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Castration Crack** E3 6a

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[Castration Crack, 3 kb]27m. Start at the right hand edge of the main wall. Climb directly up the wall to gain the obvious clean crack at mid height. Ascend the thin crack to gain a small ledge and continue on the same line to the top.
P Whillance, P Botterill 09/Jul/1980

Ticklists: Classic safe Lake District E2/E3.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 26 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead - 12/Aug/12

On Al's gear up to the crux
stevebarratt - Lead β - 05/Jun/12 with Al Blackshaw

Hidden - Lead dnf - 28/May/12

next time!
nakedave - Lead dnf - 27/Mar/12

Glenn Sutcliffe - 29/Apr/11 with Nick Wharton

Hidden - 2011

Just needs a bit of traffic to be worth its 2 stars. The climbing is great though.
Ben1983 - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/10

Hidden - Lead - 25/May/10

Hidden - TR - 17/May/10

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Sep/09

C coldwell-storry - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/09 with Neil Chelton

Rapped down with a brush and gave it a good clean!
GPN - 12/May/09

Hidden - 2009

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/08

1 fall. Went wrong way (right) towards top.
MONKEY78 - Lead dog - 08/Jul/07 with adam ellwood

nakedave - TR RP - 2007

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/06

Hidden - Lead - 21/Jun/03

petegunn - 2nd - 2003

clive-greenwood - 2nd - 24/Jul/00

Bulls Crack - Lead O/S - 2000 with Ian C

Rich Kirby - Lead O/S - 26/May/91 with Ian Kirby

Bob - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/87 with R. Graham

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Mountain Spirit, tomhull, dez

Voting
Total votes cast 18
hard E40 of 6
E40 of 6
easy E40 of 6
hard E31 of 6
E33 of 6
easy E32 of 6
hard E20 of 6
E20 of 6
easy E20 of 6
hard 6b0 of 6
6b0 of 6
easy 6b0 of 6
hard 6a0 of 6
6a4 of 6
easy 6a2 of 6
hard 5c0 of 6
5c0 of 6
easy 5c0 of 6
3 Stars1 of 6
2 Stars5 of 6
1 Star0 of 6
0 Stars0 of 6
Bag of .....0 of 6
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Style of ascent

Lead14 of 26 (53.8%)
Followed6 of 26 (23.1%)
Toproped2 of 26 (7.7%)
Unknown4 of 26 (15.4%)

'Climbed'13 of 26 (50.0%)
clean O/S8 of 26 (30.8%)
clean β1 of 26 (3.8%)
clean RP1 of 26 (3.8%)
dogged1 of 26 (3.8%)
dnf2 of 26 (7.7%)