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Dolphin Cracks* HVS 5a

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[Dolphin Cracks pitch 1, 2 kb]A classic crack-fest that follows the intimidating wide vertical crack on the left side of the face and the exposed corner to the left of the huge capping roof. Start on ledges below the wide corner-crack.. 1) 5a, 10m. Move up to below the crack and bridge and layback up it, past a useful chockstone, to a large belay ledge.. 2) 4c, 18m. Climb the knobbly curving crack in the less steep face above to below the corner-crack to the left of the huge roof. Pull steeply up into the corner and follow it all the way to the top. An exposed pitch. © ROCKFAX
R Goodier, J Deacon (AL), 1st pitch climbed by T Genge in 1947 09/Sep/1955

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Photo: Dolphin Cracks pitch 1 © Mark Glaister
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This climb is in 93 logbooks, and on 7 wishlists.

Butch. Rescued a flying Dutchman who'd landed on his head subsequently
morganator - AltLd - 16/May/13 with International Meet Guest

Ed morris - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/13 with ewan

Led P1, Ed P2. Nice route
ewanthomson - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/13 with Ed morris

Right arm in, offwidthing. Too hard.
Southern Man - Lead dnf - 04/Apr/13 with Billy

Lead P2. P1 is tough!
dprctr - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/13 with Patrick

did in one long pitch. nice crack climbing all the way, start interesting but well protectable with 3.5 camalot and chock stone.
msoldn - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/12 with Mari, Edwin

Philippa Arding - 2nd - 26/Aug/12 with nick arding

done in one pitch, belay ledge is not visible from top of climb!
Spearos - 2nd O/S - 20/Aug/12 with Riggo

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/12

Led in one pitch. Good old school stylee.
Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/12 with Ken Palmer

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Jul/12

aljezurusrf08 - 2nd dog - 01/Jul/12 with Willow

tgeh - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/12 with dan geh

glad I had a big cam for the first pitch.
Dan Geh - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/12 with Thomas Geh

ushi - Lead - 24/Jun/12 with Andy Marshall

mark88 - AltLd - 04/Jun/12 with Paul Millen

Dean177 - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12

Really enjoyed this climb. First pitch is strenuous (basically a long layback - the chock stone half way up is a crucial sling placement). Second pitch is beautifully exposed and the views are excellent! :)
BelayBunney - Lead O/S - 20/May/12 with Catherine

KittyG - 2nd dog - 20/May/12 with Chris

Backed off this back in febuary, its not too hard once you commit to the layback
arandall - Lead β - 12/May/12 with Wendy Matthews

Wendy Watthews - 2nd O/S - 12/May/12 with arandall

In one pitch
Mr Powly - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/12 with Ian B

tobydunford - 2nd O/S - 03/Apr/12 with Harry Martin

Pete Graham - Lead - Apr/12 with Rick Graham

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Mar/12

Quite similar to Goliaths Groove at Stanage, really awkward off width crack at the back of a corner.
arandall - Lead dnf - 12/Feb/12 with Wendy Matthews

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2012

wojt - Lead O/S - 2012

wojtt - Lead O/S - 2012

Nice. Led p1. Felt 2nd pitch was 5a, not 4c as stated in the guidebook.
andybenham - AltLd O/S - 10/Dec/11 with paul abram

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

first hvs lead. 1st pitch has no gear till the top once past the chockstone. second pitch found equally as hard as the first just with lots more gear around
carl_123 - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/11

Andy Mathers - 2nd O/S - 02/Sep/11

Julesthe1st - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/11 with Mike

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 19/Aug/11

Stunning climbing. One of the best routes of the year (so far...)
lewiz - Lead O/S - 13/Aug/11 with Mishtu Tiwary

mishtu - 2nd - 13/Aug/11 with lewiz

CRiddiford - 2nd - 21/Jun/11 with Becca

Lead first pitch but couldn't do second as very very windy! Hard 5a
BeccaSnowden - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/11 with Caroline

thomasadixon - 2nd O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Mike

fell on the first (5a) pitch. Climbed successfully on 2nd attempt
chris687 - Lead dog - 05/Jun/11 with James price

