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Storm*** HVS 5a

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[Storm, 3 kb]85m, 3 pitches. No description has been contributed for this climb.

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This climb is in 238 logbooks, and on 20 wishlists.

Hidden - 2nd dog - 20/May/13

First two pitches
Apharri - AltLd O/S - 16/May/13 with Dave Wharton

With eve
Tim Hamlet - AltLd - 30/Apr/13

Hidden - 27/Apr/13

Adam Lincoln - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/13 with Meg

Matthew Robinson - AltLd - 05/Apr/13 with John

P3
Ollie B - AltLd O/S - 03/Apr/13 with T.Ripley

Got to the pine and abbed off as it was getting dark.
mzchambers - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/13 with James

captain - 2013

Hidden - 2013

a graceful ascent.
allyrocke - Lead dog - 23/Sep/12 with Victor Ivanov

olekemi - AltLd - 12/Aug/12 with James C

did the nice clean ramp for pitch 1, jr led 2&3. awesome belay off the tree, glad i wasn't leading 3.
nowler - 11/Aug/12 with j.richards

al99 - Lead - 16/Jul/12 with Mike Kearney

ukinio - Lead rpt - 13/Jul/12

Good route, not really sure if its worth four stars though as the first pitch is scrappy and veg.
Pete Rigby - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Kelli Roberts

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12

kelliroberts3 - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Peter Rigby

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Jun/12

This has to be in my top 5 all time climbs. Enough said. And freed by a Yorkshire man...makes me smile ;-)
beds74 - Lead - 27/May/12 with Craig Hartley

led 2 and 3, rested on gear at crux
abbeywall - AltLd dog - 26/May/12 with K

Fab route! I did P1 and P3. The crux was soaking wet but I wanted to do it so bad I got on it anyway! Maybe more like 5b in the wet as had to find alternative handholds to the main (wet) crack.
iceicebaby - AltLd O/S - 19/May/12 with Sam Wood

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12

jonnie3430 - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12 with Carol

led first pitch
trampingcarol - AltLd O/S - 05/May/12 with Jonnie Williams

Moved left for last pitch due to dampness and hangover
arose - Lead - 05/May/12 with Adrian Dunlop

Did the top pitch twin cracks on Centrefold...quite exciting, take big gear!
simon_D - AltLd O/S - 02/May/12 with Dunners

Steady at the grade until the final pitch, then we went some thrutchy variation.Good though.
SeanB - AltLd O/S - 02/May/12 with Simon Davidson, James Dunn

Great route. Pitch 1: 1 star. Pitch 2: 2 stars. Pitch 3: 3 stars. Worth doing just for pitch 3, which is fantastic - great line!
Chris Sansum - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/12 with Colin Gunning

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

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Apr/12

Great route. Wanted to do this for years. Had to haul Marshy over the bulge on the last pitch.
HIGHTOWER - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Marshy

Liam Ingram - AltLd rpt - 24/Mar/12 with Rob Askew

The Big Sender - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with fiona mellor, Fergus Cuthill

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12

Hidden - 2012

m dunn - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Venla led pitch one, Emily led pitch two and i led pitch three. (gets 4 stars in SMC guidebook and definitely deserves it)
LibS - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/11 with Emily Roo, Venla Kantola

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

Led second pitch. Awesome route, full of character :)
sophiecb - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/11 with Scooter

Brilliant climb. Fell off the crux a few times though.
marie_p - 2nd - 09/Aug/11 with Tom

finally.... pleasant route, 2nd pitch and subsequent belay very nice. why would you climb the vegetated 1st bit rather than the nice clean ramp?!
tomdude - Lead - 09/Aug/11 with marie

Quality route apart from 1st pitch which is a bit veg. - may be better to start on Heatwave. This appears to be the natural line. Lead 2nd pitch - fantastic! Mark did 1st and true 3rd.
DavPk - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Mark MacLeod

smcw - AltLd - 24/Jul/11

waydan - 2nd - 02/Jul/11 with Bill, El Swiftos

Hidden - 04/Jun/11

Sally Hudson - 2nd - 14/May/11 with Mike Scott

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/May/11

lead pitch 2. nice route. finished after the tree by traversing up and right (worm wriggled) and finished up the slabs.
sneaks - AltLd O/S - 03/May/11 with janey

