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Mastodon*** E3 5c

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A great route with fly-on-the wall style situations on a subtle right-to-left line across the sheer back wall of the zawn. The start is often damp, and care is needed in setting up a solid belay at the end of the first pitch. If the sea is rough or the tide high, it is usual to abseil to the first stance and do only the top two pitches. Start from a belay at the base of Shark.. 1) 5b, 22m. From the belay, climb up left to a niche at the base of a crack in the wall left of Shark's corner. Immediately traverse left to another niche in a crack. Climb the crack to a move leftwards and a tiny stance and hanging belay.. 2) 5c, 18m. Move left and up to the base of a thin crack via an awkward move. Climb the thin crack. At its end, traverse rightwards to a stance in the left-leaning corner.. 3) 5c, 10m. The steep crack-line above the stance provides a pumpy climax. © ROCKFAX

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This climb is in 26 logbooks, and on 9 wishlists.

Awesome! Elbows were high on the final crack!
Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 18/May/13 with Ed Booth

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/May/13

wojtt - Lead O/S - 2012

soph - AltLd O/S - Sep/11 with Helena Robinson

olly12344 - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/11

HamishD - Lead - Jun/11 with Oliver Hill

Hidden - 2nd - 28/May/11

Middle pitch only. High tide and raining.
Pippa - Lead O/S - 28/May/11 with Jon

Jack Geldard - UKC Chief Editor - 2011

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/10

P1 and 2 run together
pezzerrr - AltLd O/S - 12/Aug/10

With Stefan from Swedan on BMC international meet.
Bobby Gilbert - Lead O/S - 10/May/10 with Stefan Lindblom

phil64 - Lead - Apr/10

Luke Brooks - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/09

Led P1 & P3. Excellent summer evening ascent to start a great weekend
John Southworth - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/09 with Chris Snell

tuftynick - 2008

Hidden - 2007

feilx - Lead O/S - 14/May/06 with Ben Harper

Bern - 2006

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - Lead - 2000

Tim M - 2000

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/96

Glenn Sutcliffe - 1995 with keefe

Hidden - Lead - 15/Jul/89

Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/87 with Dave Turnbull

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1987 with Emily, Steve, Shaun etc

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Total votes cast 16
hard E40 of 6
E40 of 6
easy E40 of 6
hard E31 of 6
E35 of 6
easy E30 of 6
hard E20 of 6
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hard 6a0 of 4
6a0 of 4
easy 6a0 of 4
hard 5c0 of 4
5c4 of 4
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3 Stars5 of 6
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Style of ascent

Lead12 of 26 (46.2%)
Followed2 of 26 (7.7%)
Alt Leads6 of 26 (23.1%)
Unknown6 of 26 (23.1%)

'Climbed'11 of 26 (42.3%)
clean O/S15 of 26 (57.7%)