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North West Girdle*** E1 5b

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[my leader thought that he would run this one out, great fun, 2 kb]65m, 4 pitches. A great horizontal outing. Start up Z Climb and follow the horizontal line of cracks and breaks. Stances are available in Parson's Chimney, on the Pulpit, and either in Long Chimney, or (uncomfortably) on the pedestal of Great Western. Mega-classic! © ROCKFAX
Enjoyable route covering most of the North West Face. Start as for Z Climb, follow the rightwards rising crack onto Central Climb. Climb down Central Climb to a triangular niche and then hand traverse right to belay on the ledge of Parson's Chimney. From the belay move up the right wall of Parson's Chimney and traverse the high break right beneath the overhang of Big Greeny. Climb onto Frankland's Green Crack before a long stride from small but positive footholds leads onto The Pulpit. Belay. It is possible to keep going up Frankland's and to take a belay at the top of Long Chimney beneath the capping block instead of the long step onto The Pulpit. Make a long step (reminiscent of Piggot's Stride) from the top of The Pulpit to join Long Chimney. Climb this to beneath the capping block then make the crux traverse across the top of Wall of Horrors to take a cramped belay on the Pinnacle of Great Western. Reverse this to Crack of Doom and finish up this. Smoke a pipe and give yourself a pat on the back! 4 pitches: 5a,5b,5b,5a.
Arthur, Dolphin, John Cook, John Ball. 14/May/1944

Ticklists: Hard Rock, A day out with Dolphin, The Complete Dolphin Collection, ARD Yorkshire Grit, The 3 star way to yorkshire gritstone's heaven.

Photo: my leader thought that he would run this one out, great fun © roberto18
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 72 logbooks, and on 18 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead dnf - 04/Jun/13

Martin Bennett - Apr/13

loundsy - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/12

belay bunny turned bad - AltLd - 28/Aug/12 with loundsy

Fell on pitch 3. got myself back to the pulpit and did it fine. Absolutely brilliant. Almscliff has so much more to give. Go do it!
Mattyk - AltLd - 25/Jul/12 with Jamie Moss

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/12

P2, P4. Quality outing, did it on a single 30m which worked well. Forgot my pipe though, so can't claim the full tick.
robin_hackney - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/12 with Si

JonG - 2012

JonG - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Part of the Full Almscliff traverse. Epic.
Mowglee - AltLd O/S - 30/Oct/11 with Tom Nichols, Ewan

did full girdle see there for description
Ewan Russell - AltLd O/S - 30/Oct/11 with Gareth, Tom Nichols

Martin Haworth - AltLd O/S - 29/Oct/11 with Richard Timms

Lead 2nd and 4th pitch with Martin Howarth. No drama's Martin set off in drizzle but neither of us mentioned it and by the time i reached 1st belay rain had stopped. Lot easier than expected. HVS all day.
timmsy - AltLd - 29/Oct/11 with martin howarth YC's

simon kimber - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Ben Hirst

simon kimber - Solo - 03/Jul/11 with Ben Hirst

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

ollyroberts - AltLd O/S - 22/Jun/11 with Ben

MeMeMe - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/11 with Pete

Glenn Sutcliffe - 2011

rurp - Lead O/S - 2011

Dan Mckinlay - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Not sure i should tick this one. From the pulpit headed into and up the v-diff chimney prior to the final traverse. Headed back down to half height due to the weight of bird poo in the top traverse line. Traversed at next break down across then up wall of horrors backono to route. Less bird poo.
ed edwards - Lead O/S - Aug/10 with richard coupland

Finished up great western as lee was a bit knackered
adi bryant - Lead O/S - 06/Jul/10 with Lee

Fantastic! Probably the best route I've done at 'the Cliff'. Led P1 and P3. Found the crux step underneath Wall of Horrors to be quite bold and committing. Superb expedition!
brockers - AltLd - 02/Jul/10 with Nibbs

roberto18 - AltLd - 20/Jun/10 with Sean Jacobs, Tom Nickols

Led pitches 1 and 3. Excellent climb. Felt more like 4 HVSs back to back with a couple of tough spots. The hanging belay at Great Western is uncomfortable! This climb epitomises Almscliff. Do it.
Will Hunt - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10 with Jonny Aylwin

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 01/May/10

Jack00 - AltLd O/S - 09/Mar/10 with Rob

Kirks01 - AltLd O/S - 09/Mar/10 with Rob

RossG - 2010

V. Hard and tiring.
leegodson1989 - 2nd β - 2010 with Adi

done on a sunday early morning, without causing too much disruption to other parties. Felt like a long VS dotted with brief "E1 moments". Brilliant fun. Belay on the pulpit is preferable to a the one in long chimney I'd say. Much more comfortable and not set to ruin the next pitch with a bit of care re ropework
wahniel - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/09 with Stewart McConnell

cobweb - AltLd - 11/Jul/09 with Roger Waterworth

Toby Dunn - Solo - 21/May/09

Sean_J - AltLd O/S - 2009 with Bert and Tichols

Awesome route. E1
Luke Brooks - AltLd - 31/Dec/07 with Ryan Brooks

E1. Great route. Got a few looks belaying 10 feet below the top though :). Lead pitches 2 and 4. We belayed on the plinth at the end of pitch 2, which ended up being much more pleasant than the pidgeon-cack-ridden crack the guidebook suggests!
ChalkBall - AltLd O/S - 31/Dec/07 with Luke Brooks

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/07

Rich Mayfield - AltLd - 27/Jul/07 with Mark Stevenson

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/06

brilliant route!!
alicia - 2nd - 31/May/06 with Ali K

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/May/06

Brown - AltLd - 25/May/05

Hidden - Lead - 2004

remarkably exposed good climbing
Grezza - AltLd O/S - Jun/02 with Andy Kemp

nai - AltLd - 10/Aug/97 with Tim

tlr - AltLd - 10/Aug/97 with Pom

phardman - 20/Jul/97

Hidden - Lead - 05/Jul/97

rob.grafton - 1995

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Apr/93

Ben C - 1993

Richard White - 1992

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/90

Pete Pozman - AltLd - 09/May/90 with John Byrne

PaulHermes - 1990

Dave Musgrove Jnr - AltLd - 18/Aug/89 with Dad

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 18/Aug/89 with David

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Jul/89

craig h - AltLd - 15/Jul/89 with Duncan Martin

Dave Musgrove - Lead - 23/Jun/88 with Tony Barley

William Robertson - Lead O/S - 1986 with Emily, Steve, Shaun etc

charlesmfrench - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/82 with Jerremy Wriggley

Always best protection for the leader on all pitches.
David Smith - AltLd - Aug/79 with Al Bennett

Hidden - Lead - 27/Jul/79

GeoffG - AltLd - May/78

Falko - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/75 with Peter Brashaw

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1975

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 29/Jul/69 with Rob Wood

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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 72 (2.8%)
Lead13 of 72 (18.1%)
Followed2 of 72 (2.8%)
Alt Leads42 of 72 (58.3%)
Unknown13 of 72 (18.1%)

'Climbed'38 of 72 (52.8%)
clean O/S31 of 72 (43.1%)
clean β1 of 72 (1.4%)
clean rpt1 of 72 (1.4%)
dnf1 of 72 (1.4%)