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[Forsida pitch 3, 2 kb]128m, 5 pitches. The Outside Route) A great climb, and by far the best way up the Goat, if you are on the island make the effort to get this one done. The famous jump is now more difficult and dangerous than it used to be due to the wider gap and smaller landing area - it makes MUCH more sense to climb across. 1) 3+, 34m. Start at a worn area below the south west arete of The Goat. Climb a short steep wall then slant left up a rib (or the easier groove on the right) to easy ground. Follow a horizontal crack out right and belay a little higher. 2) 4, 14m. The groove leads to a shoulder, then its continuation ends at a good stance. 3) 5, 30m. Trend left to the base of the prominent crack then finger and hand-jam this, before moving right then back left to an exit onto a slab. A little higher cross the ridge to reach the huge terrace of 'the sofa' and a super-comfy stance. 4) 5, 30m. Climb over blocks to reach the diagonal cracks that split the face above. The initial wide section is awkward then easier climbing leads to the base of a thin section. Up this by finger-jamming (excellent gear) to a stance on the shoulder. 5) 5+, 20m. The diagonal crack spitting the face of the Goat is the Vestveggen-Avslutning (West Wall Finish). The start is the crux (harder now since the 2007 rockfall), then continue to the notch and a possible stance by a fat old peg. Traverse left across the slab to gain the western arete and finish up this to the tip of the Big Horn. Cross the gap to belay on the Little Horn. © ROCKFAX

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Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead - 08/Aug/12

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Jul/12

Led P3. More brilliant climbing. The crux move is 4c if you can reach the obvious massive jug, and 5b if you can't.
victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 05/Jul/12 with Claire, Simon

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Jul/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/12

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 12/Jun/12

Sari Nevala - AltLd - 12/Jun/12 with Henkka

Ken Taylor - AltLd O/S - 15/Jul/11 with Conan Harrod

Great route up this classic crag
Conan - AltLd - 15/Jul/11 with Ken Taylor

Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/Jul/11

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Jul/11

cat22 - AltLd O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Mike

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/11

I led P1,3&5. Did the jump, way more intimidating than it looks from below! A must do (both the route and the jump!)
John Tanner - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/11 with mrstarwarsman

mrstarwarsman - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/11 with john tanner

Snecos - 2011

Danhan - AltLd - 18/Aug/10 with Nick

Toby P1, me P2, Toby P3, Mik P4, me P5 (no aid and I'm a short arse!)
bridget143 - AltLd O/S - 05/Aug/10 with Toby Dunford, Mikkel

tobydunford - AltLd O/S - 05/Aug/10 with Mikkel, Bridget Hall

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Jul/10

In the rain
cem - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/10 with Dave Amos

Hidden - 2010

led p4, bugger doing the jump although sage manned up as per usual
Dr Caterpillar - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/09 with Alan Sage

joeydurkin - 2nd - 05/Aug/09 with Patch

Graham Westbrook - AltLd - Aug/09

Theeni - AltLd - Aug/09 with Matt Kemp

brockers - Lead - 31/Jul/09 with Maggie Bass

Hidden - 2nd - 31/Jul/09

Roch - AltLd - 30/Jul/09 with MRT

richardlong78 - AltLd - 22/Jul/09 with Ginge Moore

Andy Chubb - AltLd - 16/Jul/09 with Guy Hustinx

Led p1, 3 and 5. Belayed from the Storhorn as crossing the gap seemed an unnecessary complication. A fantastic climb, the highlight of my trip.
Blisco - AltLd O/S - 13/Jul/09 with Peter Skan

Pitches 1,3,5 and jump!!! Last pitch took 2 hours to lead due to people taking forever to abseil off the top
chiverstom - AltLd O/S - 09/Jul/09 with Dave Turner

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Jul/09

Joris.Roulleau - AltLd - Jul/09 with Mike Burnett

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/09

dan gibson - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/09 with michael porter

tuukka - AltLd - 20/Jun/09 with Hanna

Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/09 with Andy Inglis

The 'jump' finish was too scary for me!!!
andyinglis - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/09 with Ally Fulton

Henrik - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/09 with Thomas

cali1001 - AltLd O/S - Jun/09 with jocke

eivindf - Lead O/S - 2009

Led P2 & P4 (top pitch) - what a fantastic place to top out!
Different Steve - AltLd O/S - 29/Jul/08 with Steve Gray & Carol Fowles

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/08

tjkk - 2nd β - 18/Jul/08

Gustav - AltLd O/S - Jul/08 with BeerMonkey

Alan James - UKC and UKH - AltLd - 16/Jun/08 with Mark Glaister

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/07

lead pitch 1,2 and 4
Tim W - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/07 with Ali Kennedy, Jamie Moss

Elsier - 2nd O/S - Jul/07 with Stuart

mattpw - AltLd O/S - Jul/07 with Juha Kaupilla

Oliver Sherman - AltLd O/S - Jul/06 with Brad Jackson

Hidden - AltLd dnf - Jun/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2006

Bad Mongo - AltLd - Aug/04

Daniel Armitage - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/04 with Charlotte Armitage and Mark Senior

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hard HVS0 of 8
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hard VS1 of 8
VS7 of 8
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HS0 of 8
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hard 5b0 of 8
5b0 of 8
easy 5b0 of 8
hard 5a0 of 8
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Style of ascent

Lead6 of 60 (10.0%)
Followed5 of 60 (8.3%)
Alt Leads47 of 60 (78.3%)
Unknown2 of 60 (3.3%)

'Climbed'21 of 60 (35.0%)
clean O/S35 of 60 (58.3%)
clean β1 of 60 (1.7%)
clean rpt2 of 60 (3.3%)
dnf1 of 60 (1.7%)