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Sacrosanct** HVS 5a

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[Sacrosanct (HVS 5a), 2 kb]A superb route in a stunning setting. The start is somewhat of a "waker-upper" hand traverse (an initial belay is advisable) but a confident approach is quickly rewarded. Can be done in two pitches or three - either way be sure to back up the belay pegs with natural gear. At the top there is a belay peg (probably intended for CTA etc) hidden down a rock step on the right (well back) as well as the more obvious gear. Probably the best descent (unless you have a penchant for vertical grass scrambling where a slip would be fatal) is to ab off the iron stake just past said peg (check it first and take great care as it would be easy to to accidentally flick the rope off it at the start) which takes you down into the basin of LQP.

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Photo: Sacrosanct (HVS 5a) © Nolan
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 34 logbooks, and on 15 wishlists.

Led 2nd pitch.
Dale Turrell - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Bristoldave

Led p1
Bristoldave - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Dale

Lead Pitch Two.
JeromeT - AltLd O/S - 16/Aug/12 with Ian

burto - AltLd O/S - 16/Aug/12 with jerome

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/Jul/12

Graham Atkins - Lead - 10/Dec/11

adam cooper*super* - Lead rpt - 14/May/11 with jack folland

Twas good
Jack_F - AltLd O/S - 14/May/11 with adam cooper* super*

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Apr/11

lead p2.p1 the best pitch.dont stray too far left on p2 its loose.
misterb - AltLd O/S - 08/Mar/11 with wain

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Sep/10

twright180 - AltLd O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Fred Wobus

A steep climb that made the forearms bulge
Johnny Baker - AltLd O/S - 06/Jul/10 with Sam Richards

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/10

brill, i lead 2nd pitch really nice climbing, BUT did pull off a bit of rock about nearly 2 foot long and fairly hefty aswell!
adam cooper*super* - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/10 with mike waller

Marti999 - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/10 with Chris Brooke

ChrisBrooke - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/10 with Marti Hallet

Quality route! Though a bit wet up the wide crack on the 1st pitch. Bit of advice; the first pitch traverses the lower jug rail not the crack above with the pegs.
Reeges - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/08 with Nick Saunders

Hidden - AltLd - Nov/08

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 27/Oct/08 with anna barnes

I led 2nd pitch. Advise leaders to use upward pull runner at base of slab so a fall doesn't unzip the rest of the gear. Brilliant route.
Kafoozalem - AltLd - 22/Apr/08 with Nolan

P1,3
quadmyre - AltLd rpt - 16/Jun/07 with Clara

quadmyre - Lead rpt - 01/Jun/07 with Wifey

Hidden - 2nd dog - 01/Jun/07

The first moves are exposed and I'm glad I didn't lead that pitch. Took a lob on exiting the overhanging crack on pitch 2, after climbing up and down it a good few times before committing.
maresia - AltLd dog - 17/Apr/07 with Fiend

AJH - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/07 with Crispin

quadmyre - 2nd O/S - 17/Mar/07 with Crispin

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Oct/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/01

colin milton - AltLd - 23/Jul/94 with eric milton

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Jun/92

Budge - AltLd O/S - Apr/92 with Richard Teed

ecowaller - Lead O/S - 1990 with Wendy Sampson, Andy Reid

ecowaller - Lead - 1980

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Voting
Total votes cast 32
hard E10 of 11
E10 of 11
easy E11 of 11
hard HVS1 of 11
HVS8 of 11
easy HVS1 of 11
hard VS0 of 11
VS0 of 11
easy VS0 of 11
hard 5b0 of 11
5b0 of 11
easy 5b0 of 11
hard 5a1 of 11
5a9 of 11
easy 5a1 of 11
hard 4c0 of 11
4c0 of 11
easy 4c0 of 11
3 Stars6 of 10
2 Stars4 of 10
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Style of ascent

Lead10 of 34 (29.4%)
Followed3 of 34 (8.8%)
Alt Leads21 of 34 (61.8%)

'Climbed'8 of 34 (23.5%)
clean O/S21 of 34 (61.8%)
clean rpt3 of 34 (8.8%)
dogged2 of 34 (5.9%)