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Fresh Air** 6a

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[fresh air, 2 kb]New route taking a direct line between Hot Air Crack and Breaking Wind. Lower off
Colin & Kath Goodey 19/Jul/2007

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This climb is in 320 logbooks, and on 9 wishlists.

freakyboy777 - TR rpt - 19/May/13 with josie, Lorenza

Hidden - Lead rpt - 19/May/13

ksjs - 17/May/13 with Rhys

air - Lead O/S - 06/May/13

Hidden - Lead RP - 04/May/13

Putting the rope up for Vicky :)
SGD - Lead - 04/May/13 with Vicky Holmes

Sustained and absorbing.
AndrewP - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with FelixPeterken

Abi Chard - Lead O/S - 04/May/13

Very good introduction to slate climbing.
FelixPeterken - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with Andrew Peterken

wolf.leeb - Lead O/S - 03/May/13 with Alexis

ducko - Lead O/S - 02/May/13

ksjs - Lead rpt - 01/May/13 with jo

Did it to put the rope up for Vicky, I put our own draws in the lower off to reduce the TR wear. then did it again to thread the lower off and get the gear back. Good route this
SGD - Lead - 27/Apr/13 with Vicky Holmes

psborland - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/13 with Marc

jezb1 - Lead - 13/Mar/13

Hidden - 13/Mar/13

Sol Armer - 2nd O/S - 10/Mar/13

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/13

First slate climb.
Matt Smith - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/13 with Sky Lee Si Kai, Amy Horton, Joe Premier

Blurgy319 - Lead rpt - 03/Mar/13 with Ben Wood

callans - TR O/S - 02/Mar/13 with Katie Preston

katiep - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/13 with Callan

Barrez - Lead O/S - 15/Feb/13 with morgan91

morgan91 - Lead - 15/Feb/13

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/13

griffithpatrick - Lead O/S - Jan/13

Very delicate & balanced route - I enjoyed it.
KDSclimber - 2nd O/S - 30/Dec/12 with Janine

EcoClimber - 2nd O/S - 30/Dec/12 with Janine

Hidden - Lead dog - 16/Nov/12

Did this as the sun was going down so after second bolt it was entirely by headtorch. Very, VERY well protected by the standards of the quarries. Sustained, but excellent and superb fun climbing.
neuromancer - Lead O/S - 28/Oct/12

RichyBOYY - Lead - 27/Oct/12 with Andy Pearson

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Oct/12

Nik Jennings - 23/Oct/12 with Rachel

Enjoyed this one - absorbing climbing and well-bolted.
Pete_Frost - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12 with Dave Pearce

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12

thecurlyone - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12 with Cordelia Molloy

Needed to kick myself up it a bit because my badly worn shoes were shaking my confidence. But completed without much ado.
useful - Lead O/S - 14/Oct/12 with Phil, Liz

sheelba - TR - 14/Oct/12

Gambit - 2nd rpt - 07/Oct/12 with Barney

Hidden - Lead rpt - 06/Oct/12

Hidden - TR - 05/Oct/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/12

Celt Ll-J - Lead rpt - 15/Sep/12

groliver26 - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/12 with Jon Ridley

augustus trout - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/12 with Al Metelko

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12

tomdavenport - TR dog - 26/Aug/12 with Michael Gallimore

Gareth T - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with James Mcmunn

Hidden - TR - 12/Aug/12

really hard
Vicky L - 2nd O/S - 12/Aug/12 with stuartcoupe

Marq - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/12 with Welshneil, James Rowe

Hidden - Lead β - 11/Aug/12

jon_ridley - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/12 with Emily Cropton

Emily Cropton - 2nd - 09/Aug/12 with Jon Ridley

mustdobetter - 2nd - 07/Aug/12

Glyn - Lead O/S - 03/Aug/12 with Spike

Hidden - Lead - Aug/12

Yong_Welsh - Lead O/S - Aug/12 with Tom

erica - TR O/S - 26/Jul/12 with John

John Brayshaw - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/12 with Erica

emlynroberts - Lead - 22/Jul/12 with Paul Emmett

tomelmore - Lead - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/12

dicky79 - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/12 with Mark Nicholson

Anoetic - Lead β - 30/Jun/12

Hidden - TR β - 29/Jun/12

roberts1234567890 - Lead - 27/Jun/12

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

Nice. Consistently searching for hand and footholds. They're always there after a good look around.
MichaelGallimore - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/12 with Andrew Erskine

Double Knee Bar - Lead O/S - 17/Jun/12

michael burrows - Lead rpt - 04/Jun/12 with mike doyle

Hidden - Lead - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Jun/12

Hidden - Lead - 01/Jun/12

iwanap - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/12 with Gerwyn

metal arms - Lead O/S - 26/May/12

Hidden - Lead rpt - 24/May/12

ksjs - Lead rpt - 23/May/12 with goosebump

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/May/12

gjd - Lead O/S - 20/May/12 with Ronnie

Excellent.
jamiev - Lead β - 12/May/12 with Chris the Tall

The Bad Cough - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with Philip Ralfs, John Sealey

Chris the Tall - Lead O/S - 12/May/12 with Jamie V

Hidden - 06/May/12

moelfras - Lead - 06/May/12

StevieG_7 - Lead O/S - 06/May/12 with Carolyn Mills

Sarah Brookes - 2nd O/S - 05/May/12 with terry

Brilliant, 2* minimum.
Milne - Lead O/S - 05/May/12 with sarah.

