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Limited parking. Do not block passing places or the crofter's vehicle access to the moorland on the opposite side of the road. Approach through a gate a couple of hundred metres up the road from the isolated cottage.

Some seasons there is a cormorant nest on Spantastic, and another nest down and right of Lucy in the Sky. Check before throwing in an abseil rope.

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Skye Rock , Unusual and Interesting Routes You Must Do VS- E2 , UK Holiday Plans , Weird and Wonderful

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Calum Gibb 8 Sep, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: We added a new stake to each of the two ab spots at the top of the northern promontory.
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βeta: We added a new stake to each of the two ab spots at the top of the northern promontory.
Andy Moles 16 Aug, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Worth doing for the madness of the column, but the rest of the route is not actually that good - Lucy in the Sky is far better.
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βeta: Worth doing for the madness of the column, but the rest of the route is not actually that good - Lucy in the Sky is far better.
Lewis Docherty 1 Aug, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: 1 pitch direct.
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βeta: 1 pitch direct.
Phil_Brock 16 May, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Shag still there and has young chicks. Avoid for at least a few more weeks and be careful if abbing down to Lucy
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βeta: Shag still there and has young chicks. Avoid for at least a few more weeks and be careful if abbing down to Lucy
sblake 16 Apr, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Theres a shag nesting half way up the route.
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βeta: Theres a shag nesting half way up the route.
nick09 14 Jul, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: There are nesting seabirds at the top of the pillar that spans the cave at the bottom of this route. The route leads directly (left) past their nest. Recommended to not climb this route until after nesting season.
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βeta: There are nesting seabirds at the top of the pillar that spans the cave at the bottom of this route. The route leads directly (left) past their nest. Recommended to not climb this route until after nesting season.

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