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P.Ross P.Greenwood (alt leads) 30/Jul/1955

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 91 logbooks, and on 6 wishlists.

p2
papashango - AltLd - 22/Sep/12 with Martin

55pete55 - 2nd - 20/Jun/12

Steve Lenartowicz - AltLd - 20/Jun/12 with Steve G

Hidden - Jun/12

S lead P1, I started pitch 2 of mortician, before branching back onto the right route at the layback. Thought I was running out of rope, so belayed at old peg rather than tree (wasn't sure about line). S lead intermediate pitch to just above tree, then I finished correctly (by some kind of miracle picked up the right line).
Oliver Houston - AltLd O/S - 27/May/12 with Sarah

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

Hidden - AltLd - 26/May/12

Rob Armitstead - 2nd - May/12

I led pitch 2. Colin took 1 & 3. Sat in the wind on my belay, I ended up numb and nearly had hot aches seconding the final pitch. Should have put me hat and coat on. Doh.
Phil West - AltLd O/S - 05/Apr/12 with victim of mathematics

Led P1 & 3. Good, but sustained and high in the grade.
victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 05/Apr/12 with Phil

martrin - 2nd - 28/Mar/12 with Colin Smith

Evening climbing in T shirts in March! Good route with scanty pro at times on the second pitch but good where it matters.
colin smith - AltLd - 28/Mar/12 with Sarah Kekus, Martin Young

Hidden - 2012

Callum Anderson - 2012

dsgibson - 2012

sarahsuth - AltLd O/S - 2012

cballard - Lead O/S - 2012

Abbed off after pitch one due to wet crag and more rain starting
kato'sdad - Lead - 25/Sep/11 with Jon Lewis

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Sep/11

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 27/Jul/11 with Bern Hardman

Led P2. Excellent route.
Different Steve - AltLd O/S - 24/Jul/11 with Guy Reid

slight deviation onto Mortician on P2
John Dale - AltLd - 29/Apr/11 with Mike Davies

I lead easy pitch 1, but Steve & John couldn't do pitch 2 & the 'awkward layback swing'.
Klingon - AltLd dnf - 16/Apr/11 with John, Steve Kirkup

joscott - 2nd - 15/Apr/11 with Chris Smith

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Mar/11

GPN - Lead - 26/Mar/11 with Annette

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Mar/11

Hidden - 2011

Lead P2 & 3 with a belay in the middle of P2 of The Mortician due to guidebook-related route-finding confusion - which is clearly not uncommon. Found it a bit bold in places, or maybe I was just having a bad day!
Peter Metcalfe - AltLd - 22/Aug/10 with Cath Sullivan

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Jul/10

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

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Jun/10

Hidden - 2nd - 23/May/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/10

greatowl - Lead - 23/Apr/10 with Tracey

lead pitch 2
Olli-C - Lead - 17/Apr/10 with dad

really like this route, its got abit of everything. my 3rd time today!
tomhull - Lead rpt - 17/Apr/10 with dan barnfield

I led pitches 1 and 3
Roberttaylor - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/10 with Stephen Barnes

barney_edin - AltLd - 11/Apr/10 with Robert

martrin - Lead - 10/Apr/10 with 2 fish bob

Led P2, thought had gone off, route suprised to see hadnt, route cant have had much traffic.
johniebriggs - AltLd - Apr/10 with Kat M

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Mar/10

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

Duncan D - 2010

cosmicray - 2010

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/09

got lost on second pitch!!
Patrick803 - 2nd - 14/May/09 with Ian Johnston

LardClimber - Lead - 19/Mar/09 with g.r.thornton

TonyP - AltLd - 16/Mar/09 with mick lloyd

greenroom - 2009

beaumap - 2nd - 2009 with Peter Camp

Seymore Butt - 2009

Lead P1. Got completely lost on P2.
duzinga - AltLd O/S - 25/May/08 with Chuck and Tom

Tom Bristow - 2nd rpt - 25/May/08 with Chuck, duzinga

Adam1973 - AltLd O/S - 17/May/08 with Chris Gooder

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Jamie Simpson - 2008

Started up the wrong grove on pich 2 but soon sorted that.
decs - Lead O/S - 06/Oct/07 with Rozzy

nakedave - AltLd - Sep/07

colin milton - AltLd - 25/Aug/07 with ian dunbar

tomhull - AltLd - 2007 with dave thornley

John Kettle - AltLd O/S - 16/Oct/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Aug/06

Alaric - Lead O/S - 11/Aug/06 with Syd F

platt2000 - Lead - 2006

Hidden - Lead - Aug/05

Ian Hinkins - AltLd - 06/Jul/05

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Apr/05

Hidden - Lead - 12/Oct/04

John Pickles - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/04 with Zac Poulton

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Jul/04

BlueJohn - AltLd - 2004 with John Hempston

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Apr/03

Pete Graham - 2nd - 2003 with Rick Graham

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Jun/02

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Jun/02

csw - 2002

gypsy3006 - Lead - 2000

MaNimal - AltLd - 01/Apr/95 with Rob Whiteman / Steve Pollington

Hammy - Lead - 07/Jun/92 with Fai Kwong, Mandy Kwong

Very cold day.
Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 14/Mar/90 with Frank Wilkinson

biggianthead - 20/Jun/87 with HT

Hidden - 1981

biggianthead - 1981 with F, M

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - AltLd - 1973 with Will Walker

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Mercedes, Hidden, Warren Earle, cragmole, Hidden, gilldando

Voting
Total votes cast 36
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easy HVS0 of 12
hard VS6 of 12
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hard 5a0 of 12
5a0 of 12
easy 5a0 of 12
hard 4c3 of 12
4c8 of 12
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Style of ascent

Lead18 of 91 (19.8%)
Followed13 of 91 (14.3%)
Alt Leads41 of 91 (45.1%)
Unknown19 of 91 (20.9%)

'Climbed'67 of 91 (73.6%)
clean O/S21 of 91 (23.1%)
clean rpt2 of 91 (2.2%)
dnf1 of 91 (1.1%)