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Joy de Viva*** 7a

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[John Bullock cruising Joy De Viva, 3 kb]A magnificent direct pitch, sustained and fingery but still low in its respective grade. A long reach or some cunning heek hooking helps.
Gary Gibson 05/Jul/1997

Photo: John Bullock cruising Joy De Viva © chris wyatt
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 67 logbooks, and on 9 wishlists.

Pippa - Lead O/S - 11/May/13 with Jamie Thornley

will6459 - Lead O/S - 08/May/13

khawk - Lead β - 03/May/13 with DT

Quite fun second time.
DorsetGareth - Lead RP - 30/Apr/13 with Mike Wigglesworth

Hidden - Lead RP - 28/Apr/13

DorsetGareth - Lead dog - 09/Apr/13 with Mike Wigglesworth

first red point
Caspian Johnson - Lead RP - 07/Apr/13 with simon robinson

simonr - Lead rpt - 07/Apr/13 with Caspian Johnson

brices - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/13 with Joe Day

First attempt today whilst equipping it. Awesome!
partz - Lead RP - 05/Apr/13 with Homer

First go today! Had one session working it a week ago and one little play at the end of a session two days ago.
CLedden - Lead RP - 05/Apr/13 with partz

Too tired. Worked the moves though, should go next time
partz - Lead dnf - 03/Apr/13 with Alex Linge

Vertigo1 - Lead RP - 30/Mar/13 with "Brosky"

Jay81 - Lead RP - 30/Mar/13 with Vertigo1

Jon Garside - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/12 with Becky

Disappointed to fail OS. Got next go.
KH - Lead RP - 09/Sep/12 with Paul Rogers

1st RP, went wrong way on first attempt, felt quite soft for the grade
owain86 - Lead RP - 02/Jun/12 with Lisa-Marie, Eugene

1 fall due to a bad foot placement on the crux for a move I had wired.
eugeneth - Lead dog - 02/Jun/12 with Owain

End of day, failed 3 times.
Kevster - Lead dog - 06/May/12

Dan_Carroll - Lead rpt - 28/Mar/12 with Mateusz

it was the third go
roberto pellegrini - Lead RP - 2012

Paul Bowen - Lead RP - 02/Oct/11 with Rebecca Hayes

AshWH - Lead β - Jul/11 with Chris S

nice moves. 1st rp.. really should have got the OS.
Dan_Carroll - Lead RP - 21/Jun/11 with Mateusz

Hidden - Lead RP - 19/Jun/11

Another very good route, cracking climbing.
Alex Mason - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/11 with Tommy Cole, Chris Carroll, Eugene Theron

Hidden - Lead dog - 24/Apr/11

steve.warrington - Lead RP - 09/Apr/11 with Garath Tucker

mikeshewring - Lead RP - 27/Mar/11

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

Wendy - Lead RP - 26/Mar/11 with Tom Ball

Hidden - 2011

Failed onsight. Hard for 7a
richardr - Lead RP - 15/Dec/10

James Marshall - Lead O/S - Sep/10

d_meacher - 2nd dog - 30/Aug/10 with Mike Thomas

gejones - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/10 with DafSWMC, Sean

crispyboy - Lead RP - 30/Aug/10 with sean cullen

m.thomas15 - Lead β - 28/Aug/10 with Duncan

_m.cox_ - 2nd β - Aug/10 with Ben West

dave657 - Lead dog - 03/Jul/10

RD - Lead - Jul/10

Hidden - Lead RP - 26/Jun/10

Hidden - Lead RP - 22/Jun/10

Nice climbing! hard for 7a, 7a+
MorganPreece - Lead β - 06/Jun/10 with Will

mikeshewring - Lead dnf - 30/May/10

Hidden - Lead RP - 24/Apr/10

BicepAndrews - Lead rpt - 15/Mar/10 with Caspian Johnson

Tim W - Lead dnf - 06/Mar/10 with Paul Black

irish paul - Lead rpt - 06/Mar/10 with Tim W

irish paul - Lead dog - 14/Feb/10 with Julian

BicepAndrews - Lead rpt - 27/Sep/09 with Caspian Johnson

Got about half way. Should get it next time when I have more energy!
dave657 - Lead dnf - 09/May/09 with paul b

irish paul - Lead - 09/May/09 with Dave Ripley

Hidden - Lead RP - 09/May/09

first 7a onsight
BicepAndrews - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/09 with Keith Peck

2nd go
chris wyatt - Lead RP - 07/Apr/09 with John Bullock, Sabina Eckhard

Billg - Lead rpt - 28/Mar/09 with Bob Brewer

another go for the pump
Billg - Lead rpt - 28/Mar/09 with Bob Brewer

selman - Lead RP - Mar/09 with Simon Robinson

Hidden - Lead RP - 25/Feb/09

Hidden - Lead RP - 21/Feb/09

simonr - Lead RP - 14/May/08 with Jon Freeman

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

jfreeman - Lead O/S - 10/May/07 with Nick Gillet

Billg - Lead β - Apr/04

shoulders - Lead - 24/Jul/02 with andy sharp, dai

goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/98 with Roy Thomas

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
AlexBush, Hidden, karoo88, JackMac, brices, eugeneth, Tyson Broad, Arcarn, onlytovey

Voting
Total votes cast 41
hard 7a+0 of 21
7a+0 of 21
easy 7a+8 of 21
hard 7a3 of 21
7a9 of 21
easy 7a1 of 21
hard 6c+0 of 21
6c+0 of 21
easy 6c+0 of 21
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Style of ascent

Lead64 of 67 (95.5%)
Followed2 of 67 (3.0%)
Unknown1 of 67 (1.5%)

'Climbed'4 of 67 (6.0%)
clean O/S12 of 67 (17.9%)
clean β6 of 67 (9.0%)
clean rpt7 of 67 (10.4%)
clean RP27 of 67 (40.3%)
dogged7 of 67 (10.4%)
dnf4 of 67 (6.0%)