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[Sun, sea, and sublime granite, 2 kb]60m, 4 pitches. A string of superb and intense pitches make up for the rather wandering line. High in the grade. Start at a thin line of weakness in the wall just right of the low-angled corner groove.. 1) 4b, 10m. Climb the wall and thin cracks directly to a tricky exit onto a large belay ledge next to a thorny bush.. 2) 4b, 12m. Take a good crack in a corner to a roof at its top and pull around this on the right to another good belay ledge.. 3) 6m. Walk left along a narrow grassy ledge to a belay below a thin black seam, as for Venusburg.. 4) 4c, 18m. Move up right to the base of a steep corner and climb this with difficulty to a horizontal break that can be followed rightwards across the wall to a belay on its edge.. 5) 4b, 8m. Move up left to a break and climb the thin crack above to finish. © ROCKFAX

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Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/May/13

oakapple - Lead O/S - 13/May/13

Led all pitches. Laaaayback!
ewanthomson - Lead O/S - 06/May/13 with Camilla

Hidden - Lead - 05/May/13

Hidden - 2nd dog - 05/May/13

awesome climb crack pitch is great
robbraby - 2nd O/S - 05/May/13 with Steveo

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 04/May/13

Shouted a lot on the layback.
67hours - Lead O/S - 04/May/13 with RobWM

carl_123 - Lead O/S - 04/May/13

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

Lead all pitches awesome climb, bridged up the crux crack until quite near the top and lay backed the last couple of meters. never harder than 4c or VS but quite high in the grade of both. Very well protected. The lower pitches are also very worth while.....
CurlyStevo - Lead - May/13 with Rob

Hidden - 11/Apr/13

rained off after the sustained layback pitch. no push over for VS 4c
will moy - Lead dnf - 11/Apr/13 with sophie

Nails last pitch for 4c . . First two were a pleasure mind!
ParkFace - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/13 with James Hamilton

Hidden - 2013

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2013

Martin Bennett - 2013

Martin Bennett - 2013

adie84 - 2013

Ed morris - Lead O/S - 01/Dec/12 with matt jackson

Doug miller - Lead O/S - 01/Dec/12 with chris joyce

Chris Joyce - 2nd dog - 01/Dec/12 with Doug miller

Lead first pitch
jacksonm1 - AltLd O/S - 23/Nov/12

Led the corner pitch. Nice exposure when traversing right
katiep - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Alex Banks

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12

Done in 2 pitches. Olie led "P1,2,3". I led "P4&5", awesome route with a massive lay-back crack
Edward Hastrop - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Oli Brend

Lead P2 and P3 (walk), slightly disjointed start, but its all about pitch 4/5. Luckily had all gear taken out by Carina so sailed up layback crack, only to whale madly at end of traverse. Would say harder then 4c for this pitch, but gear aplenty.
Matt Smith - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Carina Ruff, Joe Premier

The ominous looking corner gives classic strenuous climbing, topping out the the belay is kinda spicy too!
AlexanderRyanBanks - AltLd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with Katie Preston

gingerking - AltLd rpt - Oct/12 with James Hadley

P2+P3=P5
Matt Harmon - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/12 with Stefie Cray

Pitches 1 + 4
stefie c - AltLd O/S - 30/Aug/12 with Matt Harmon

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Aug/12

1st and 3rd pitches
Jim Malo - AltLd β - 26/Aug/12 with Deborah

great 3rd pitch
steve2006 - Lead O/S - 26/Aug/12 with Nicola and David

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/12

Cool corner and traverse pitch
loundsy - AltLd rpt - 22/Aug/12

belay bunny turned bad - AltLd - 22/Aug/12 with loundsy

daveyb - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/12

Elmo9090 - 2nd O/S - 24/Jul/12

great third pitch, text book layback and nicely exposed traverse.
Elmo9090 - 2nd O/S - 24/Jul/12 with Tim

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Jul/12

mike.moss - Lead rpt - 09/Jul/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Jun/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Jun/12

Backed off the crux pitch, Emily lead it no problems
becoming-stranger - AltLd O/S - 06/Jun/12 with Beth Mc, Emily Cropton

led p3/4/5. the corner is superb
jon_ridley - AltLd O/S - 06/Jun/12 with Gavin Oliver

beth_may - 2nd - 06/Jun/12 with Emily Cropton, Will Pope

groliver26 - AltLd - 06/Jun/12 with Jon Ridley

Emily Cropton - AltLd - 06/Jun/12 with Will Pope

Ollie led pitches 2 and 4
Darrell Read - AltLd - 04/Jun/12 with Oliver Mentz

Curly Rich - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/12 with GMC JohnP

