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Shepherd's Chimney** VS 5a

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[Alys Mendus - Rock Climbing Star (1), 3 kb]Starts just to the right of Shepherds Gully and leads up the corner to the recess. Then traverse our to the right a few metres and around the corner. Finally go straight up the obvious corner to the top. Plenty of trees at the top to belay from.

Ticklists: Shepherd's Crag - top 25.

Photo: Alys Mendus - Rock Climbing Star (1) © Sharky
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 97 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

johang - Lead O/S - 19/May/13

DaveAtkinson - Lead - 20/Apr/13 with jw

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 20/Apr/13

Leeds Andy - AltLd O/S - 16/Apr/13

Ken Taylor - AltLd O/S - 06/Apr/13 with Harry Salisbury

55pete55 - AltLd - 05/Sep/12

colin smith - AltLd - 18/Jun/12 with Daniel Smith

watson.b - 2nd - 28/Apr/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Apr/12

nickcj - AltLd - 17/Mar/12

Hidden - Lead - 11/Mar/12

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Mar/12

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Feb/12

Callum Anderson - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

55pete55 - AltLd - 01/Oct/11

In monsoon conditions, the tail end of a huricane I believe. Good fun!
tmawer - AltLd rpt - 11/Sep/11 with Jaime Robertson

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Jun/11

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Jun/11

GPN - AltLd - 14/Jun/11 with Annette

djromberg - 2011

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

wadey1973 - AltLd - 06/Jul/10 with Jim Colchester

tonybaines - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10

Hidden - 2010

barksmo - 2010

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

cosmicray - 2010

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 26/Oct/09

Rich Clague - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/09

Lead 2nd pitch, seconded other two
ginja1980 - AltLd - 11/Aug/09

Very intimidating 3rd pitch but once you decide what your going to do and commit it's not too bad. Might put it as 5b. Me,KG,Me,KG Pity about pitch 2 but the rest of it is very good.
krikoman - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/09 with 1_Kev Gibbs, Greg Childs

Led Pitch 1 and 2
malc - AltLd O/S - 23/May/09 with JT

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/Apr/09

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Apr/09

George Bassant - AltLd - 01/Apr/09 with Aidie Jones

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/08

kickaha4 - 2nd - 05/Nov/08 with Karl Rowe

Paula Hamilton-Gibson - Lead - 28/Oct/08 with George reah

Fun, but some interesting positions!
da_cox - 2nd O/S - 05/Aug/08 with John Rowlands

djking1983 - Lead - 10/Jul/08 with Harold Edwards

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/May/08

Hidden - 2nd - 11/May/08

Hidden - 05/May/08

Hidden - 2008

nickcj - Lead - 2008

innesmac - 2008

IanJackson - Solo O/S - 14/Sep/07

cragmole - AltLd β - 01/Sep/07 with Nigel

Mark Collins - AltLd O/S - 06/Apr/07 with Big Andy

Anna Horrox - 2nd - 30/Sep/06 with Clive Greenwood

clive-greenwood - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/06 with Anna

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd - Jul/06

Guidebook has this down as VS 4b,-,5a,4b. Not sure which I agree with but I prefer the VS 5a :)
Sam Judson - Lead O/S - 17/May/06 with Caroline Judson

and G.Carlill LP 1 SE 2+3 Pitch 2 Crux 5a
moose ridd - AltLd - 07/May/06 with M.Sadler

Christopher Williamson - Lead O/S - May/06 with nathan gibson

Hidden - AltLd - 2006

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/05

barney_edin - AltLd - 08/May/05 with Penny

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Jun/04

Tom Stoddart - AltLd - Apr/04 with Colin Smith

jason - AltLd - Jul/03 with mike

Hammy - Lead - 06/May/03 with Iain Gallagher

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Apr/03

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/01

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 07/Jun/01

Hidden - AltLd - 23/May/01

wadey1973 - AltLd - 13/May/01 with Gordon Hutchinson

Hidden - 2001

gypsy3006 - 2000

Hidden - Lead - 2000

Led 3&4
Iain Thow - AltLd - 07/Oct/99 with Alex Doherty

Hammy - 2nd - 06/Jul/99 with Ian Barker, Jim Evans

BlueJohn - 1995

Worth doing for the 5a pitch.
allan white - Lead - 20/Dec/91 with rod anderson

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Jan/90

babymoac - AltLd - 11/Mar/88 with MTW

JohnHutch - Lead - 14/Sep/86 with party inc JK

JohnHutch - Lead - 04/Sep/86 with JK

Simon2005 - AltLd O/S - 20/Oct/85 with KevinL

Tim Bateman - Lead - 12/Oct/85

Hammy - AltLd - 24/Feb/84

biggianthead - 23/Apr/83 with HT

Hidden - Lead - 27/Mar/83

sadams - 2nd - 23/Aug/82 with Don

Hidden - 1980

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 08/Oct/78 with Hugh Ackroyd

Lord of Starkness - Lead - 1978

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1978

GeoffG - Lead - 09/Oct/76

Dave Yardley - AltLd - 01/Jun/75

This route came as a bit of a shock as it was only given severe in 1974. And I didn't have much gear either. I still have nightmares about pitch 3.
Rog Wilko - Lead - Aug/74 with Debbie Wilkinson

munro109 - Lead - 05/Jul/74 with Fran Bashford

David Smith - Lead - 1970 with Davy Crabb

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - 28/May/67 with Bob Knapton

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, web10steelj, tasmat, Albie, gilldando

Voting
Total votes cast 25
hard HVS0 of 8
HVS0 of 8
easy HVS0 of 8
hard VS0 of 8
VS4 of 8
easy VS3 of 8
hard HS1 of 8
HS0 of 8
easy HS0 of 8
hard 5b0 of 8
5b0 of 8
easy 5b0 of 8
hard 5a0 of 8
5a7 of 8
easy 5a0 of 8
hard 4c0 of 8
4c1 of 8
easy 4c0 of 8
3 Stars0 of 9
2 Stars7 of 9
1 Star2 of 9
0 Stars0 of 9
Bag of .....0 of 9
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 97 (1.0%)
Lead29 of 97 (29.9%)
Followed14 of 97 (14.4%)
Alt Leads39 of 97 (40.2%)
Unknown14 of 97 (14.4%)

'Climbed'68 of 97 (70.1%)
clean O/S25 of 97 (25.8%)
clean β1 of 97 (1.0%)
clean rpt3 of 97 (3.1%)