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Arete Direct*** VS 4c

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[The Classic VS 4c 'Arete Direct', 1 kb]A classic, nearly always in good condition and well worth the walk up. Start on the right and traverse out left under the overlap to access the arete itself. Climb this in a grand position and with sustained interest. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: The 100 Best UK VS routes?, Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs, The 3 star way to yorkshire gritstone's heaven, Allan Austin Classics.

Photo: The Classic VS 4c 'Arete Direct' © Duncan Kaye
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 65 logbooks, and on 16 wishlists.

Simonpeel - 2nd O/S - 08/Jun/13

Will Hunt - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/13 with Gareth Uglow

Mowglee - 2nd O/S - 01/Jun/13

Chris Hind - Lead O/S - 19/May/13 with Bry

Hidden - 2nd β - 19/May/13

henry peter jenkins - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12 with robbie jenkins

Climbster - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Ian

Bloke on a Rope - 2nd β - 22/Jul/12 with Matt

a13x - Lead O/S - 28/May/12 with Paul S

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 27/May/12 with Becky E

Becky E - 2nd O/S - 27/May/12 with Graeme Hammond

PeteH - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/11 with Naomi Hart

Good climb, raced the sunset an won!
dainbramaged999 - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/11 with Josh Smith

smithjmw46 - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/11 with Nick Fry

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Oct/10

ollyroberts - Lead O/S - 06/Sep/10 with Liz

Hidden - Solo O/S - 04/Sep/10

Tim W - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Jamie Moss

Fantastic route, great position, 2 cruxes (for me) above gear. Wish I'd taken my no4 Camelot.
lucasp - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/10 with keith lmc

Impressive exposure, especially today in the brisk cool wind. No millipedes though - they had more sense!
johnjb - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/10 with Ray Sharples, Sandra

Jack00 - Lead O/S - 26/May/10 with Olly

Awesome route - shame about the Ridiculous wind, kinda spoilt it.
DKaye - Lead O/S - 07/May/10 with dunnyg

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

Certainly compares well with Baildon Bank!
jimorothy - 2nd - 22/Aug/09 with Rachel Crolla and Scott

Simonj - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/09 with Andy

jonka - 2nd - Aug/09 with gareth

Adam1973 - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/09 with Dave Wynne

David Wynne - 2nd - 27/Jul/09 with Adam Burt

Crawling with millipedes like a scene from the temple of doom :)
jkarran - Lead - 21/Jun/09 with Pete

petellis - 2nd rpt - 21/Jun/09 with Cleric James Koran

Hidden - 2nd - 25/May/09

Ewan Russell - Solo β - 26/Apr/09 with Clair+Ed

Really nice stuff.. covered in millipedes though!
Mattyk - Solo O/S - 07/Jun/08 with Matt Evans & John Marsham

mje1398 - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/08 with John M

design crisis - 2nd - 29/Sep/07 with Tom W

design crisis - 2nd - 29/Sep/07 with Tom W

markfairbank - 2nd - 09/Sep/07 with Jim, Stuart Thompson

Took ages to go for the crux, what a Wendy.
Zoomer - Lead - 10/Jun/07 with Julia Bloomer

Jules 210681 - Lead - 10/Jun/07 with glenn bloomer

One of the best Vs's to date, such a suuuperb setting.
robman - Lead O/S - 09/May/07 with Craig

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/07

Chriswallis2 - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/07 with jenny

petellis - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/07 with Jenny Clarke

Cletus the rock climbing cowboy - 2nd O/S - Jan/07 with Rob

Jenny Clarke - Lead - 2007 with Chriswallis2

Toreador - Lead O/S - 17/Jul/05 with Carmen

lithos - Lead β - 17/Jul/05 with Toreador

Brown - Solo O/S - 20/Jul/04

Hidden - Solo O/S - May/04

FrankW - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/04 with Laura

Stone Muppet - 2003

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/02

chrishedgehog - 2002 with Drew

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/00

bullybones - 2000

Dave Musgrove Jnr - 2nd - 01/Aug/99 with Viv

John Brayshaw - 2nd - 26/Jun/99 with Chris Heald

Hidden - Lead - 16/May/98

leathers - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/95 with Charlotte Evans

Tom V - 14/Jul/90

rob.grafton - 18/Mar/90 with Bruce

Dave Musgrove - Solo - 10/Jul/88

Chris Craggs - 1980

Hidden - Lead - 01/Jul/79

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
iceaxejuggler, Puma, yorkshiresherpa, sarah hawker, robertmctague, David Wynne, sims, BaildonBanker, scree, simoncov, adamwesthead, christensena, Peter Smith, Dinger, Ropeboy, The Pylon King

Voting
Total votes cast 27
hard HVS0 of 10
HVS0 of 10
easy HVS0 of 10
hard VS1 of 10
VS6 of 10
easy VS3 of 10
hard HS0 of 10
HS0 of 10
easy HS0 of 10
hard 5a0 of 8
5a0 of 8
easy 5a0 of 8
hard 4c0 of 8
4c8 of 8
easy 4c0 of 8
hard 4b0 of 8
4b0 of 8
easy 4b0 of 8
3 Stars9 of 9
2 Stars0 of 9
1 Star0 of 9
0 Stars0 of 9
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Style of ascent

Soloed6 of 65 (9.2%)
Lead33 of 65 (50.8%)
Followed20 of 65 (30.8%)
Unknown6 of 65 (9.2%)

'Climbed'22 of 65 (33.8%)
clean O/S38 of 65 (58.5%)
clean β4 of 65 (6.2%)
clean rpt1 of 65 (1.5%)