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 03/Jun/12

did it in 3 pitches.mike ran 1 and 2 together,i ran 3 and 4 together and john scrambled us out on p5.
jon_gill1 - Lead rpt - 03/Jun/12 with mike walton, john ripley

mark88 - AltLd - 02/Jun/12 with Adam Davis

Hidden - Lead - 02/Jun/12

HIGHTOWER - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Fay Potton, Rusty

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/12

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

A beautiful layback :)
Wendy Watthews - Lead O/S - 30/May/12 with emma wilson

Lead 1st, 3rd and last pitches, split the 3rd pitch at the top of the corner, the spike here moves a little disconcertingly, treat with care! Traverse was a lot twitchier than I remembered! Amazing climbing, maybe the best route I've done at Bosi so far.
Joby - AltLd rpt - 26/May/12 with Mike Hooper

had a scrable on the mantle
mike hooper - AltLd O/S - 26/May/12 with jobey martin

P2 and P4
SurferStan - AltLd O/S - 11/May/12 with Pete Chapman, Dilwat

P1 and P3
Dilwat - AltLd rpt - 11/May/12 with Pete, SurferStan

Graham Westbrook - AltLd O/S - 22/Apr/12

windle - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/12 with Alistair Palmer

Hidden - AltLd dog - 09/Apr/12

givemetea - AltLd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with David Proctor

stevepotter - AltLd - 07/Apr/12 with patrick

Ros lead pitch 1 and 2 combined and myself 4 and 5 combined. One of my favourite climbs at Bosigran with an out there feeling on the traverse. Airy delicate climbing on the top pitch made this feel very exciting.
dprctr - AltLd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Roslyn McKendry

I led the first pitch and was very pleased- my first VS after a 1 year break from climbing. There were a couple of moves where I felt worried about slipping / falling but got past them and felt very satisfied- a success! Tom led the rest of the route. The 4th pitch was a monster! The hardest VS I've ever climbed and felt much more like a HVS! A very strenuous and scary layback all the way up to a footless, hard mantle at the start of the 5th pitch. Very hard!
RockaJo - AltLd O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Tom Capmbell

Lumbering Oaf - AltLd rpt - 06/Apr/12 with Alan Mountford

elbeanio - AltLd O/S - 06/Apr/12

Thank god hold after the laybacking, needed that rest!
Blue68 - 2nd O/S - 06/Apr/12 with Matt Box, Alan Mountford

hotfeet - AltLd - 06/Apr/12 with Mark MacDonald, Matthew

DOVEY - AltLd - 06/Apr/12 with Joe, Budd

Harder than I remembered! Led the crux corner but belayed to the left above it (arms too knackered to lead the mantelshelf...)
liz77 - AltLd rpt - 02/Apr/12 with HRC

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

Master Chief - Lead rpt - 23/Mar/12 with Moe

pete87abs - AltLd O/S - 23/Mar/12 with Rich Wain-Hobson

Steve/Me/Steve/Me (missed final 4c move)
Sarah Welsh - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/12 with Emma Grant, Steve Price

lead the main pitch, brilliant. hardst move is the final mantleshelf onto the arete. jamming in the twin cracks saves some energy from laybacking
Webster - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/12

Hidden - Lead - 10/Mar/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/12

Rich Wain-Hobson - AltLd O/S - Mar/12 with Pete Abernathy

mikespooner - AltLd O/S - Mar/12 with Will Fuller

DavidMetcalf - AltLd rpt - 26/Feb/12 with Simon Allan

Davebryant - AltLd - 25/Feb/12 with Sam Hann

Hidden - 11/Feb/12

Hidden - Lead - 03/Feb/12

Felt like HVS at the time, but a windy day in mid january would make anything feel more severe. Brilliant route.
arandall - AltLd O/S - 15/Jan/12 with Tom Pinnons

