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The Bone** E1 5b

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[The Bone E1 5b, 3 kb]18m. left of Tigers is a steep wall with a thin crack. Follow the slabby lower wall to a ledge to the right of the crack. Small nuts protect the balancey crux, finish at the tree above.
M Ward, P Begley 15/Jul/1984

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This climb is in 255 logbooks, and on 9 wishlists.

Annoying rest on final move
Foxy - Lead dog - 07/May/13 with Neil Morbey

One rest after crux. Gutted
Mark Salter - Lead dog - 06/May/13 with Gareth Lewis, Dave Notton

Dave Mahon - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Brian

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Apr/13

Pete Rigby - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/13 with Kelli Roberts

kelliroberts3 - 2nd - 20/Apr/13 with Peter Rigby

clams - Lead - Apr/13 with Chaz

First e1. Cold day and gently snowing. Scary crux moves, well protected by small nuts.
bonelessivar - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/13 with Alan

wurzelinzummerset - 2nd - 27/Mar/13 with Ric

Bags of gear, nice crux move, not particularly extreme
Owen W-G - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/13 with Preston Matt

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Mar/13

Felt hard for 5b - crimpy moves from the ledge to the crack around half height took a fair bit of effort.
Jack J Keogan - TR O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Camilla Brimble

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/12

whiting.jp - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/12 with jamesca

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Sep/12

Tim Sparrow - 2nd - 15/Sep/12 with Ned

Fitness mostly gone after a summer of not much climbing, will come back!
Poco Loco - Lead dnf - 08/Sep/12 with Will Wykes

Richezzz - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/12 with Mikey1988

3rd of 17 routes in 6 hours.
ericinbristol - Lead rpt - 02/Sep/12 with Johnny S

dprctr - 2nd β - 01/Sep/12 with Robert Dufton

First independent, undisputed onsite E1 - felt fine!
rd20 - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/12 with David P

Hidden - Lead rpt - 11/Aug/12

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 11/Aug/12

Tom Hill - Lead dog - 02/Aug/12 with Andrew Gee

Fiona McFarlane - 2nd O/S - Aug/12 with Helen Lear

m.thomas15 - Lead O/S - Aug/12 with Tim Ashlin

richardr - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/12 with Chris Wyatt

Very satisfying, great gear, some nice thin moves
mattgrange - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/12

Luuuuuke - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/12 with Si

Andrew Gee - Lead O/S - Jul/12

decked from about 5m after pulling off a small amount of hold and gear popping
jakelodge - Lead dnf - 09/Jun/12 with Keeno

Wow! Very hard moves across to the cracks from the ledge at 7m. I backed off leading climb lower down.
eroica64 - 2nd dog - 27/May/12 with Tim Cashmore

Found crux surprisingly tricky - nearly came off - really is that 5b?
Phil Murray - 2nd rpt - 26/May/12 with Steve Wright

mikeyg - Lead O/S - 26/May/12 with Phil Pavey

Hidden - 2nd - 26/May/12

mallardhealhook - 2nd O/S - 13/May/12

riddle - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with Jakub LMC

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12

R_W_M - 2nd dog - 25/Mar/12 with Eleri

wurzelinzummerset - 2nd dog - 22/Mar/12 with Dieter

Chris Sieradzki - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/12 with Hooo

My first E1. Loved it, but thought it a bit easy. Great balancy moves, on very positive holds. You can stand and work out each sequence at leisure without getting pumped, and loads of great gear so no fear of falling.
Hooo - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/12 with Chris Sieradzki

HarryB - TR - 14/Jan/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 14/Jan/12

Andrew Gee - 2012

timtimpeggy - 2012

will_benfold - Lead O/S - 10/Dec/11 with Dan Wilcox

Hidden - Lead dog - 04/Dec/11

Curly Rich - 2nd β - 04/Dec/11 with Ollie

Dean177 - Lead - Nov/11 with Will Twigger

tomhill#1 - Lead O/S - 22/Oct/11

nice route - lots and lots of gear too. Shame there was quite so much chalk on it.
hms - Lead O/S - 18/Oct/11 with Brian

tommytuffa - 2nd - 18/Oct/11 with Quicko

bpmclimb - 2nd rpt - 18/Oct/11 with Helen S

Scotsken - 2nd O/S - 14/Oct/11

grp - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Sep/11

Anthony Dixon - Lead - 29/Aug/11

Good route, well protected where it needs to be. Crux moves lacking decent footholds
monsteratt - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/11 with Sean

mick1jones - 2nd O/S - 06/Aug/11 with Rich Rogers

haydng - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Dave

Great route; glad I didn't have to lead it however!
harryjan - 2nd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Brian Mead

