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Gehenna

HVS 5a

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The superb crackline provides an irresistable jamming testpiece. Rumours of fallen blocks and increased grades can safely be ignored - this is a bog standard HVS 5a crack [moderator's note - this is very much a minority opinion!]. Gain the niche and squirm out of it into the crack. Jam joyously up this to jugs and glory.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS

This climb is in 16 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

Matt Bill Platypus - 2nd dnf - 11/May/09 with Fiend

Steve Ramsden - Lead O/S - 04/May/09 with stead

beaumap - Lead - 2009 with various

First climb in nearly 3 weeks. Getting out the niche was quite awkward, then horizontal crack is a OK rest, which allows you to jam up the final crack to the nice pockets. Great line, shame theres only a view at the very top! 5b? (Note, there are no rumours about 'fallen blocks', i've spoken to the chap that levered the unsafe block out, and when in place it was easier!)
Dave Warburton - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/08 with Franco Cookson

class!
Franco Cookson - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/08 with David Warburton

A great line, but absolutely brutal. From exiting the niche to the top is one long nightmare of pulling on dubious jams with little for your feet and never a comfortable rest. I would need to be a lot stronger to get up this cleanly.
Will Smith - 2nd dog - 22/Jul/08 with Rob

spanked - solid 5b, slippery and hard. Strenuous but safe as house and awkward. Slumped onto bottom cam, getting out of the niche is well hard.
lithos - Lead dog - 22/Jul/08 with Will Smith

still can't get past half way... goddamm
gilldando - 2nd dnf - 15/Sep/07 with Mike

IanJackson - 2nd O/S - 01/Sep/07 with Big Ian

jonka - Lead - Aug/07 with sean

got spat out by the big crack 4 times, I'll get it next time... Where's the chockstone gone!!
gilldando - TR dnf - 11/Mar/07 with Mike

mikekeswick - TR RP - 03/Sep/06 with leif

snowy owl - 2nd - Sep/05 with Chris Harrison

Steve Crowe - Lead O/S - Jan/00

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1986

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
ritid, B-bop, Hidden, martin_whitton, Hidden