Rockfax Description
The final exposed and sustained pitch is the best of the VDiffs at the Dewerstone. Although the line looks a little hidden away and broken from below, the climbing is varied and fairly tricky. The route is shady and needs dry conditions. Start at a small protruding buttress of blocks, right of a small gully.
1) 10m. Move up left past a low overhang and then step back right and up to belay on a good ledge.
2) 10m. Climb the wall above the stance to ledges and a large tree belay.
3) 11m. Above is a small corner in the wall. Move right and pull back left steeply on good holds into the corner. Climb this and a short wall to a ledge and tree belay. Strenuous.
4) 18m. A brilliant pitch. Move left from the stance onto the main face and climb to below an overhanging nose on the arete. Take the slim corner just right of the nose until it is possible to work leftwards to the top. © Rockfax
UKC Logbook Description
A good final pitch.
Start beneath the large broken block, right of the Climbers’ Club start.
1) 3a. Climb the block, and continue to a tree belay.
2) 3a. Climb up to another tree, then cracks in the wall to yet another tree. Belay here, or on the ledge 12 feet higher.
3) 3c. This pitch feels the business. From the ledge, move out left, onto the main face, and climb a hanging groove on its right-hand side. Move right, and climb slabs to
the top.
VARIATIONS
1a) 4b. Climb over the bulge, move right, beneath the overhang, then climb a
short groove.
3a) 3a. Climb the flake behind the belay, until it is possible to move left, and
rejoin the parent route on the nose.
West Country Climbs , South West VDiff-HVS , Moving to Devon , South West Climbs - Pat Littlejohn (1st Ed.) , I want a Pasty! , Dewerstone Sub-HVS Multipitch Time Trial , S Devon & Dartmoor’s Star Diffs , Cream first! , By May… , Meg'n'Liz's Dewerstone slicklist , Llidberis South West Tour
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EdJHarley | 25 Apr, 2023 |
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βeta: Combined 1st and 2nd pitches. 3rd pitch is exposed and very slippery if wet, but absolutely fantastic! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Combined 1st and 2nd pitches. 3rd pitch is exposed and very slippery if wet, but absolutely fantastic! |
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RichardN | 20 Mar, 2023 |
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βeta: Excellent final pitch. Pointless splitting the first two pitches. Run them together, get it done in 3. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Excellent final pitch. Pointless splitting the first two pitches. Run them together, get it done in 3. |
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BuzyG | 24 Mar, 2022 |
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βeta: A nice climb to get into a new season on. The final pitch is a little cracker. | βeta? | |
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βeta: A nice climb to get into a new season on. The final pitch is a little cracker. |
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ride_998 | 4 Oct, 2021 |
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βeta: 4/10/21 currently a wasps nest on first pitch belay of route b | βeta? | |
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βeta: 4/10/21 currently a wasps nest on first pitch belay of route b |
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gillyml | 13 Apr, 2021 |
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βeta: A gem of a route for VDiff leaders. | βeta? | |
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βeta: A gem of a route for VDiff leaders. |
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Grade: HVD ***
(Chudleigh Rocks - South Face)