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Rear Wind* HVS 5a

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[(Not suffering from) Rear Wind (HVS 5a), St. Govan's East, Pembroke, 3 kb]The left side of the arete is great, and well-protected, too. Jump on board from the left, and trace a line all the way up the left side to the top. © ROCKFAX
The flying arete

Photo: (Not suffering from) Rear Wind (HVS 5a), St. Govan's East, Pembroke © markmac
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 129 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

easy but well positioned on airy arete
Grezza - Lead - 18/May/13 with Paul E

Twisty - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with Greg Slee

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 05/May/13

Hidden - 2nd β - 04/May/13

Chris Hind - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Bry

Hidden - Lead - 02/May/13

Hidden - 2nd - 02/May/13

i need to lead this.
louby - 2nd - 01/Mar/13 with Chris Burn

al99 - 2nd O/S - 13/Oct/12 with Martina Zandonella

martinazando - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/12 with Al Benson

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Sep/12

Fiona McFarlane - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Helen King

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

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/12

fizzychewitt - Lead - 22/Jun/12 with Marion

michael burrows - Lead rpt - 22/Jun/12 with ryan cassidy

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/May/12

melonmike - 2nd O/S - 06/May/12 with Matt Roper

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/May/12

Rob84 - Lead O/S - 05/May/12 with Beth Oates

Cat Hendrie - Lead β - 05/May/12

haydng - Lead rpt - 25/Mar/12 with RachelG

first one of the season. felt easy despite the wind doing its best to blow me off the crag. good pro all the way. worth its stars
stvredmond - Lead - 20/Feb/12 with Helen Norris

Brilliant climb, first trad climb to start the year off again and what a climb to do. Pretty straightforward albeit very cold and windy :)
Helnorris - 2nd - 2012 with Steve Redmond

dpmUK - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Frank

Katya - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/11 with Chris

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - 29/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Aug/11

Mark Kemball - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/11 with Lee Bartrop, Nic Dill

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Aug/11

Bloody hell what a day! Woke up in the tent and the sky looked like a used teabag! Had some cheese on toast for breakfast to try and raise some morale. Justin was out of a partner so tagged along with us. Initially we went to the Castle in search of some climbing just as it began to piss it down so headed off to St Govan's Head where apparently it was meant to be dryer. To be fair to Justin it was... initially. Rob led this and as I got halfway up it totally pissed it down yet again. Took 20 minutes to get one of Robs wires out whilst being battered by strong winds and just generally damp weather topping out we all decided it was time to get back to the van and bugger off home. God knows what happened to Mark over on range west.
Quarryboy - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/11 with Justin Pettifar, Martin Stanfield, Rob Stanfield

The actual climbing was enjoyable as I was in the drier conditions of the day. However as soon as I reached the top it all went tits up. Involved near hypothermia and having to ab down on a separate rope to unhook my rope from a piece of rock. Cheers Jack for perseverance with getting my wire out, you were a perfect and patient seconder on this route!
Stanners - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/11 with Justin Pettifar, Martin Stanfield, Jack Bradbrook

Started up Whispering Wind as the rain began, backed off into Rear Wind!
haydng - 2nd rpt - 24/Jul/11 with Dave

dickie01 - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/11 with Julian King

HamishD - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Wil Treasure

Wil Treasure - 2nd - 03/Jul/11 with hamdunn

3kidsandamortgage - 2nd - 02/Jul/11 with James Rowe

Hidden - Lead β - 26/Jun/11

Probably more like VS, nice easy climbing which reflected the mood I was in at the time...
chriscarroll - Lead O/S - 24/Jun/11 with Tommy Cole

Pbclimbing.com - AltLd O/S - 06/Jun/11 with henry castle

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/11

Fun and exposed
Byronius Maximus - 2nd β - 28/Apr/11 with Alex Twist

Greg Pittam - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/11 with Sophie Keltie

Rory Shaw - 2011

Paul Boggis - Lead - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 11/Sep/10

rd20 - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Gareth H

Very straightforward. Easier than many VS's. Belay at top is best if you belay from the massive ledge 1m below the top.
kleinej - Lead β - 30/Aug/10 with Sonya

GarethHall - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Robert Dufton

Different Steve - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Dan

DaNo123 - 2nd - 30/Aug/10 with steve

Gorgeous route, fine positions, in balance, and easy to protect - found a few secret threads.
LoopyLou - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/10 with Helen Lear / Pinnacle meet

hazeysunshine - 2nd - 29/Aug/10 with Dave

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 31/Jul/10

Best HVS to date-climb on the arete rather than to the left-more exposed and great positions.
themadbrown - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/10 with james

2 stars or 3 stars? Good pro all the way
Jams Crwca - Lead O/S - 25/Jul/10 with themadbrown

