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Central Grooves*** VII 7

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[Climber on the first pitch of Central Grooves I think in SCNL., 3 kb]G/book descriptions often say climb to the left of the prominent overhang for the 50m pitch 3. It actually goes Right of the overhang, continuing up the obvious diedre that heads straight up the buttress. The crux is on that pitch and is some thin moves off a ledge to gain a small niche below the overhang.

Photo: Climber on the first pitch of Central Grooves I think in SCNL. © chris_s
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 21 logbooks, and on 20 wishlists.

Amazing route, led P1 and P3
tom.e - AltLd O/S - 09/Mar/13

Pete Graham - AltLd - Mar/13 with Ben Silvestre

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/13

Greg Boswell - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/13 with Adam Russell, Paul Prentice

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 07/Dec/12

Ginger McGrath - AltLd O/S - 07/Dec/12 with thom simmons

Icy bits added to enjoyment
Malcolm Bass - AltLd O/S - 2012 with Andy Houseman

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 10/Dec/11

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 03/Dec/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Feb/11

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Feb/11

Phenomenal route. Great climbing, great conditions, great weather, great pint in the Clachaig afterwards - cracking day!
Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11 with Andy Inglis

Brilliant classic! Great climbing, positions and line. Led P2 + 4. Some day!
andyinglis - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11 with Neil Adams

Clean onsight for Rob on his pitches, two very good leads. I took one rest on the second pitch leading. A little more ice would have been great.
sasmojo - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Rob Gibson

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

Absolutely brilliant. Did first 2 pitches plus start of 3rd. Then it got dark!
stevebarratt - AltLd dnf - 30/Jan/10 with Rob Bryniarski

Best winter climb I've ever been onto so far. Sustained, throughout interesting climbing. First 3 pitches are sustained and similar grades (VII,7 : VII,7 : VI,7 : III) we thought. I'm still to be on a steeper route in winter, exposure was tremendous.
French Erick - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/08 with Dave Kerr

sgl - AltLd dnf - 17/Jan/08 with viv

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Jan/06

mick led harder pitches
Ian McNeill - AltLd O/S - Feb/97 with Mick P

TheAndyBarker - Lead - Jan/91

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
JonmapDL, Hidden, boseow25, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, Mr Wild, Hidden, jonnybull, Hidden, Adam Booth, Hidden, SWalls, michael83, Jim Walton, the cassin ridge, Ronbo, mikemartin, Hidden, Mark Stevenson

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Style of ascent

Lead3 of 21 (14.3%)
Followed2 of 21 (9.5%)
Alt Leads16 of 21 (76.2%)

'Climbed'3 of 21 (14.3%)
clean O/S13 of 21 (61.9%)
dnf5 of 21 (23.8%)