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Nedre Svingfoss* WI3

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[A Nice route, 2 kb]One pitch. Offers easy climbing on good ice. Descend by abseil from a tree. © ROCKFAX

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Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/13

Took steep RH line.
Double Knee Bar - Lead O/S - 22/Feb/13 with Steve Perry

Took strict steep RH line.
stevemarkperry - 2nd O/S - 22/Feb/13 with Glenn Manifold

Hidden - 2nd β - 22/Feb/13

neilwiltshire - 2nd O/S - 17/Feb/13 with Richard, Ted Rudd

quality route!! great one to end trip on!
Tom Redmond - Lead O/S - 14/Feb/13 with Joshua Willett

Joshua Willett - 2nd - 14/Feb/13 with Tom Redmond

Ander - 2nd - 12/Feb/13 with Jimb0

Steep, steppy, hard and dinner-plating ice climbing this year with frozen feet (awaiting loss of big toenail as a result)
Happy Wanderer - 2nd O/S - 11/Feb/13 with Paul H

Murilo Lessa - Lead O/S - 11/Feb/13 with Stewart Young

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/13

barryjacks - 2nd - 09/Feb/13 with Pete McCreedy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jan/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Jan/13

DeeDee_Naylor - 2nd O/S - 24/Feb/12 with Max

Tomek S - Lead O/S - 23/Feb/12 with Grzesiek Weychan

Steeper right hand section. Thin at the top, Will had to take a devious line around some inch thick ice on rock.
Poco Loco - 2nd O/S - 23/Feb/12 with Will Wykes

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Feb/12

tomwheeler - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/12

Far left variation. Poor.
Rampikino - AltLd - 17/Feb/12 with Cat

Good lead by Cat on good ice.
Rampikino - 2nd - 17/Feb/12 with Cat

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Feb/12

Hidden - Lead - 14/Feb/12

pebbles - Lead - 10/Feb/12 with guido

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/12

Steve Hillier - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/12 with edwin mitchell

First route of the trip. Steepish start on the right, which felt steeper as I seemed to have forgotten most of whatever I once knew about ice climbing!
Andy Clarke - Lead O/S - 05/Feb/12 with Ralph

bengt - 2nd rpt - 04/Feb/12 with Dom

wence - 2nd rpt - 04/Feb/12 with Chuck, Rob

HIGHTOWER - 2nd - 18/Jan/12 with Mark Falcus, Martin (Leeming)

Bit mushy
Alpandy - 2nd - 01/Jan/12 with Chris

Sam Warby - Jan/12

LozM - 2nd - 12/Mar/11 with Mark J

groovy_nut - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/11 with Dave W

Hidden - 2nd - 23/Feb/11

cjohn62 - 2nd - 23/Feb/11 with bob, keith

wence - Lead O/S - 13/Feb/11 with Bengt

robertmichaeladams - Lead - 12/Feb/11 with Tom

tomdude - 2nd - 12/Feb/11 with rob

bengt - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/11 with Lawrence

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Feb/11

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Feb/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/11

timjones - 2nd - 06/Feb/11 with Neil McLean, Phil Lewis

RHS
mol - 2nd - 01/Feb/11 with Jesse

Dan_Staff - 2nd - 01/Feb/11 with Jacob Gaudoin, Alistair Everett

Hidden - Feb/11

Goose4 - Lead O/S - 30/Jan/11

Hidden - 30/Jan/11

Andrew Wilson - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/11 with Pete Nugent

First climb in the gorge for "Oscar". I led previously in Feb 2010
Pete Nugent - 2nd rpt - 29/Jan/11 with Oscars Dad

MCofS Trip
isi_o - Lead - 19/Jan/11 with Ash Tooth, George Mc

Ross Young - 2nd O/S - 17/Jan/11 with Mark from Glenmore

joeydurkin - Lead rpt - 16/Jan/11 with Brian S

Up a different line rom last time.
HIGHTOWER - 2nd - 12/Jan/11 with Scotty (Leeming)

