLd O/S - 22/Aug/10 with MIA Training

nai - AltLd O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Tim

tlr - AltLd - 15/Aug/10 with Pom

nakedave - AltLd - 15/Aug/10 with Barney Crampton

dan gibson - Solo O/S - 21/Jul/10

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Jun/10

Led 1st and 3rd pitches. Started in wrong place on 1st pitch and then got a bit nervy not sure I was on the route during a long runout section but eventually found the belay. The second pitch is magnificent - exposed but with just adequate protection. 3rd pitch was excellect and proper 4c (unlike the top pitch of Diagonal!).
Steve Waters, Mynydd - AltLd - 26/Jun/10 with Mike Tempest

pawelx - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/10

J1PEF - AltLd - 25/Jun/10

Led pitch 2
John Roe - AltLd - 18/Jun/10 with Rusty Bale

Lead P2 which had good gear to start but not where it matters! Really lovely pitch - almost 3 stars on it's own but the route as a whole is let down by P1+3...
Wilbur - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/10 with Caine

Kyle Rance - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10

Fiona got the 5a pitch, but then I got the E1 5b crack- The Chain. So was a happy bunny.
Swotson - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Fiona Sanders

Pitch 1&3 - started in wrong place, messed up head a bit and was a bit wobbly on the unprotected 25-30foot to the belay! good route though, also did the final foot traverse with my hands!!!
viking - AltLd O/S - Jun/10 with wilbur

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/10

Bex_M - AltLd - 30/May/10 with Duncan Dunbar

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/May/10

tomhull - AltLd O/S - 24/May/10 with matt harris

PaulHarris - AltLd - 23/May/10 with John, Simon, Micheal

PaulHarris - AltLd - 23/May/10

tom.ireson - 2nd O/S - 22/May/10

Tom Thorne - AltLd O/S - 21/May/10 with Liam Flanney

offroute - AltLd - 21/May/10

Led P2
Neil D - AltLd O/S - 02/May/10 with Boriz Korzh

Led Pitches 1 and 2 at 4b and 4c.
BorisVBlade - AltLd O/S - 02/May/10 with Neil Dowse

Ed Feldman - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10

i lead 1st and 3rd(last pitch). Last pitch was a bit odd. Guide book says go up crack past creaky spikes. I could of went further left but looked easy so went up a wall littered in cracks and inbetween very hollow sounding blocks. Fun but slightly unearving then have to do a small detour a top(foot travere, right 2m). tryed above but was blank and my protection was doubious
dan ely - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/10 with ed

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

Pretty bold in places.
Ken Applegate - Lead - 09/Apr/10 with Hannah Evans

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2010

keith leonard - Lead - 2010

Hidden - 2010

P1 and 3
groovy_nut - AltLd O/S - 05/Oct/09 with Patrick

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Sep/09

offroute - AltLd O/S - 11/Sep/09 with james hayward

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Aug/09

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

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

Led p2 and p3.
donkster - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/09 with DaveNW

PaulHarris - AltLd - 07/Aug/09 with Simon, Micheal

Another good route well worth doing
Flibble - AltLd - 07/Aug/09 with Simon

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Aug/09

irish paul - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Sarah Joyce

I think it was this one...
mbradberry2008 - 2nd O/S - Jul/09

chrisallan - AltLd O/S - Jul/09

MontyH - AltLd O/S - 13/Jun/09 with Brian

brian watson - AltLd O/S - 13/Jun/09 with Andy Hobbs

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Jun/09

A fantastic evening in good company with beautiful pink rock and good banter
mattyork2 - AltLd O/S - 01/Jun/09 with Henry Fairhurst and Johnny Richards

ifanrov - Lead - Jun/09 with jon

Led P1 & P3
Adam1973 - AltLd O/S - 30/May/09 with Alex

led 1st and 3rd pitch
michael burrows - AltLd rpt - 29/May/09 with peter white

multipitch
spesh - May/09 with igj

Nice accent i over ran my first pitch and took an awkward belay.
dickie01 - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/09 with Joe Heasman

Sarah Black - AltLd O/S - 2009 with Paul Black

Seymore Butt - 2009

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Sep/08

GPN - AltLd - 20/Sep/08 with Annette

Hidden - AltLd - 20/Sep/08

finished up the chain
Stone Rooster - AltLd - 26/Jul/08 with luke Brooks

thompson1000 - AltLd - 23/Jul/08 with Barni

loundsy - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/08 with bex

Different Steve - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Clare

One of my favourite climbs in North Wales. Every pitch is fantastic, great exposure, varied climbing, immaculate rock.
crag_monster - Lead - Jul/08

Finished up the chain-considering i find crack climbing hard i really enjoyed this! Got a bit of drizzle at the top but it didnt start tipping it down!
hetaher - Lead - 28/Jun/08 with Ollie

leopet - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/08 with Heather

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Jun/08

Ing - AltLd - 07/Jun/08 with Stevie G & James

francois - 2nd - 07/Jun/08 with Olaf

the juicy dangler - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/08 with carlene hill

Carly - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/08 with Richard

Mike W - Lead O/S - Jun/08

Nigel Mackwood - Lead rpt - Jun/08 with Zoe van den Bosch

Sgt. Vest - AltLd O/S - 06/May/08 with james

Hidden - AltLd - May/08

garythomas - AltLd - May/08 with Nic Koyama

Hidden - AltLd - May/08

Julian Wedd - 2nd - 2008 with A. Brierley

Matt Vigg - 2008

Al Evans - 2008

LP 2nd
barni - AltLd - 2008 with Julie

Hidden - AltLd - 2008

Luke Brooks - 2008

innesmac - 2008

wolverine - 04/Nov/07 with Johnny Ackroyd

pissed it down!
kieranrex - Lead - 09/Oct/07 with Mike Goldthorp

Lead 2nd & 3rd Pitches. 2nd pitch was superb climbing, and 3rd was good but a bit loose.
bob3141 - AltLd - 07/Oct/07 with Mike Kean

