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Cumbria > Scafell Crag >

Central Buttress

E1 5b

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122m, 6 pitches. No description has been contributed for this climb.
S.W.Herford, G.S.Sansom et al Apr/1914

Ticklists: Hard Rock, Classic Rock Climbs of Great Britain by Bill Birkett, MIA logbook must haves!.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS

This climb is in 150 logbooks, and on 65 wishlists.

Martin Bennett - Apr/13

chrisallan - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/12

Luuuuuke - Lead O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Max C

What an amazing adventure. A proper Lakes classic multi-pitch. I lead the first pitch which was at VS standard ealry on. Luke then lead the rest. The 5b pitch was very exposed, with only crimps to hold and nothing for the feet. To top it all off there was little protection apart from a sling round the corner and a poorly placed cam! The last picth up the massive flakes was superb. An awesome adventure!
Legs - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Luke Warran

Pitches 2 + 4, great effort from Olly taking the crux pitches!
mfisher - AltLd O/S - 28/May/12 with Olly Roberts

Pitches 1,3,5,6. Awesome route!
ollyroberts - AltLd O/S - 28/May/12 with Matty

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

Johann - AltLd O/S - 22/May/12 with Alex Wheeldon

Hidden - Lead - 21/May/12

Rope solo
james.peter - Solo O/S - 25/Mar/12

Hidden - 2012

Stewart Armstrong - 2012

JonG - 2012

matt perks - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Hidden - 2012

I did pitch 1,3,5 and JWB did pitches 2,4,6 and 7, you may wonder what pitch 7?this is due to him over shooting the belay point by 12meters.sack that man.haha
jon_gill1 - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with john beardmore

Tremendous. Wandering but worthwhile. Though-provoking but never desperate.
cooperman - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Graham Iles

Some great pitches, some not so good. Going onto and up the Great flake was fantastic. Took us 7 hours ............. must climb quicker!
JWB - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Jon Gill

Graham Iles - AltLd - 30/Jul/11 with Neil Cooper

Should have clipped the tat on the chockstone straight away before venturing onto the face but by then courage had gone!!! Abseil retreat from the oval off a small chockstone also fun! Need to come back in the evening when the sun gets on the face and with a grade or two in hand.
DaveAtkinson - Lead dnf - 13/Jul/11 with Craig Naylor, M.Lawton

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 13/Jul/11

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Jul/11

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

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/11

tom144807 - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/11 with Richard Taylor

Nice. Almost climbed full Great Flake, then reversed!! Think it would be fine though. Tim took descent fall
Exodus - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/11 with Tim

Lead P3 and P6
andysroom - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11

led first 2 pitches, enjoyed (retrospectively) seconding the crux pitch, didn't enjoy seconding the sketchy offbalance traverse of teh fourth pitch and chickend out of what was afterall an easy final pitch. Great climb, character all the way and superb position. Bloody cold though.
Steven Andrews - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11 with Andy Parsons, Kane

Hidden - 2011

adie84 - 2011

Glenn Sutcliffe - 2011

rurp - Lead O/S - 2011

Hidden - 2nd - 2011

Johnny Baker - 2011 with Dave Webster

Hidden - 2011

Dave Rumney - 04/Sep/10

Dave Rumney - AltLd - Sep/10 with Tanya Milner

tim newton - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/10 with ben hiles

darlolad - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Jul/10

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 20/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Jun/10

With the 'Byron Buck Alternative' piano playing traverse across the flake. Numb Fingers. Good climb
Guy Wilson - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Byron Buck

Led P3 and P5. Great flake pitch was great, although accidentally did a different line when out on the face as I didn't know I was meant to go straight up. Still felt about right at the grade though.
Byronius Maximus - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Guy Wilson

A great route. Lower pitches were wet, but great climbing higher up. Took a while to find the right line onto the flake, but once on it the crimpy face climbing was brilliant.
jonny taylor - AltLd O/S - 31/May/10 with Andy B