Caspar - AltLd - 11/Jan/12 with Mike Kann

mike kann - 2012

davidtrelawnyross - 2012

Ian JL - 2012

alan moore - 2012

Stewart Armstrong - 2012

JamesP - 2012

goadventure1 - 2012

JonG - 2012

2602steve - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Hidden - 2012

JevonJennings - Lead - 2012

Stone Idol - 2012

Lead pitches 1 + 3
David_Gledson - AltLd - 01/Dec/11 with Rich Timms

timmsy - AltLd - 01/Dec/11 with David_Gledson

Great route with a good crux pitch, although I can see why VS leaders would have a hard time. The ensuing rain/gear retrieval micro epic wasn't so fun.
Wil Treasure - AltLd - 30/Oct/11 with Jesamine

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Oct/11

bonelessivar - AltLd - 08/Oct/11 with Andy

Anta Misina - 2nd - 02/Oct/11

five - AltLd O/S - 02/Oct/11 with AC, PW

Mowglee - Lead O/S - 01/Oct/11 with Ali

Did it so Ed could try and lead the top pitch again. He got within one move of the top of the crack and came off, spanking his foot pretty bad.
royal - AltLd - 25/Sep/11 with ed

Ed tried to onsight the top pitch but pumped out near the top of the crack. Went up to get his gear off the crack and climbed back down again.
royal - AltLd - 23/Sep/11 with ed

Jim Malo - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/11 with Stu

Danny Bags - Lead - 03/Sep/11

1st moving together experience, as a 3!
CRiddiford - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/11 with Jonny, Mike

Always feel like I'm going to peal off the last moves of the layback. But didn't!
cmsg - Lead rpt - 28/Aug/11 with Jenni Young

Julesthe1st - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/11 with Mike

Worthy of it's stars (and more). Done in 3 pitches, Al ran together 3 + 4 as the light was fading. Really enjoyed my pitch, although felt easy for 4b. Bridged the crack pitch and found it flowed really well. Would like to come back and lead the other pitches. Good stuff.
embob - AltLd - 23/Aug/11 with Alex

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead rpt - 21/Aug/11

Lead all pitches apart from last, exit pitch. Linked P1 and P2.
andrzej kierzek - AltLd O/S - 15/Aug/11 with Tara

TerryLines - AltLd - 14/Aug/11

Led all bar P1. crux pitch was hard going and still a bit damp
stvredmond - AltLd - 14/Aug/11 with Helen Norris

Helnorris - AltLd - 14/Aug/11 with Steve Redmond

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - Aug/11

The peg has gone. A good thing. It was old and dangerous
aostaman - Lead rpt - Aug/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/11

Led the lovely corner pitch plus the subsequent one.
brockers - AltLd O/S - 28/Jul/11 with Astrid Saxby

Country_Boy - 2nd O/S - 25/Jul/11 with Stu Bradbury

Lead all pitches. Pitch 3 is tough for VS.... maybe use of Lakes' MVS works for this one, not HVS but hard for VS. Good anyway!
Duncan Campbell - UKC - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/11 with Jess

Cracking route Gromit!
leerybunny - Lead O/S - 28/Jun/11 with Stan

Great climb, Cal lead the amazing lay back and me the traverse right and top out onto the shelf.
jacko1485 - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/11 with Callum

Did not quite finish complete route - I did first and second pitch. Stu lead the crack but struggled with the mantle shelf so escaped to the top over to the left instead.
thomasaneurinsmith - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/11 with Stuart Reeves

Tom led P1+P2+P3 (ran together). I led P4 but couldn't face the grim mantelshelf, so traversed back and finished up Doorway or something. Quite surprised that the Rockfax WCC mentions the ``difficult'' crack (it wasn't), but doesn't mention the horrible mantel!
stuaart - AltLd O/S - 21/Jun/11 with Thomas Smith

Lead top pitch.
iceaxejuggler - AltLd O/S - 18/Jun/11 with Ruth, Max A

tcn_2002 - AltLd - 18/Jun/11

probably one of my favourite climbs ever!
jakelodge - AltLd O/S - 17/Jun/11 with Jack Brougham

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Jun/11

Lead pitches 1 and 4 most enjoyable route I've done at Bosigran!
mikeyg - AltLd O/S - 14/Jun/11 with Will Twigger

