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Rib and Slab Climb*** HS 4b

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[Sally Baxendale and Richard Tolley on Rib and Slab Climb (HS), Pillar Rock, 3 kb]No description has been contributed for this climb.

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Photo: Sally Baxendale and Richard Tolley on Rib and Slab Climb (HS), Pillar Rock © Stephen Reid
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 75 logbooks, and on 58 wishlists.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/13

Slick - AltLd - 08/Jun/13 with Kevin Vans-Colina, Isabel Evans

beds74 - Lead - 26/May/13 with Rebecca Edwards

Martin Bennett - 2013

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Sep/12

Julian Prieto - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Brian White, Hector Prieto

hector - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Julian Prieto

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

Nice climbing wwith some bold, tough moves on P1. Lacked an independence of line to be a truec classic but the top pitches were a delight.
Pete Nugent - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with Steve Crossley

A tough crux in the wet followed by some awesome exposure if you wimp out and place gear in New West's groove
Theeni - AltLd - 07/Apr/12 with Matt Kemp

Al Evans - Lead - 2012

gingermike1 - AltLd - 2012

Narked4fun - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/11

Decided to tackle the crux of pitch 2 without the crucial foot hold just to make things interesting.
moose ridd - AltLd - 04/Sep/11 with M.Sadler

tomo100 - AltLd O/S - 25/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/11

In three pitches. Led middle pitch.
Will Hunt - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/11 with Dan Matthewman

Dunx - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Matt Schwarz

Matt Schwarz - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Duncan Curry

lead pitch 4
R_W_M - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/11 with Ross

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Apr/11

Fell off crux.
stafford101 - AltLd dog - 29/Apr/11

mountain biked in from ennerdale - highly recommended!
LardClimber - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/11 with Al Pease

I led pitches 2 and 4. Freezing cold to start but the sun came out briefly on the second half. Took me several attempts to do the start of pitch 2 :-)
Toreador - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/11 with Rob

bloody freezing to start (5 layers!), but the sun came out on the slab pitch which was simply marvellous.
lithos - 26/Mar/11

brianrunner - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Bob - 2011

rurp - Lead - 2011

Andrew Wilson - AltLd O/S - 19/Aug/10 with Mark Fyles

zach.stone - AltLd O/S - 30/Jun/10 with Peter Hill

Got lost somewhere in the vicinity of P2/P3 and climbed a steep rib way right.
theotherpetehill - AltLd O/S - 30/Jun/10

Hidden - Solo - 25/Jun/10

sass - 2010

Same day as New West - epic, with hike over from Buttermere. Drying after heavy rain, fairly bold in parts and that crux V-groove much harder than it looked. Final English Classic Rock tick = celebratory pie.
jimorothy - AltLd - 25/Aug/09 with Rachel Crolla

Brian P1 and 3, RD P2 and 4. Brian had bolder pitch 1, RD crux on P2.Descent via E side Notch
rd20 - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/09 with Brian

nakedave - AltLd - 13/Jun/09 with Tom Hull

tomhull - AltLd - 13/Jun/09 with dave thornley

Great climb, esp when you find where it goes!
JohnHutch - AltLd - 03/Jun/09 with MG

JL's notes - A real mission to get to and descend from, not aided at all by the ultra wordy and non-ergonomic 91 Gable & Pillar guide. Also bold, damp, dirty and loose 1st half.
sjblake - 2nd - 11/Apr/09 with Jon Leighton

Hidden - Apr/09

First ever climb
john tuck - 2nd - 14/Sep/08 with Dave Evans Phil Bains

Mountain Llama - 2nd - 23/Aug/08 with Andy P

decs - AltLd - 13/May/08 with Ian

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - Solo O/S - 06/Oct/07

lazybones - AltLd O/S - 05/May/07 with Steve Wright

Hidden - Lead - 15/Jul/06

stewart murray - 2006

Hidden - 2005

Hidden - May/01

Steve Lenartowicz - 2000 with Danny G, Steve G

runestone - 2000

kevp - Lead O/S - Aug/95 with Mike Vogler

agagsgrot - 2nd O/S - Jul/95 with Pete

Tenko - Jun/95 with Kev Wilson

Hidden - 1995

Hidden - Lead - 1992

Rog Wilko - AltLd - 16/Jun/90 with Debbie Wilkinson

Hammy - AltLd - 17/May/90 with Pete Smith

stewart murray - AltLd - 1990 with Alastair Fletcher

Andy Say - Solo - 22/Aug/88

MoWalker3 - AltLd - 01/Jul/87

hazeysunshine - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/87 with Phil, Jane

biggianthead - 07/May/84 with G

biggianthead - 1981 with M

Tom V - 1980

Hidden - Aug/78

RichardMc - AltLd - 27/May/76 with Dave Langmead

Chris Craggs - Solo - 1975

munro109 - AltLd - 25/May/74 with Fran Bashford

rogerskews - AltLd - 1970 with Alan Fowler

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Voting
Total votes cast 43
hard VS0 of 15
VS0 of 15
easy VS0 of 15
hard HS6 of 15
HS6 of 15
easy HS2 of 15
hard S1 of 15
S0 of 15
easy S0 of 15
hard 4c0 of 14
4c0 of 14
easy 4c4 of 14
hard 4b0 of 14
4b9 of 14
easy 4b0 of 14
hard 4a1 of 14
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3 Stars10 of 14
2 Stars4 of 14
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Style of ascent

Soloed4 of 75 (5.3%)
Lead8 of 75 (10.7%)
Followed5 of 75 (6.7%)
Alt Leads36 of 75 (48.0%)
Unknown22 of 75 (29.3%)

'Climbed'50 of 75 (66.7%)
clean O/S24 of 75 (32.0%)
dogged1 of 75 (1.3%)