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Marcher Lord*** VS 5a

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[Marcher Lord, 2 kb]A fine climb, well worth calling in for. A short awkward groove leads to the base of the crack proper which gives steep juggy climbing then some more awkward moves to a rest out right. From here an escape route is apparent, but instead launch leftwards across the overhangs on massive holds. Superb! © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: The 100 Best UK VS routes?, Classic County.

Photo: Marcher Lord © Terry Lansdown
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 133 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

rgd1977 - 2nd rpt - 07/Apr/13

Klingon - Lead - 05/Jan/13 with Nimble

fall-line - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/12 with Sarah Collins, Karolina Mysiak

doogal2003 - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/12 with tom

previously seconded with Brendano
warrygallace - Lead - Oct/12 with Ali Alien

Hidden - 01/Sep/12

Excellent! Steep moves, good rests and good gear.
Mark Bull - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/12 with Mike

Klingon - 2nd - 18/Aug/12 with Clyde, Capt Kirk

sarah hawker - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/12 with Adrian W

Adrianw - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/12 with Sarah Hawker

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 21/Jul/12

really nice, middle of the grade vs, just too short!!!
sleeplessjb - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/12 with Damon

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/May/12

rgd1977 - Lead O/S - 22/May/12

beckybray1 - 2nd dnf - 22/May/12

Klingon - Lead - 12/May/12 with Nimble

Ben lad - 21/Mar/12 with The Wallace

redshapedfriday - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/12 with gary

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 24/Feb/12

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/12 with Carol, Emily

trampingcarol - 2nd - 24/Feb/12 with Emily Ward, Jonnie Williams

stouffer - Lead - 19/Feb/12

Hidden - Lead - 16/Feb/12

jugs - Lead - 2012

Defo toughest solo at the crag today, quite sustained moves and feels pretty high and airy in the groove and pulling over the top roof! Great climb though, well worth doing either with or without a rope....
Chad123 - Solo O/S - 30/Oct/11 with Emily

Will Hunt - Lead O/S - 22/Oct/11 with Ed Causton

Neil Mackenzie - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Andy

Awesome, tho polished in places
andymoin - 2nd O/S - 16/Oct/11 with Neil Mackenzie

Seconded before
Klingon - Lead β - 30/Sep/11 with Nimble

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Sep/11

Matt Poole - Lead O/S - 29/Sep/11 with Mark Dunn

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Sep/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Sep/11

jonny taylor - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/11 with James B

barney800 - 2nd - 14/Aug/11 with Jonny Taylor

mattdown - Lead - 14/Aug/11 with freyja

freyja - 2nd O/S - 14/Aug/11 with Matt Down

AGoodi - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/11 with Graeme Tough

ewan i - Lead rpt - 10/Jun/11 with dave duggan

Magic. Only problem was topping out to find myself confronted by a pair of bulls.
Tom Baird - Lead O/S - 21/May/11 with Mark Howie

mhowie - 2nd - 21/May/11 with stovepilot

Hidden - Lead - 24/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Apr/11

oliverk - Lead - 23/Apr/11 with Malcolm

Chris Holliday - TR O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Cliff Lowther

jlb - TR O/S - 26/Mar/11

crux is getting from the flake to the cave
daWalt - 2nd O/S - 24/Oct/10 with TC

Hidden - Lead - 24/Oct/10

Hidden - Lead - 11/Oct/10

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Sep/10

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/10 with Mark D

Mark D - 2nd O/S - 25/Aug/10 with Laurence Everitt

steep but jugs all the way, and when i say jugs, i mean massive holds... dont know where the 5a move was, felt like F5+ climbing... awesome route tho !
Woodiee - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/10 with Christine Hall

Hidden - Lead - 08/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/10

Liam Ingram - 2nd O/S - 11/Jul/10 with Nick DW

Mike_Watson_99 - 2nd - 03/Jul/10 with abbeywall, Fiona

abbeywall - 2nd - 03/Jul/10 with Mike_Watson_99, Fiona Reid

Lovely, quite sustained but good holds where you need them. Extracting myself from the cave was a bit iffy!
Fiona Reid - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Mike, Alison

jonb23 - 2nd - 22/Jun/10 with Louis Wallace

maggie505 - 2nd - 20/Jun/10 with Ian Norman

gdsmnorm - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 25/May/10

steev - 2nd O/S - 08/May/10 with Will E, Russel

'I'm too high' 'I love the cave'
Mr.Billiams - Lead O/S - 08/May/10 with Steve, Russell

lead by M. Watson. he escaped via cave although i went over the top. brilliant deserves every star.
rnotman67 - 2nd - 22/Apr/10

first time out in a while and probably the best vs i've done in the county! absolutely amazing climbing, was tempted by the cave finish but topped it out instead.
andrew sandercock - Lead O/S - 28/Nov/09 with joe