Mega lay back, with Gareth.
Brannock - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/11

arthur_de_briton - Lead - 11/Jun/11 with cat mckenna

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/11

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Jun/11

JonHarvey - AltLd O/S - 01/Jun/11 with Jay Jackson

In the rain... pitches 2 and 4
oooeese - AltLd O/S - Jun/11 with josh daymond

BIgYeti86 - Lead β - Jun/11

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/11

Such a good climb I never get bored of it. I led the first two pitches combined and Johnny led the top.
royal - AltLd - 31/May/11

Peter 1st & 2nd pitch, Me 3rd & 4th pitch. Hard 3rd pitch.
marcduhig - AltLd O/S - 30/May/11 with Peter

In the misty drizzle it called. The crag was damp, great fun but found hard. JN led p1&2 together and I led 3&4 together.
ColinD - 29/May/11 with John Norman

Hidden - AltLd - 29/May/11

highfivekrissy - AltLd - 28/May/11 with Pete Myers

Lead the third pitch, nice big layback and crack climbing followed by an awesomely exposed traverse! scary and strenuous on lead yet very enjoyable.
SamChessell - AltLd O/S - 12/May/11 with George King

Andyh83 - Lead O/S - 07/May/11 with Taff D

first multipitch climb
Taff-D - 2nd O/S - 07/May/11

gingerking - AltLd O/S - May/11 with Sam Chessell

mat led the crux pitch.
peter myers - AltLd - May/11 with Krissy Humble, Matthew Etheridge

worth all the stars - technical, exposed, strenuous: layback crack is getting a bit polished
jag - AltLd - May/11

led 1st and 3rd pitch this time
Kirill - AltLd rpt - 30/Apr/11 with Chris Smith

Okecroak - AltLd - 29/Apr/11

chris ebbutt - AltLd - 28/Apr/11 with Dave R.

Pitches 1,2 and 4 (crack)
PanzerHanzler - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/11 with Steve Culverhouse

climbingpixie - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/11 with Andy

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/11

Lead 2nd pitch
Gnomals - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/11

mattshort - AltLd O/S - 26/Apr/11 with Alan Murray

P1+P2 Nick, P3+P4 Rowan (missed the final crack)
Rowan Mitchell - AltLd O/S - 26/Apr/11 with Nick Warren

Felt hard in horrible new boots and the heat.
Ian Jones - 2nd rpt - 26/Apr/11 with Wing Commander Daniel Whaley

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

Hidden - AltLd dog - 26/Apr/11

Different Steve - 2nd rpt - 25/Apr/11 with Andy Hansler

Led 1st and 3rd pitches - fantastic exposure. Pumped and had to rest and shakeout on 3rd pitch (double crack layback)
steve7734 - AltLd dog - 24/Apr/11

stevepotter - Lead - 23/Apr/11 with Adie

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Apr/11

Lead pitches 1 and 3 Dan led 2 and 4
Dave89 - AltLd O/S - 21/Apr/11 with Dan, Laura

Hidden - AltLd - 20/Apr/11

jeffb - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/11 with Calder

Calder - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/11 with jeffb

Dovey lead, Sam and I seconded
francesanncavanagh - 2nd - 27/Mar/11 with Sam Maker, Ian Dovey

P3 nice
DOVEY - Lead - 26/Mar/11 with Fran Cavanil & Sam Maker

Led P1 and 2 together, then P3.
Neil D - Lead O/S - 16/Mar/11 with Beth Hodgett

Betha. - 2nd O/S - 16/Mar/11 with Neil D

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/Mar/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Mar/11

Moved together then 2nded crux
Bristoldave - 2nd - 05/Mar/11 with Harry

Led all in two pitches. Nice to feel technique improvement and relax on the main crack a bit. Definately one of the best at Bosigran.
royal - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/11 with rob

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Mar/11

fine climbing ,top pitch especially fun
misterb - 2nd - 12/Feb/11 with emma, justin

emsywemsy - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11 with Justin, Nick B

Top pitch.
quadmyre - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11

Climbed this route to retrieve gear for a pair who had to back off. The route was wet making the layback a bit harder, but also more fun!
John Tanner - Lead O/S - 05/Feb/11 with Jonny Pearson

combined first 2 pitches to give the begginers a route to play on but noone wanted to second me up the 3rd pitch :(
mrstarwarsman - Lead O/S - 05/Feb/11

