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Comes the Seth HVS 5a

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20m. The obvious hanging slab left of The Conning Tower. Interesting, solid, well protected climbing. Start a little way up the muddy gully at a block below and right of a cave entrance. Climb cracks up to the overlap and gain the slab by a tricky leftward move. Make a couple of delicate moves rightwards along the bottom of the slab to gain the obvious left-rising crack. Climb this for a few awkward moves until a tasty rockover, utilising an obvious side pull, gains a standing position in the crack. Climb the rest of the slab on good edges and finish up the arête.
M Davies/S Coombes 07/Oct/2007
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This climb is in 22 logbooks, and on 1 wishlist.

Maxim2023 - 2nd - May/13 with Kate Tarrant

kate tarrant - Lead O/S - May/13

ruaidh - 2nd - 14/Oct/12 with Nigel

James26 - 2nd - 04/Sep/12

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 19/Aug/12 with Clare

wurzelinzummerset - 2nd - 11/Aug/12 with Ally, Rob

First time I've used my nut key to excavate placements - bit of a shock after Rob's Crack.
Bobling - Lead - 11/Aug/12 with Alan, Ali

In the rain. Not pleasant!
bpmclimb - TR rpt - 17/Jun/12 with Shunt

good slab and crack,nice moves
tomshanti - Lead rpt - 27/Mar/12 with Luke Partridge

bpmclimb - 2nd rpt - 06/May/11 with Helen S

well scary - gear seemed worryingly sparse with some thin moves!
hms - Lead O/S - 06/May/11 with Brian

To decide between 5a and 5b. Still can't tell. Genuinely on the cusp.
bpmclimb - TR rpt - 01/May/11 with Shunt

Hidden - Lead - May/11

HVS+ 5a/b
James Moyle - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/11 with Carole Standing

cas smerdon - 2nd - 29/Apr/11 with James Moyle

nice route - more 5a
evhall - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/11 with Fletch

Nice route with a serious feel. Interesting moves in places.
Andyh83 - Solo O/S - 29/Mar/11

HVS 5a seems spot on.
bpmclimb - TR rpt - 27/Mar/11 with Shunt

On first attempt bottled it on the slab went left and disloged loads of rocks don't belay in the gully rock fall hurts!!!!. Tom led clean I seconded
blum - Lead dnf - 2011 with Tom Starks

First ascent.Cleaned shit off on abseil.Benchmark E0
The Pylon King - Lead β - 07/Oct/07 with Sarah C

bpmclimb - Lead β - 07/Oct/07 with Clare

Hidden - 2nd dog - 07/Oct/07

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Voting
Total votes cast 13
hard E10 of 6
E10 of 6
easy E10 of 6
hard HVS3 of 6
HVS2 of 6
easy HVS1 of 6
hard VS0 of 6
VS0 of 6
easy VS0 of 6
hard 5b0 of 2
5b0 of 2
easy 5b0 of 2
hard 5a0 of 2
5a2 of 2
easy 5a0 of 2
hard 4c0 of 2
4c0 of 2
easy 4c0 of 2
3 Stars0 of 5
2 Stars0 of 5
1 Star4 of 5
0 Stars1 of 5
Bag of .....0 of 5
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Style of ascent

Soloed1 of 22 (4.5%)
Lead11 of 22 (50.0%)
Followed7 of 22 (31.8%)
Toproped3 of 22 (13.6%)

'Climbed'7 of 22 (31.8%)
clean O/S5 of 22 (22.7%)
clean β2 of 22 (9.1%)
clean rpt6 of 22 (27.3%)
dogged1 of 22 (4.5%)
dnf1 of 22 (4.5%)