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Power Pinch** f7A+

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[Power Pinch, 2 kb]A traditional eliminate. Start with both hands on the break, rock on, and up to the 'Power Pinch'. Then up and right to finish at a distinctive pocket below the dirty ramp. Use of 'BS2' on Power Pinch makes it V7. © ROCKFAX
From the good starting edges power past the a side-pull and gaston (this used to be the power pinch) to finish at the edges above a sharp distinctive pocket. For the historical tick miss out the "X" hold (big flat edge up and left of the start), if you do use this it's 7aish.

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Photo: Power Pinch © Rob1988
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 75 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Nicolas Duboust - Sent - 24/Feb/13 with Caleb, Peter Wilkinson

no x hold,although it appears to be gone now
BobbyG - Sent - 21/Nov/12 with dave barret

Hidden - Sent dnf - 10/Nov/12

CosmicHobo - Sent x - 07/Oct/12

nia - Sent x - Oct/12

Without the X hold (as its no longer there), found hard for 7a+. Thought more 7b, or I could just be weak.
joe.91 - Sent x - 11/Jun/12 with Thomas Reid

PeterDawson - Sent x - 06/Jun/12

rockrat - Sent dnf - 15/Apr/12 with Phoebe Robinson, Jemma Race

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - Sent x - 10/Dec/11

samrad - Sent x - 05/Nov/11 with Chris

barni - Sent x - 24/Oct/11 with Ami

Dirk Uhlig - Sent x - 04/Oct/11

Tophe - 21/Aug/11

hebson - Sent - 03/Aug/11 with kobe, amy

Gus - Sent x - Jul/11

Done with the new hold, bit harder than the old version.
Lord_ash2000 - Sent - 29/Jun/11

Hidden - Sent x - 19/Jun/11

Hidden - Sent x - 19/Jun/11

Hidden - Sent x - 11/Jun/11

rockrat - Sent dnf - 04/Jun/11

Not sure what grade this is with the holds as they are now - probs 7a..? Still ace though!
peterp - Sent x - 19/May/11 with Hebsonic Boom

peewee2008 - Sent x - 25/Apr/11

Hidden - Sent x - 09/Apr/11

petegunn - Sent - 04/Mar/11

Hidden - Sent - 01/Mar/11

took about 10 mins, 7a is accurate i think. Edit: (thats with no 'x' hold by the way)
benj_d - 27/Dec/10

rockrat - Sent dnf - 12/Dec/10

Petarghh - Sent dnf - 21/Nov/10

Hidden - Sent x - 17/Oct/10

Hidden - 17/Oct/10

Hidden - Sent x - 16/Oct/10

Hidden - Sent x - 22/Sep/10

Hidden - Sent - 13/Sep/10

craig naylor - Sent x - Aug/10

Very easy now the pinch has broken again. It's now a massive jug. Probably only 6c+
withey - Sent x - 14/Jun/10

Chris J Houston - Sent x - 16/May/10 with martha, mina and alot of locals

sadams - Sent - 10/May/10

2nd go, feet straight down and then to the pinch
Liam Copley - Sent - 10/May/10 with Brandon

Hidden - Sent - 24/Apr/10

petegunn - Sent - 16/Apr/10

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Sent - 10/Apr/10 with Rachel Hassall

westaway - Sent - 09/Apr/10

Hidden - Sent x - Apr/10

GPN - Sent - 28/Mar/10 with Annette

James Prowse - Sent - 26/Mar/10 with Dirk and Graham

GPN - Sent - 13/Mar/10

Peter Dickinson - Mar/10

Dale Comley - Sent x - 2010

oliverthomp - Sent x - 05/Oct/09

Rob1988 - Sent x - Oct/09 with Sam, Liam

Toby - Sent - 13/Sep/09

Hidden - Sent - 10/Sep/09

2nd go
willackers - Sent x - 16/Aug/09 with lots of scottish people

Foot popped on flash, doh! 2nd try :(
Richard Hession - Sent x - 01/Jun/09

+4apeindex - May/09

Hidden - Sent - 29/Mar/09

Hidden - Sent x - 28/Mar/09

C coldwell-storry - Mar/09

Hidden - Sent x - 2009

Cassidy - Sent β - 27/Dec/08

Hidden - Sent x - Nov/08

Hidden - 03/Sep/08

Hidden - Sent x - 14/Aug/08

Smashin' problem. Did the easy variant as well as the original.
Stewart B - Sent x - 05/Aug/08 with Chris Everett

hard!
lx - Sent - 19/May/08

bfreeman - Sent - 06/Apr/08

jfreeman - Sent x - 06/Apr/08 with Ben Freeman, Dan Turner

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - Solo rpt - 02/Aug/07

Boy - 2006

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Sent β - 2005

Hidden - Sent - Jul/01

whispering nic - Solo - Oct/96

Hidden - 29/Jul/96

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Total votes cast 36
hard f7B0 of 20
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easy f7B9 of 20
hard f7A+2 of 20
f7A+5 of 20
easy f7A+0 of 20
hard f7A4 of 20
f7A0 of 20
easy f7A0 of 20
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 75 (2.7%)
Bouldered62 of 75 (82.7%)
Unknown11 of 75 (14.7%)

'Climbed'34 of 75 (45.3%)
clean β2 of 75 (2.7%)
clean rpt1 of 75 (1.3%)
clean RP33 of 75 (44.0%)
dnf5 of 75 (6.7%)