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Ardus - Direct Finish** VS 4c

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From the stance move up and gain entry to the steep chimney, which is climbed vigorously to an airy exit.
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This climb is in 92 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Hidden - Lead - 10/Jun/13

Gumery - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/13

Hidden - Lead - 09/Jun/13

Heather651 - Lead - 09/Jun/13 with Jonny

joe_lancs - AltLd - 09/Jun/13

Hidden - Lead - 01/Jun/13

Siderunner - Lead O/S - 26/May/13 with Brad J, John E

Leeds Andy - AltLd O/S - 16/Apr/13

Hidden - Lead - 13/Apr/13

Hidden - 2013

Hidden - Lead - 13/Oct/12

Doug Wilkie - 2nd - 08/Aug/12 with Tom Musgrave

musgravet - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/12 with Jesse Coombs, Doug Wilkie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 13/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 31/Mar/12

Callum Anderson - 2012

cballard - 2012

dkd - Lead O/S - 2012 with Al

DOVEY - Lead - 02/Aug/11 with Billie x

riff156 - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/11 with Jo Smith

erinbastian - Lead - 13/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/May/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/May/11

AndyT1151 - Lead O/S - 03/May/11

LardClimber - Lead - 27/Apr/11 with Al Pease

With direct VS finnish Andrea Leads First pitch - john leads final two - cool route my first VS lead and first of the season outdoors !!
xphoenix0 - Lead - 27/Mar/11 with Andrea Lmc

Hidden - AltLd β - 27/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/10

poll - AltLd rpt - Sep/10

Was supposed to do the traditional Ardus route (MVS), however we only had a single rope and this looked like a nice line. Instead of topping out in the vegetated area, made a bold traverse left and topped out where the non-direct route ends. 3*
stevetheleg - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Willem van der Merwe

Adam1973 - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/10 with Ann S

Direct finish-eek what a struggle and that was as second. Beware the dead tree supporting a loose boulder at the top out.
Ann S - 2nd - 20/Jun/10 with Adam

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/May/10

Hidden - 2nd - 21/May/10

Three fun pitches. Excellent last pitch - backs against the wall!
jacobfinn - 2nd β - 16/May/10 with John Jackson Falkirk Council, jjax

jjax - 2nd - 16/May/10 with john (falkirk), jason

GneissOne - 2nd - May/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Mar/10

Jack Loftus - AltLd O/S - 18/Mar/10 with Nick

barksmo - 2010

Duncan D - 2010

cosmicray - 2010

chris smith - AltLd O/S - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

Tried to do Sylvan Way, ended up doing this while thinking it was Sylvan way. I used three quickdraws to build the belay and so ran out just after the airy traverse, meaning I had to improvise somewhat when it came to gear. I placed a sling round a shallow flake and used a wallnut to hold it in place, hanging some hexes for good measure. Emma seconded it no problem, despite the fact she faced a few massive swings if she came off. Done in two pitches.
Roberttaylor - Lead O/S - 10/Oct/09 with Emma Strang

dannyevos - 2nd O/S - 15/Aug/09 with Rick Clapham

jason - AltLd O/S - 04/Jul/09 with manmike

King Kong Climbing Walls - Lead - 18/Mar/09

d_meacher - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/09 with Trisha Murphy

Trisha Murphy - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/09 with d_meacher

Hidden - 2009

greenroom - 2009

MarkDavies36 - 2009

J did the finish, nice and dry, good climbing with good gear, grassy top out
lithos - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/08 with Jonathan Richardson

jh5638 - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/08 with Elie

Hidden - AltLd - May/08

Hidden - 2008

spam - 2008

nickcj - Lead - 2008

Johann - AltLd O/S - 2007

timmy-ts - 2007

Hidden - Lead - 2007

Sorry Chris!
tom_1985 - Lead O/S - Oct/06 with Chris Poole

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/06

Hidden - AltLd - 16/Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/06

PK - 2006

Hidden - AltLd - 2006

biggianthead - 09/Jun/05 with HT

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/May/05

jfmchivall - 2005

Wayne S - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Jun/04

Equally worthy of *** but quite hard.
Rog Wilko - Lead - May/03 with Debbie Wilkinson

akhughes - Lead O/S - May/01 with Emma Hughes

Hidden - Apr/01

chile-dog03 - Lead O/S - 01/May/00

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/99

Dave Westby - Lead - 1998

agagsgrot - AltLd O/S - May/94 with Pete

djmarko75 - AltLd O/S - Jul/93

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - Lead - 1983 with Phillippa Mathews

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1982

steviewindsurf - 1981 with Mel Turnbull

Lord of Starkness - 1977

Dave Musgrove - 22/Jun/69 with Bob Knapton

David Smith - Lead - 1967

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Voting
Total votes cast 34
hard HVS0 of 13
HVS0 of 13
easy HVS0 of 13
hard VS4 of 13
VS8 of 13
easy VS1 of 13
hard HS0 of 13
HS0 of 13
easy HS0 of 13
hard 5a0 of 11
5a0 of 11
easy 5a0 of 11
hard 4c7 of 11
4c4 of 11
easy 4c0 of 11
hard 4b0 of 11
4b0 of 11
easy 4b0 of 11
3 Stars5 of 10
2 Stars5 of 10
1 Star0 of 10
0 Stars0 of 10
Bag of .....0 of 10
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Style of ascent

Lead37 of 92 (40.2%)
Followed10 of 92 (10.9%)
Alt Leads22 of 92 (23.9%)
Unknown23 of 92 (25.0%)

'Climbed'51 of 92 (55.4%)
clean O/S38 of 92 (41.3%)
clean β2 of 92 (2.2%)
clean rpt1 of 92 (1.1%)