Pricey06 - AltLd dog - 05/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead - 03/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/May/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Apr/11

Clay C - 2nd O/S - 12/Mar/11 with Harry B, Al

H + C, nice route. a bit of a drag if done in one pitch though
Alasdair88 - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/11

mwatson - 2011

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Sep/10

david morse - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/10 with chris todd

Mayo - Lead dog - 17/Sep/10 with Erin Bastian

erinbastian - 2nd - 17/Sep/10 with Ken Mayo

Pile of Dog poo. Not worth the movement. Not 2 stars at all.
El3ctroFuzz - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/10 with Elaine Budden

Elaine Budden - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/10 with tom bunn

Hidden - Sep/10

Vince McNally - AltLd - 06/Aug/10 with Sumee Holloway

Hidden - 2nd - Aug/10

DSM - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/10 with Paul Dearden

mtom91 - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/09

Mark Kemball - Lead - 13/Sep/09 with Lee Bartrop

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Aug/09

lrandall - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/09 with Alan D

paulh1967 - 2009

keith leonard - 2009

Subwaycups - 2nd O/S - Jun/08

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Tough
bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/07 with Clare

jfreeman - Lead O/S - Jun/07 with Steve Rigler

Wet and dirty.
JackMountains - AltLd dnf - 24/May/07 with Ben Snook

Ben Snook - AltLd - 24/May/07 with n0ph33r

I led P1 but we'd soloed the crack after the optional belay ledge earlier so took the LH version (the start of the E5 I think) to a hanging belay under the roof.
Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 06/May/07 with Tim from BUMC

Tom87 - 2nd O/S - Mar/07 with Jez

i led the first pitch cleanly, we had to retreat off the second
Ben Snook - AltLd - 2007 with n0ph33r

Wil Treasure - 2007

reg_measures - AltLd O/S - 30/May/06 with timmy elson

Bloody horrible offwidth with an awkward exit on the first pitch.
maresia - 2nd dog - 29/Apr/06 with Mike Kann

mike kann - Lead - 2006 with Bill Naylor

Ashley Hold - Lead - 03/Sep/04 with Laurence North

Hidden - Lead - 24/Aug/03

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/00

stuart100 - Lead O/S - 20/May/00 with Claire Graham

Marti999 - Lead - 2000

chris sm - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/97 with Pippa Froggatt

Neil Conway - 2nd O/S - Mar/97 with Steve Hardy & Darren Leigh

K1 - Lead - 1995

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/87

babymoac - AltLd - 18/Aug/80 with MTW

Hidden - Lead - 19/Aug/77

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Aug/77

Bolt Phobia - Lead - 07/Apr/76 with John Broadwell

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Voting
Total votes cast 62
hard E10 of 21
E10 of 21
easy E10 of 21
hard HVS4 of 21
HVS17 of 21
easy HVS0 of 21
hard VS0 of 21
VS0 of 21
easy VS0 of 21
hard 5b0 of 21
5b0 of 21
easy 5b2 of 21
hard 5a11 of 21
5a8 of 21
easy 5a0 of 21
hard 4c0 of 21
4c0 of 21
easy 4c0 of 21
3 Stars2 of 20
2 Stars12 of 20
1 Star5 of 20
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Style of ascent

Lead45 of 93 (48.4%)
Followed21 of 93 (22.6%)
Alt Leads22 of 93 (23.7%)
Unknown5 of 93 (5.4%)

'Climbed'31 of 93 (33.3%)
clean O/S52 of 93 (55.9%)
clean β1 of 93 (1.1%)
dogged6 of 93 (6.5%)
dnf3 of 93 (3.2%)