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Jan/11

HIGHTOWER - Lead O/S - 09/Jan/11 with Steve Cambell

Nick Smith - UKC - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/11 with Noelle Godfrey, Claire Molloy

Nick led up to set up top rope and then seconded up taking out some of the gear. Then practised putting in screws on lower ice
Claire Molloy - TR - 06/Jan/11 with Nick Smith, Noelle

NoelleG - TR - 06/Jan/11 with Claire Molloy

arduff - 2nd - Jan/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Dec/10

very cold, brittle ice - bullet proof!
ross duffield - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/10 with row

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

Did RHS of icefall, a bit steeper than LHS or middle
Jams Crwca - Lead O/S - 04/Mar/10 with Dave

jelaby - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/10 with Manik

manik - Lead β - 02/Mar/10 with Paul Mealor

Nice climbing fairly easily for the grade
jasonC abroad - Lead - Mar/10

Pete Nugent - AltLd - 09/Feb/10 with Geoff Lowe

Jim Slater - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/10 with Phil Tomaszewski

icescrew - Lead - 08/Feb/10 with Jim slater

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Feb/10

cham749 - Lead - 24/Jan/10

joeydurkin - Lead - 20/Jan/10 with Marcus

alpinestar_no1 - AltLd β - 10/Jan/10

sgw2342 - 2nd - 04/Jan/10

patsaunders - Lead - 2010

ig248 - Lead O/S - Dec/09

Hidden - Lead - 11/Mar/09

pebbles - Lead - 11/Mar/09 with guido

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Mar/09

Bit odd. alan lead a hard variation on the right, but ran out of gear and belayed at a tree on the right. I then climbed a second pitch with a long traverse. Lovely, although I was frozen and grouchy.
Monk - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/09 with Alan

Hidden - Lead O/S - Feb/09

With Steve Burgon turned this single pitch route into two to practice techniques, assisted/unassisted hoist, escaping the sytem etc.
John Roe - AltLd - 18/Jan/09 with Bruce Radbourne

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Jan/09

JdotP - Lead O/S - 03/Jan/09 with Andy Latham

adw07 - AltLd O/S - 22/Mar/08 with Scott Becker

Toreador - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/08 with Carmen

fun climb
lithos - Lead - 06/Mar/08 with Steve Boxall

Neilm18 - Lead O/S - 01/Mar/08 with michael mcghie

Ollie B - Lead O/S - Mar/08 with D.Hardacre

Boistelle - Solo O/S - 29/Feb/08 with Guy Stevens

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Feb/08

michael83 - 2nd O/S - 27/Feb/08 with Neil Mosgrove

abercolin - 2nd - 17/Feb/08 with Hayley Riggs

hayleylouise - Lead - 17/Feb/08 with Colin Riggs

Hidden - Lead rpt - 28/Jan/08

centurion05 - Lead O/S - Jan/08

davidgent - 2nd - Jan/08 with Tim

ross duffield - 2008 with row

Rampikino - 2nd - 25/Feb/07 with Cat

PretendClimber - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/07 with Oliver Thompson

Hidden - Lead - 14/Feb/07

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jan/06

Tarquin - Lead - 2005

Hidden - Feb/02

Boistelle - Solo O/S - 0000

Voting
Total votes cast 13
hard WI3+0 of 7
WI3+0 of 7
easy WI3+0 of 7
hard WI32 of 7
WI35 of 7
easy WI30 of 7
hard WI2+0 of 7
WI2+0 of 7
easy WI2+0 of 7
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 108 (1.9%)
Lead54 of 108 (50.0%)
Followed37 of 108 (34.3%)
Toproped2 of 108 (1.9%)
Alt Leads7 of 108 (6.5%)
Unknown6 of 108 (5.6%)

'Climbed'48 of 108 (44.4%)
clean O/S52 of 108 (48.1%)
clean β3 of 108 (2.8%)
clean rpt5 of 108 (4.6%)