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Idwal Staircase and Continuation** 2

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<< Direct Approach to Seniors' Ridge
 
North-West Face Route >>
Begin to the right of the main slabs up the overhung black gully. A stream nearly always runs down this. Climb up using small ledges as footholds and step left at a jammed boulder. Continue to emerge on open ground. Walk up aiming for some vaguely orange rocks just left of a vegetated gully. Pick any line and scramble up. Terraces allow lateral movement to avoid difficulties but some steps are tricky and exposed. Keep scrambling to come out on Seniors' Ridge.
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This climb is in 100 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

gseywald - Solo - 16/Jun/13

Tarquin - 01/Jun/13

gseywald - Lead - 26/May/13 with Neil

gseywald - Solo - 24/May/13

tsl42 - Solo O/S - 02/May/13 with Tim Mercer

Done in walking boots, soloed or moved together through most of it, pitched the odd section. We found the upper line to be rather indefinite and quite easy to get on ground that felt harder than a scramble. Did same day as cneifon arete
CurlyStevo - Lead - Jul/12 with Rob

Hidden - Solo - 19/Jun/12

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Jun/12

Hidden - Solo O/S - 06/May/12

miketangokilo - Lead O/S - Apr/12

shed_hed - Solo - 31/Mar/12 with Catherine Lawrence

cherad - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/12

alan moore - 2012

Hidden - Lead - 2012

Only to top of the stream
malc - Solo - 29/Dec/11 with Paul Scott

Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/Nov/11

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Oct/11

djking1983 - Solo O/S - 22/Oct/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Oct/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Aug/11

Lawrie Brand - Solo O/S - 04/Aug/11 with Mel, Tom Sampson, Matt Etheridge

Tried to stay parallel to vegetated gully on continuation but failed to find way over bulbous slabs near top so trended left on quartz ledge to find myself finishing up last section of direct approach to seniors ridge.
mysterion - 02/Aug/11

Cardi - Solo O/S - 04/Jul/11 with John L

(continuation up Cneifion!)
Tom Hecht - Solo β - 10/Jun/11 with Ben Chambers, Craig Letham

Hidden - 05/Jun/11

mrchewy - Solo - 06/May/11

Tom Livingstone - Solo - 05/May/11 with tom hecht

Hidden - 16/Apr/11

Part one of our mad run... Good fun with the stream in full gushing nick
farmus21 - Solo - 02/Apr/11 with Sam Radcliffe

part 1 of big scramble/run day. was in waterfall conditions. got soaked through :)
samrad - Solo - 02/Apr/11 with james G

Hidden - Lead - 02/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Rory Shaw - 2011

bsmedz - 2011

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Nov/10

industrialiceman - Lead - 04/Sep/10

Hidden - Jul/10

Rachel Kingham - 05/Jun/10 with Gareth Harvey

Tom Thorne - Solo - 24/May/10

atyson1 - Solo O/S - 22/May/10

amthalmann - Solo O/S - 15/May/10

Hidden - Solo - Mar/10

marc1967 - Solo O/S - 2010

Mick Cassidy - AltLd - 12/Dec/09 with Jimbo

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Jul/09

used as part of JSMEL Assessment. Very Wet.
Carl Simmons - 18/Jun/09

Good climb, hot day.
Katie86 - AltLd O/S - May/09 with Dave George

John HW - Lead - 18/Apr/09 with Rhys HW, Ben HW, Cath

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Apr/09

Just Staircase. Very Slimey and was raining as well.
Richard Holowka - Solo - Mar/09

Hidden - 2009

MarkFoster - 2009

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Oct/08

A Crook - Lead - 04/Oct/08 with Dom Stockton

Hidden - Solo O/S - 21/Sep/08

Chris Manasseh - Aug/08

Hidden - Solo rpt - 11/May/08

Hidden - Solo - 10/May/08

Start is horribly wet and slimy. No pro for about 6 - 8m. Weather was poor, but improved later on.
chriswitts1 - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/08 with Ian Witts

carried on to cneifon arete
finter22 - Solo - 10/Feb/08

TGreen - Solo O/S - 02/Feb/08 with Martin G

Rosie Henstock - Solo O/S - 02/Feb/08

Hidden - Solo rpt - 01/Jan/08

Hidden - Solo - Dec/07

industrialiceman - Solo - 10/Nov/07

industrialiceman - Lead - 10/Nov/07

John HW - Solo - 27/Oct/07

Hidden - Solo - 26/Aug/07

Hidden - Solo - 25/Aug/07

bms - Solo - 30/Jul/07 with BCS

Hidden - Solo O/S - 29/Apr/07

malc - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/07 with Rick and Nick

Sean Kelly - 2007

Hidden - 2007

timmy-ts - 2007

Punters - Lead dog - Jun/06

Hidden - AltLd - 30/Apr/06

mikelaing - 2006

John Kettle - Solo - 2006

Hidden - AltLd - 30/Sep/05

Mike Peacock - 21/Sep/05 with Si Oakley & Pete Early

Hidden - Solo - 29/May/05

bms - Solo - 11/Apr/05 with BCS

Hidden - 2nd - 2005

Hidden - 2005

malc - Solo - Apr/04

Mike - Solo - 17/Jan/04

On Advanced JSMEL course.
Zoomer - AltLd - 24/Jun/03 with Ben Abbott

broc - Solo - 06/Nov/02

crossdressingrodney - Solo O/S - 22/Oct/00 with Hill and Mountain Walking

Tom M Williams - Solo - 2000

Jonny M - Solo O/S - 2000 with Jim MacDonald

Ashley Hold - Solo - 16/Aug/98

Hidden - 23/Aug/95

Mike_T0501 - Solo - 23/Aug/95

malky_c - Solo - Jul/95

Hidden - Solo - 20/Mar/94

Iain Thow - Solo - 15/Sep/84 with Paul Eastwood

Hidden - Solo - 1980

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Boulderdash86, CRiddiford, Archy Styrigg, Nick Smith - UKC

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Style of ascent

Soloed50 of 100 (50.0%)
Lead13 of 100 (13.0%)
Followed3 of 100 (3.0%)
Alt Leads13 of 100 (13.0%)
Unknown21 of 100 (21.0%)

'Climbed'73 of 100 (73.0%)
clean O/S22 of 100 (22.0%)
clean β1 of 100 (1.0%)
clean rpt3 of 100 (3.0%)
dogged1 of 100 (1.0%)