2nd pitch
Mike_Watson_99 - AltLd O/S - 01/May/11 with Fiona

Brilliant climb, led odd pitches. Pitch 1 is a bit of let down but 2 and 3 are just awesome.
Fiona Reid - AltLd - 01/May/11 with Mike

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

Brilliant!!
Liam Ingram - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11 with Jade Littlewood

Hidden - Lead - 28/Apr/11

gforce - Lead rpt - 26/Apr/11 with Emma

burto - AltLd rpt - 24/Apr/11 with hertha

lead 1st pitch, the easy one
Hertha - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/11 with Burto

true finish E15b 3rd pitch
Gemma *G* - AltLd - 22/Apr/11

edmund94 - AltLd O/S - 21/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead dnf - 16/Apr/11

Andy Moles - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Ferdia

led pitches 1 and 3
mctinkno - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Andy

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/11

I led pitches one and three.
Roberttaylor - AltLd O/S - 28/Mar/11 with Andreas W

Tom Davy - AltLd O/S - 28/Mar/11

barney_edin - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Alex Auty - AltLd O/S - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/10

AndyL - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/10 with Jamie Foxen

every pitch was unique, deff a 4 stars in the sun
jamiefoxen - AltLd O/S - 26/Sep/10 with Andy Latham

first two pitches only
JamieSparkes - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/10 with Claire

llamaglama - 2nd - 26/Sep/10 with Jam

marcushorgan - AltLd O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Clare Muir

led second pitch
abbeywall - AltLd - 05/Sep/10 with FM

I led Pitches 1 and 3
John Tanner - AltLd O/S - 19/Aug/10 with Jonny Pearson

Danny Crump - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Sarah Pentelow

LiL Saz - 2nd - 15/Aug/10 with Danny Crump

Led 1st pitch of Heatwave, then second pitch of Storm. Great exposed climbing. Graeme led the hard bit after that.
karinh - AltLd - 08/Aug/10 with Graeme

GraemeDiack - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Karin Helwig

led 2 and 3.
KeithAlexander - AltLd β - 08/Aug/10 with Martin Dempster

mikemartin - AltLd - 07/Aug/10

Led 2nd pitch
Captain Solo - AltLd - 07/Aug/10 with Mike

Hidden - Lead - 06/Aug/10

Craig Geddes - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/10 with Brett

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Jul/10

damp.
benkelsey - AltLd O/S - 18/Jul/10 with Remus Knowles

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Jul/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/10

lead pitch 1 & 3 - lovely climbing steadily increasing in difficulty to the steep and sustained top crack of pitch 3, a proper HVS and truely amazing climb!
Woodiee - AltLd O/S - 25/Jun/10 with sam webb

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

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 20/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Jun/10

pitch 1
amy - 05/Jun/10 with will_he_fall

tmawer - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10 with kevin

JasonK - AltLd - 22/May/10

led middle pitch
Stuzz - AltLd O/S - 18/May/10 with Alan Halewood

The wide crack of p.2 is fun, airy and well protected climbing. P.3 also good. Marred by the experience of having someone cross my line doing The Old Wall.
bnewman - AltLd O/S - 09/May/10 with danimal88

Hidden - AltLd - 05/May/10

Lead second pitch
isi_o - AltLd - 03/May/10 with Gillian Culshaw

GPN - Lead O/S - 02/May/10 with Annette

Hidden - AltLd - 02/May/10

Hidden - 2nd - 01/May/10

Hugo First - AltLd - May/10

Had to Bail out of last pitch due to seepage in the crack.
Steve Perry - AltLd - May/10 with Lorraine McCall

Lead the crux!
smcw - Lead - May/10

Lawrie Brand - AltLd rpt - 10/Apr/10 with Pete Nellist

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Apr/10

Just the first two pitches.
mikemartin - AltLd dnf - 10/Feb/10

jack_eadie - AltLd - 10/Feb/10

tomkilby89 - 2010

colinthrelfall - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - Lead - 2010

creag - 2010

Hidden - AltLd - 04/Oct/09

Euan Strachan - AltLd O/S - 04/Oct/09 with Brian F, Callum T

Callum T - AltLd O/S - 04/Oct/09 with Brian Fencil, Euan Strachan

Amazing climb! Crack pitch was brill even if a bit wet! Fell from the bulge and hurt my shoulder. Ab'd off the big tree! Will definately go back!
Major_Steve - AltLd dnf - 04/Oct/09 with Hannah Gibbs