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/May/12

angleseykayaker - Lead - 30/Apr/12 with Dave Brown

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/12

shoulders - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/12 with dai

The Ivanator - Lead rpt - 02/Apr/12 with Kate Edhouse

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Apr/12

Very nice
slacky - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Ben

Superb climb, up there as my fab climb of the weekend. IMO deserves at least another star. It was unrelenting and made you feel like you were climbing a much higher grade.
dawesbub - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/12 with rob pugh

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

Pughymonster - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Dawes

mheyes101 - 2nd - 24/Mar/12 with tedalaki

ITD - Lead rpt - 18/Mar/12 with Ailsa

Fatclimber - Lead dog - 18/Mar/12 with Jason Garnham

Mattlamb90 - Lead O/S - 17/Mar/12 with Luke

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Mar/12

Surprisingly good. 6a grade seemed right for me.
jezb1 - Lead - 10/Mar/12

Very nice line, worth 2*.
The Ivanator - Lead O/S - 10/Mar/12 with Jez

dale 42 - Lead rpt - 02/Mar/12 with eugeneth

I like this route.
SGD - Lead - 01/Mar/12 with Vicky Holmes

Hidden - Lead - 26/Feb/12

Katex - Lead β - 26/Feb/12 with Caroline Tombs, Simon Edwards

andyboy123 - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/12

MGrock - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/12

Tom Seccombe - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/12 with tim exley

first lead on sport
dafyddsion - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/12 with Frank

BenRyle - Lead O/S - 14/Feb/12

CharlotteMilner - Lead O/S - 14/Feb/12

Hidden - Lead dnf - 11/Feb/12

Hidden - Lead β - 08/Feb/12

jason reeve - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/12 with iwan

Joe.Elliott1 - Lead O/S - 01/Feb/12

rhys mence - 2nd - 01/Feb/12 with Joe Elliott

roberts1234567890 - Lead O/S - 15/Jan/12 with Simon Van Dam

SimonvanDam - Lead - 15/Jan/12 with Matt Roberts

Hidden - 15/Jan/12

vinspin - Lead rpt - 15/Jan/12 with taff, ritchie

vinspin - Lead rpt - 15/Jan/12 with taff, ritchie

ritchierich - Lead rpt - 15/Jan/12 with Vinny, Alan Evans

John Lewis - Lead dog - 15/Jan/12 with Barra

tompilgrem - Lead O/S - 07/Jan/12 with Matt Harle, Dad

bobpilgrem - TR O/S - 07/Jan/12 with Matt/Tom

tim3334 - 2012

matthias13 - Lead - 22/Nov/11 with Jay Elias

freakyboy777 - Lead O/S - 20/Nov/11 with Si

Hidden - 20/Nov/11

harold walmsley - Lead O/S - 28/Oct/11 with Colin Struthers

Hidden - Lead rpt - 25/Oct/11

bob johnson - AltLd - 16/Oct/11 with Rich Ball

kdalzell - TR - 21/Sep/11 with Fiona Graham

Cardi - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/11 with Laura

First 6a ever, got to second bolt
Elenton - TR dnf - 04/Sep/11

DaveJ 11 - Lead rpt - 04/Sep/11

ASchwirtz - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/11 with Claire Duffield

bpempire - Lead O/S - 24/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/11

Blurgy319 - Lead rpt - 17/Aug/11 with Dave Gleave

willoates - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/11 with Iona

Between showers
bullybones - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/11 with Linda F

matthias13 - TR - 06/Aug/11 with JamesA

Hidden - Lead dog - 06/Aug/11

Giles1 - Lead O/S - 31/Jul/11

gejones - Lead O/S - 30/Jul/11 with JC, Sean

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

ITD - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/11 with Kat

CatherinePeake - 2nd dog - 03/Jul/11 with John Peake

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

Wendy - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with Tom Ball

Really nice, really like this little crag
Matthew Keeves - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11 with John Peake

Tesni - Lead rpt - Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jun/11

What a fantastic bit of rock, perfect end to a fantastic day!!
Blurgy319 - Lead O/S - 19/Jun/11 with Mark Freestone

