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Lotus** E1 5b

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[Lotus being lead by Lee after I bottled the crux and heroically down climbed it., 2 kb]Despite its modest height this route packs in some excellent climbing in increasingly exposed positions. Start at the top of the ramp below the large corner in the centre of the crag.. 1) 5b, 30m. Climb the corner, which soon becomes strenuous. At the top of the second bulge, join the diagonal crack on the steep right wall and follow this to a slab. Climb the slab to its end at a bulge. Move around this, high or low, to nut belays.. 2) 4c, 15m. Make a tricky move to the right around a rib and onto a small slab. Follow this up to a ledge beneath a short steep wall. Move over this and belay on an old iron ring. © ROCKFAX

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Photo: Lotus being lead by Lee after I bottled the crux and heroically down climbed it. © cuppatea
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This climb is in 35 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 01/Apr/13

Led main pitch top end e1, windy and big seas soaking the ledge, not the friendly crag I imagined, quite scary, strenuous with some iffy rock and gear, had a wobble or two, brilliant stance tho
Owen W-G - AltLd O/S - 29/Aug/12 with Jim

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/12

nick arding - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/12 with Philippa Arding

Philippa Arding - 2nd - 09/Aug/12 with nick arding

Wow. Great climb but hard work. Got to be 3 star and one of the harder E1's in the area. Initial corner great, steep wall really is steep, shouldn't have stalled at the lip of the slab! Belay was bomber and then the fun began! Started second pitch with awkward traverse right then headed directly up instead of taking another move right, realised I was wrong and as I stepped down I pulled a large block out of the face, interesting fall resulted. All well and finished route up to the right.
sh@budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk - Lead dog - 30/May/12

Interesting, great climbing but sustained. Simon took a scary fall after ripping a big block off.
Joel Perkin - 2nd - 30/May/12 with Simon Hammond

Dave Rumney - Lead - 01/Apr/12 with Tanya Milner

gowla - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/11 with will kumar

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

dan gibson - AltLd O/S - 02/Sep/11 with michael porter

Lead p1 and finished in the dark. what a great way to finish a great day! Amasingly atmospheric, especially with big sea and dark rain clouds looming and fading daylight. Steep crux section, but great gear throughout.
msoldn - AltLd O/S - 13/Aug/11 with Rory

Mike lead crux pitch. Sustained, technical, absorbing, exhausting. Three stars.
ruaidh - AltLd O/S - 13/Aug/11 with Michael

Terrific line through very steep territory. The gear is placed in crusty cracks and I didn't fully trust all of it - which made it feel spicy.
Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Phil Webber

Good steady lead by Pete through some impressive terrain. Felt hard due to lack of climbing this year.
Phil79 - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Kafoozalem

Onsight with first few bits of gear pre-placed.
quadmyre - Lead - 22/Aug/10 with Crispin

feilx - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/10 with Heather

Dilwat - 2nd O/S - 25/Apr/10 with Nick

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/May/09

Excellent exposure on top pitch . Did in one pitch but needs 60m rope
chris wyatt - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/08 with Nik Goile

Great first pitch - worth 3 stars
Steerpike - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/08 with Bruce

Matt Vigg - 2008

Hidden - 2nd β - 26/Aug/07

Really quite good, well worthy of a trip. It's almost like 2 E1/ hard HVS sections which makes it feel a bit hard, but the gear's more than good enough in the groove if you look for it and the change in style afterwards comes like a wonderful relief.
Paz - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/07 with AB

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/May/07

Rob Kennard - 2007

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/06 with Fiend

Mark Kemball - 2nd - 31/Jul/05 with Nic Dill

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/02

Billg - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/00 with Roy Ruddle

Mark Kemball - Lead - 25/Apr/98 with Jason Lloyd

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/98

Done in a single pitch as didn't like the look of the belay. Lots of gear and an epic fall on the downclimb section from my second to be left free hanging! Full North Coast experience.
andy_pemberton - Lead - 1998

colin milton - Lead - 05/Aug/95 with eric milton

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Sep/90

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Voting
Total votes cast 49
hard E20 of 16
E20 of 16
easy E20 of 16
hard E110 of 16
E16 of 16
easy E10 of 16
hard HVS0 of 16
HVS0 of 16
easy HVS0 of 16
hard 5c0 of 16
5c0 of 16
easy 5c0 of 16
hard 5b0 of 16
5b11 of 16
easy 5b5 of 16
hard 5a0 of 16
5a0 of 16
easy 5a0 of 16
3 Stars12 of 17
2 Stars5 of 17
1 Star0 of 17
0 Stars0 of 17
Bag of .....0 of 17
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Style of ascent

Lead20 of 35 (57.1%)
Followed8 of 35 (22.9%)
Alt Leads5 of 35 (14.3%)
Unknown2 of 35 (5.7%)

'Climbed'11 of 35 (31.4%)
clean O/S22 of 35 (62.9%)
clean β1 of 35 (2.9%)
dogged1 of 35 (2.9%)