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Capella*** E1 5b

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A superb and surprisingly fast drying route taking the slabs and walls to the L. of Arcturus. Technically easier than its more popular neighbour but more sustained and with finer climbing.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 160 logbooks, and on 27 wishlists.

Lee Sheard - AltLd rpt - 02/May/13 with jenny

Led pitch 2
Lessworkmoreclimbing - AltLd β - 02/May/13 with Lee

Martin Bennett - Apr/13

Brilliant brilliant 2 high quality reasonably sustained 5b pitches with not a poor move on them
woodsy - AltLd - 27/Oct/12 with bram

Great climb. Not a dull moment all the way up. 1st E1 lead made even better by superb sunshine on Pavey all day - in late October!
BTphonehome - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Woodsy

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

David Wynne - 2nd - 09/Sep/12 with Mark Fyles, Tony Womersley

NeilGriffiths - AltLd - 12/Aug/12 with Adrian Pedley

Hidden - 2nd dog - 12/Aug/12

a13x - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/12 with Dan Robinson

Led pitch 2, great route
Jay C - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/12 with Tom P, Nick E

Awkward with a big rucsack on!
Tomprusk - 2nd O/S - 18/Jun/12 with Jay, Nick

Doing it with big bags on makes for an interesting time.
Nick Nitro - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/12 with Jay C, Tom Parker

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12

Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Ed Mitchell

Lovely route but HVS I think
Bulls Crack - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with SP

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12

Led 1st pitch, excellent.
tatz45 - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with Katy Vose

katyvose1 - 26/May/12 with Paul Tattersall

Hannes B - AltLd O/S - 23/May/12 with John

Hidden - Lead - 21/May/12

Johann - AltLd O/S - 21/May/12 with Alex Wheeldon

Pete Graham - Solo - May/12

LewisGray - AltLd O/S - 01/Apr/12 with Ian Gray

Pohil - AltLd - 26/Mar/12 with John Crook

Lee Sheard - AltLd O/S - 25/Mar/12 with John Hubbard

Captain Gear - 2012

Julesthe1st - AltLd O/S - 02/Oct/11 with Mike

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

Hidden - Lead rpt - 29/Jul/11

stephenhartley - 2nd - 27/Jul/11 with Burns

treated to display by the red arrows over Windermere
davesykes - AltLd O/S - 24/Jul/11 with willy, Stan

Everything you expect from a 3* climb.
DaveAtkinson - Lead - 03/Jul/11 with P.Cannon

Rob1988 - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/11 with Cal

sgl0jd - Jul/11

Second pitch in the wet!
mick1jones - 2nd O/S - 05/Jun/11 with Rich Rogers

missed top pitch out
beds74 - Lead - 04/Jun/11 with Craig Hartley

First pitch felt easier than second, needed a bit of help from the top to get off belay ledge, but rest was brilliant!
Matt Schwarz - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/11 with Sarah Harrop, Duncan Curry

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/11

Dunx - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/11 with Sarah Harrop, Matt Schwarz

esther - AltLd - May/11

Hidden - AltLd - 30/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 28/Apr/11

Barry Chuckle - 2nd O/S - 25/Apr/11

Bob - Lead rpt - 24/Apr/11 with Alex Challoner

andrew sandercock - 2nd O/S - 21/Apr/11 with Chrismo

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/11

robertmichaeladams - AltLd - 17/Apr/11 with Tom

thoroughly enjoyable despite our tiredness
tomdude - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/11 with rob

martrin - Lead - 10/Apr/11 with Sarah Kekus

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Apr/11

peterstanworth - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

lead 2nd pitch
tomhull - AltLd rpt - 25/Oct/10 with mark nottridge

Pitch 2
ollyroberts - AltLd O/S - 09/Sep/10 with Harry

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Sep/10

matt_ringrose - 2nd dog - 04/Sep/10 with Dave Smith

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Aug/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 26/Jun/10

dave o - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/10 with Julia H

tim newton - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with dave ferguson

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 05/Jun/10

Mark lead 1st, me 2nd.
Andrew Wilson - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10 with Mark Fyles

Led P1
Different Steve - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10 with Martin Hore

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/May/10

Absolutely superb route. Two contasting pitches. A must for anyone in the area. 2nd Pitch
Jim Walton - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10 with Dan Matthewman

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10

Igot pitch 2,4.
David Smith - AltLd O/S - 19/May/10 with trever Good

salesy led p1, crossy p2
Shuttsie - 2nd - May/10

Hidden - May/10

Jonathan Lagoe - UKC - AltLd - 17/Apr/10 with Daniel

jimsrankin - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/10 with Liam

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Mar/10

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Sep/09

1st E15b lead for 8 years. OK was a bit on the easy side for the grade as the gear was great all the way up. The 1st pitch alone made it worth the 3 stars!
Conan - AltLd O/S - 30/Jun/09 with Loz

Led pitch 2. Hol led pitch 1.
DavidR - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/09 with Holly Adamthwaite

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/09

Led P2, difficulty is placing gear in strenuous position to protect what turns out to be an easyish move. Top 20m is about HS standard, don't get why this is 3* compared to other Lakes classics and not sure route is harder than mid-HVS either.
Owen W-G - AltLd O/S - 26/Jun/09 with Max

garburn - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/09 with Steve Mayer