Thought provoking crux!
eduardo - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/11 with Ian W

Hidden - Lead dog - 24/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead - 23/Jul/11

Really good climbing. Some quite hairy moves, but good fun.
Helnorris - 2nd - 23/Jul/11 with Sean Mercer, Steve Redmond

garywong - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Gareth Hall

first e1
georgel - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with anthony

Vince McNally - 2nd rpt - 03/Jul/11 with Sumee Holloway

GarethHall - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Gary Wong

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11

WalnutHorse - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11

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

MarkRyder - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/11 with James P

jamespilgrim - 2nd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Mark

Two hours sleep the night before.
iceaxejuggler - Lead dog - 02/Jul/11 with Max A

first e1!
CRiddiford - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/11 with Becca

Think I went the wrong way near the start and made it really hard so fell off. Top hard moves were easier.
BeccaSnowden - 2nd dog - 27/Jun/11 with Caroline

antdav - 2nd dog - 26/Jun/11 with Wayne

Very wet, nice climb, just needed to be a little braver
waynem1985 - Lead dog - 26/Jun/11 with Antony Davies

Hidden - 2nd dog - 19/Jun/11

First E1! Got a bit pumped!
aipattison - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/11 with UBMC

nice route - getting feet on crux ledge was interesting!
evhall - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/11 with Cutts

Watched someone else climb the route before giving it ago. Had some good disco leg going on while placing the first bit of gear after the crux!
grumpyoldjanner - Lead β - 09/Jun/11

Ceridwen - 2nd rpt - 02/Jun/11 with Alex Dennis

AlexD - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Ceri

Last route of a great day. Did fine until the last crux moves from the pinch - struggled to get feet high enough and ran out of strength in the arms - short rest then finished fine. Great route
gilbert - 2nd dog - 15/May/11 with Jonathan Percival, Pete Field

gripped01 - Lead - May/11 with Gilbert

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/11

Great E1 route, Partners first taste of E1 and thouroughly enjoyed! Great Technical climbing but with enough gear to give a good idea of placment!
Goose4 - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/11 with Jamie Townsend

Dale - Lead O/S - Apr/11 with Alana, johny, sandra

ian d f - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/11 with Pete B

Hidden - Lead rpt - 27/Mar/11

Hidden - 2nd β - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2nd - 31/Oct/10

Gibbo - Lead rpt - 21/Oct/10 with Ollie Keynes

Paul Robertson - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/10 with Guy Percival

Ceridwen - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/10 with Andy

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/10

chrisallan - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/10

Spent long time looking for gear on "the well protected crux" only managing to place a Walnut 2 and a couple of micro-wires but there's a good jug and bomber wires after crux. Short and sweet.
Jon Didymus - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Nick

Much better than Pooh Sticks which we did afterwards
Ali.B - Lead β - 31/Aug/10

Dave Thompson - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Ali Behar

Marcos31 - 2nd - 15/Aug/10 with Dean Bucknall

dean79 - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Marcos31

first proper trad E1 lead!so chuffed!great route!
jon_gill1 - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with john beardmore

Mike Cameron - 2nd O/S - 15/Aug/10 with dean bucknall

stiff fingery mid section but protectable enough. very worthwhile.
stvredmond - Lead - 08/Aug/10 with Sean mercer

MD - Lead β - 08/Aug/10 with Craig

Hidden - 2nd dog - 08/Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/10

hardoreVdiffBen - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/10 with Remus

Kevster - Lead - 25/Jul/10

davo74 - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/10

peaches69 - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/10 with sarah

Trisha Murphy - 2nd β - 28/Jun/10 with mike

Jess patel - Lead dog - 28/Jun/10

Different Steve - 2nd rpt - 12/Jun/10 with Guy Reid, Martin Hore

Gibbo - Lead dog - 06/Jun/10 with Tom Gibbison

guy xavier percival - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/10 with Brian

