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[Stairs - Holyhead Mountain, 2 kb]37m, 2 pitches. If extended, can be done in one

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This climb is in 207 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 04/May/13

scott mayled - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/13 with A student

sheelba - Lead - 27/Apr/13

Craigyboy13 - 2nd O/S - 27/Apr/13

spooksthehorse - Lead - 13/Apr/13

leefaldo - TR O/S - 09/Apr/13

SDW staff training
scott mayled - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/13

herman0055 - Lead - 27/Mar/13 with Scotty mayled

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/13

Hidden - Lead - 21/Mar/13

Even pitches
mevanssmith - AltLd O/S - Mar/13

Hidden - Mar/13

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/13

Mike Hood - 2nd - 09/Feb/13

in one pitch. Nice route, easy climbing but quite run out in places.
Toreador - Lead O/S - 24/Nov/12 with Carmen

Guided in 2 picthes and some blood-loss. Really nice
lithos - Lead - 24/Nov/12 with John G, oddtoast

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Nov/12

oddtoast - 2nd - 24/Nov/12 with DinoGator, lithos

DinoGator - 2nd O/S - 24/Nov/12 with Rob, Justine

Will Williams - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/12

Very windy, Climb was not difficult but didnt enjoy.
Gary Mitchell - Lead O/S - 19/Sep/12 with Paul Spacagna

Hidden - Lead - 08/Sep/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/12

AmandaJG - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead - 26/Aug/12

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Aug/12

P2
lcullum7 - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Rich Jones

Lloyders - Lead O/S - Aug/12 with Tom B

Emma Reynolds - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/12 with Ed Green, Ali Othen

Done as a single pitch.
ant2079 - Lead - 11/Jul/12 with Jason Hodge

Led pitch 2
Stephen Halliday - AltLd β - 24/Jun/12 with Neil Halliday

BeckyBrown1989 - Lead - 18/Jun/12

CashaJones - 2nd - 18/Jun/12

kristinawe - Lead - 18/Jun/12

James Thompson - Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd - 29/May/12

Led top pitch
ayuplass - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12 with Claire

Melanie Parkin - 2nd O/S - 28/Apr/12 with John T

iceaxejuggler - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/12 with Melanie Parkin

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/12

Hidden - Lead rpt - 10/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Apr/12

emlynroberts - Lead - 07/Apr/12 with Paul Emmett

ojgrant - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/12

alancash100 - Lead - 2012

fletch540 - Lead O/S - 2012

Interesting little overhang
Joe.Elliott1 - 2nd - 12/Oct/11

jvarmstrong - Lead - 24/Sep/11

John Kettle - Lead - 07/Sep/11

dpiddock - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/11 with Ian G, Tom Jones

Adderbury Climber - 2nd O/S - 27/Aug/11 with Dan

Dan's lead - he was going for Stairs Direct, but baffled by the crux move.
tsjx - 2nd O/S - 27/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/11

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - 07/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/Jul/11

yorkyrmcdo - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/11 with woody

marc1967 - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/11 with Lesley Payne

Microwired22 - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/11 with David Chester

Different Steve - 2nd O/S - 28/May/11 with Clare

Triangle4321 - 2nd O/S - 14/May/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/May/11

Lodge - 2nd - 30/Apr/11

zukator - Solo - 29/Apr/11

Nice route - good lead Chloe!
Katex - 2nd - 27/Apr/11 with Chloe

Big Steve - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/11 with Karen

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/11

Matthew Scott-Chalmers - Lead rpt - 06/Mar/11 with Robert Evans

Microwired22 - 20/Feb/11

neal_haddadway - Lead O/S - 2011 with Hanna Nuutilla, Rob Evans

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Nov/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Nov/10

nice although abit damp precluding smearing. Lead the top pitch.
kipman725 - AltLd O/S - 31/Oct/10

Stayed on the left edge at first overlap to add interest.
emlynroberts - Lead - 25/Sep/10 with Will Steel

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Sep/10

Owain Llewelyn - Solo - 09/Sep/10

rig - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/10 with Jane Ferguson

moelfras - Lead - 28/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/10

Dizz - 2nd O/S - 25/Aug/10 with chiz

DaveAllen - 2nd O/S - 22/Aug/10 with Phil Moore

Did it in one pitch
mick1jones - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Claire Duffield, Carol Umarova

