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Death Cap*** E1 5a

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Ticklists: 100 Aberdeen North East Classics!, Scottish 3 and 4 star multi-pitch routes.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 71 logbooks, and on 12 wishlists.

scotclimb - Lead rpt - 14/May/13 with Danny Laing, Dave Strang

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/May/13

gforce - Lead rpt - 01/May/13 with Emma

samwillo - Lead - 01/Jun/12 with Tom Jeldon

wilsonmoir - Lead - 2012

windy100 - 2012

Lead in 1 big pitch, not too bad with long extenders and carefull gear planning. Probably the most exposed place ive ben to on the coast. Felt quite intimidated by the place but after this excellent climb felt fine. Really out-there move over the roof/arete!
geoff.comley - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/11 with Matthew Thompson

P1-sustained 5a moves,P2-exposed and balancy rock over to a small crimp
Badam - 2nd O/S - 07/Sep/11 with Graham, Tam Risk, John Jackson

Cacyn - 2nd O/S - 07/Sep/11 with Graham, Brian Adams, John Jackson

Anna_wells - AltLd - Sep/11 with Ry

Hidden - Lead rpt - 20/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/Aug/11

Ommuff - 2nd - 14/Jun/11 with Dave O

Chris wilson - 2nd - 19/May/11 with Jon B

Led P1. Quality climbing, nothing too hard, but fairly sustained.
Chris L Hill - AltLd O/S - 15/May/11 with Gwilym

Led p2. Wild place and a great route. Mad exposure on the tricky moves out from the roof and was raining to add to matters. Despatched in comedically poor style.
niallk - Lead O/S - 15/May/11 with Steven Harris

Led p1. Looks incredibly hard and overhanging from below but once your on it the moves flow really nicely. Great pitch. Amazing exposure on the arete on p2 (crux?)
climberuk - AltLd O/S - 15/May/11 with Niall

Anna_wells - 2nd - 12/May/11 with pete

t_stork - AltLd - 14/Apr/11 with Rory Brown

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/11

Grade seems about right to me, nothing too hard but lots of climbing and a little bold at the start. Classic overall especially the moves up the wall on the second pitch( possibly a 5b move here to clear the nose, might be easier to keep traversing?)
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/10 with Rik

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/10

mshorter - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/10 with greg

Greg Boswell - AltLd - 08/Aug/10 with Michel shorter

glenngordon - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/10 with davy virdee

Successful rescue mission to save the nuts Tim dropped.
whistler - AltLd - 07/Jul/10 with Tim Rankin

2nd p.1. Lead p.2 out top of Bats Belfry. First climb at Earnsheugh. Quality!
bnewman - AltLd O/S - 23/Jun/10 with mulletcocktail2000

http://graniteandice.blogspot.com/2010/06/death-cap-e1.html
hwackerhage - Lead - 15/Jun/10 with Adam Henly

Led first pitch
Tobes - AltLd O/S - May/10 with Mikeb

Just as good second time around
Chris wilson - 2nd - 10/Sep/09 with Jon B, Seb

sebrider - AltLd O/S - 10/Sep/09 with John, Chris wilson

Ally Baba - AltLd O/S - 05/Jul/09 with Gav Swinton

IceBun - Lead rpt - 12/Jun/09 with Al Rodger

Sandy Simpson - 2nd O/S - 28/May/09 with Brian and Forest

Climbed at night. even better than I remembered
whistler - Lead rpt - 13/May/09 with Anna

In the deapths of the Harr!
Smelly Fox - AltLd rpt - 13/Apr/09 with Mark Mosgrove

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 13/Apr/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/Mar/09

awesome
biffyat8 - 2nd O/S - 28/Feb/09 with jo

very wet crux in the first pitch made climbing interesting.
mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd rpt - 22/Feb/09 with john

Diane Lowe - AltLd O/S - 02/Aug/08 with Neil Shepherd

first proper e1 lead. though soft for the grade very east to let the atmosphere get to you. great route with good climbing in a fine setting throughout.
mulletcocktail2000 - Lead O/S - 29/Jun/08 with paul

A real classic, one of the best routes I've done on the coast. Superb overhanging corner line with big jugs and ledges followed by a spectacular traverse out and over the roof.
Chris wilson - 2nd - 11/Jun/08 with Paul

Paulww - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/08 with Chris

Lead first pitch
magic_mice - AltLd O/S - 18/May/08 with Mark Mosgrove

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 18/May/08

loved this route, great fun and an ace ledge for the belay, one to repeat for sure.
michael83 - Lead O/S - 18/May/08 with Pete Clark

ANC - AltLd O/S - 03/May/08 with Steve Addy

first E1 lead. very nice
ashknot - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/08 with Pete

awesome route
whistler - 2nd O/S - 20/Mar/08 with Ashley Dean

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Feb/08

TrollJester - AltLd O/S - 2008 with Bruce A Strachan

James Prowse - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/07 with Paul Matthews

andyinglis - 2nd - 07/Oct/07 with James Matthews

PMatt - Lead O/S - 07/Oct/07 with Andy Ingles

Dirk Wallis - AltLd - 29/Jul/07 with Grrr

gforce - 2nd - 29/Jul/07 with Dirk

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/07

s kennedy - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/07 with mark mosgrove

Climbing is very soft touch for E1 but the whole climb is intimidating from the start
hwackerhage - AltLd - 24/Jul/07 with Paul

smac - Jun/07 with Diggler

smac - Jun/07 with Diggler

Easy moves but intimidating
hwackerhage - 12/Jun/06 with Andy Inglis

andyinglis - AltLd - 12/Jun/06 with Henning

first E1 pitch, intimidating but friendly once climbing.
BallsOfSteel - AltLd O/S - Jun/06 with steve addie

Dangerous Dave - Lead O/S - Jun/06 with Tris Fox

Smelly Fox - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/06 with Matt Croll

Hidden - 2nd - Sep/03

dave o - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/03 with bill s

Dave Douglas - AltLd O/S - 17/Sep/88 with Neil Shepherd

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
scotclimb, stephenmckenzie, SWalls, telemarker, Hidden, franksnb, Yeti_Hirsute, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, andymoin, Hidden

Voting
Total votes cast 55
hard E20 of 18
E20 of 18
easy E20 of 18
hard E10 of 18
E11 of 18
easy E113 of 18
hard HVS4 of 18
HVS0 of 18
easy HVS0 of 18
hard 5b0 of 18
5b0 of 18
easy 5b0 of 18
hard 5a0 of 18
5a8 of 18
easy 5a10 of 18
hard 4c0 of 18
4c0 of 18
easy 4c0 of 18
3 Stars17 of 19
2 Stars0 of 19
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Style of ascent

Lead21 of 71 (29.6%)
Followed15 of 71 (21.1%)
Alt Leads31 of 71 (43.7%)
Unknown4 of 71 (5.6%)

'Climbed'23 of 71 (32.4%)
clean O/S39 of 71 (54.9%)
clean rpt9 of 71 (12.7%)