Roger Cruse - AltLd O/S - 31/May/09 with Kris

Felt like VS!!
dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 30/May/09 with Dave Moir

cat22 - 2nd - 24/May/09 with Mike

Both pitches Led
dave657 - Lead O/S - 02/May/09 with Ringo

Hidden - AltLd - May/09

I did 1st pitch. Pleased as there was a strenuous part which I did with plenty of energy to spare.
Swotson - AltLd O/S - 26/Apr/09 with Tony Madden

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Apr/09

brilliant
tomhull - AltLd - 18/Apr/09 with rin

nakedave - AltLd - 18/Apr/09 with adam noble

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/09

Hidden - 2009

Seymore Butt - 2009

Hidden - Lead - 2009

Hidden - Lead - 11/Nov/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Sep/08

decs - AltLd - 27/Sep/08 with Konrad

Led p1
cem - AltLd O/S - 23/Aug/08 with Graham Dolman

IanJackson - Solo - 13/Jul/08

2nd pitch
nakedave - AltLd O/S - 01/Jul/08

great first pitch, very well protected. 2nd pitch has nice steep start and hard interesting moves but tails off towards the end a bit so looses the third *
lithos - Lead O/S - 15/Jun/08 with paul cookson

John Kettle - Lead O/S - 31/May/08

I led top pitch
liam - AltLd O/S - 25/May/08 with Charlie Boscoe

tommytuffa - AltLd - 16/May/08 with Felix

felixthelion - AltLd - 16/May/08 with T. Brookes

Hidden - 2nd - 2008

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/07

Adam1973 - 2nd O/S - 26/Aug/07 with IanJackson

IanJackson - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/07 with Adam

The Pylon King - Lead O/S - 23/Aug/07 with Fiend

excellent, shame the quality doesnt continue throughout P2. P1 a bit like superdirect on dinas mot. good times
david morse - Lead - 10/Jun/07 with jon denniss

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Jun/07

GuyM - 05/May/07 with will

Just did the first pitch, before continuing up Arcturus
Chris the Tall - Lead - 27/Apr/07 with Simon Shaw

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 31/Mar/07

Hidden - 2nd dog - 17/Feb/07

Hidden - 2nd dog - 17/Feb/07

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Sep/06

Hidden - Lead - 30/Jul/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/06

Led first pitch, which felt like VS, but is brilliant, whatever its grade. Second pitch has just one tricky move.
five - AltLd O/S - 29/Jul/06 with JT, PW

Felt quite straight forward after Arcturus. Theres a nice tree to play in near the start. Few branches missing off it.. must have had a few fat boys going up it.
fizzy_elephant - AltLd O/S - 23/Jul/06 with stu

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd - 15/Jul/06

ChrisJD - AltLd - 15/Jul/06 with rc

danm - AltLd - 10/Jun/06 with Jim Danson

jimdanson - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/06 with dan middleton

Heisenberg - AltLd - 01/Jun/06 with peter graham

Hidden - 2nd - Jun/06

joe larner - 2nd - Jan/06

Nick Beckett - AltLd - 2006

Pete Graham - Lead - 2006 with Terry Robinson

Stig - AltLd O/S - 03/Sep/05 with Jonathan Teale

Just splendid. The lake district in its full glory, high mountain crag, fantastic views, top weather. Clearly running out of superlatives. Quite straight-forward for the grade, finishing at the half-height 'rake'.
Stefan Kruger - AltLd O/S - 03/Sep/05 with Bruno Marks

Bella - Lead β - Aug/05 with Stabbsy

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/05

Piers Harley - AltLd - Jun/05 with Paul Winder

I lead 1st pitch
max_chan - AltLd O/S - May/05 with Steve

Stone Muppet - 2005

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Jul/04

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/May/04

John Pickles - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/03 with Naomi Fisher

gonggashan - 2nd - 16/Aug/03

Dave Kerr - AltLd - 15/May/03 with Neil McGeachy

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Sep/02

Jonathan Lagoe - UKC - AltLd - Jul/02 with Andy Hyslop

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Jun/02

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/00

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/00

Hammy - AltLd - 10/May/00 with Jim Evans

Hidden - 07/May/00

Bob - AltLd O/S - 21/Aug/99 with A Wiggans

Dave Musgrove - Lead - Aug/99 with Julian Cooper

rob.grafton - AltLd - 20/Aug/97 with Bruce Perry

NickJH - 1995

ian caton - 1985

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Voting
Total votes cast 143
hard E20 of 47
E20 of 47
easy E20 of 47
hard E11 of 47
E120 of 47
easy E121 of 47
hard HVS5 of 47
HVS0 of 47
easy HVS0 of 47
hard 5c0 of 49
5c0 of 49
easy 5c0 of 49
hard 5b1 of 49
5b33 of 49
easy 5b12 of 49
hard 5a3 of 49
5a0 of 49
easy 5a0 of 49
3 Stars36 of 47
2 Stars10 of 47
1 Star1 of 47
0 Stars0 of 47
Bag of .....0 of 47
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Style of ascent

Soloed2 of 160 (1.2%)
Lead29 of 160 (18.1%)
Followed28 of 160 (17.5%)
Alt Leads85 of 160 (53.1%)
Unknown16 of 160 (10.0%)

'Climbed'71 of 160 (44.4%)
clean O/S78 of 160 (48.8%)
clean β2 of 160 (1.2%)
clean rpt5 of 160 (3.1%)
dogged4 of 160 (2.5%)