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[dan on red square (E2 5b), 2 kb]The excellent corner taken on good jams. Stopping to negotiate gear is often people's downfall on this uber-classic.
Ed Drummond Jul/1967

Ticklists: Victim Of Mathematics' Ticklist of Extreme Justice, Nesscliffe: Marlene Corners, Nesscliffe: Crackpots.

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This climb is in 145 logbooks, and on 23 wishlists.

Joepenfold - TR rpt - 06/Jun/13

An excellent climb, it's really not over til it's over! I was considering leaving my torque nuts on the ground in favour of just cams, but very glad I didn't. It eats hexes all the way up and the cams I did place seemed quite 'skatey' on the sandy rock.
Nick Russell - Lead O/S - 26/May/13

TCarrick - TR - 30/Apr/13

Colin did it first, then I did it on his gear. Soft for grade and great gear: very good.
harold walmsley - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/13 with Colin Struthers

Hidden - TR dog - 13/Apr/13

solo roped on a wet day but the route was 95% dry being quite sheltered.
solostoke - TR dog - 11/Apr/13

Need to come back and lead this!
TCarrick - TR - 18/Mar/13

Max Lowry - 2013

Hidden - 2nd dog - 11/Nov/12

Hidden - TR O/S - 02/Sep/12

Ewan Russell - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/12 with Mike(Dad)

Hidden - TR dnf - 02/Sep/12

Hidden - TR O/S - 28/Aug/12

Brilliant. A sandstone Pis Fliuch.
dominic lee - Lead O/S - 10/Aug/12 with nathan lee

mikeshewring - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/12

shoulders - 04/Aug/12 with mikeshewring, mart, andy sharp, dai

Roped solo, first time outdoors with the silent partner. Very exciting I have picks on my f/b showing my rigging and setup but awesome first roped solo :-)
sideswiper - Solo rpt - Aug/12

frustrating and minging, hated it mainly because i could barely do it!
TheLegoMan - TR dog - 05/Jul/12 with Alex Kay

With Paul from UKC. Slipped while trying to move up to the pocket low down. Gear (By waist) held. Got back on it and got on with it, a hard bit at the top. Definitely felt like it could be E2 when slightly damp. Simply super. The gear is amazing which was something I was very very thankful for!
James Oswald - Lead RP - 02/Jul/12

Cailean Harker - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/12

Mattlamb90 - TR O/S - 29/May/12 with Luke

luke384 - Lead O/S - 29/May/12 with matty

It took a while, but it was my first E1.
Pinky - Lead O/S - 14/May/12 with alec thomas, chris thomas

Hidden - Lead β - 14/May/12

The Dangler - Lead β - 14/May/12

Very very good! Bottom end E2 I think, too hard for E1.
MarkRoe - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/12 with Matt Breakell

mick1jones - TR O/S - 01/Apr/12 with Simon Holding

matty123 - 2nd - 01/Apr/12 with Mark Roe

deklan - Lead dog - 19/Mar/12 with chris trantner

Michael Allday - TR O/S - 11/Mar/12 with rodney greenfield

Ed Booth - TR rpt - 06/Mar/12 with Will N, Fennerz

sideswiper - TR O/S - Mar/12

mhawk - Lead rpt - 19/Feb/12 with Kai Ren Ong

Hidden - TR dog - 19/Feb/12

jakelodge - Lead O/S - 28/Oct/11 with Keeno

Ross.Cooper - 2nd O/S - 28/Oct/11 with Jake Lodge

David Bird - TR dnf - 01/Oct/11 with AliB

trants1 - TR O/S - 27/Sep/11 with deklan, J Gough

deklan - TR - 27/Sep/11 with james, chris

Hidden - TR O/S - 02/Sep/11

matty123 - Lead RP - 03/Aug/11 with Richard Breakell, Rachael Breakell

mhawk - TR rpt - 27/Jul/11 with Lee Picken

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 25/May/11 with Rosie Henstock

Rosie Henstock - 2nd - 25/May/11 with Laurence

Adam Booth - Lead O/S - 19/May/11 with Tim Evans

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 19/May/11

Chriswallis2 - Lead O/S - 14/May/11 with Pete

petellis - 2nd dog - 14/May/11 with Rock and Dole

Hidden - TR β - 26/Apr/11

Hidden - TR - 26/Apr/11

Tom Greenwood - Lead RP - 07/Apr/11 with Kev Courtney

tricky towards the top, gear in and go for it. nice warm up route!
spidey - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/11 with adam

adam06 - 2nd - 20/Mar/11 with Ryan

djromberg - 2011

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

Cowflinger - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/10 with Pete Lewis

alisterrobbird - TR O/S - 05/Sep/10

halfmanhalfbiscuit - Lead O/S - Sep/10

zero six - Lead O/S - Sep/10

Great lay back climbing. Nearly reached the top to top out on anchor that was set up.
Gtok - TR β - 31/Aug/10 with Phil

Good route, sandy crag.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with Laura Perry, Rich Cannell, Drew, Mikey G

Fantastic line and really nice corner crack climbing. Sandy, but to be expected. On Alex's gear
Mike Goldthorp - Lead β - 30/Aug/10 with Laura Perry, alex mason, Drew Mulcahy, Rich Cannell

Imperfect conditions on damp morning but enjoyable all the same, middling E1 5b with perfect gear and tricky finale
Owen W-G - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Preston Matt

nickwhimster - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Matt B

Mattb1421 - 2nd O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Nick Whimster

