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Cyclops*** HVS 5a

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[Cyclops HVS Creag an Dubh Loch, 2 kb]11 pitches. Excellent climb!!

Ticklists: Ultimate Scottish Rock, Scottish Mid-Grade Multi-Pitch, Scottish Rock Climbs ****, Scottish 3 and 4 star multi-pitch routes.

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This climb is in 27 logbooks, and on 34 wishlists.

lukehunt - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/13 with Vikky

Scorchio,good climbing too.
scotclimb - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with Maguel Martin

Deserves it classic status, lots of varied pitches, the highlight for me was pitch 6 "the off width groove" pitch which is a superb pitch. Had the cliff to ourselves today which was surprising as it was in good nick (apart from pitch 4 which was mossy and wet) and it was sunny and warm. A memorable day
Chris wilson - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with Andy G

Lead even pitches. Great sustained route with many brilliant pitches but also a couple of poor ones. All dry apart from last pitch.
oliverk - AltLd - 30/Jul/11 with Dan

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11

easily the best and hardest HVS around on the mainland..continued interest, cracks, grooves, chimneys the lot :] again, take your flippers for the top!
simon_D - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Alex

Inti - AltLd - 14/Apr/11 with Ruth

Massive walk in.
eddy-on-the-rocks - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/10 with max

Slept overnight at bottom of crag, heavy rain through night, Tim tried 1st pitch and rain started again.
sergio46 - 2nd dnf - Jul/10 with Tim Clark

some good climbing not 3 stars though .lead pitch 3,5,7
jimted - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Richard, will

A great day out! Unfortunately took a minor slip traversing right across some blank slabs on P3. Not sure if we should have traversed higher up as we were struggling to follow the route description at that point....
Chris L Hill - AltLd - 25/Jun/10 with Simon Pearce

cat22 - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Mike

Did the first pitch then it start pouring. Within 2 minutes I found myself drenching in a waterfall! Shame as it was such a nice route. I left a small offset nut and a blue krab for retreat.
jamestheyip - Lead dnf - 05/Jun/10 with Peter

R0bbie - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10 with Rob Johnson, Taba

pete87abs - AltLd O/S - 20/May/10 with John McCune

Hidden - AltLd - May/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/07

sgl - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/07 with Konnie

Hidden - AltLd - May/07

Hidden - May/07

Surely a classic with lots of good 4c/5a climbing
hwackerhage - AltLd - Jun/06

Brian McC - 2005

dave o - AltLd O/S - 24/Aug/03 with bill s

Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 2000 with Greg

Hidden - AltLd - 1988

mark-abz - Lead - 04/Jul/87 with Bill P

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Aug/84

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Mike Nolan, web10steelj, Hidden, j.richards, JonmapDL, jamie ward, Hidden, Garson, Hidden, Calder, peter.herd, Ian Jones, sleeplessjb, Hidden, Hidden, freudy_love, smallpaul1980, SWalls, Dan Lane, Hidden, gjd, Danhan, BWoodward, gavin88, jeffsheard, Hidden, Hidden, karinh, KeithAlexander, Adam1973, Ropeboy, Neil Mackenzie, beegsyboy, andymoin

Voting
Total votes cast 32
hard E10 of 11
E10 of 11
easy E10 of 11
hard HVS1 of 11
HVS8 of 11
easy HVS2 of 11
hard VS0 of 11
VS0 of 11
easy VS0 of 11
hard 5b0 of 10
5b0 of 10
easy 5b1 of 10
hard 5a0 of 10
5a7 of 10
easy 5a2 of 10
hard 4c0 of 10
4c0 of 10
easy 4c0 of 10
3 Stars8 of 11
2 Stars3 of 11
1 Star0 of 11
0 Stars0 of 11
Bag of .....0 of 11
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Style of ascent

Lead3 of 27 (11.1%)
Followed3 of 27 (11.1%)
Alt Leads19 of 27 (70.4%)
Unknown2 of 27 (7.4%)

'Climbed'11 of 27 (40.7%)
clean O/S14 of 27 (51.9%)
dnf2 of 27 (7.4%)