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Venusberg* VS 4c

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[unknown climber on the penultimate pitch of Venusberg, Bosigran, 2 kb]Disjointed but technically one of the more testing VSs at Bosigran and also slightly runout on its main pitch. Start at the base of the low-angled corner groove.. 1) 4a, 11m. Move up the corner until a flake-crack on the right wall can be gained. Climb the flake-crack to a mantleshelf next to a thorny bush and a good belay below a pinnacle just above.. 2) 4b, 12m. Chimney up the left side of the pinnacle and from its top move left to a narrow slanting corner. Technical moves up this quickly lead to a large belay ledge.. 3) 6m. Walk left along a narrow grassy ledge to a belay below a thin black seam.. 4) 4c, 13m. Climb up to the base of the black seam. Hard moves followed by a short runout are rewarded with a rest out to the left before some awkward moves up and right gain a restricted belay in a corner under a roof.. 5) 4b, 9m. Move up the corner and pass the roof with dificulty before a black vein on the left can be used to finish. © ROCKFAX

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 186 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Ian JL - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with Beth Frampton

DaveGarrity - 2nd O/S - 03/May/13

Duncan Turner - Lead - 03/May/13

Climbed as 2 pitches - Nick lead 1&2 and I lead 4&5 - seems to make more sense to do it this way - great Bosi climbing
SurferStan - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/13 with Nick Donahue

will moy - Lead - 09/Apr/13 with sophie

Led p2
cem - AltLd rpt - 30/Mar/13 with Kirill Spiridonov

Kirill - AltLd O/S - 30/Mar/13 with Charles Moreton

IzzyWhite - 2nd β - 28/Mar/13

Only led Pitch 1, where i "performed" possibly the worst and most ridiculous mantle ever! Great route, esp last pitch or 2.
Skip - AltLd O/S - 14/Oct/12 with Cheese Monkey

Awesome, really enjoyable climb. Some tricky moves on each pitch. Led p2-5
Cheese Monkey - AltLd O/S - 14/Oct/12 with Skip

Mark Kemball - Lead - 06/Oct/12 with Solly Kemball Dorey

Alice led the first two pitches.
Kafoozalem - AltLd O/S - 19/Sep/12 with Alice

Traversed to far left and missed the crux on my pitch, convoluted route
Blue68 - AltLd - 14/Sep/12 with Alan Mountford

hotfeet - AltLd - 14/Sep/12 with Mark MacDonald

Dan_Carroll - Lead O/S - 30/Aug/12 with mum

fatbuoybazza - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Wendo, liv_the_div

Stewart Armstrong - AltLd - 03/Jun/12 with Steve Westwood

arandall - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Liz, Wendy Matthews

Wendy Watthews - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Liz, arandall

MD - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Jo

Happy Wanderer - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Mike D

Lizzie Randall - 2nd O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Wendy, Alex

jakenichol - Lead O/S - 20/May/12 with Martin Cathrow

Led pp 3 + 4 as 1
Chris Manasseh - AltLd - 04/May/12 with Jonah Jones

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 07/Apr/12

stevepotter - AltLd - 06/Apr/12 with Dave P

I lead pitch 1 and 2 combined, Steven lead 4 and 5 combined. Enjoyed seconding the top pitches which were nicely exposed.
dprctr - AltLd O/S - 06/Apr/12 with Steven ODL

jchenoweth - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/12 with Scottish Andy

jess - AltLd O/S - Apr/12 with martin

Steve27 - AltLd - 10/Mar/12 with Ewan Gilmour

gilmourheid - AltLd - 10/Mar/12 with Steve27

Robin Head - AltLd - 03/Mar/12

felt like i should have really enjoyed this climb, but i really didn't. now anvil chorus next door however . . .
jag - AltLd - 2012 with steveo

2602steve - 2012

Lead pitch 1 and 3 + 4 together. Not really a line but some quite nice moves. Rich did the direct start to pitch 2.
David_Gledson - AltLd - 01/Dec/11 with Rich Timms

timmsy - AltLd - 01/Dec/11 with David_Gledson

Slick - AltLd - 08/Oct/11 with Isabel Evans

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Oct/11

done in 2 pitches ,arkward move at start of second pitch ,with only a polished crack to wedge a toe in to give you height,good fun and pumpy though.
andrew(willy)wilson - Lead - 11/Sep/11

Country_Boy - 2nd RP - 10/Sep/11 with Stu Bradbury

great climbing from start to finish, last belay stance is cramped if in a 3.
carl_123 - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/11 with darren and becky

