A scary ascent.
Upon getting to the belay it began to drizzle incredibly lightly. Began climbing quickly to get out of there soon.
The juggy 5a wall started to get wetter as the rain increased. After getting a stack of reasonable RPs in I downclimbed but as I did a hand slipped off a wet hold. 3 RPs held me, the shit one fell out.
It then stopped raining and I got on with it, albeit quite gripped.
The moves through the roof are burly and hard for 5b. Tough climbing, leave an ab rope in place to aid the ascent of the horrendous loose slope. Was glad for colin lowering a loop of the ab rope down to us.
Much better to ab into than walk across from around the indy 500.
Super route.
James Oswald - Lead rpt - 20/Sep/12 with Gwilym
scary, although the climbing is easy
Joris.Roulleau - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/12 with Libby Blundell
Bold for e1.ran out of time for destiny. Roof easy.
philhilo - AltLd O/S - 15/Sep/12 with Helen E
Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Sep/12
Kevster - 2nd - 14/Sep/12 with Will T
Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Sep/12
timtimpeggy - Aug/12 with Ev
Robin UK - Lead - Aug/12
Good choice for greasy conditions, with positive holds on edges and flakes. Led P1. Gave myself black eye extricating gear above roof!
Andy Clarke - AltLd O/S - 07/Sep/11 with Tim
nickstephens - 2nd O/S - 05/Sep/11 with Voitech
really run it out up to the roof on the what i thought run out 5a climbing. Again greasy well I accept it now. Moves threw roof great fun big jugs easy 5b. top route. This sea salt grease is making things more fun for me anyway.
Dale - AltLd O/S - Sep/11 with mike
offroute - Lead - 25/Aug/11 with karen dalzell
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/11
spondulix - TR O/S - 16/Aug/11 with Ben
soph - Lead O/S - Aug/11 with Dan McManus
Dizz - 2nd - 15/Sep/10 with Richard S
led crux pitch. stunning.
mctinkno - AltLd O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Giles Cornah, Andrew Wielochowski
nickstephens - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Justin Ford, Nancy Jones
cem - 2nd rpt - 07/Sep/10 with Patrick Hutchison
Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/10
Fantastic booming flake climbing up the face without much gear. lots of gear just below hard pull through the roof.
benkelsey - 2nd O/S - 05/Sep/10 with Remus Knowles
Vince McNally - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Sumee Holloway
Missed out first (easy) pitch.
dave657 - Lead O/S - 31/May/10 with paul b
irish paul - 2nd O/S - 31/May/10 with Dave Ripley
Hidden - TR - 26/May/10
monika paprzycka - TR - 26/May/10 with Jeremy Axford
datoon - 2nd O/S - 31/Aug/09 with K & AB
khawk - Lead O/S - 31/Aug/09 with AB, DT
lukea - 2nd O/S - 30/Jun/09 with Al
Adam Booth - AltLd - 21/Jun/09 with Tim Evans, Roel
Hidden - 2nd - 21/Jun/09
Great route. Nik got the plum pitch. WARNING: Our abseil rope was badly cut here and I believe there is danger that some of the cemented in blocks on the mud slope could be pulled off. Take care!
chris wyatt - AltLd O/S - 16/Sep/08 with Nik and Hugh
Hidden - Lead β - 16/Sep/08
morganator - 2nd O/S - 02/Sep/08 with Graham Schofield
Hidden - Lead - 02/Sep/08
dan gibson - 2nd O/S - 02/Sep/08 with AJ
Great route. Bit wet under the roof, and bold in the middle, but great fun.
AJM - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/08 with Nick Willis
zero six - Lead O/S - Aug/08
Al Evans - 2008
Hidden - 2008
Hidden - 2nd - Sep/07
Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/06
HughM - Lead O/S - Sep/06 with notgnarly
Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/05
cem - Lead rpt - 16/Aug/04 with Dave Amos
cem - 2nd O/S - 14/Sep/02 with Graham Dolman
Roget - Lead O/S - 06/Aug/01
Hidden - AltLd - May/01
Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/00
Marti999 - Lead - 2000
Al Evans - 2000 with Geraldine Taylor
Lead 1st(4b)
DafSWMC - AltLd - Sep/98 with ICMC
Hidden - 2nd - 15/Aug/98
Hidden - Lead - 16/Aug/97
Terrific solid E1.
eroica64 - Lead O/S - Sep/90 with Denis Crampton
Hidden - 1990