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Castrol** VS 5a

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[Oiling up on first pitch of Castrol (VS), 3 kb]An interesting climb, long and devious. Climb to and up the flake in the centre of the wall, to reach a possible stance shared with the previous route. Follow G.T.X. but continue the traverse for 4m to a second crack-line. Climb up this to a recess. Access the slab with difficulty (especially tricky when it is dirty) and finish up it, or traverse off right to escape. © ROCKFAX

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This climb is in 53 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Lead first pitch then bailed. Second pitch was far to green for me!
BaildonBanker - Lead dnf - 07/Oct/12 with club

papashango - 2nd - 03/Sep/12 with Luke Dyer

P1 only
luke321 - Lead - 03/Sep/12 with Conor Shepherd

spragglerocks - Lead rpt - 21/Jul/12 with Steve M

SteveM - 2nd - 21/Jul/12 with Rachael

Led the first pitch but to much ice on teh second pitch so had to escape out right. Nice climbing though
Steven Andrews - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/12

good lead by rachel
pebbles - 2nd - 01/Sep/11 with rachel

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/11

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - 21/Aug/11

Led pitch 1 and 3. 3 is great. Shame its so tiny.
Will Hunt - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/10 with Duncan Kaye

Led pitch 2. Thought it was fairly unpleasant - just not very enjoyable.
DKaye - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/10 with Will Hunt

jkarran - 2nd - 15/Aug/10 with Matt

mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with James Karran

tinab - Lead - 09/Jul/10

Led P2,P3. Sam had to learn how to jam on P1 :)
odox - AltLd O/S - 23/May/10 with Sam Webb

daveclarke5 - 2nd - 22/May/10 with Andy

p1 only. V dirty
cmsg - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/10 with Luke Gannarelli

cat22 - Lead O/S - 20/Sep/09 with Mike

pitch 1 only
stoat - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/09 with markfairbank

Well done Al for battling up the verdant crack at the end. Had to pull on the gear to gain the last crack. Cheat.
embob - 2nd dog - 24/May/09 with Alex

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/May/09

Hidden - Lead - 24/May/09

Thought harder than GTX. an ability to jam was useful in 1st bit. top out required confidence. combined pitches.. nice.
Mattyk - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with Matt Evans

petegunn - Lead - 23/Apr/09 with Davina

Neil Mackenzie - Lead O/S - 16/Nov/08 with Reinhart

jadm2 - 2nd O/S - 20/Sep/08

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Jul/08

Hidden - AltLd - 09/Sep/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/07

First pitch only. Was detered from 2nd and 3rd pitch by another party when they described it as green, slimy, licheny etc. etc. But first pitch was good.
alexyoung - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/07 with Steak and Sprags

Brown - Solo O/S - 06/Apr/07 with Aaran

howlingbaboon - AltLd O/S - 05/Apr/07 with Scott

nick ferro - Apr/07

spragglerocks - 2nd dog - 2007 with James Hoyes

Hidden - Lead - 08/Oct/06

First pitch only, an earlier group described the second two pitches as "amazonian", the buttress was pretty green.
adam carless - Lead O/S - 10/Sep/06 with James Rowe

Nick Beckett - Lead - 09/Sep/06 with various

led first pitch, seconded second, didnt do third. Technical grade on both pitches the same, but we found the second pitch much harder than the first. Second pitch also very dirty, which didnt help.
pebbles - AltLd - 16/Jul/06

First pitch only
victim of mathematics - 2nd O/S - 16/Apr/06 with Jim

leathers - 2006

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/04

antroy - Lead - 14/Jul/03

snowy owl - Lead - 17/Apr/03 with Emma Campbell

Stone Muppet - 2003

All 3 pitches - don't be soft !
babymoac - Lead - 08/Aug/02 with Eddy L

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/02

Heisenberg - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/99 with reg

Hidden - AltLd - 1999

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 05/May/88 with Frank Wilkinson

Hidden - Solo - 12/Apr/80

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/77

Dave Musgrove - Solo - 29/May/77

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Voting
Total votes cast 22
hard HVS0 of 8
HVS0 of 8
easy HVS0 of 8
hard VS6 of 8
VS2 of 8
easy VS0 of 8
hard HS0 of 8
HS0 of 8
easy HS0 of 8
hard 5b0 of 7
5b0 of 7
easy 5b0 of 7
hard 5a0 of 7
5a5 of 7
easy 5a1 of 7
hard 4c1 of 7
4c0 of 7
easy 4c0 of 7
3 Stars0 of 7
2 Stars6 of 7
1 Star1 of 7
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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 53 (5.7%)
Lead26 of 53 (49.1%)
Followed12 of 53 (22.6%)
Alt Leads9 of 53 (17.0%)
Unknown3 of 53 (5.7%)

'Climbed'26 of 53 (49.1%)
clean O/S23 of 53 (43.4%)
clean rpt1 of 53 (1.9%)
dogged2 of 53 (3.8%)
dnf1 of 53 (1.9%)