Lead pitch one and started up pitch 3. Got to the top of the crack. It was wet and I was pumped so took a fall. Had two more attempts but fell each time. Nick gave it a go but couldn't get up either to we traversed off and scambled down. Luckily for us the heroic John Tanner climbed it later and rescued our cam.
Tom Downes - AltLd dnf - 05/Feb/11 with nick evens

Chester led layback pitch. Top climb!
Southern Man - AltLd O/S - 05/Jan/11 with Chester

fantastic route, best I've done at Bosigran so far. 3rd pitch is exciting and very well protected. well worth it.
crobinson - AltLd - 05/Jan/11 with Southern Man

Hidden - 2011

Slipperking - 2011

centurion05 - 2011

centurion05 - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

cornishmackem - 2011

fletch73 - 2011

mwatson - 2011

David Sherratt - Lead O/S - 2011

erinbastian - Lead O/S - 25/Dec/10 with martin

Lead all pitches apart from corner crack/traverse. Dave lead hard pitch
jakenichol - AltLd O/S - 14/Dec/10

I lead main crux pitch
Dave Heaton - AltLd - 14/Dec/10

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

led 1st and 4th pitches
Haytor_Haggis - AltLd - 13/Nov/10 with Steve Woollard

nickstephens - AltLd O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Graham Hadaway

I lead the last pitch.
redshapedfriday - AltLd O/S - 16/Oct/10

mbradberry2008 - AltLd O/S - 03/Oct/10 with Jacob Kirmes-Daly

Jacob k-d - AltLd O/S - 03/Oct/10

Lead all pitches.
Matt Fry - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/10 with Scott Titt

djking1983 - AltLd - 29/Sep/10 with Rhys Jones

Rhys Jones - AltLd - 29/Sep/10

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

Lead the top pitch. A little pumped with disco leg! Brilliant climb.
royal - AltLd O/S - 18/Sep/10

Slick - AltLd - 18/Sep/10 with Isabel Evans

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Sep/10

francois - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/10 with Chris

BelayBunney - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/10 with Francois

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Sep/10

Dragged up the steep crack and traverse - tired!
Becky E - 2nd dog - 02/Sep/10 with Matt Maynard

Led it in two pitches
mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 02/Sep/10 with Rebecca Ellis

Rach led the meaty third pitch. A good effort as very pumpy.
Lumbering Oaf - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/10 with Andrea Lewis, Rachel Spraggs

Led pitches 1 and 3.
spragglerocks - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/10 with Andrea Lewis, Matt Box

P1 & P4 Great fun. Feet killing in new shoes so J got the fun pitches. P3 is awesome, can get plenty of gear in.
Batt - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/10 with James Hoyes

Hoyes - AltLd O/S - 31/Aug/10 with Rachel B

Pumped tae buggery, couldnae do the mantel after the travis, so came back leftward and made a tricky escape through another V.S, i think..altogether a pretty tough 3rd pitch!!might have just been the hangover tho..
fatbuoybazza - Lead dnf - 28/Aug/10 with liv_the_div

me 3rd
mike88 - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/10 with max hodges

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

Led P1 + 2 together
MH123 - AltLd O/S - 27/Aug/10 with Mike Waller

Led final pitch up the corner crack.
Jim Slater - AltLd O/S - 26/Aug/10 with Pete Wimbush

bpmclimb - Lead rpt - 23/Aug/10 with Clare

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Aug/10

Led final two.
Will Hunt - AltLd O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Sean Jacobs

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 21/Aug/10

andybenham - AltLd rpt - 05/Aug/10 with Jim Croft

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Aug/10

Vince McNally - AltLd O/S - 02/Aug/10 with Sumee Holloway

joshen - Lead O/S - Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - Aug/10

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Jul/10

Pitch 1
metal arms - AltLd O/S - 17/Jul/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/10

jasonpm - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/10 with TonyM

I did the bottom half and mark did the top half.
cheeky - AltLd O/S - 06/Jul/10 with Mark Philipson

good layback crack, loads of gear, solid VS4c, no harder. hardest part of pitch 3 is mantle shelf at end. did in 2 pitches.
mark4344 - AltLd - 06/Jul/10 with Matt Payne

Led 2nd and 4th
Dizz - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/10 with nb pixel

Led pitches 1&3. Pitch 3 sustained- came off quite close to top of corner as very pumped having placed an emergency Cam. First VS 4c lead, first leader fall. Sigh. Interesting beached whale move on mantle shelf. Fantastic route though!
NB Pixel - AltLd dog - 19/Jun/10 with DizLiz