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/Sep/09

s kennedy - AltLd O/S - 19/Sep/09 with neil mogrove, mark mosgrove

Hidden - 2nd - 19/Sep/09

Neilm18 - AltLd O/S - 19/Sep/09 with Mark Mosgrove

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 13/Sep/09

Well worth its stars. Second pitch is superb.
gjd - AltLd O/S - 13/Sep/09 with Mapleleaf

AlexD - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09 with joeurwin

led 2nd pitch. Fairly run out at times. Lovely climb.
joeurwin - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09 with alex

cat22 - AltLd O/S - 11/Sep/09 with Mike

jfmchivall - AltLd O/S - Sep/09 with Simon Gill

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Jun/09

Led P1 & 3. Crux was slightly wet, but it didn't detract from the climbing. An awesome route. Pitch 2 is pretty stiff for 4c.
victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/09 with crossdressingrodney

crossdressingrodney - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/09 with victim of mathematics

Led 1st and 3rd pitch. 2nd pitch is brilliant. Took an expected fall just below the crux move on pitch 3 after trying to back off it. Managed it ok on second attempt. Number 6 nut left behind jammed in crack.
climberuk - AltLd dog - 13/Jun/09 with Niall

Led pitch 2, great climb. Steven fell on the crux. Nob.
niallk - AltLd dog - 13/Jun/09 with Steven Harris

Pitch 1 and 3. Great route. Fantastic line.
The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 08/Jun/09 with Tom Williams

tim newton - AltLd dog - 03/Jun/09 with david wands

david0811 - AltLd O/S - 29/May/09 with Chris Hill

Chris L Hill - AltLd O/S - 29/May/09 with David Marshall

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/May/09

Damp top pitch, but an excellent route!
Ken Applegate - AltLd - 22/May/09 with Hannah Evans

GScot38 - Lead O/S - 20/May/09

French Erick - AltLd O/S - 17/May/09 with Alex Heude

Took the middle pitch. Sustained and run out, but truly awesome. Everytime I crap myself on a route I'll just remind myself that if I got through this, I'll get through anything.
Smeggles - AltLd O/S - 11/May/09 with Albatross Stu

intimidating route, with pretty entertaining belay stances
stuartmunn - AltLd O/S - 11/May/09 with Meg

Pitch 2 + 4, This has to be one of the best climbs I have ever done in my life! Totally absorbing climbing loved every second!
SamStokes - AltLd - 17/Apr/09 with Sam Clarke

Clarky10 - AltLd O/S - 17/Apr/09 with Sam Stokes

Hidden - AltLd dog - 16/Apr/09

stuaart - 2nd O/S - 14/Apr/09 with Neil Redgrave

Hidden - 2009

freudy_love - Lead O/S - 2009

Johann - AltLd O/S - 2009 with Martyn Stott

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Oct/08

Hidden - Oct/08

ben 1st + 3rd
fatboy_dean - AltLd - Sep/08 with Ben Ankers

Very nice, pitch 2 is an amazing rock feature, found the third pitch a bit hard and scary for HVS.
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/08 with robbie

R0bbie - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/08 with andymoin

Led P1, by time Derek led the slanting crack line on P2 it was raining hard. difficult pitch in the wet. Abbed from the tree
Chris wilson - AltLd dnf - 11/Jul/08 with Derek

Unique and superb. I have to marvel at the first ascentionists; the gear would have been awful then.
Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 21/Jun/08 with Christian Svenson (Swe)

sonaf - 2nd - 25/May/08 with Malc

Good benchmark HVS. Did E15b finish, but felt like HVS
Swotson - Lead O/S - 25/May/08 with Ian Athroll

Ed Babs - AltLd O/S - 12/May/08 with Lee Mercer

Found the second pitch a little difficult to protect - Ed finished up the E1 variation (by mistake :-))
clipskipper - AltLd O/S - 12/May/08 with Ed Babington

Hidden - Lead - May/08

burto - AltLd O/S - 19/Apr/08 with malc

Classic
Ally Baba - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/08 with Gav Swinton

Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/08 with Ross B

Ross Barnes - AltLd - 16/Feb/08 with Neil A

andyinglis - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/08 with mal meach