The Pylon King - 2nd rpt - 04/Jun/10 with bpmclimb

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 04/Jun/10 with Mark, Guy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/May/10

Alasdair88 - Lead dog - 23/May/10 with Liz davies

lizzie789 - 2nd dog - 23/May/10 with Al Franks

Marti999 - Lead β - 22/May/10 with Ed Babington

Vertigo1 - Lead dog - 22/May/10 with "Brosky"

Ed Babs - Lead O/S - 22/May/10 with Marti

ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - 09/May/10 with Ian Wyatt

Rich avoided the move left and instead went right at the ledge, up part of 'Pooh Sticks' and then up the end of 'The Bone'.
Chris Sansum - 2nd O/S - 03/May/10 with Richard Lade, Gary Lewin

Gary's first E1 (with 1 rest)!
Chris Sansum - 2nd O/S - 03/May/10 with Richard Lade, Gary Lewin

very nice fine climbing with a good technical section
Ali.B - 2nd O/S - May/10

gripped01 - Lead - May/10 with Rob Patchett

natalietanzer - 2nd β - 25/Apr/10 with nacnud

nacnud - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Natalie Tanzer

Hidden - Lead dnf - 24/Apr/10

Dr Caterpillar - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/10 with Alan Sage

Ant Mace - 2nd β - 17/Apr/10 with Eric Herring

tobyb - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

pezzerrr - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/10

ericinbristol - Lead rpt - 14/Mar/10 with Tomar

Vertigo1 - 2nd O/S - 14/Mar/10 with Eric

exposed moves on the crux, but keep going to gain lovely jug and get some gear in!
lakeyross - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/10

Pbclimbing.com - 2010

samtheman22 - 04/Oct/09

toasted - Lead O/S - 04/Oct/09 with Pete Rogers

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Sep/09

AndyFunnell - Lead - 12/Sep/09 with Ugly Kid Jo

Richard took a couple of falls passing through the crux.
DorsetGareth - 2nd O/S - 09/Aug/09 with Richard Nadin

Andrew1 - Lead - 08/Aug/09 with Rachel Smith

simon kimber - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/09 with Hannah Hunt

Hanski - 2nd - 07/Aug/09 with Simon Kimber

leigh - TR O/S - 03/Aug/09 with Ed

Hidden - Lead - 02/Aug/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Jul/09

Felt hard. Has something fallen off, he says hopefully?
Different Steve - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/09 with Clio

Clee - 2nd - 21/Jun/09 with Steve

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/Jun/09

Moves felt surprisingly fine, with reassuring sinker wires. Technical and fun!
Quiddity - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/09 with Hazel

d_meacher - 2nd O/S - 25/May/09 with Trisha Murphy

Trisha Murphy - Lead O/S - 25/May/09 with d_meacher

Dan_Carroll - 2nd O/S - 23/May/09 with Eric Herring

Danhan - Lead - 23/May/09 with Steve

hash - Lead O/S - 09/May/09 with Will Jones

tobyb - TR O/S - 07/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/May/09

wilchivs - Lead O/S - 19/Apr/09 with Rob Dyer

James Marshall - 2nd - 01/Apr/09

Hidden - 2nd dog - Apr/09

Still tough and good second time round.
catt - 2nd rpt - 29/Mar/09 with Will

Quite tricky as it turns out! Eventually found a decent way of doing the crux. Another quality Shorn Cliff route.
Wilbur - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/09 with Iain

gdb4060 - Lead - 22/Feb/09 with Richard

summo - 2009

gripped01 - Lead O/S - 2009

quiffhanger - Lead O/S - 2009

dave frost - Lead O/S - 21/Dec/08 with helen

TiffTiff - Lead O/S - 30/Nov/08

Matt Smith - TR dnf - 18/Nov/08 with John Tanner, Tiff

DafSWMC - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Gareth

gejones - 2nd O/S - 21/Sep/08 with DafSWMC

Shauna - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/08 with Steve

chris sm - 2nd rpt - 30/Aug/08 with Pippa Froggatt

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Aug/08

al99 - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/08 with Martina Zandonella

martinazando - 2nd dog - 16/Aug/08 with Al Benson

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/08

A fine lead by Rob. Had to rest at the crux, where it moves left slightly, but was please I managed to keep going after that!
Toreador - TR dog - 19/Jul/08 with Carmen

a really lovely climb, well protected with regular small wires. Felt ok - i was going well :-)
lithos - Lead O/S - 19/Jul/08