Rob Hirst - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Michelle Hordern

had one clip to go, but had a head moment, had not taken any falls.
climbingchica - Lead dnf - 11/Jun/11

charlietorrance - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/Jun/11

eugeneth - Lead rpt - 31/May/11 with Dan Carne

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/May/11

SMc - Lead O/S - 28/May/11 with Ged

Nicey nice, first lead wahey!
adamcrowefarmboy - Lead O/S - 27/May/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/May/11

Hidden - 17/May/11

HIGHTOWER - Lead O/S - 12/May/11 with Tom Ripley

Tesni - TR rpt - 08/May/11

fizzychewitt - Lead - 08/May/11 with Martin

jeremy.fr - Lead - 03/May/11

Hidden - 2nd - May/11

Anoetic - Lead β - May/11

Katex - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/11 with Helen, Chloe

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

Hidden - Lead rpt - 29/Apr/11

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 22/Apr/11

Hidden - 19/Apr/11

DaveJ 11 - 2nd - 16/Apr/11

emlynroberts - 2nd - 12/Apr/11 with Jacob Roberts

easy 6a
caradoc - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11 with john b

RangerMcFreindly - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11

monkeyboyraw - TR O/S - 02/Apr/11 with Martyn Eade

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/11

ianwikeley - 2nd - Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/11

nice climbing.....maybe a bit stiff for 6a but not sure
eugeneth - Lead O/S - 22/Mar/11 with Ryan mmmmm Walker

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/11

Hidden - TR - 18/Mar/11

fellrunner1980 - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/11

Hidden - Lead - 06/Mar/11

really nice
ksjs - Lead O/S - 02/Mar/11 with Matt

Timothy Graham Peck - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/11

barni - Lead rpt - 22/Feb/11 with Cal

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 20/Feb/11

Microwired22 - 18/Jan/11

Dafydd Llywelyn - Lead O/S - 18/Jan/11 with Sion McGuinnes

Hidden - Lead - 2011

moelfras - Lead - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Rory Shaw - 2011

A bit tricky but did it!
spalice - 2nd O/S - 08/Dec/10 with Gwen

david morse - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/10 with big Jon

very nice climb with some wicked tiny positive foot holds
dale 42 - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/10

JamesBW - TR O/S - 07/Nov/10 with Jez

JezH - Lead O/S - Nov/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 31/Oct/10

Nice
farmus21 - Lead - 16/Oct/10 with Andy Marshall

Nice, jugs all the way!
Duncan Campbell - UKC - Lead O/S - 12/Oct/10 with Jess

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Oct/10

Awkward left in between 1st and 2nd bolt then ok. Really good fun!
Tomprusk - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/10 with Nick

gg4419 - Lead O/S - Oct/10

Lenny - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/10 with Adam

climbing_wiggy - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/10 with Ian

benchwarmer - Lead rpt - 21/Sep/10 with Lizzie

Owain Edwards - 2nd - 01/Sep/10 with Bari

lilliyan - 2nd - Sep/10

samuelraymondoparry - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/10

fizzychewitt - Lead - 05/Aug/10 with Jayne

Hidden - Lead rpt - 04/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 03/Aug/10

SAF - Lead rpt - 21/Jul/10 with Sam Parry

Sardien - Lead rpt - 03/Jul/10 with Shelley Coyle

Kyle F - Lead - 18/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead - 28/May/10

Ali H - Lead - 16/May/10 with Willson

samrad - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/10 with smallerrich

adi bryant - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/10 with Jake, Lee

SAF - Lead β - 15/Apr/10 with Mark

Gambit - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10 with Barney

barni - Lead rpt - 11/Apr/10 with Justin Hughes

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/Mar/10

gailc - 2nd O/S - 19/Mar/10 with Pete B

Hidden - Lead β - 16/Mar/10

Jaybird1991 - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/10

Nature_Boy12689 - TR O/S - 09/Feb/10 with Chris Carr

cosreba - Lead - 09/Feb/10 with Andy

Lloyders - Lead O/S - 2010

evs91 - Lead O/S - 2010

alek - Lead O/S - 31/Oct/09 with James Cross, Tanya

Hidden - Lead rpt - 12/Oct/09

Hidden - Lead - 05/Sep/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 21/Aug/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Aug/09

Sylvi - 2nd - 28/Jun/09 with Rog

Hidden - Lead rpt - 15/Jun/09

Mat did it with a headtorch in the dark:)
Sardien - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/09 with Simon Moore

beesleys - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/09 with alex m

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/09

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Jun/09

chrisdavies - Lead - 28/May/09 with I.LL.JONES

lovely route
emlynroberts - Lead - 25/May/09 with S A Jones

Hidden - TR O/S - 25/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/May/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/May/09