Pleasnt climbing, very straight foreward, not over protected though (beware if severe is your limit). Lovely runout on top section. maybe deserves 2 stars?
Sam1991 - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/10 with Mark

mark20 - 2nd O/S - 16/Aug/10

stevens744 - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/10 with andy stevens

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/10

Good Weather, Nice Climbing Conditions. 2nd on route.
Kirstyprice7 - 2nd O/S - 04/Aug/10 with Scotty Essam, Will Brant

williamsd79 - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/10

oliverharold - Lead - 23/Jul/10

Laura Hamlet - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/10 with mcneilljamie

John Kettle - Lead - 14/Jul/10

david morse - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/10 with katie

Katy Nelson - AltLd - 11/Jul/10 with Mark Young, Dave Morse

gary.barr - Lead O/S - 02/Jul/10 with Ally Singleton

Siany - 2nd - 02/Jul/10 with Rob Shepherd

led 2nd pitch
Steven Andrews - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Philip

rpassantcoy - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/10

teenage kicks finish- lovely route.
nikinko - Lead - 30/May/10 with Maggie

NewLeaf - 2nd - 29/May/10 with nikki

Lead in one pitch, going left of the block.
Richard Hill - Lead O/S - 22/May/10 with Zoe

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/May/10

MariaT - Lead O/S - 15/May/10 with David Walker

David Walker - 2nd O/S - 15/May/10 with Maria

luce - 2nd O/S - 08/May/10 with Kevin Edwards

Hidden - Lead - 03/May/10

Peter Metcalfe - AltLd - 03/May/10 with Cath Sullivan

Hidden - AltLd - May/10

Nice gentle severe with a decent bit of exposure at the top. Could maybe be done in one pitch with long runners on the right hand side
PaulWatson - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/10 with Eilidh

Lead pitch 2, really easy climbing
Sam Marland - AltLd O/S - 25/Apr/10 with Ieuan Peace

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Apr/10

loobeylou - 2nd - 25/Apr/10

jadephill - AltLd - 25/Apr/10

Lead P1, Sherlyn lead P2 but went right of the square block.
Richard Hill - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Sheryln

RachelP - 2nd - 04/Apr/10 with Jamie

jonnyridleylogan - Lead O/S - Apr/10

richi3d10 - Lead O/S - Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/10

Munzy - Lead rpt - 16/Feb/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/10

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Feb/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/10

amthalmann - Lead O/S - 06/Feb/10

CharlotteJelleyman - 2nd O/S - 06/Feb/10 with Amanda Thalmann

Lead both pitches
DaveWarren - Lead O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Jamie

Renegade_Pony - Lead - 09/Sep/09 with Ewan Brown

treeminkies - Lead - 22/Aug/09 with carole

One pitch.
Microwired22 - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/09

StevieG_7 - Lead β - 09/Aug/09 with Charl

The Bad Cough - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Shirly Bonner, Michael Clayton

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/09

First Sev lead
Whatlarks - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/09 with Ash Shelley

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/09

Hidden - Lead - 05/Jul/09

adam06 - Solo - 15/Jun/09

echoes - TR rpt - 25/May/09

Led first pitch
erica - AltLd O/S - 23/May/09 with John

John Brayshaw - AltLd O/S - 23/May/09 with Erica

much easier 2nd time around
gilbert - 2nd - 22/May/09 with Ash Shelly

gilbert - 2nd O/S - 25/Apr/09 with Rob Johnson

spragglerocks - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Mike

mick1jones - 2nd O/S - 11/Apr/09 with Mike Guttridge

This is nice
SGD - Lead - 11/Apr/09 with Vicky Holmes

Hidden - Lead - 26/Mar/09

Hjort - AltLd - 01/Mar/09 with Shovey Vye

Sardien - 01/Mar/09 with Emlyn W. Roberts

Also climbed with Si and Jooles Creer in 2006
emlynroberts - AltLd - 01/Mar/09 with Serinde VanWijk

Siobhan Vye - Mar/09 with Toby Vye

A little bit of zig zagging on the first pitch - good test of whether you are good with doubles! Second pitch was nicely exposed when moving around the left and side of the block at the top.
stevetheleg - Lead O/S - 15/Feb/09 with Finnegan Pope-Carter

