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Wendigo** E3 5b

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[Mark on the main pitch of Wendigo, 3 kb]An awesome outing up another of RHRW's lovely chimneys. Friendly and well protected for a route on this cliff!

Ticklists: North Wales Rock Graded List.

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This climb is in 61 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Led p1 and an extended p3 from the lower sloping ledge - Toms lead on the main pitch and he had used every runner above a size 5 wire by that point! P2 even to the higher ledge is more like 35-40m than the 50m quoted in North Wales Rock. E2 5b, we thought a bit more sustained than Red Wall but no move as hard as the Red Wall crux. Good climbing, good route!
AJM - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Tom Lambert

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/12

Awesome route, quite serious but only worth E2.
Martin Haworth - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/12 with Andy

Led 1st and 3rd pitches.Beautiful rock but no idea how it gets E3 as was a pretty soft 5b. I've done far more demanding E1s.
Andrew Sloan - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/12 with Martin Haworth

mr mills - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/12 with sion

McGuinness - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/12 with Mills

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

Rory Shaw - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

stunning line, much more solid than red wall. Bring plenty of big wires and slings. amazing
david morse - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/10 with chris todd

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Sep/10

Very easy although comprehensive guide book made no sense - go down and left???? Up and right from 15m up Escape Route. Did technical crux through bulge. Misha the rest.
philhilo - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/10 with misha

First route on Red Wall proper. Amazing rock formations giving interesting 3D climbing, never hard but fairly sustained. A bit of a jugfest really which at times felt like a 5+ at the wall! Not a great deal of gear though. Led P2, though I think Phil ended up leading the first 10m or so of the 'official' P2, which included the technical crux. No way is this E3 - easy E2. Thought it had an easier crux than Red Wall but was more sustained. It's not the grade that counts though but the experience.
Misha - AltLd O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Phil

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 09/Sep/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/10

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Aug/10

Lenny - 2nd O/S - 26/Aug/10 with Steve

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Aug/10

belayed in the wrong place twice, and found it quite run out coming up to the corner, easy climbing tho, was nice.
willoates - AltLd O/S - 15/Aug/10 with john

Owain Llewelyn - Lead - 13/Aug/10 with Dad

Jenny Crook - 2nd - 07/Aug/10 with Andy Woolston, Rob Patchett

phil64 - AltLd - Aug/10 with rachie

Hidden - 2010

centurion05 - Lead O/S - 2010

Luke Brooks - AltLd O/S - 24/Sep/09

the juicy dangler - AltLd O/S - 06/Aug/09 with giles

superb
NeilGriffiths - AltLd - 13/Sep/08 with Dave Almomd

easy for grade
WB - AltLd O/S - 24/Aug/08 with Guy

GuyM - AltLd - Aug/08 with will

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - Lead - 23/Oct/07

Done in 2 pitches - which was quite scary!?!
datoon - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/07 with MJ

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Oct/07

a_radiohead_fan - Oct/06

Ian McNeill - 2006

Bern - 2006

Mark Reeves - 2006

Ian McNeill - 2006

switch - AltLd O/S - 2005

ian caton - Lead O/S - Sep/03 with Matt

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/02

tuftynick - Lead O/S - 2001

Not E3 and NOT ***.
Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 2001 with Karen Ghiselli

Tim M - AltLd O/S - 2000

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Oct/98

sadams - AltLd - 28/Sep/97 with Hugh Cottom

Steve Crowe - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/97 with KM

Ched - Lead O/S - 1997 with Glanfor

Roget - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/96

michael burrows - AltLd rpt - 03/Aug/96 with steve ward

frost - AltLd - Jul/96 with S Raw

Hidden - AltLd - 15/Oct/95

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1994

Hidden - 1993

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Sep/92

Hidden - AltLd - 1988

andy gittins - 1985

granitbahn - AltLd - 1978

Wendigo, Rat Race and Big Groove in a day. Pete Holden (rarely given to effervescence) commented "a good day lads".
Falko - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/75 with Howard Lancashire

Pete Nugent - AltLd - 1945 with Andy Gill

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, middlevern, climbingpixie, lukea

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hard E40 of 28
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easy E40 of 28
hard E31 of 28
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easy E35 of 28
hard E214 of 28
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Style of ascent

Lead12 of 61 (19.7%)
Followed3 of 61 (4.9%)
Alt Leads34 of 61 (55.7%)
Unknown12 of 61 (19.7%)

'Climbed'29 of 61 (47.5%)
clean O/S30 of 61 (49.2%)
clean rpt2 of 61 (3.3%)