Pete Randall - 2nd - 03/May/09 with Charles

richardr - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/09

hils theaker - Lead - 22/Apr/09 with Adam

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 14/Apr/09

willson - Lead - 14/Apr/09 with Andy

This is quite good
SGD - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Jane WMC

Hidden - Lead - 20/Mar/09

Intresting moves.
Teddys15 - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/09 with Ben Cook

Hidden - Lead - 20/Feb/09

Hjort - Lead rpt - 19/Feb/09 with Tris Vye, Jam Mortimer

Jen Booth - 2nd O/S - 14/Feb/09 with Ollie Wragg

not normaly a fan of sport.. but this was ace!
adam06 - Lead - 09/Jan/09 with mike weaver

Rachel Stroud - TR O/S - 09/Jan/09 with Ollie Wragg

Nice climb which you can put some very strange moves in if you try!!
Ollie Wragg - Lead O/S - 09/Jan/09 with Rachel Stroud

Mikelo - 2nd - 09/Jan/09 with adam

barni - Lead O/S - 08/Jan/09

ritchierich - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/09 with Wyn Price

Renegade_Pony - Lead - 05/Jan/09 with barni

daddy day care - Lead - 2009

Em66 - Lead O/S - 12/Oct/08 with Mat

V nice. I'd expect it to become popular.
Owen W-G - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/08 with Gav

benchwarmer - Lead - 30/Aug/08 with Justin Hughes, Craig Lowe

ron244 - TR O/S - 28/Aug/08 with Julie and Chris

Hidden - Lead - 08/Aug/08

gregoldridge - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/08 with Mirka Slavska

philcockerton - Lead O/S - 08/Jul/08 with Rob Knowles

Hidden - Lead - Jul/08

Did this route which was very plesant but also did about 4 other routes, one of which i have dont before. Unfortunately cant remeber which ones these are though as i did not have a guide with me!
hetaher - Lead - 08/Jun/08 with Dave

dan_hust - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/08 with Charlotte Jelleyman

Hjort - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/08 with Cheeky, Bruce

Gareth_Thomas - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/08 with Ferrito, Bruce

CharlotteJelleyman - Lead rpt - Jun/08 with Steve Franklin

Owain Llewelyn - Lead - 29/May/08 with Dad

victim of mathematics - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/08 with Kate

adam carless - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/08 with practicalcat

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/08

Hidden - Lead rpt - 13/Feb/08

Ched - Lead O/S - 13/Feb/08 with Gethin

@ndyM@rsh@ll - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/08 with Sophie Wilmes

Climbed it as a warm thinking it said F5A lovely route wasnt that hard tbh
Ewan Russell - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/07 with Fraser

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/07

Hidden - Lead rpt - 11/Oct/07

mzchambers - Lead O/S - Oct/07

Ian Pagano - TR O/S - Oct/07

TRNovice - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/07 with Jenn

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/07

saillord - Lead O/S - 22/Aug/07 with sarah

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Aug/07

Jamie Light - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/07 with Dom Stockton/Will Hunt/Nick Bird

Blatantly a French 5 and nowhere near 6a. Bit of a bolt ladder.
Will Hunt - Lead O/S - 05/Aug/07 with Jamie Light

Keith Jones - Lead - 01/Aug/07 with David

Rowansb - Lead O/S - Aug/07

What a climb. its sustained at 6a but no hard moves really. Nice.
robkbangor - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/07 with Matt Tuck, Claire Tuck

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/07

michael burrows - Lead O/S - 29/Jul/07 with Ian Andrews

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/07

fran04 - Lead - 2007 with ian rowell

Hidden - Lead - 2000

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
MikeStuart26, Broom136, Hidden, Hidden, Elenton, Hidden, nickstephens, gd303uk, Rachel Stroud

Voting
Total votes cast 142
hard 6a+0 of 67
6a+0 of 67
easy 6a+3 of 67
hard 6a10 of 67
6a34 of 67
easy 6a15 of 67
hard 5+5 of 67
5+0 of 67
easy 5+0 of 67
3 Stars17 of 75
2 Stars50 of 75
1 Star7 of 75
0 Stars1 of 75
Bag of .....0 of 75
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Style of ascent

Lead251 of 320 (78.4%)
Followed33 of 320 (10.3%)
Toproped21 of 320 (6.6%)
Alt Leads1 of 320 (0.3%)
Unknown14 of 320 (4.4%)

'Climbed'82 of 320 (25.6%)
clean O/S177 of 320 (55.3%)
clean β9 of 320 (2.8%)
clean rpt39 of 320 (12.2%)
clean RP1 of 320 (0.3%)
dogged6 of 320 (1.9%)
dnf4 of 320 (1.2%)
Unknown2 of 320 (0.6%)