Sally Lisle - 2009

evs91 - Lead O/S - 2009

Keith Jones - 2nd - 15/Dec/08 with ali, David

krusty23 - Lead - Oct/08 with Karl

CJE - Lead O/S - 23/Aug/08 with Caroline Shulver, Steve Smith

Done as 1 long pitch - bad idea - sooo much rope drag!
The Oracle - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/08 with Mark Abbott

stephenhart102 - 2nd O/S - 27/Jul/08 with Kate Wels

mike_hough_uk - Lead - 26/Jul/08 with chri55ie

Hidden - Lead - 26/Jul/08

Rampikino - Lead - 26/Jul/08 with Cat

Allan Young - 2nd rpt - 26/Jul/08 with Stuart Peacock

chri55ie - 2nd - 26/Jul/08 with Mike Hough

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Jul/08

In one pitch, just as pleasent as last time I was taken up it.
whiting.jp - 2nd - 19/Jul/08 with jamesca and paul

Lead in one pitch
paulerussell - Lead - 19/Jul/08 with jamesca and whiting.jp

garywong - 2nd O/S - 12/Jul/08 with Kenny

robkbangor - AltLd rpt - 15/Jun/08 with Phil Cockerton

philcockerton - 15/Jun/08 with Rob Knowles

matthias13 - AltLd - 25/May/08 with wirralclimber1984

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

This is the closest route - we went up the wall on the left (about 4c) then pulled over onto the top and went up a short crack (5b?). We were looking for Cursing!
thomasadixon - 2nd O/S - 18/Nov/07 with Toby Kluth

Hidden - Solo - Oct/07

2 PITCH, RLT
Thomas Healing - Lead O/S - 19/Jul/07

alwyn101 - 2nd O/S - 18/Jul/07 with Dafydd Jones

Keith Jones - Lead - 13/May/07 with David

Hjort - AltLd - 29/Apr/07 with Gareth_Thomas

saillord - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/07 with sarah

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/07

sonnenstern - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/07 with Carlene Hill

easy, but brilliant fun all the same.
Gareth_Thomas - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/07 with Ferrito

Carly - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/07 with sophie

Sgt. Vest - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/07 with hilary theaker

sammoore - 2007

fran04 - Lead - 2007

Hidden - AltLd - 2007

hils theaker - 2nd - 2007

peter myers - AltLd - 2007 with Sophie Evitt

Jord64@msn.com - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/06 with Hannah Stock

jparry75 - AltLd - Jul/06 with emlyn

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/May/06

whiting.jp - 2nd - 2006 with Guillamie

Keith Jones - 2nd - 18/Oct/05 with David

Ian Andrews - Lead O/S - 2005 with Fran Gowling

Hidden - Lead - 2005

Allan Young - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/04 with Megan Stanley

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/May/04

Jon Pilling - Lead O/S - Mar/04 with Richie Newman

Jon Pilling - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/03 with Ben Hardy

Howard J - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/03 with Dave Checkley

An unbalanced route. Pitch 1 is pushing 4b, while pitch 2 is about 2c, if that means anything.
Rog Wilko - Lead - May/02 with Debbie Wilkinson

Led P2.
Andy Clarke - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/02 with MartinG, Tommo

robkbangor - 2000

Rock Fairy - Lead - 2000

nigehughes - Lead - May/81 with Ben Gunn

nigehughes - Lead - Apr/80 with John Clinton

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Mountain Spirit, Hidden, Katy Nelson, Ian Archer

Voting
Total votes cast 52
hard HS0 of 29
HS0 of 29
easy HS0 of 29
hard S0 of 29
S19 of 29
easy S10 of 29
hard HVD0 of 29
HVD0 of 29
easy HVD0 of 29
3 Stars0 of 23
2 Stars8 of 23
1 Star14 of 23
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 207 (1.9%)
Lead106 of 207 (51.2%)
Followed53 of 207 (25.6%)
Toproped2 of 207 (1.0%)
Alt Leads32 of 207 (15.5%)
Unknown10 of 207 (4.8%)

'Climbed'87 of 207 (42.0%)
clean O/S111 of 207 (53.6%)
clean β2 of 207 (1.0%)
clean rpt7 of 207 (3.4%)