Danny Bags - Lead - 03/Sep/11

Led P1+2 together
mark20 - AltLd O/S - 02/Sep/11

p3 and 4
CRiddiford - AltLd O/S - 02/Sep/11 with Mark

Really good route. Climbed as two pitches. I led 1 & 2 together and Mark did the top 2. Followed the guidebook recommendation to climb the corner of pitch 2 from the start instead of back and footing up behind the pedestal and gave some good climbing.
andybenham - AltLd O/S - 23/Aug/11 with Mark Sharples

mark sharples - AltLd O/S - 23/Aug/11 with Andy Benham

Great contrasting route. Did it in 4 pitches, me 1 and 4, Al 2 and the 'bold' third pitch. Couldn't haul myself and the tonne of gear up the mantel so heel-hooked instead. Al did a good job on his pitches. Loved the move around the roof on P4, and the juggy moves up the black vein. Also sustained torque nut injury.
embob - AltLd - 21/Aug/11 with Alex

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Aug/11

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Aug/11

Marti999 - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/11 with Graham Charman

Graham C - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/11 with Marti

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/11

riddle - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/11 with Yasmina

manbat - 2nd O/S - 21/Jun/11 with Graham, Zach Lawlor

will_benfold - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/11 with Aileen, Miles

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Jun/11

lead 1st, & traverse along grass cornice!!!!!
benlawlor85 - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/11

Ok route, bit disjointed.
jezb1 - AltLd - 01/Jun/11

chris687 - AltLd O/S - 01/Jun/11 with jez brown

ben bowry - 2nd O/S - Jun/11 with Matthew Murphy

DOVEY - AltLd - 23/May/11 with Adum, Andrew

chris ebbutt - AltLd - 01/May/11 with Dave R.

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/11

Okecroak - AltLd - 30/Apr/11

Dave89 - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/11 with Laura

leerybunny - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/11 with Stan

djking1983 - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/11 with Jack Hodgson, Steve Knaggs

Not a good start to my new partnership with AP, was unable to do the mantleshelf on p1 so AP led. Managed to redeem myself somewhat by leading p2&4
Pete Nugent - AltLd - 03/Apr/11 with Andy Peasgood

chrisallan - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/11

zach.stone - 02/Apr/11 with Chris Allen

fantastic route get on it loads of great moves and situation good holds on the run out bit
minexplorer - Lead - 25/Mar/11 with grant newcombe

misterb - Lead O/S - 21/Mar/11 with wain

quadmyre - AltLd O/S - 19/Mar/11

cornishmackem - 2011

Steve Woollard - AltLd - 13/Nov/10 with Kevin Colclough

led 2nd and 4th pitches
Haytor_Haggis - AltLd - 13/Nov/10 with Steve Woollard

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Oct/10

Led crux pitch
mick1jones - AltLd O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Mike Guttridge

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Sep/10

Adam1973 - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/10 with Chris Tan

Elaine Budden - AltLd - 18/Aug/10 with tom bunn

Seems unworthy climbing next to Anvil Chorus. Feels a bit pointless.
El3ctroFuzz - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/10 with Elaine Budden

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Aug/10

Hidden - AltLd - 29/Jul/10

Master Chief - AltLd O/S - 06/Jul/10 with Jeremy

Em66 - AltLd - 16/Jun/10 with Mat

bigbobbyking - Lead dog - 12/Jun/10 with Iona Naismith

d_meacher - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Sarah Joyce

wilchivs - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Liv Pearson

livpearson - AltLd O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Wil Chivers

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/10

Craig Geddes - Lead O/S - 20/May/10 with Ellie Ames

Hidden - 2nd - 17/May/10

Started on Little brown Jug but traveresed too far
saundera - AltLd - Apr/10 with Zaheer

Hidden - 2010

brianrunner - AltLd - 2010 with martina

Jess Christley - Lead - 31/Oct/09 with Marc Scholz

Such an effort to lift my weary ass up from my sunbathing position at the bottom of the route. Seems I was so weary I missed the traverse into the corner on the last pitch :-s
nickstephens - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/09 with Peter Jones

Lead this after going to far right on Clob - oops. The top section on with the black veined rock is fun, otherwise so-so
Mark_RMC - Lead - 22/Aug/09 with Michelle

petegruf - AltLd O/S - 15/Jul/09 with capn bob

Roger Cruse - AltLd O/S - 07/Jul/09 with Kris

midnightsparks - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/09 with Tim Holloway

matsavage - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/May/09

brian watson - AltLd O/S - 03/May/09 with scott titt

timreynolds - AltLd - 02/May/09

Hidden - AltLd - 06/Apr/09

Hidden - AltLd - 06/Apr/09

Rob84 - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/08 with Ed Hill

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Sep/08

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Sep/08

lukehodson - Lead O/S - 28/Jul/08 with Magnus

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Jun/08

Hidden - Lead - Jun/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/08

Hidden - AltLd - 30/May/08

Steerpike - 2nd O/S - 27/May/08 with Bruce

tobydunford - Lead O/S - 11/May/08 with Lisa Paling

lisapaling - 2nd β - 11/May/08 with Toby Dunford

Climbed in two pitches by running them together. I led first pitch.
r@bag - AltLd O/S - 09/May/08 with Dom Sellars

