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The Candle** HVS 5b

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Ticklists: Classic Rock Climbs In Northern England by Bill Birket, Allan Austin Classics.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 91 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

GPN - Solo O/S - 23/Apr/13

Chris1234H - TR O/S - 15/Dec/12

Hidden - Lead - 14/Oct/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/May/12

Mackinclimb - Lead O/S - 12/May/12

SarahMae - 12/May/12 with Craig, Neil

arrang - Lead O/S - May/12

arrang - Lead O/S - 2012

Tom Keaveny - 2nd O/S - 14/Nov/11 with Olly Roberts

Seconded before.
ollyroberts - Lead rpt - 14/Nov/11 with Tom

gw3285 - 2nd - 03/Jul/11

augustus trout - 2nd dog - 03/Jul/11 with Carolyn Mills, Gareth Williams

josephgrimwade - 2nd O/S - 30/Jun/11 with Peter Stollery

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

Hidden - 14/Jun/11

Brilliant - placed gear at start of traverse and went for it. Didn't stop until stood up on the ledge. Don't hang around placing gear on the flake or you will get pumped. 1st trad for a long time. And a route i'd wanted to go back for . Brilliant!
Mattyk - Lead O/S - 21/May/11 with Jamie Moss & John Marsham

joeflan - Lead O/S - 18/May/11

djking1983 - 2nd O/S - 25/Apr/11 with Andy Smith

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

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/11

first HVS 5b lead, felt gooood.
gcandlin - Lead β - 22/Jan/11 with Hussien

Hidden - 2011

joeflan - TR - 07/Nov/10

sam g - 2nd - 15/Oct/10

Nigel Bond - 2nd - 12/Oct/10 with Anne Daykin, Bern Hardman

design crisis - Lead - 10/Oct/10 with Tom W

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Aug/10

mikeyg - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/10 with Will Twigger

tried leading but failed so had to 2nd instead.
stimpey - 2nd - 18/Apr/10 with Pete

petegunn - Lead - 18/Apr/10 with Davina & Steve

Hidden - Solo - 17/Oct/09

Fluvial - Solo RP - 08/Aug/09 with SPA

petegunn - Lead - 25/Jul/09 with Davina

Jack00 - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/09 with Olly and Joe

Seymore Butt - 2009

jasonpm - 2nd - 13/Sep/08 with Andy

Felt hard!!!
wadey1973 - Lead - 13/Sep/08 with Jason Merison

Dan 85 - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/08 with Alexander

one rest under the overhang on gear very pumpy and polished would have been best to 2nd it then lead once know where handholds sequence is
simonfife - Lead dog - 08/May/08 with Karl Lunt

hugh parker - 2nd - May/08

TonyP - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/08 with woody

khawk - Lead - 13/Apr/08 with WH

PhilBullock20 - Lead - Apr/08

Did not finish, even when top roped, very cheesed off, next time on lead?
Booey - TR dnf - 27/Jan/08

Hidden - 2008

stewart100 - 2nd O/S - Nov/07

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Oct/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/07

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

hugh parker - Sep/07

matt thornton - TR O/S - 26/Aug/07 with nath

Dave Kerr - Solo O/S - 28/Apr/07

Pete E - Lead rpt - 15/Oct/06 with Whitt

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

Nice, but easy for the grade
Pete E - 2nd β - 14/Oct/06 with Dan Matthewman

Andy Hudson - TR - 17/Sep/06 with Jayne

MeMeMe - 2nd - 06/Aug/06 with Andy

Hidden - TR - 30/Jul/06

chrishedgehog - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/06 with Karl

Like glass now
Dave Westby - 2nd - 25/Jun/03 with John Fishwick

John Kettle - Lead - 2003

rob.grafton - 09/Sep/01

Hidden - Lead - Apr/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/98

craig h - Lead O/S - May/98 with Janet Hannah

wadey1973 - Lead - 18/Apr/98 with Bob Windsor

RobSimmo - 2nd O/S - 22/Mar/98 with Jon Berry

kato'sdad - Lead - 22/Mar/98 with Rob Simpson

charlesmfrench - 2nd O/S - 28/Apr/96 with Tom Prentice, Dave McGimpsey

Hidden - Lead - 18/Nov/95

Heisenberg - TR - 01/Jul/95 with mick machin

ellie macpherson - Lead - Mar/95 with Simon Hargreaves, Neil Macpherson, Graeme Jarvis

wadey1973 - 2nd - 10/Jul/94 with Neil Rice

wadey1973 - Lead - 16/Apr/94 with Bob Harvey

Dave Musgrove - Lead O/S - 24/May/92 with Rupert Wyard

ChrisJD - Lead - 16/May/92 with Alex

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/Sep/91

whispering nic - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/91 with Ali W

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Aug/91

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/90 with Derek Miller

Marti999 - Lead O/S - 1990 with anthony

BigHairyIan - 2nd O/S - 06/Jul/88 with Tufty (Stewart Moffat)

Andy Say - Lead - 05/Aug/87

Hidden - Lead - 20/Sep/86

Stoney Boy - Lead O/S - 1986

PaulHermes - 1985

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1983

Hammy - Lead - 03/Mar/82 with Cedric March

Nic Robinson - Solo β - 1977

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
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Voting
Total votes cast 17
hard E10 of 6
E10 of 6
easy E10 of 6
hard HVS0 of 6
HVS5 of 6
easy HVS1 of 6
hard VS0 of 6
VS0 of 6
easy VS0 of 6
hard 5c0 of 6
5c0 of 6
easy 5c0 of 6
hard 5b0 of 6
5b5 of 6
easy 5b0 of 6
hard 5a1 of 6
5a0 of 6
easy 5a0 of 6
3 Stars4 of 5
2 Stars1 of 5
1 Star0 of 5
0 Stars0 of 5
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Style of ascent

Soloed5 of 91 (5.5%)
Lead48 of 91 (52.7%)
Followed23 of 91 (25.3%)
Toproped7 of 91 (7.7%)
Unknown8 of 91 (8.8%)

'Climbed'44 of 91 (48.4%)
clean O/S37 of 91 (40.7%)
clean β3 of 91 (3.3%)
clean rpt3 of 91 (3.3%)
clean RP1 of 91 (1.1%)
dogged2 of 91 (2.2%)
dnf1 of 91 (1.1%)