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Phoenix HVS 5a

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6m. right of Questor, 5ft left of the thin crack of Zulu. The slab has some suspect flakes, leading to ledges and a corner finish up a steep crack to the right.
F Cannings, P Littlejohn (Alternate) 15/Feb/1970
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Top end HVS, start of climb was unclear & bold but final corner and crack were great
Foxy - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/13 with Neil Morbey

Hidden - Lead - 30/Aug/12

Jim Malo - 2nd rpt - 29/Aug/12 with Deborah

matjam - 2nd O/S - 28/Jul/12

Jim Malo - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/12 with Barry

fatbuoybazza - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/12 with jim

A brilliant route at the top of the grade with continuously interesting climbing. Not entirely obvious where to start - in the end I started pretty much as for Zulu because of a distinct lack of gear further left. Thin and committing moves lower down lead to well protected technical climbing and a steep finish.
Different Steve - Lead O/S - 20/May/12 with Shaun, Guy Reid

Had a foot hold break under me about 1/4 of the way up. The shrapnel cut through half of the left rope as it hit the ground. Finished up just relying on the right rope.
andy dunn - Lead O/S - 06/May/12 with Mike

Tim Sparrow - 2011

Hidden - 2011

very glad I wasn't leading this, as protection at the bottom seemed distinctly sparse and a couple of the most useful holds wobbled.
hms - 2nd β - 05/Oct/10 with Brian

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 05/Oct/10 with Helen S

Hidden - 28/Apr/10

mikelawrence aka jonnienomates - Lead - 28/Apr/10 with James the Navigator, Colin

Excellent route though found it a tad bold on the first 10m's. extremely fun navigating the corners though. shame about the earthy finish to a decent belay tree
stvredmond - Lead O/S - 01/Mar/10 with James

sgl0jd - Lead - 01/Mar/10

eagleopus - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/09 with Gareth

willjones - Lead O/S - Jul/09

Dan_Carroll - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/09 with Eric Herring

mikeshewring - 2nd O/S - 13/Jun/09

last move too much after sinew - so went round and up...
evhall - Lead O/S - 09/May/09 with Cutts

dave657 - 2nd O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Tim

Tim W - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Dave Ripley

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/08 with Lisa Paling

lisapaling - 2nd β - 15/Apr/08 with Toby Dunford

I found less gear on the start of this than on Zulu. Loads of gear higher up - just as well, as some of the corner moves are trickier than they look.
bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/08 with Clare

Jim Slater - 2nd O/S - 28/May/07 with Mirek Markvart

Hidden - 2000

Hidden - Lead - 1998

ChrisJD - Lead - 14/Jan/89

RichardMc - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/88 with Geoff Dunne

Voting
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hard E10 of 5
E10 of 5
easy E10 of 5
hard HVS2 of 5
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VS0 of 5
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5b0 of 5
easy 5b0 of 5
hard 5a3 of 5
5a2 of 5
easy 5a0 of 5
hard 4c0 of 5
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Style of ascent

Lead18 of 31 (58.1%)
Followed8 of 31 (25.8%)
Alt Leads1 of 31 (3.2%)
Unknown4 of 31 (12.9%)

'Climbed'9 of 31 (29.0%)
clean O/S18 of 31 (58.1%)
clean β2 of 31 (6.5%)
clean rpt2 of 31 (6.5%)