Spence22 - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/10 with Charlie

ian d f - AltLd O/S - 14/Jun/10 with Mark

markfromstoke - AltLd - 14/Jun/10 with Ian

Fall on layback as tough gear to get out and refused to rest!
mes32 - 2nd - 12/Jun/10

Fell off the corner pitch. Was trying to do it with delicate bridging, but it turns out aggressive lay-backing is the way forward. First lead fall!
bigbobbyking - Lead dog - 12/Jun/10 with Zach Stone

zach.stone - 2nd dog - 12/Jun/10 with Robert King

theotherpetehill - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/10

chrisallan - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/10

zach.stone - 2nd - 12/Jun/10 with Robert King

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

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

joese7en - AltLd - 03/Jun/10

Georgina Brooke - 2nd dog - Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/10

jon_gill1 - AltLd O/S - 29/May/10 with john beardmore

Me: Pitch 1 & 3 Jon: Pitch 2 & (4 variation) The 3rd pitch up the cracks ..... not sure why there have been accidents, the gear is superb. Interesting mantle at the end though, it made me think. Pitch 4: Felt hard for 4c!
JWB - AltLd O/S - 29/May/10 with Jon Gill

muttley_109 - AltLd O/S - 28/May/10 with Gary Lewis, Steven Delaney

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/May/10

Great climbing but gets very exposed and hard on the mantel off the traverse.
Zoomer - AltLd O/S - 22/May/10 with George Best

gingergeorge - Lead - 22/May/10 with 15oth trg

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

Harald - Lead O/S - 10/May/10

Led the lot as two pitches, which works well but you need to be careful to avoid rope drag after the traverse. Excellent route, one I have been meaning to do for some yearts and it didn't dissappoint. Certainly high end VS.
andybenham - Lead - 09/May/10 with Ben

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/May/10

verticon - Lead O/S - May/10

sustained pitch three
benkelsey - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/10

Jessie Rushbrooke - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10 with GF

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Apr/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/10

Dont let the negative guidebook description put you off, this is a 3 star classic
david morse - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/10 with chris todd

hazeysunshine - AltLd O/S - 05/Apr/10 with Dave

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/10

Dilwat - 2nd O/S - 27/Feb/10 with Nick, dready

dready - AltLd O/S - 27/Feb/10

Hidden - 2010

JerryD - Lead - 2010

Hidden - 2010

katyvose1 - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Led pitches 2,3. Slow and steady (and lots of gear) up the twin cracks, then struggled with the mantleshelf to the belay.
Monkey_Alan - AltLd O/S - 31/Oct/09 with Stella Moggs

Max p1 & 3, me p2 & 4
Indy Nile - AltLd O/S - 31/Oct/09 with Max Streeton

m.thomas15 - Lead O/S - 31/Oct/09 with Hazel watchorn

very nice top pitch go straight up the arête after the mantelshelf (not round the corner)
joese7en - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09

Did it in 2 pitches, more enjoyable than stopping to belay all the time!
Don Jebus - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Joe Gomery

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Sep/09

DanHB - AltLd - 05/Sep/09 with Nick Stephens

What a great 2nd pitch. Not as hard as I was expecting with loads of gear if you could be bothered to stop all the time.
nickstephens - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/09 with Dan Haberson-Butcher

DanHB - AltLd - Sep/09 with Nick Stephens

Lead pitch 1 and pitch 2
gg4419 - AltLd O/S - Sep/09

I led first 2 pitches in one. Tony led last 2 in one. Felt pretty straightforward compared to the time I seconded it with Ian - there were no holds on it then!
Swotson - AltLd O/S - 16/Aug/09 with Tony Madden

Hidden - Lead - 07/Aug/09

Pete Nugent - Lead - Aug/09 with Mark "Sparky" Adams

1st 2 pitches - finished on Andrew
hazeysunshine - Lead O/S - 17/Jul/09 with Robbo