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

ben wright - Solo - Jun/10

Didn't think the description fitted the rock, so ended up slipping round the right to the E1 for a few metres (which was the best bit of climbing on the route!) Then no good belay at the top! Wouldn't recommend it!
hepitt - Lead - 23/May/10 with Rob Pitt

Hidden - 2nd - 23/May/10

r fizzle - 2nd O/S - 02/May/10 with Chi Huo Cheng

Chi Cheng - Lead O/S - 02/May/10 with Rachel Stater

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Apr/10

barni - 2nd O/S - 19/Apr/10 with Liam fleming

offroute - 19/Apr/10 with barni

Tim W - 2nd O/S - 13/Sep/09 with Rich P, Andrew Davidson

Shauna - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/09 with Steve

Ed morris - Lead β - 05/Aug/09 with mark dwyer

loundsy - Lead rpt - 30/Jun/09 with bex

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 21/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/Jun/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/09

Bux - Lead O/S - 09/May/09 with Ruth Bevan

Fairly straightforward to the break with the thread, and then some lovely lay-back on the sharp arete. Worth 2 stars in my book. Belay well back (stake and thread)
clipskipper - Lead O/S - 04/May/09 with Matt the Dread

Meg Jones - 2nd O/S - 03/May/09 with Tim Griffin

hahaha oh what a story
robman - 2nd - 03/May/09 with Tim

Wicked climb, nice explosure
misskebab - Lead β - May/09 with Edd Reed

haydng - Lead rpt - 19/Apr/09 with Rachel

Hidden - Lead rpt - 29/Mar/09

dansmonkeytroubles - 2nd O/S - Feb/09 with Dave Reaney

chillax - 2009

Richard Hession - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/08 with Stu

Oooh exposure, excellent, I wish i hadnt bailed out on my first go a few months back, one of the threads has broken, nice big hex instead.
Edd Reed - Lead β - 21/Sep/08 with Donna Mawson

sara n - Lead β - 26/Jul/08 with Nev

Really airy and relatively straightforward. A connessieurs climb
chris wyatt - Lead O/S - 16/Jul/08 with Rob Eagle

haydng - Lead O/S - 05/May/08 with Rachel

RMG - 2nd - 05/May/08 with haydng

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Oct/07

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Aug/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/May/07

janegallwey - Lead - 2007

Wil Treasure - Lead - 2007

Neil Ireson - 2nd - 19/Jul/06 with Jane

clipskipper - Lead O/S - 17/Jul/06 with Davey Boy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/06

Boxy - Lead O/S - 28/May/06

Superb arete, dizzying exposure but lovely clean rock.
KeithW - 2nd O/S - 01/May/06 with Mike Nuttall

benjhans - 2nd O/S - May/06 with Ben Freeman

cornishben - 2nd O/S - 30/Apr/06 with Edouard Vincent

chris sm - 2nd O/S - 30/Apr/06 with Pippa Froggatt

Steve_Fozz - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/06 with Fay Isherwood

JamieAyres - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/06 with Nick Ingram

Hidden - 16/Apr/06

hailtryfan - 2nd O/S - Mar/06 with AJ Bowley

bfreeman - Lead O/S - Mar/06 with Ben Hanson

Hidden - Lead - Mar/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/05

Stefan Kruger - 2nd O/S - 29/May/05 with Jenny Hayward

Marq - Lead O/S - 28/May/05 with Daniel Dennehy

reg_measures - 2nd O/S - 27/Mar/05 with Tom (newcastle)

willjones - Lead O/S - 2005

Billg - Lead O/S - 2005

cem - 2nd O/S - 30/Aug/04 with Liam Mark

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - Aug/04 with Jack G

dicky79 - 2nd O/S - 2004 with Vic Odell

auld al - 2nd O/S - Sep/00

loundsy - Lead - 2000

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Apr/99

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 16/Aug/98 with Louise Pellett

michael burrows - 2nd - 01/Apr/97 with andy boorman

Budge - Lead O/S - Aug/96 with Mike Oates

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
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Voting
Total votes cast 106
hard E10 of 36
E10 of 36
easy E10 of 36
hard HVS1 of 36
HVS24 of 36
easy HVS3 of 36
hard VS7 of 36
VS1 of 36
easy VS0 of 36
hard 5b0 of 35
5b0 of 35
easy 5b0 of 35
hard 5a1 of 35
5a23 of 35
easy 5a5 of 35
hard 4c6 of 35
4c0 of 35
easy 4c0 of 35
3 Stars15 of 35
2 Stars16 of 35
1 Star4 of 35
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 129 (0.8%)
Lead70 of 129 (54.3%)
Followed53 of 129 (41.1%)
Alt Leads1 of 129 (0.8%)
Unknown4 of 129 (3.1%)

'Climbed'35 of 129 (27.1%)
clean O/S78 of 129 (60.5%)
clean β9 of 129 (7.0%)
clean rpt7 of 129 (5.4%)