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The Bear Hunter E1 5b

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[Adam cruising The Bear Hunter, 4 kb]A direct line up the south-facing wall with a hard move to reach the short rounded crack. © ROCKFAX
A direct line up the south facing wall with a hard move to reach the short rounded crack

Ticklists: Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List.

Photo: Adam cruising The Bear Hunter © Mr. K
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 75 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

domskezz - Lead - 22/May/13 with Si

Scary, my gear on the upper section was woeful. Hardest lead to date. Lovely delicate crux.
Duck Egg - Lead β - 05/May/13 with Tim Higgins

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Nov/12

In the rain.
Sam Marks - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/12 with Matthew Ferrier

Nice, technical feeling moves with what I thought to be good gear, deserving of some stars. Shame it rained on Sam.
Matthew Ferrier - Lead O/S - 29/Oct/12 with Sam Marks

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Oct/12

Hidden - Lead - 01/Oct/12

patsaunders - 2nd - Oct/12

A wonderful climb..!! Never desperate.
Mike Hegarty - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/12 with Dave

Did the secret "interlocking wires" technique to protect the crux - didn't feel too bad: soft touch if you know this or are mutant lanky, definite E1 otherwise!
Just Another Dave - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Ian Lau

Hidden - 2nd β - 09/Sep/12

I'd go with the BMC guide's E1. The top half is pretty worrying gear-wise.
adam carless - 2nd O/S - 02/Sep/12 with James's mate Neil

SecretSquirrel - 2nd - 02/Sep/12 with Neil

Nearly bolloxed the top which wouldn't be pleasant. Climbing like a lemon.
Dave Foster - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/12 with Si 2

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Jul/12

greenclimb - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/12 with sarah

This is definitely E1.
stuaart - 2nd - 26/Feb/12 with Chris Burn, Thomas Smith

Slightly contrived but still fun. Enough gear if you can reach high enough!
chris_B - 26/Feb/12 with Staurt Reeves, Thomas Smith

hard.
thomasaneurinsmith - 2nd - 26/Feb/12 with Chris, Stuart Reeves

john lynch - 2nd O/S - 13/Jan/12 with Lewis Andrew

aretherenoneleft - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Jon Stewart, Kyle Wood

bigdrew - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Mark R

Mr. K - 2nd O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Adam Jennings, Jon Stewart

Tamati - 2nd - 20/Sep/11

disturbed_one51 - Lead - 19/Sep/11 with Will Ward

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Sep/11

mark20 - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/11

Really nice moves. Not much gear high up unless you have tiny brass stuff(which i didn't and wouldn't expect to need at that grade), making it pretty runout and scary. Nearly messed up the top by going slightly right, foot slipped but somehow didn't fall off. E1.
catblack - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/11 with Si

Speeddemonsi - Lead O/S - 03/Sep/11

nice route, it is E1 5b, not lots of good gear in upper parts.
al123 - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/11 with alex

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Aug/11

andybirtwistle - Lead - 02/Aug/11 with Keith Lonsdale

Great looking route, with excellent climbing. E1 5b** in the new BMC guide is spot on for quality and protection.
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 14/Jul/11 with Matt Fennelow

max_chan - 14/Jul/11 with Graeme PCC

DaveFidler - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/11 with Callam Knight, Arron Quinn

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/11

oi_now - 15/Jun/11

loundsy - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/11

belay bunny turned bad - 2nd O/S - 14/Jun/11 with loundsy

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Apr/11

Andrew Barker - Solo O/S - 24/Nov/10

Whoever graded this HVS must have found some bomber gear high up that I didnt see, otherwise E1 for sure.
Jonathan Hall - Lead - 16/Nov/10 with Rob Middleton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/10

JPGR - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/10

burto - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/10 with malc

bullwinkle - 2nd O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Jamie, John

Sankey - 2nd - 26/Jun/10 with Luke

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 2010

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

Hidden - Lead β - 04/Oct/09

climber130887 - Lead - 24/Jun/09 with claire and mike

melonmike - 2nd O/S - 24/Jun/09 with Claire, Andy Gardner

dave_rose - TR O/S - 25/May/09

jchenoweth - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with Charlie Jeynes

Martin Haworth - Lead β - 26/Apr/09 with Mick r, Andy

Andrew Sloan - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/09

Hidden - TR - 05/Apr/09

Andrew Sloan - TR rpt - 26/Mar/09

craig matheson - Solo O/S - Apr/07

Hidden - Lead - 21/Oct/06

cem - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/03 with Graham Dolman

Hidden - Lead RP - 08/May/02

ArnaudG - 2002 with Tony H

Roget - Solo rpt - 09/Oct/98

Hidden - TR - 28/Jun/98

Roget - Lead O/S - 01/Jan/98

Hidden - Lead - 03/May/97

Hidden - TR - 18/Jun/96

mikedelderfield - 2nd O/S - 16/May/96 with Steven Delderfield

Hidden - Lead - 03/Jul/95

Hidden - Lead - 09/Jun/95

ste_d - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/93 with mik

John Marsland - 2nd - 30/Apr/89 with Dave Mould

Tom V - 1986

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Voting
Total votes cast 53
hard E20 of 2
E20 of 2
easy E20 of 2
hard E10 of 2
E12 of 2
easy E10 of 2
hard HVS0 of 2
HVS0 of 2
easy HVS0 of 2
hard 5c0 of 26
5c0 of 26
easy 5c0 of 26
hard 5b1 of 26
5b24 of 26
easy 5b1 of 26
hard 5a0 of 26
5a0 of 26
easy 5a0 of 26
3 Stars1 of 25
2 Stars19 of 25
1 Star5 of 25
0 Stars0 of 25
Bag of .....0 of 25
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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 75 (4.0%)
Lead40 of 75 (53.3%)
Followed22 of 75 (29.3%)
Toproped5 of 75 (6.7%)
Unknown5 of 75 (6.7%)

'Climbed'27 of 75 (36.0%)
clean O/S41 of 75 (54.7%)
clean β4 of 75 (5.3%)
clean rpt2 of 75 (2.7%)
clean RP1 of 75 (1.3%)