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Boot Crack* HVS 5a

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25m. A gem of a route with excellent protection. Ascend the awkward groove (sometimes damp) to the right of the steep face, stepping left at the hanging flake to tackle the crack directly. The crack is climbed on good jams with holds out left sometimes useful. Abseil decent from the tree several metres higher up.

Ticklists: North Wales Rock Graded List.

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This climb is in 36 logbooks, and on 2 wishlists.

real dirty. A proper old school route a tough proposition and shite belay/abseil
JamesWilliams - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/13 with jamesA

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Jun/13

Slippery and lichenous and top crack wet so traversed off on sketchy moss...
Ross.Cooper - Lead dnf - 14/Oct/12 with Patrick Hill

Fell 2 m from top
richardlong78 - Lead dnf - 21/Jun/12 with Sophie Foxen

backed off, couldn't move out left
jon_ridley - Lead dnf - 15/Oct/11 with Paul Poudevigne-Durance, Gavin Oliver

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 15/Oct/11

groliver26 - 2nd - 15/Oct/11 with Jon Ridley

sian88 - 2nd O/S - 05/Aug/11

Matthew Robinson - Lead - 05/Aug/11 with sian

Great laybacking cracks, but covered with lychen and a scary as sh### death scramble to the tree belay at the top
peterstanworth - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/11

tim newton - 2nd O/S - 22/Apr/11 with dan ely

dan ely - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/11 with tim

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

mattshort - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Charlie Cooper

Proper honest hard work - it just keeps coming. But great climbing, if a little lichenous in places.
Shauna - Lead O/S - 23/May/10 with Jules

JulesV - 2nd O/S - 23/May/10 with Shauna Cunningham

A brilliant climb,excellent jamming and gear. Probably a little overlooked i guess but it just needs a few more ascents to clean it. Medium cams.
mynyddresident - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/10 with geraint

peter myers - Lead dog - Sep/09 with Ralph Heath

Ows - 2nd - Sep/09

fiercely technical for hvs
lukehodson - 2nd O/S - 19/Jun/09 with Sam Howell

Brilliant, would get 3 stars in yorkshire and VS!
Ewan Russell - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/09 with Mike(Dad)

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/09

Rachel Stroud - 2nd dog - 07/May/09 with Ben Alsford

Sally Lisle - 2009

very green at crux, hard to layback, wrecked my hands.
psychicbread - Lead dnf - 13/Jul/08 with Max

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Jun/08

the juicy dangler - 2nd O/S - 07/Jun/08 with chris lycett

tumbling wizard - 2008

tumbling wizard - 2008

@ndyM@rsh@ll - 2nd O/S - Jun/07

Andrew.Davies - Lead O/S - 23/May/07 with Andy Marshall

one point of rest
michael burrows - AltLd dog - 13/Sep/02 with helen swygart

Stone Muppet - 2000

nigehughes - 2nd - Dec/87 with Adrian Hughes

Richard White - 1986

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
m88ulv, PanzerHanzler

Voting
Total votes cast 35
hard E10 of 12
E10 of 12
easy E11 of 12
hard HVS9 of 12
HVS2 of 12
easy HVS0 of 12
hard VS0 of 12
VS0 of 12
easy VS0 of 12
hard 5b0 of 11
5b0 of 11
easy 5b8 of 11
hard 5a1 of 11
5a2 of 11
easy 5a0 of 11
hard 4c0 of 11
4c0 of 11
easy 4c0 of 11
3 Stars0 of 12
2 Stars3 of 12
1 Star7 of 12
0 Stars0 of 12
Bag of .....2 of 12
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Style of ascent

Lead15 of 36 (41.7%)
Followed13 of 36 (36.1%)
Alt Leads1 of 36 (2.8%)
Unknown7 of 36 (19.4%)

'Climbed'13 of 36 (36.1%)
clean O/S15 of 36 (41.7%)
dogged3 of 36 (8.3%)
dnf5 of 36 (13.9%)