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Nov/09

Hidden - TR O/S - 13/Oct/09

NaomiHart - Lead O/S - 11/Oct/09 with Steve, Liz

Gear already in for me as we all wanted to lead it (so effectively an F5 sport climb!)
Andy Moles - Lead β - 30/Sep/09 with Duncan

decs - AltLd - 30/Sep/09 with Andy Moles

mctinkno - Lead β - 30/Sep/09 with Clare Muir

A fantastic finish!
russasaurusRex - Lead O/S - 16/Aug/09 with Sue, Adrian

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/May/09

odox - Lead - 28/May/09 with Sam Webb

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/May/09

alexp - 2nd O/S - 26/Apr/09 with C Halliday

ewan i - 2009

Old_Nick_S - Lead - 2009 with Irene

Hidden - TR - 2009

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 08/Nov/08 with Sam Wood

Budge - Lead O/S - 05/Oct/08 with Martin Gillie

tempeh - 2nd - 05/Oct/08 with Mike Oates

JiveWeasel - Lead - 23/Aug/08 with Mrs Weasel

Wow - especially at the top!
Mrs Weasel - 2nd - 23/Aug/08 with JiveWeasel

bigbobbyking - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/08 with Lauren Thompson

Gandy - Lead O/S - Jul/08

Hidden - 2nd - 08/Jun/08

Stuart Macfarlane - Lead - 07/Jun/08 with Jeanie

snowy owl - 2nd - 25/May/08 with Mark Anstiss

What a climb the top bit is mad
Andy DB - Lead O/S - 18/May/08 with James B

jazzyjackson - Lead - 18/May/08 with Ally

Hidden - 18/May/08

Comedy climbing.
KeithW - 2nd dog - 04/May/08 with Si Lambert

barney800 - 2nd - May/08 with Andy Bottrill

snowy owl - Lead - 26/Apr/08 with Michael Orr

mhowie - 2nd O/S - 20/Apr/08 with Jamie

martibun - 18/Mar/08

oliwarlow - Lead - 18/Mar/08 with Martin

Christopher Williamson - Lead O/S - Mar/08 with Matt Sleightholme

Hidden - 2008

odox - 2008

beegsyboy - Lead O/S - 05/Jul/07 with Mark

markhowley - 2nd - 05/Jul/07 with Tim

Christopher Williamson - Lead O/S - Jul/07 with nathan gibson

Hidden - 2nd - 07/Jun/07

ligaya - Lead - Jun/07 with Al

Hell of a climb.
Sam Judson - 2nd O/S - 05/May/07 with Phil Steadman

duzinga - 2nd O/S - May/07 with Martina

GPN - Lead - Nov/06 with Paul James

barney_edin - Lead - 02/Jul/06

Matt crawford - Lead O/S - Jul/06

Hidden - Jun/06

Colin Matheson - 2nd - 13/May/06 with Kin NMC

abbeywall - Lead - 25/Sep/05

curlymynci - 2nd - Jun/05 with Maz

Hidden - Lead - 03/Feb/05

smollett - Lead - Feb/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - May/03

Stuart Macfarlane - Lead - 20/Apr/03 with Dave M

Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Mar/03

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Oct/00

gypsy3006 - Lead - 2000

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Feb/93

kato'sdad - Lead - 1992 with Bear Sports

malc - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/91

Roget - 2nd O/S - Aug/89 with chris jones, jim

Hidden - Solo - 15/May/88

One of my favourites
auldscotal - Lead O/S - 1982 with ?

Chris Craggs - 1980

robinsi197 - 1980

Hidden - Lead - 1979

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
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Voting
Total votes cast 111
hard HVS0 of 38
HVS0 of 38
easy HVS3 of 38
hard VS21 of 38
VS13 of 38
easy VS1 of 38
hard HS0 of 38
HS0 of 38
easy HS0 of 38
hard 5b0 of 37
5b0 of 37
easy 5b0 of 37
hard 5a2 of 37
5a23 of 37
easy 5a10 of 37
hard 4c2 of 37
4c0 of 37
easy 4c0 of 37
3 Stars35 of 36
2 Stars1 of 36
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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 133 (2.3%)
Lead72 of 133 (54.1%)
Followed43 of 133 (32.3%)
Toproped4 of 133 (3.0%)
Alt Leads1 of 133 (0.8%)
Unknown10 of 133 (7.5%)

'Climbed'66 of 133 (49.6%)
clean O/S59 of 133 (44.4%)
clean β3 of 133 (2.3%)
clean rpt3 of 133 (2.3%)
dogged1 of 133 (0.8%)
dnf1 of 133 (0.8%)