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/08

Hidden - 2008

TrollJester - AltLd O/S - 2008 with VARIOUS Throughout 80's+90's

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Sep/07

Boistelle - Lead rpt - 07/Aug/07 with Guy Stevens

retreated from top of pitch 2 in heavy rain
dougs1232 - AltLd dnf - 04/Aug/07 with Bruce Henry

Quality second pitch - continous intrest!
Lawrie Brand - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/07 with Jamie Wilson

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Jun/07

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Jun/07

Led 3rd pitch. What a route!!! Definetly one of the best I've done.
beegsyboy - AltLd O/S - 05/May/07 with Eccie + Sandy

Sweet! led the first pitch and was left to appeciate the two exceptional upper pitches and and kak masel on the hangin belay at the top of the crack!
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 05/May/07 with Sandy and Tim

JAdams - 2nd - 2007 with Guy stevens, graham boistelle

westaway - Lead O/S - 2007

Did first pitch,second on direct finish, E1 5b.
Zoomer - AltLd - 14/Aug/06 with Paul Chiddle

Lead first and last pitches.
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/06 with James Sutton

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Jun/06

jaybob - Lead - Apr/06

jim robertson - 2006

john irving - 2006

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/05

brianrunner - AltLd - Aug/05 with martina

steev - AltLd O/S - Jul/05 with Jo B

Hidden - AltLd - 16/May/05

dave o - Lead O/S - 15/May/05 with Julia H

Hidden - 2nd - 15/May/05

Boxy - Lead O/S - 02/May/05

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Mar/05

Chad123 - Lead O/S - 2005 with Various

Lead pitch 2 (think we did it in 3 piches), a great pitch sustained 4c and a bit run out in places sometimes relying on gear thats not 100% (hollow flake, shallow cams etc)
CurlyStevo - AltLd - 2005

Hidden - Lead - 2005

Hidden - AltLd - 2005

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2005

Had to rest on top pitch
andyfeds - Lead dog - May/04 with Andy C

seanyt - AltLd - May/04

akhughes - 2004

steveP - Lead O/S - Jul/03 with Paul Rowlands

First ever trad climb and a very good route.
francois - AltLd O/S - Apr/03 with PhilE

A Crook - AltLd O/S - 26/Jul/01 with Sam Dyson

mav - Lead - Jun/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/May/01

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Jul/00

kjbix - AltLd - 30/May/00 with Rob Gray

Hidden - AltLd - May/00

Lead 1st 2 pitches.
Paul-Michael - AltLd O/S - 22/Jun/98 with David Jupp

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1998

Tarquin - 1998

luckyjim - Lead - Aug/97

Hidden - Lead - May/97

greenroom - 1997

colin milton - Lead - 18/Aug/96 with eric milton

cam1401 - AltLd O/S - May/92

Marti999 - Lead - 1992

tlr - AltLd - 20/Aug/91 with Nick

Hidden - 1991

jackse - 1990

Hidden - Lead - 1990

David Smith - 1990

graham lawrie - 1989

Hidden - Lead - 1989

rogerskews - 27/May/87 with Steve Walker

Neil Henderson - Lead O/S - Sep/86 with Martin McLoughlin

mark-abz - AltLd - 16/Jul/84 with Derick ?

mark mcgowan01 - Solo - 1984

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 12/Jun/82 with Steve, Charlie Leverton

Hidden - Lead - 19/May/80

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Voting
Total votes cast 135
hard E10 of 46
E10 of 46
easy E11 of 46
hard HVS8 of 46
HVS34 of 46
easy HVS3 of 46
hard VS0 of 46
VS0 of 46
easy VS0 of 46
hard 5b0 of 45
5b0 of 45
easy 5b5 of 45
hard 5a11 of 45
5a27 of 45
easy 5a2 of 45
hard 4c0 of 45
4c0 of 45
easy 4c0 of 45
3 Stars38 of 44
2 Stars5 of 44
1 Star1 of 44
0 Stars0 of 44
Bag of .....0 of 44
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 238 (0.4%)
Lead46 of 238 (19.3%)
Followed16 of 238 (6.7%)
Alt Leads145 of 238 (60.9%)
Unknown30 of 238 (12.6%)

'Climbed'103 of 238 (43.3%)
clean O/S115 of 238 (48.3%)
clean β1 of 238 (0.4%)
clean rpt6 of 238 (2.5%)
dogged8 of 238 (3.4%)
dnf5 of 238 (2.1%)