Led the even pitches, second and last were a bit wet. Second pitch was a bit of a wader along grass ledges getting lost, but what a fantastic route. Only problem is that all the walkers don't stop and watch!
ablackett - AltLd - 31/May/10 with Jonny Taylor

twoplates - 23/May/10 with Neil MacKay

cat22 - 2nd O/S - 22/May/10 with Mike

melonmike - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Nick

lukehunt - 24/Apr/10 with francocookson

managed to do it in one and a bit pitches. Best way to do it I reckon.
Franco Cookson - AltLd O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Luke Hunt

nic42 - AltLd - 24/Apr/10 with mike

Hidden - 2010

NickJH - 2010

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Aug/09

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/09

pitch 1,2,4,5
The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 31/May/09 with Lee Bonner, Tom Williams

Best done in 3 pitches - run the first two together, do the excellent crux pitch then continue up pitch 3 of Nazgul and finally do the top pitch of Nazgul to finish...definitely worth 3 stars this way...
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 30/May/09 with Rik

Hidden - Lead - 30/May/09

A classic expedition, zig-zagging its way up the face. Good exposure on fingery crux pitch. Enjoyed climbing it so much couldn't stop and overshot belay. Realised something had gone amiss when I found myself looking down on Botterill's Slab! Led Ps 1,3,5.
Andy Clarke - AltLd O/S - 30/May/09 with Rob

exposer is great i got the crux pitch
Dale - AltLd O/S - May/09 with dave

Climbed at half 8 at night, with 4 climbers. We reached the top as it went dark. One of the most enjoyable climbs i have done!
shaw016 - 2nd O/S - May/09 with Craig Spence

Climbed four people on two ropes Ed and Jo, Me and Charlie.
Spence22 - May/09 with Charlie

Lead Pitch's 2,4 & 5
buddha1369 - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/09 with Simon B (OB)

Lawrence Eccles - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/09 with P. Jackson, A. Crook

Seymore Butt - 2009

prcleary - 2009

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Sep/08

Christian Beck - Lead O/S - Aug/08

Led P2,4+5. First E1! Tom lead the front of the flake, very glad he did it! P2 was WET, but overall a brilliant day with class weather.
Martin Davies - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/08 with Tom Hull

lead the 1st, 3rd and 6th pitchs
tomhull - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/08 with martin davies

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Jun/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 31/May/08

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 30/Sep/07 with Jim Keeley

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

Rich Mayfield - AltLd - 30/Jul/07 with Mark Stevenson

Did Marr's variation. Supposed to be HVS 5a, but felt like 5b and poorly protected.
Rog Wilko - AltLd - May/07 with Matt Gordon

C coldwell-storry - AltLd O/S - 2007 with Adam Gill

Lead first two pitches, Paul led the crux but then the rain came leading to a drawn out retreat.
Zoomer - AltLd dnf - 26/Aug/06 with Paul Chiddle

flake variation is much beter than original route was
Tom Phillips - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/06 with Jarek

Superb route. Well worth three stars
fizzy_elephant - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/06 with stu

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/06

Heisenberg - AltLd - 01/Jul/06 with martin dale

Led pitches 1, 3, 5. Went a bit off-route on the front of the flake on p3 but held it together. Possibly my favourite ever route - how how how does it only get 2 stars??
Si dH - AltLd O/S - 15/Jun/06 with Kane Chandler

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Jun/06

sgl - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/06 with Konnie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/06

ewen - AltLd O/S - Apr/06 with ian hinkins

jim robertson - 2006

Bern - 2006

John Kettle - AltLd - 2006

Pete Graham - AltLd - 2006 with Rick Graham

Stone Muppet - 2006

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/05

simon kimber - AltLd O/S - Aug/05 with Chris Stirling

Did the E1 version - kept thinking I must have done the hard move, but they kept coming!
JohnHutch - Lead O/S - Jul/05 with SC