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Rampart Corner** E1 5c

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A good pitch up the shallow groove cleaving the cleanest piece of rock here. 35m. Climb the groove then traverse left and pull through the roof to access the soaring shallow corner. This gives interesting sustained climbing with good gear throughout. © ROCKFAX
E1 5c in the Ground Up selected guide.

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This climb is in 78 logbooks, and on 7 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead - 19/May/13

mimi22 - 2nd - 26/May/12

V poor effort, sneaked left into this after giving up on Scone Run (which didn't feel so 'well-protected' when trying to gain upper part of crack). Point of aid to place gear in upper part of the crux corner on this - did not fancy hitting ledge a few days before heading on a sport trip. Generally felt tired, with head elsewhere, sore feet and not up for making an effort today. Superb rock, great route and will be back to do this and Scone Run...
ksjs - Lead RP - 24/May/12 with goosebump

Tom Livingstone - Lead O/S - 17/May/12

ojgrant - 2nd dog - 17/May/12 with Tom Livingstone

pabbage - Lead O/S - 05/May/12

Dafydd Llywelyn - Lead rpt - 23/Mar/12 with Sion McGuinnes

Dafydd Llywelyn - 2nd - 12/Nov/11 with Sam Houlker

Lovely rock, good climbing
Bulls Crack - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with RW

First 5c lead.
will_benfold - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Miles

Nice climbing on perfect rock. Seems more logical start directly below it rather than traversing in?
Bulls Crack - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with RW

harold walmsley - Lead O/S - 28/Sep/11 with Paul Evans

Tom Hecht - 2nd β - 25/Aug/11 with Josh Marshall

Chriswallis2 - Lead rpt - 30/Jul/11 with jenny

Chriswallis2 - Lead rpt - 14/Jul/11 with Anna

Becky E - 2nd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Graeme Hammond

excellent well protected climbing, really enjoyed :)
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Becky E

with rucksack
Jenny Clarke - 2nd - Jul/11 with Chriswallis2

Lovely route, bombproof gear and the second crux (5b) is dead good.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/11 with Laura Perry

Marti999 - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/11 with Mark Glaister

metal arms - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/11

Lev - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/11 with Emma Ross

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/11

Sweet Route!! :D
Bennykr - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Noodles

Awesome route!
Teddys15 - 2nd - 02/Jun/11 with Ben Reinsch

david morse - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11 with lole

Had to go around the crux very hard and soaking wet.
stephenarnold - AltLd O/S - 01/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

pie_eater_pete - Lead - 16/Dec/10 with bwestwood

grp - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/10 with mungo nash

Cornish Cream - 2nd - Oct/10 with Geoff

barni - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Karen

mlmatt - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with chris jones

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/Jun/10

Chriswallis2 - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/10 with Anna

m.thomas15 - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/10 with Sarah

HIGHTOWER - 2nd - 20/Jun/10 with Dunc (Bangor), Hannah

awesome...definately 5c...i didnt follow the corner all the way as i moved out left following some chalk on the just as it becomes a corner with a copuple difficult moves to regain the corner..some lovely finger-locks on the next section
Duncan Campbell - UKC - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/10 with Mav, Hannah

Tightsgirl - 2nd - 20/Jun/10 with Duncan Campbell, Mark Freestone

had a little anti gravity aid from guido on the crux
pebbles - 2nd dog - 19/Jun/10

d_meacher - 2nd O/S - 17/Jun/10 with Mike Thomas

Chris M - Lead - 11/Jun/10 with rach d

Conan - Lead rpt - 05/Jun/10 with Dom Hall

Juglan - 2nd dog - 31/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/May/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/May/10

Need to learn how to slab climb!
Cardi - 2nd O/S - 17/May/10 with Tom R

simonp - Lead - May/10 with Annelies Sarrazyn

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Sep/09

3 stars all the way and definately 5c moves, hard ones at that, but perfect gear throughout.
madmats - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/09 with PeakDJ

smallerrich - 2nd rpt - 21/Aug/09 with Mikey

Nicos - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/09 with rich howels

5c moves but fairly obvious to read. Incredible climbing!
smallerrich - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/09 with Bron

Bron - 2nd dog - 05/Aug/09 with Rich Carnell

Hidden - 2nd dog - 25/Jul/09

The crux blank corner was technical and balancy particularly with a rucksack (I agree with 5c), but safe and most enjoyable. I thought another 5c followed in the next section, but maybe that is only me, as my second did not have any trouble there.
masa-alpin - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Andy Rich

MontyH - 2nd - 14/Jun/09 with Brian

brian watson - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/09 with Andy Hobbs

mynyddresident - Lead - Jun/09

Ceridwen - Lead O/S - 24/May/09 with Val

Excellent delicate climbing. Top end of its grade.
Conan - 2nd O/S - 31/May/08 with Dave Carr

Hidden - 2nd - May/08

Hidden - AltLd - 2008

Hidden - Lead - 20/Oct/07

Hidden - 2nd - 20/May/07

IOAN D - Lead O/S - 28/May/06 with rob

bigie bob - Lead O/S - Jul/05

Hidden - Lead - 07/Oct/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/01

phardman - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/01

zero six - Lead O/S - 2000

Ched - Lead O/S - 1995 with Glanfor

Hidden - Lead - 17/Jul/94

babymoac - Lead - 19/Aug/89 with Graeme

malc - 2nd - 03/Nov/87

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Katex, Owen W-G, Hidden, Hidden, Jimb0, Ian Jones, gilldando

Voting
Total votes cast 61
hard E20 of 26
E20 of 26
easy E20 of 26
hard E114 of 26
E112 of 26
easy E10 of 26
hard HVS0 of 26
HVS0 of 26
easy HVS0 of 26
hard 6a0 of 13
6a0 of 13
easy 6a0 of 13
hard 5c4 of 13
5c8 of 13
easy 5c0 of 13
hard 5b1 of 13
5b0 of 13
easy 5b0 of 13
3 Stars8 of 22
2 Stars13 of 22
1 Star1 of 22
0 Stars0 of 22
Bag of .....0 of 22
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Style of ascent

Lead46 of 78 (59.0%)
Followed26 of 78 (33.3%)
Alt Leads2 of 78 (2.6%)
Unknown4 of 78 (5.1%)

'Climbed'25 of 78 (32.1%)
clean O/S41 of 78 (52.6%)
clean β1 of 78 (1.3%)
clean rpt5 of 78 (6.4%)
clean RP1 of 78 (1.3%)
dogged5 of 78 (6.4%)