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Red Wall*** E1 5b

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[Working out the moves on the "harder" start to the Red Wall, 2 kb]No description has been contributed for this climb.

Ticklists: 100 Aberdeen North East Classics!, Scottish 3 and 4 star multi-pitch routes.

Photo: Working out the moves on the "harder" start to the Red Wall © Chris wilson
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 102 logbooks, and on 15 wishlists.

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

dwisniewski - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/12 with Tom

RocKalina - Lead - 23/Sep/12 with Stephi

Thought the hard 5b start felt more like hard 5c!
gforce - AltLd rpt - 15/Sep/12 with James

Led 2nd pitch
James Prowse - AltLd - 15/Sep/12 with Graham

Pitch 2 is brilliant
oliverk - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Sarah Moorhouse

Hidden - 2nd dog - 26/Aug/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/May/12

peter.herd - 2nd - 16/May/12 with Rory Brown

Hidden - Lead - 16/May/12

mark88 - Lead - 01/May/12 with Andy Woolston

samwillo - Lead - 26/Mar/12 with Tom Jeldon

wilsonmoir - Lead - 2012

had to rest on the second pitch
Alor_lab - Lead dog - 19/Nov/11 with Stephen Barrass

Hidden - AltLd - 09/Oct/11

pumped out on crux moves
Tom Davy - AltLd dnf - 08/Oct/11

p1
robertmichaeladams - AltLd - 24/Sep/11 with Andy H, Andi

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Sep/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/11

led the second pitch, good value
michael83 - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/11 with Scotty

Led both pitches, what a route!
mhairi thorburn - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/11 with mcgeek

joeydurkin - 2nd - 14/Jul/11 with Jockey

DundeeDave - 2nd dnf - 28/Jun/11 with Ewan Gourlay

Hidden - Lead - 31/May/11

Hidden - AltLd - 28/May/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 17/May/11

did 5a first pitch - afterwards - first started with the crack at the right hand edge of the first wall by mistake, then went back and did the 5a pitch.
KeithAlexander - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/11 with Martin Dempster

cat22 - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/11 with Mike

Pumped out 1 metre from the top.
Old_Nick_S - 2nd - 10/Apr/11 with Frazer

RocKalina - 2nd - Apr/11

alkira - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Jul/10

Hidden - 30/Jul/10

Led the first pitch the old 5a version.
Chris L Hill - AltLd O/S - 23/Jul/10 with Simon Pearce

led both pitches
jess - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with martin

Did the 'harder nicer 5b start'. This is a great route:)
sebrider - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Murdo, Chris wilson

Chris wilson - 2nd - 12/Jun/10 with Seb, Murdo

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead - 19/May/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/May/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/May/10

Lead the first short pitch and then the second pitch to the crux at the top, where I bottled it and shouted take and lowered off. Stuart then finished off the pitch and I seconded.
kdlauder - AltLd - 29/Mar/10 with stuart

stewart100 - AltLd O/S - 28/Mar/10

Hidden - 2010

Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 08/Nov/09 with Jim

Fun!
Chad123 - AltLd rpt - 04/Oct/09 with Rik and Humble

BrettB - Lead O/S - Oct/09

Felt very easy.
Ian Jones - Lead rpt - 26/Sep/09 with Roger Benton, Bruce Kerr

P1
Andy Moles - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/09 with Adam

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/09

burto - AltLd O/S - 13/Aug/09 with the pimp

pimpy - AltLd dog - 13/Aug/09 with ian burton

Forgot what a good route this is... pity the paths etc are so overgrown! rain stopped play alas after this one.
sheppy - AltLd rpt - 08/Aug/09 with Dave Douglas

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Jul/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/09

2nd pitch, started up kremlin control
dave o - Lead rpt - 11/Jul/09 with James R

The left hand start is fun.
Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/09 with Mike Vernon and Sam Wood

The right hand 'Direct Start' makes for a more consistent route with a short but good piece of climbing. The main pitch is on fabulous rock.
Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/09 with Mike Vernon and Sam Wood

jored - Lead - Jun/09 with Rachel

Sandy Simpson - AltLd - 31/May/09 with brian duthie

Fraser - AltLd - 24/May/09 with Kev

kevg - AltLd - 24/May/09 with Fraser

groovypiper - Lead O/S - 24/May/09 with mshorter

1st Pitch
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 12/May/09 with Andy Inglis

Ld pitch 2 with post-dental numb face and howling wind.... scary!
andyinglis - AltLd O/S - 12/May/09 with Ally Fulton

BRUCESTRAC - 2009

andymoin - AltLd O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Warren

Awesome. Doing it in one was a bit foolish though. V. bad rope drag.
joe larner - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08

adw07 - AltLd O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Andy Main

gforce - Lead - 20/Sep/08 with Stevie

Great route with perfect rock, moves and gear the whole way up. Crux at start and high up at the top.
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/08 with Emily

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/08

s kennedy - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/08 with mark mosgrove

mshorter - Lead - 20/May/08 with alex

mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd O/S - 11/May/08 with paul

Paulww - Lead - 11/May/08 with Ryan

oor wullie - 2nd - May/08 with Risto kalampa

TrollJester - Lead O/S - 2008 with VARIOUS Throughout 80's+90's

barney_edin - AltLd dog - 2008

led 2nd pitch
whistler - AltLd O/S - 28/Sep/07 with Dan Simmons

hwackerhage - 22/Sep/07 with Paul

dodfoster - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/07 with chris playford

Very good indeed.
Spade - AltLd - 26/Aug/07 with George Foster

kevg - Lead dog - 07/Jul/07 with Cam

One of the best E1's I've done. Great route
Ally Baba - AltLd O/S - 30/Jun/07 with Gav Swinton

Dangerous Dave - Lead O/S - 2007 with Russ Birkett

Brown - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/06 with Paul

led first pitch (5b) - serious hangover!!
dave o - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/06 with Mike Burr

Hidden - AltLd - 2006

Smelly Fox - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/05 with Russell Birkett

Hidden - 2nd dog - 25/Sep/04

Dave Kerr - AltLd - 31/May/03 with Chris Boutell

Cassidy - Lead - 23/Apr/00 with David Cassidy

greenroom - 1998

Yourlead - 2nd dog - 12/Jun/92 with Graham Penny

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/90

I lead P1
Yourlead - AltLd - 01/Aug/90 with Doug Rennie

climbed P1 on 2nd attempt, but failed on P2 in the dark!
Yourlead - AltLd dnf - 25/Jul/90 with Doug Rennie, Graham Penny

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/85

Hidden - Lead - 30/Jun/85

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Voting
Total votes cast 80
hard E20 of 27
E20 of 27
easy E20 of 27
hard E110 of 27
E115 of 27
easy E12 of 27
hard HVS0 of 27
HVS0 of 27
easy HVS0 of 27
hard 5c0 of 26
5c0 of 26
easy 5c1 of 26
hard 5b12 of 26
5b13 of 26
easy 5b0 of 26
hard 5a0 of 26
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easy 5a0 of 26
3 Stars22 of 27
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Style of ascent

Lead36 of 102 (35.3%)
Followed16 of 102 (15.7%)
Alt Leads42 of 102 (41.2%)
Unknown8 of 102 (7.8%)

'Climbed'43 of 102 (42.2%)
clean O/S44 of 102 (43.1%)
clean rpt5 of 102 (4.9%)
dogged7 of 102 (6.9%)
dnf3 of 102 (2.9%)