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 30/Jun/09

What a route! We broke it into two chunks and I led the second chunk, so pitches 3 and 4 but not run together. Found the layback crack very hard work as I jammed it mostly and laced it too. Thought the traverse and awkward move were immense--v pleased I didn't fall! Fantastic route, that doesn't give an inch, but never again haha!! :-)
Flicka - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/09 with Cara-Lyn (Caralynr)

sgl0jd - Lead - 28/Jun/09

Didn't do final pitch
dpmUK - 2nd dnf - 28/Jun/09 with James Dexter

Caralynh - AltLd - 27/Jun/09 with Lizzie (Flicka)

Daren got the tough top pitches...nervy traverse with little gear. Fantastic layback corner though.
mattparratt - AltLd - 25/Jun/09

Em66 - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/09 with MUMC

lukehunt - Solo - 16/Jun/09

lead 1st 3rd and last pitches
davidwright - AltLd O/S - 24/May/09 with Simon B

Joris.Roulleau - AltLd O/S - 24/May/09 with Nick Hirst

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

Took a couple of our less experienced climbers up this climb, really enjoyable P3 - quite hard at VS.
Misha - Lead O/S - 23/May/09

Awesome- first big multi pitch (seconded), P3 is apparently very good for grade with options to jam or lay back. First two pitches were an excellent warm up for what was to come- definately worthy of its 2*'s
AmyLauren - 2nd - 22/May/09 with Misha

Daniel Sutherland - 2nd - 12/May/09 with STU

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/May/09

Mike W - Lead O/S - May/09 with grant

Hidden - AltLd O/S - May/09

Duncan Skelton - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/09 with Jason Parker, Sue Jackson

joehanks61 - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/09

Led P1 & P3
Different Steve - AltLd rpt - 10/Apr/09 with Clare & Joe

Confident second with competent leader.
Rich Wain-Hobson - Lead O/S - Apr/09 with Steve Price, Daniel Racey

Started on Little Brown Jug finishing with the last pitch of Anvil Chorus
nicki_2712 - 2nd - 05/Mar/09 with Tom Baines

paulh1967 - 2009

keith leonard - 2009

Ashley Hold - Lead - 2009

Rusty2406 - Lead rpt - 29/Dec/08 with Voytek

Master Chief - AltLd rpt - 03/Nov/08 with Nick

Rusty2406 - AltLd O/S - 03/Nov/08 with Master Chief

davidgc - 2nd - 17/Aug/08

liz77 - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/08 with Paul

perranman - AltLd - 03/Aug/08

MikeLeeds - AltLd O/S - 27/Jul/08 with Clive's mate Stu

led first pitch
Anna Horrox - 2nd - 27/Jul/08 with Clive Greenwood

Anna led pitch 1 and I led the rest.
clive-greenwood - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/08 with Anna

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/08

Led top pitch. Had bruised ego after aborting Bow Wall, but HVS still seemed about right.
Owen W-G - AltLd O/S - 19/Jul/08 with Si

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/08

Led 1st and 3rd pitch.
adamscottthomas - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/08 with Oliver Mentz

31770 - AltLd - 28/Jun/08 with adamscottthomas

BicepAndrews - Lead - 09/Jun/08 with Mike Spilka

Hidden - Lead - Jun/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jun/08

Subwaycups - 2nd O/S - Jun/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/May/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/May/08

pitch 1 and 3
OffshoreAndy - AltLd O/S - 06/May/08 with Skell

I led the layback and traverse. Nolan led the HVS finish - gruesome but fun.
Kafoozalem - AltLd - 06/May/08 with Nolan

Hidden - May/08

existing debt - 03/Apr/08 with Iain a

riddle - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/08 with Alastair

Al Franks - Lead O/S - 09/Mar/08 with Ingrid

Alasdair88 - Lead O/S - 09/Mar/08 with Ingrid

Hidden - Mar/08

Lead pitches 2+4. The fourth pitch is *not* hard, the third is (Toby fell off the traverse!). Awesome climb and better than little brown jug imo.
thomasadixon - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/08 with Toby Kluth

Master Chief - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/08 with Jeremy

Fell while trying to mantle to the belay at the end of the third pitch. Very pumped from laybacking the corner. Fall came to a halt half way down the layback corner even though i had plenty of gear in
Ybot Htulk - AltLd - Feb/08 with Tom Dixon

