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The Tube*** E4 5c

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[Riding the Tube, 3 kb]One of the easier hard classics of the crag - a great climb, devious but logical and interesting throughout. Start up the easy ramp then gain the hanging groove and climb it boldly to the break under the roof. Traverse right - plenty of gear but pumpy - to the slot in the roof and finish with a typical Northumbrian exit. A Left-hand Exit is a cop-out at E3 5b and a Direct Finish is a harrowing E5 5c but misses out the best part of the route. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: Classic Rock Climbs In Northern England by Bill Birket.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 58 logbooks, and on 23 wishlists.

first E4 onsight. Pumpy but no single hard move
Trevera - Lead - 13/Apr/13 with Adrian W

Adrianw - 2nd - 06/Apr/13 with Sarah Follmann

LRob - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/13

Nice architectural line.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/13 with Charlie Torrance, tim peck, kieran king, Laura Perry, Mikey G

Need to work on my crossovers to get the traverse cleanly, Didnt have the strength to pull through it today!
Adamski1986 - 2nd dnf - 02/Mar/13 with Richard Gage

Mike Goldthorp - Sent - Mar/13

stonemonkey159 - Lead O/S - 24/Nov/12 with Matt Gibbs

fantastic route, first E4 onsight and a very memorable experience
Ginger McGrath - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/12 with rob tyler, dave brigham

tyler836 - 2nd dog - 11/Nov/12 with Graham McGrath

2nd go from the ground - top out defeated the 1st attempt
robertmichaeladams - Lead - 13/Oct/12 with Andy H

ianjfsutcliffe - 2nd O/S - 06/Oct/12 with Patch

Adam Lincoln - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Meg

Fantastic route. Pumpy but doable. Finish was a bit of a grovel.
stugreen75 - 2nd O/S - 08/Sep/12 with dominic jeff

So chuffed to get this, haven't fought so hard and not fallen off in a while! Climbed first section up to the break up and down about six times before committing to the reach right, and took two goes at the top-out - evil.
PeteH - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/12 with Naomi Hart

on Dave's gear
north country boy - Lead β - 18/Mar/12 with Team Ecosse

Waited for years to onsight this. Great climbing. Can't believe I have shyed away from this for so long but managed to convince myself to climb On the Verge. Mega classic!
dj_brigham05 - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/12 with Dan Walker

Pre placed Gear
Nicolas Duboust - Lead β - 18/Mar/12

Great climb, and a lot scarier than I expected
roberto18 - Lead - 22/Oct/11 with ewan russell

ended up pulling on berts ropes after faffing for ages on the top out and him being in the way slightly. not sure if I would have flashed it though.
Ewan Russell - 2nd O/S - 22/Oct/11 with bert, Dave Warburton

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 13/Sep/11

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

got everything except my left leg over the lip before being sucked back.... would be worth cleaning the lichen from the topout for next time
oliwarlow - Lead dog - 25/Aug/10 with Dave S, Ian

I'll be back.
odox - 2nd dog - 25/Aug/10 with Oli Warlow

Got up to the break but could not find any gear that I truste in - thought I had already done the scary bit?! Downclimbed to the floor. Think some offset small nuts might do the trick next time.
mattyork2 - Lead dnf - 25/Aug/10 with Ruth Colston

Tired arms on the final move ment that i sort of rolled onto the top sideways!
petegunn - Lead - 07/May/10 with Davina

Hidden - 2nd dog - 07/May/10

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

westaway - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/10

Steve Crowe - Lead - 2010

graham lawrie - Lead O/S - 2010

markalmack - Lead β - 04/Oct/09 with gregg capon

Hidden - 2nd dog - 04/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead RP - 05/Apr/09

Absolute classic!
buzby78 - Lead O/S - 19/Mar/09 with Al

jeffmcd56 - Lead O/S - 2009

mshorter - Lead β - 14/Jun/08 with alex

blow onsight when I slid back off the top when I'd aready pulled over. GUTTED!!!!
akhughes - Lead rpt - 08/May/08

danwaters - TR O/S - Dec/07

Excellent climbing, pumpy but has good rests along the way. Crux is probably the very last move!
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/07 with Viv

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

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 14/Apr/06

jim robertson - 2006

ali_robb - Lead O/S - Mar/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2005

whispering nic - 2nd - 2004 with malc davies

Roget - Lead O/S - Aug/02 with jim, baccy, jon

superb classic , worth the years of practice :-)
gypsy3006 - Lead - Jun/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2001

Hidden - Lead - Jun/99

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

shark - Lead β - 1995 with Karl Telfer

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead - 24/Apr/94

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/92

Evoman - Solo - Apr/92 with Andy

Superb pitch!
Dave Musgrove - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/89 with Kim Greenald

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Jun/87

Failed on last move over the lip at the top - just ran out of puff! Didn't have a guidebook so no idea of the grade - Des cruised it.
auldscotal - 2nd dnf - 1984 with Des Rubens

Hidden - TR - 03/Apr/83

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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 58 (1.7%)
Lead38 of 58 (65.5%)
Followed14 of 58 (24.1%)
Toproped2 of 58 (3.4%)
Bouldered1 of 58 (1.7%)
Alt Leads1 of 58 (1.7%)
Unknown1 of 58 (1.7%)

'Climbed'15 of 58 (25.9%)
clean O/S27 of 58 (46.6%)
clean β5 of 58 (8.6%)
clean rpt1 of 58 (1.7%)
clean RP1 of 58 (1.7%)
dogged5 of 58 (8.6%)
dnf4 of 58 (6.9%)