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 09/May/08 with Laurence Davis

Hot and sweaty!
mikehenesy - AltLd O/S - 04/May/08 with Chris Lodge

Alan sandbagged himself this year (if only we had a memory between the 2 of us we might have picked a different route in the wind and rain of easter 20008)
Stick - 2nd rpt - Apr/08 with Fat Al

beckycoles - Sep/07

bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/07 with Clare

sandbagged myself 100% Clob just looked boring so just went up the blackline to the left, scary but had good brain games
Stick - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/07 with Fat Al

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Mar/07

Hidden - Lead - 27/Jan/07

Ian Jones - 2007

Hidden - AltLd - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Aug/06

victim of mathematics - 2nd O/S - 01/Aug/06 with crossdressingrodney

Led pitch 1 and 3. Found the crux a little lacking in pro. Considered the delicate mantle but opted for a belly flop instead.
crossdressingrodney - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/06 with alex malins, victim of mathematics

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/06

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Jul/06

Linked the last two pitches, following the black vein. Far more natural line.
adamscottthomas - Lead O/S - 13/May/06 with Jo Burke and Sarah Bough

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/May/06

Sarah Bough - 2nd O/S - 13/May/06 with Adam Thomas, Jo Burke

bob3141 - AltLd O/S - 16/Apr/06 with Jesse Dufton

Jesse Dufton - Lead - 16/Apr/06 with bob3141

Geoffers - AltLd O/S - 2006 with Tim

wojt - Lead - 2006

Different Steve - Lead - Aug/05 with Caroline Goldsworthy

Andy2 - 2005

John Kettle - AltLd - 2005

Mike - AltLd - 08/Jun/04 with Dave Spooner

Lev - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/04 with Claire Durant

Hidden - AltLd - 2004

John linked P1 & 2. I did P3, tentatively, as I struggled to find encouraging gear.
Siderunner - AltLd O/S - 23/Aug/03 with John E

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/03

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 20/Apr/03

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/03

Samuel1989 - 2nd - 09/Feb/03 with Bob

andy_pemberton - Lead - Jan/03 with Katharine Pemberton

William Robertson - 2nd O/S - 2003 with Dave Mutch

Hidden - Lead - 01/Aug/02

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Mar/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/01

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/00

paddymitton - Lead - Jun/00

stuart100 - Lead O/S - 22/May/00 with Claire Graham

timreynolds - AltLd - 29/Apr/00

loundsy - Lead O/S - 2000

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Sep/99

Led p3
cem - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/99 with Gordon Carder

Hidden - 12/Oct/97

cornishben - Lead O/S - Jan/97 with Andy Connor

belay bunny turned bad - 1997

I think both pitch 1 & 2 are way above 4a. More like 4c. This is an excellent sustained route, worth ***.
Rog Wilko - Lead - Oct/96 with Debbie Wilkinson

pezzerrr - AltLd O/S - Jul/95

underrated route. the belay boulder worth a star on it's own.
colin milton - AltLd - 16/Oct/94 with eric milton

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/93

RichardMc - Lead - 30/Mar/86 with Steve Gould

Richard Weller - AltLd - 05/May/84 with Ant Osborne

mark-abz - Lead - 09/Mar/80 with ?

Ian Jones - Lead O/S - 1979 with Dinnae ken

David Smith - 1979

jmr - AltLd - Oct/77 with Tim Murray

Nigel Bond - Lead - 13/Apr/77 with Tony Cuddy

Ken Taylor - AltLd - 15/May/75 with Jonathan Lagoe

Gordon Stainforth - Lead - 31/Mar/75 with Mick Papworth

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Style of ascent

Lead54 of 186 (29.0%)
Followed20 of 186 (10.8%)
Alt Leads101 of 186 (54.3%)
Unknown11 of 186 (5.9%)

'Climbed'86 of 186 (46.2%)
clean O/S93 of 186 (50.0%)
clean β2 of 186 (1.1%)
clean rpt2 of 186 (1.1%)
clean RP1 of 186 (0.5%)
dogged1 of 186 (0.5%)
dnf1 of 186 (0.5%)