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The Rostrum (aka Regular North Face Route)*** 5.11c

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8 pitches. Great 8 pitch route up the phallic Rostrum with the added benefit that you summit near your car. Comparable in quality to Astroman though not as hard. Oh yes - there is an offwidth. Occasional bird restriction applies.
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This climb is in 19 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

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Adam Booth - AltLd - 23/Sep/12 with Ed Booth

Hidden - Lead - 23/Sep/12

Onsighted all my pitches (1, 2, 3.5, 4, 5, 6.5 (ow), 7 & 8), partner used some french free on his leads. Long day, excellent route.
tuukka - AltLd - 13/Sep/12 with Henrik

spidey - AltLd dog - 08/Oct/11 with ryan p

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Oct/11

sent with no gear bigger than a 3 camalot. amit onsighted it.... very slowly. really hot. propper shit show from parties above!
markalmack - AltLd rpt - 30/Sep/10 with amit tawfik

Still had problems on the offwidth pitch. Fell on the alien finish.
markalmack - AltLd dog - 24/Sep/10

Maybe the best trad route I've climbed. Pitches 4, 6 and 7 were the hardest. (Easy to do the ab approach down in bare feet or in climbing shoes, you can stash food and drink at the halfway ledge on the way down.)
Eetu - AltLd O/S - 01/Oct/09 with Olli

Led 2,3,4,6,8. Pitches 1-4 11/09, ran out of water. Pitches 4-8 13/09. My personal finest climbing achievement. That was my first ever 5.10 OW. Hard work. Awesome.
MONKEY78 - AltLd O/S - 11/Sep/09 with adam ellwood

Amazing route! Would love to return for a clean ascent. Fell on the crux pitch and in the 10a offwidth!
highlux - AltLd dog - Sep/09

i hate off widths!!!!
markalmack - Lead dog - Sep/08 with federico pisani

superb! best climb ever
IOAN D - Lead O/S - 31/Oct/07 with Mills

Toby Dunn - Oct/07 with dustin

keefe - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/04

Completely awesome. Enjoyed every pitch. Picth 7 was one of the best pitches I've ever done. Steep and demanding. Great seconding effort by Viv.
Dave Musgrove Jnr - Lead O/S - Aug/02 with Viv

sadams - AltLd - Oct/99 with John Boyle

shark - AltLd O/S - 1997 with Brad Carter

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/84

At the time we attempted this, only Ray Jardine had freeclimbed the last pitch (and some locals found this hard to believe) so were unsurprised to find we had to aid it. Otherwise a brilliant route, hats off to those who solo it now!
petemeads - AltLd - Oct/78 with Andy Parkin

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