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Very hard to get off the ground. Now retrobolted and straightened out. Start below the left edge of an overlap at 4m. Gain an incut hold just over the overlap and pull through to a rest. Continue on excellent rock to an abseil station above.
Paul Robertson 1993

Ticklists: Cheddar Intermediate.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 102 logbooks, and on 11 wishlists.

The start........................................ all in the start
Tom Brierley Gore - Lead O/S - 27/Apr/13 with Nick Eaton, Shijing Hu

Santas Little Helper - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/13 with Jak

lukehodson - Lead rpt - 21/Apr/13 with Charlotte

Start is proper hard, F6b+ in guide. Great rock and lovely climbing above.
The Ivanator - 2nd - 07/Apr/13 with Pete

Fell off the start, clean from the first crimp
Joe Innes - Lead - 02/Mar/13

hard start into a F5. a poor and uneven route
Billg - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/12 with Nik Goile

TomGudgeon - Lead - 07/Oct/12 with Matt Williams

Hidden - Lead rpt - 29/Sep/12

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/12 with Kirsty Kerr

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

Luxulyan - Lead O/S - Sep/12 with Ed Southwood

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/12

_m.cox_ - Lead O/S - 26/May/12 with Robyn Nelson

Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/May/12

Hard start!
Adam Booth - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/12 with Martin Cleaver, David Liu

Martin Cleaver - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/12 with alex smith

davidliu - Lead RP - 01/Apr/12 with Adam Booth, Martin Cleaver

After 3 attempts at boulder problem start
Jon Didymus - Lead RP - 29/Mar/12 with Rich

Hidden - Lead dog - 26/Mar/12

I'm 6ft 1, and very weak, and I can't do starts like this - at all! No chance... nice climbing above tho, which meant the misery at the start was worth it.
Phil Murray - Lead dog - 21/Mar/12 with Liz

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Jan/12

Santas Little Helper - Lead O/S - 19/Nov/11 with Pete

mikeshewring - Lead RP - 05/Nov/11

Heinous start
Kafoozalem - Lead RP - 28/Oct/11 with Rik Meek, Sue Hazel

Hidden - Lead RP - 28/Oct/11

Bristoldave - Lead O/S - 24/Sep/11 with Pete Polish

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Sep/11

just one more - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/11 with Svenn G

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/11

elliptic - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/11 with Lisa

Tough start. One of the best of the grade in cheddar, lovely rock
lukehodson - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Gary Ryan

tommytuffa - Lead RP - 27/May/11 with Rich

PeterDawson - Lead RP - 21/May/11

Luke Dawson - Lead O/S - 21/May/11

Claiming onsight though I took 2 deliberate falls for practice :)
Stone Muppet - Lead O/S - 15/May/11 with ah

Jack R-N - Lead O/S - 14/May/11

TommityP - Lead O/S - 11/May/11

al99 - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/11 with Mike Coles

Struggled at start
leigh - Lead dog - 19/Mar/11 with Ed

Yes! Did start ok this time!
leigh - Lead rpt - 19/Mar/11 with Ed

Hidden - Lead - 19/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Mar/11

took a few attempts to get past the start.
Nick Allan - Lead RP - 2011

Spacetourist - Lead O/S - Aug/10 with Rosea

Greg Pittam - Lead - 30/Jun/10 with Sophie Keltie

Georgina Brooke - TR dog - 26/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead dog - 28/May/10

AlexD - Lead O/S - 23/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/May/10

ericinbristol - Lead RP - 04/May/10 with Barry Durston

Hidden - Lead RP - 19/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead RP - 18/Apr/10

disappointing, tough start
gknyus - Lead dog - 17/Apr/10 with Tom 'Segwin' Skelhorn

tommytuffa - Lead - 13/Apr/10 with max

Vertigo1 - Lead RP - 13/Apr/10 with Tom

Hidden - Lead dog - 09/Apr/10

Wendy - Lead dog - 13/Mar/10 with Dean Russell

JimR - 07/Mar/10

nails
Chubbard - Lead dog - 07/Mar/10 with J Robinson

Hidden - Lead dog - 17/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09

Luke d - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09

maffujones - Lead O/S - 08/Oct/09 with Jim

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/09

loundsy - Lead β - 14/Sep/09

MikeC59 - Lead dog - 01/Sep/09

James Moyle - Lead dog - 26/Jun/09 with C. Cunningham

eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/09 with Geoff

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/09

shyster boulder - Lead β - 19/Mar/09 with alex harper

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/09

Dr Caterpillar - Lead O/S - 01/Mar/09 with Will

JimR - 22/Feb/09

Nails! Getting off the ground was ok but the move to the hold above the break was not.
Chubbard - Lead dog - 22/Feb/09 with J Robinson

Cowflinger - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/09 with Pete Lewis

shoulders - Lead - 21/Feb/09 with pete lewis, chrisevans

Hidden - Lead rpt - 03/Jan/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jan/09

brices - Lead - 2009

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2009

didn't get the dyno first time, got it second time. again a grade harder.
Dale - Lead dog - Oct/08 with johny

bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/08 with Mark

6B in latest guide
The Pylon King - Lead β - 24/Jun/08 with Brian (bpm climb)

Hidden - Lead dog - 02/Mar/08

Hard start, brilliant route.
Jon_Warner - Lead RP - 10/Feb/08 with Ahmed

Greg Pittam - Lead O/S - 06/Feb/08 with Kate Keltie

Can't remember if I've done these before. Fell on 1st bolt on 1st go, then did it clean after from ground.
Paz - Lead - 26/Jan/08 with MT

ian d f - Lead - 2008

richardr - Lead RP - Sep/07

Brilliant route, fun moves to start, definitely 3 stars
noelj - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/07

Ed Babs - Lead O/S - Jun/07

Hidden - Lead dog - 17/Apr/07

richiebongo - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/07 with Guy Percival

Marti999 - Lead - 2006

Hidden - Lead β - 29/Sep/05

Paul Robertson - Lead O/S - Mar/05 with John Corber

Mark Kemball - Lead - 15/Feb/05 with Nic Dill

Hidden - Lead - 2004

guy xavier percival - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/98 with steve samuel

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easy 6b+14 of 21
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Style of ascent

Lead98 of 102 (96.1%)
Followed1 of 102 (1.0%)
Toproped1 of 102 (1.0%)
Unknown2 of 102 (2.0%)

'Climbed'15 of 102 (14.7%)
clean O/S48 of 102 (47.1%)
clean β4 of 102 (3.9%)
clean rpt5 of 102 (4.9%)
clean RP14 of 102 (13.7%)
dogged16 of 102 (15.7%)