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/07

lamma_hippie - AltLd - Aug/07 with Jon Lawton

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Jul/07

Dan 85 - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/07 with Jonny

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Jun/07

With "The Chain E1 5B" finish.
ritchierich - AltLd O/S - 26/Apr/07 with Bob Dickson

MikeT - AltLd O/S - Apr/07 with SP, TP

ended up the E1 crack instead which was a nice pitch.
Morgan Woods - AltLd O/S - 31/Mar/07 with Gareth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Feb/07

bigbobbyking - 2007 with Chris Bull

The Chain finish is very enjoyable.
My Gravity - AltLd O/S - 09/Sep/06 with Patrick H

alj - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/06 with Andy Wright, Leon Skeldon

lead crux pitch. andy went of route up diagonal on the last pitch (which i then had to finish for him -tut tut)
leon - AltLd O/S - Aug/06 with Andy Wright

spacey - AltLd O/S - 16/Jul/06 with paul evans

bobette - 2nd O/S - Jul/06 with paul

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/06

Ian McNeill - 2006

Hidden - Lead - 2006

Scary crux pitch
Siderunner - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/05 with Bee

steve mee - AltLd - 26/Jun/05 with Mich Mee

a_radiohead_fan - 2005

steve mee - AltLd - 05/Sep/04 with Paul Taylor

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/04

victim of mathematics - 2nd O/S - 11/May/04 with Bide

rob.grafton - Lead - 11/Oct/03 with Bruce

Marq - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/03 with Daniel Dennehy

Clucky - AltLd O/S - 06/Jul/03 with Paul Dickson

The Pylon King - AltLd O/S - Jul/03 with David

PenJD - AltLd O/S - 2003 with Jon Ascroft

akhughes - Lead - 2003

Hidden - Lead - 20/Aug/02

Alpine Style, finishing up the Chain E1 5b
Mark Riley - Lead O/S - Aug/00 with Bryn Jones

zero six - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/May/99

Dave led first pitch (4b), I led 2nd (easy 5a) and then unintentionally finished up the Chain
Chris the Tall - AltLd - May/99 with Dave Gurney

M
petekeron - Lead O/S - 1999

Hidden - Lead - 10/Aug/97

chris sm - AltLd O/S - Jul/97 with Dom Goodridge

Ched - Lead O/S - 1997 with Glanfor

stuart100 - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/96 with Ian Brown

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/95

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/95

ste_d - AltLd O/S - 19/Jul/94 with mik

mikedelderfield - AltLd O/S - 16/Jul/94 with RF Jordan, Steven Delderfield

Excellent
Pete_Frost - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/94

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jun/93

Hidden - AltLd - 09/Jun/93

Marti999 - AltLd O/S - 1992

WB - AltLd O/S - 1992

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Sep/90

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Mar/90

Hidden - 1990

Its a good job that the single runner on the main pitch is a good one! Excellent climb.
Sean Kelly - Lead - Jul/89 with Alan Payne

and brian
michael burrows - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/88 with pete roberts, brian jones

Hidden - AltLd - 31/May/88

shark - Solo O/S - Aug/86

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - Lead - 1984 with Phillippa Mathews

AlanLittle - AltLd - Aug/83 with Roger Murray

John Marsland - Lead - 12/Mar/83 with Tony Rex

nigehughes - AltLd - May/82 with Phil James

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Jun/79

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/79

Mark Kemball - Lead - 16/Oct/77 with Sarah Bridge

GeoffG - AltLd - 24/Oct/76 with tony bowker

Hidden - Lead - 04/Jul/76

Bolt Phobia - Lead - 28/May/76

Ian Jones - AltLd O/S - 1976 with Billy Jones, Chris Newton, Mike Nnewton

Mike Owen - Aug/75 with John Roberts

petemeads - AltLd - 1975

Andy Say - Lead - 1974

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 12/Aug/73 with Speedy Smith

Tom V - May/72 with Paul O'Hara

John Roberts as second. I found the second pitch very hard and scary, it just got harder and harder and no runners. Its harder than Diagonal!!!
oldmanofmow - Lead - 02/Jul/61

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Voting
Total votes cast 116
hard E10 of 38
E10 of 38
easy E11 of 38
hard HVS2 of 38
HVS33 of 38
easy HVS2 of 38
hard VS0 of 38
VS0 of 38
easy VS0 of 38
hard 5b0 of 38
5b0 of 38
easy 5b0 of 38
hard 5a0 of 38
5a32 of 38
easy 5a5 of 38
hard 4c1 of 38
4c0 of 38
easy 4c0 of 38
3 Stars10 of 40
2 Stars26 of 40
1 Star4 of 40
0 Stars0 of 40
Bag of .....0 of 40
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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 262 (1.1%)
Lead47 of 262 (17.9%)
Followed13 of 262 (5.0%)
Alt Leads168 of 262 (64.1%)
Unknown31 of 262 (11.8%)

'Climbed'129 of 262 (49.2%)
clean O/S125 of 262 (47.7%)
clean β1 of 262 (0.4%)
clean rpt6 of 262 (2.3%)
dnf1 of 262 (0.4%)