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North Buttress** E1 5b

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[Shepherd's Crag, Borrowdale - Brown Slabs and North Buttress, 2 kb]40m, 2 pitches. Start at the lowest point of the crag at the detached flake. (4c)Climb the left side of the flake and move up and slightly left. Traverse left for 3m and up to gain a narrow ramp line leading right to a ledge. (Poor protection and rock) - Alternatively and better climb pitch 1 of PS. (5b)Move up and left into a corner. Make hard moves over the bulge and finish more easily up the groove.

Ticklists: Shepherd's Crag - top 25.

Photo: Shepherd's Crag, Borrowdale - Brown Slabs and North Buttress © Dave Berry
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 81 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

cooperman - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Graham Iles

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/13

In one pitch.
Ben1983 - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/13

Hidden - 2nd - 05/Apr/13

tomhull - 2nd rpt - 03/Apr/13 with james stokes

Some dodge rock on first pitch. very good second pitch.
a13x - AltLd O/S - 07/Oct/12 with Matt Harle

Hidden - TR RP - 08/Sep/12

Goose4 - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/12 with Dave Couling

1 fall at crux.
Richard Alderton - 2nd dog - 13/Jul/12 with Al

Em66 - 2nd O/S - Jul/12 with Mat

Charlie Zephyr Booth - Lead O/S - 13/Apr/12 with martin broadhurst

watch out for the loose bits.
j.buckley87 - Lead O/S - 01/Apr/12

cat22 - 2nd - 24/Sep/11 with Mike

Short but tricky crux, which yields to upward udging of the feet. First pitch has some dubious rock (HVS 4c). Suggest using first pitch of PS which makes it a 3* route.
DaveAtkinson - Lead - 23/Jul/11 with Haydn Keith

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/11

tjmillen - Lead - Jun/11 with vicky, simon hall

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 15/Oct/10

cobweb - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/10 with martyn hopson

simonp - Lead O/S - Aug/10 with Annelies Sarrazyn

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Jun/10

dswansonlow - Lead O/S - 02/May/10 with James Docherty

tomhull - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/10 with matt harris

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Apr/10

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2010

cosmicray - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Pitch 1 was bold on suspect rock. Pitch 2 I found desperate! I had to rest.
brockers - Lead dog - 11/Oct/09 with Maggie Bass

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Oct/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/09

John Pickles - AltLd O/S - 12/Jun/09 with Zac Poulton

nakedave - Lead rpt - 12/May/09

liaml89 - 2nd dog - 12/May/09 with Dave Thornley

greenroom - 2009

Seymore Butt - 2009

AlexRenshaw - Lead - 20/Sep/08 with Thomas Renshaw

Twas cold
chris wyatt - Lead dog - 23/Mar/08 with Andrew Leigh

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/08

red1200 - 2008

nickcj - Lead - 2008

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Oct/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Sep/07

Graham Iles - 2nd - 15/Jul/07 with Lucy Ham

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Jun/07

Henriettaah - 2007

Johann - Lead O/S - 2007

timmy-ts - 2007

timmy-ts - 2007

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Oct/06

ewen - AltLd O/S - Jul/06 with the kettle

nakedave - Lead dnf - 2006

John Kettle - AltLd - 2006

Pete Graham - Lead - 2006 with Rick Graham

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

Hidden - AltLd - 24/Apr/05

BlueJohn - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/05 with John Hempston

Andrew Barker - Lead O/S - 2004

djmarko75 - AltLd O/S - Aug/03

Hidden - 2001

Hidden - AltLd - 20/Aug/00

clive-greenwood - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/00 with Tracey

Hidden - Lead - 2000

Hidden - AltLd - Apr/98

Excellent route, I did 1st pitch Alan 2nd good effort!!
wadey1973 - AltLd - 28/May/95 with Alan Swan

JiveWeasel - AltLd - 1994 with Al H

whispering nic - Mar/93 with Beardy

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/90

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/May/90

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 23/Sep/89 with Dan Morgan

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1987

sadams - AltLd - 18/Apr/84 with Chris Thwaites

Nic Robinson - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/81 with Dave Norton(?)

Hammy - AltLd - 12/Oct/80 with Rob Lawson

Hidden - Lead - 1980

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - Lead - 1980 with Dorothy Bogg

Hidden - Lead - 10/Jun/79

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1978

GeoffG - Lead - 09/Oct/76

Seem to remember this being only VS!
Sean Kelly - AltLd - Oct/75 with Kev Neagle

VS With peg for aid
Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 28/May/67 with Bob Knapton

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Voting
Total votes cast 34
hard E20 of 9
E20 of 9
easy E20 of 9
hard E13 of 9
E15 of 9
easy E11 of 9
hard HVS0 of 9
HVS0 of 9
easy HVS0 of 9
hard 5c0 of 14
5c0 of 14
easy 5c0 of 14
hard 5b1 of 14
5b12 of 14
easy 5b1 of 14
hard 5a0 of 14
5a0 of 14
easy 5a0 of 14
3 Stars1 of 11
2 Stars8 of 11
1 Star1 of 11
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Style of ascent

Lead34 of 81 (42.0%)
Followed12 of 81 (14.8%)
Toproped1 of 81 (1.2%)
Alt Leads21 of 81 (25.9%)
Unknown13 of 81 (16.0%)

'Climbed'45 of 81 (55.6%)
clean O/S28 of 81 (34.6%)
clean rpt2 of 81 (2.5%)
clean RP1 of 81 (1.2%)
dogged4 of 81 (4.9%)
dnf1 of 81 (1.2%)