Mark Kemball - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Lee Bartrop

Rob84 - 2nd O/S - 13/Jul/08 with Steve Beckwith

Nearly lost it when my foot slipped as I committed to the crux moves off the ledge. Held it but the nervous energy meant a shaky and pumped finish to the pitch.
Siderunner - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/08 with James Wynne

Circus - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/08 with Alex Harper

Paul Bowen - Lead rpt - 14/Jun/08 with Rebecca Hayes

Hidden - Lead β - 14/Jun/08

max_chan - Lead O/S - 07/Jun/08 with Lou

Hidden - 2nd β - Jun/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/May/08

Hidden - Lead dog - 14/May/08

Tim W - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/08 with Laura Ratcliffe

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/08 with Brian (bpm climb)

bpmclimb - 2nd rpt - 16/Apr/08 with Mark

I'd forgotten how good this climb is.
bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 01/Apr/08 with Heather Lewis

First E1. Thought I was off!
catt - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/08 with Richie

chris sm - Lead rpt - 30/Mar/08 with Paul Osborn

Hidden - 2008

Mark Walter - Lead β - 20/Oct/07 with Rory

So dam close to finishing but arms couldnt take anymore! Dam good route and awesome attempt at first E1!
Eccentric - Lead dog - Oct/07 with Sarah (Crumbly Rubbish)

poey50 - 2nd - 02/Sep/07 with Chris W

Tricky enough
chris wyatt - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/07 with Nik Goile

featuresforfeet - 2nd RP - 20/May/07 with Clive M

First proper E1 onsight, great climb.
thomasadixon - Lead O/S - 07/May/07 with Matt Frank

Hidden - 2nd - 05/May/07

Duncan Skelton - 2nd - 22/Apr/07 with Kai Green

Stone Muppet - 2007

irish paul - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/06 with Various

Solid cam in the borehole helped a lot. Very balancey moves in the second half but lovely climb. Just enough there.
DrGav - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/06 with Wendy

David Martin - 2nd O/S - 14/Oct/06 with DrGav

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Sep/06

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 28/Sep/06 with chris broadly

sam8oy - Lead O/S - 16/Sep/06 with John

Jez - Lead O/S - 21/Jul/06 with Maybe_Si

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/May/06

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

mike kann - 2006

bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/05 with Clare

Bux - Lead O/S - Jul/05 with Rupert Bassadone

Dave Reeve - Lead O/S - Apr/05 with Tony Payne

cem - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/04 with Graham Dolman

Ken Taylor - 2nd - 01/Jun/04 with Gerry Dunford

BruceW - Lead O/S - May/04 with Al D.

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/04

Hidden - Lead dog - Sep/03

Wil Treasure - Lead - Aug/03 with StephC

Neil Curtis - 2nd - 13/Jul/03 with Glenn Kelly

SteveM - 2nd - 2003 with Rosie, Tobs

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/02

Boxy - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/02 with Steve

Hidden - Lead β - 08/Dec/01

gimmer - TR - 2000

Scotsken - 2000

Jim Brooke - 2nd rpt - 21/Aug/99

Hidden - Lead - 1999

chris sm - Lead rpt - 05/Jul/98 with Nick Wheeler

chris sm - Lead O/S - Sep/97 with Nick Wheeler

AndySL - Lead β - 1996 with Mark

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1996

with John W & Lynne
Backinthegame - Lead O/S - Jul/93 with Lynn Wilkins, John Wright

Vince McNally - Lead O/S - 1993

sdht - 1992

GordonHart - Lead O/S - 1991 with Clare Hart

ChrisJD - Lead - 28/Aug/89

mark-abz - Lead - 06/Aug/89 with Phill R

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Style of ascent

Lead159 of 255 (62.4%)
Followed77 of 255 (30.2%)
Toproped7 of 255 (2.7%)
Unknown12 of 255 (4.7%)

'Climbed'52 of 255 (20.4%)
clean O/S134 of 255 (52.5%)
clean β15 of 255 (5.9%)
clean rpt21 of 255 (8.2%)
clean RP1 of 255 (0.4%)
dogged26 of 255 (10.2%)
dnf5 of 255 (2.0%)
Unknown1 of 255 (0.4%)