Tomprusk - TR β - 08/Aug/10 with Nick

Nick Nitro - TR O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Tom Parker

TobyA - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/10 with Elina

Hidden - Lead rpt - 25/Jul/10

Hidden - TR - 29/Jun/10

Not as much of a battle as was expecting, plenty of gear and some reasonable rests
monsteratt - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Morgan Strong Will

Jon Read - 2nd - 20/Jun/10 with Mark Sharratt

David Bird - TR dog - 01/Jun/10 with Frazer Merryweather, Calum Mackie, AliB

jonathan mcgrath - 23/Apr/10

Hidden - TR dog - 11/Apr/10

guido - Lead - 2010

With Dave Turnbull
AB1965 - 2nd - 10/Nov/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/09

barni - Lead O/S - 12/Oct/09 with Tim

A Downing - TR rpt - 20/Sep/09 with Damian Lawson

A Downing - TR rpt - 20/Sep/09 with Damian Lawson

Hidden - TR rpt - 09/Sep/09

porridgefan - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/09 with Joe Ward

Ben Harper - TR O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Cat

gooseygander - TR O/S - 23/Jun/09 with si marlow

Bloody good climb!
samwisethebrave2 - Lead RP - 12/May/09 with Jasper

Jasper peny - 2nd rpt - 12/May/09 with sam roberts

lukea - Lead β - 10/May/09 with Al

Hidden - Lead - 10/May/09

Tom Briggs - Jagged Globe - 2nd - 02/May/09 with Ed Brown

Hidden - TR RP - May/09

robbie9m - TR O/S - 20/Apr/09 with Jasper(Dad)

My first trad lead! Felt really confident on it considering it was my first lead never mind E grade. Loads of gear and some really bommer placements
abrom - Lead RP - 14/Apr/09 with angus kille, tom fenwick

abrom - TR O/S - 08/Apr/09 with Angus Kille

phil64 - Lead O/S - Apr/09

stood at the bottom waiting for the rain to stop before starting. Great gear, hexes would be good on it.
eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/09 with Sinbad

sinbad - 2nd O/S - 17/Feb/09 with eddy on the rocks

Hidden - TR - 07/Feb/09

Rich35 - Lead - 2009

Hidden - TR rpt - 01/Nov/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/08

dts - 2nd rpt - 16/Aug/08 with Andy Taylor

dts - Lead dnf - 15/Aug/08 with Andy Taylor

Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/08

Hidden - Lead - Aug/08

Got to crux but had to rest on gear.
HIGHTOWER - Lead dog - 09/Jun/08 with Ben Thynne

Hidden - TR rpt - 03/Jun/08

Somerset swede basher - Lead O/S - 29/May/08 with Tom

Ian Parnell - Lead O/S - 16/May/08

Top roped this about a year ago, but still had to be shouted at to stop crying about it and just go upwards. I think I have some sandstone leading issues...
smallerrich - Lead rpt - 05/Mar/08 with Tom Fenwick

Brilliant, filthy.
andi turner - Lead O/S - 16/Feb/08 with Noddy

So cold i couldn't feel my hands the whole way!
fennerz - Lead rpt - 13/Feb/08 with Angus Kille

my first e2, before i'd done an e1, but still :) it was my fisrt e-grade trad lead, but i was surprisingly relaxed about it
anguskille - Lead RP - 13/Feb/08 with Tom Fenwick

daveagriff - Lead - 2008

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

Castleclimber - Lead O/S - 27/Aug/07 with Luke Alvarez

lukea - 2nd O/S - 27/Aug/07 with Rich

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/May/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/07

Hidden - TR O/S - May/07

Hidden - TR - 19/Apr/07

Mike Parker - TR O/S - 17/Apr/07 with James Ayre

MikeYouCanClimb - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/07 with Matt

Hidden - TR O/S - 2007

Hidden - TR - 18/Dec/06

Mark Riley - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/06 with Patrick Green

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/06

Ed Booth - Lead rpt - May/06 with Roel Driesen

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2006

matt30987 - Lead RP - 2006 with Dad

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/05

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 01/May/03

Hidden - 2nd β - 16/Aug/02

platt2000 - TR - 2002

Neil Becousse - Lead RP - Aug/00

Marti999 - Lead - 2000 with larry

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Aug/98

scouts
mhawk - TR O/S - 21/Jun/98

smudge - TR O/S - 11/Apr/97

goi.ashmore - TR O/S - 13/Apr/96 with Dee Herbert

Hidden - Apr/96

Peakology - Lead O/S - 1996 with mod

Roget - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/95 with jon

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/95

Seconded Ed on the first ascent.
zukator - 2nd O/S - 1967 with Ed Drummond

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hard E22 of 37
E217 of 37
easy E24 of 37
hard E114 of 37
E10 of 37
easy E10 of 37
hard 5c0 of 35
5c0 of 35
easy 5c2 of 35
hard 5b7 of 35
5b24 of 35
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 145 (0.7%)
Lead71 of 145 (49.0%)
Followed19 of 145 (13.1%)
Toproped49 of 145 (33.8%)
Unknown5 of 145 (3.4%)

'Climbed'27 of 145 (18.6%)
clean O/S71 of 145 (49.0%)
clean β8 of 145 (5.5%)
clean rpt17 of 145 (11.7%)
clean RP9 of 145 (6.2%)
dogged10 of 145 (6.9%)
dnf3 of 145 (2.1%)