Stone Muppet - 2008

Hidden - 2008

jl - Lead O/S - 30/Dec/07 with Penny

pennyb - 2nd O/S - 30/Dec/07 with Jon

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Nov/07

SteveM - AltLd O/S - 02/Nov/07 with Kat

Sari Nevala - Lead - Oct/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/07

shoulders - Lead - 07/Aug/07 with dai

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/07

eel - 2nd O/S - Aug/07

RobSteere - 2nd O/S - 14/Jul/07 with John Axeworthy

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/07

Toby Dunn - 2nd - 08/Jun/07 with Ruth

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/07

lead the layback crack pitch. Brilliant. Did an "alternative" finish though.
JackMountains - AltLd dog - 04/Jun/07 with Ben Snook

phil stubbs - 2nd - 04/Jun/07 with Jack Milton

Ben Snook - AltLd - 04/Jun/07 with n0ph33r

MikeT - AltLd O/S - Jun/07 with MO

Fine route, finally got round to doing it! Pitch three is superb, best to do a combination of layaways and jams. Masses of good gear and time to put it in. Can't understand its reputation for serious accidents. Found the "interesting mantleshelf" to be the crux.
Rog Wilko - Lead - May/07 with Debbie Wilkinson

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/07 with Jon Miles

lead pitch 1 and 2
The Mountain Goat - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/07 with Dom Sellers

toasted - Lead - 15/Apr/07 with Ian Atkins

led the twin cracks by accident after starting Clob... most enjoyable layback I've led!
ebunick - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/07 with Gabby

Led P2, P4. Fell seconding the crux pitch.
Kirill - AltLd dog - 07/Apr/07 with Liam Mark

Awesome route - every pitch a corker!
Rob84 - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/07 with Jim D

maybe_si - AltLd O/S - 11/Mar/07 with jez

Hidden - Lead dog - 11/Mar/07

Hidden - 2nd - 10/Mar/07

RedFox - AltLd - 24/Feb/07 with Rich B

Hidden - Lead - 25/Jan/07

Rob Kennard - 2007

climber sim - 2007

riddle - 2007 with Ollie

timmy-ts - 2007

Dan_Carroll - Lead O/S - 2007 with Beckholland

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - AltLd - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Top end of VS
bpmclimb - Lead O/S - 23/Dec/06 with Clare

richw2k2 - AltLd O/S - 07/Oct/06 with Andy Clarke

Rich led P1&2 in one, I did the same with P3&4.
Andy Clarke - AltLd O/S - 07/Oct/06 with Rich

sgl - AltLd O/S - 01/Sep/06 with Konnie

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

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/06

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/06 with helen gibson

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Aug/06

HVS for sure. Harder than Aviation on Low Man...
Dave Kerr - Lead - 02/Aug/06 with Jill Kerr

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Aug/06

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

Another excellent lead for Alex. Pretty tough at VS.
crossdressingrodney - AltLd O/S - 01/Aug/06 with alex malins, victim of mathematics

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

cat22 - AltLd - Aug/06 with Chris B, Megan

Done as 2 pitches. 2nd'd 1st+2nd, Ld 3rd+4th pitches. Found the crux laybacks really hard work, and ran out the exposed 4th pitch. More like HVS!
Nick Smith - UKC - AltLd O/S - 20/Jul/06 with Adam Carless

Nick did the crux pitch, I faffed getting the gear out of it for ages.
adam carless - AltLd O/S - 20/Jul/06 with Nick Smith - UKC

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Jul/06

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Jul/06

mooseloose - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/06 with Mike & Jana

Cardi - 2nd O/S - Jun/06 with Jon B

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 27/May/06

bob3141 - AltLd dog - 13/May/06 with Jesse Dufton

Jesse Dufton - Lead - 13/May/06 with bob3141

Nice, lead all pitches.
chrissloan84 - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/06 with Anna and Simon

Boxy - Lead β - 30/Apr/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Apr/06

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Apr/06

Led p 3 & 4
cem - AltLd rpt - 15/Apr/06 with Graham Dolman

Lev - AltLd O/S - 05/Mar/06 with Rich Beckley

Hidden - Lead dnf - 05/Mar/06

leadmat - Lead - 2006

Runtothehills - AltLd O/S - 2006

mikelaing - 2006

Geoffers - AltLd dog - 2006 with Tim

wojt - Lead - 2006

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Oct/05

timharrison - AltLd O/S - Sep/05 with Jo Willet

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/05

Bella - Lead O/S - 12/Aug/05 with Dutch Richard

Hidden - AltLd β - 18/Jun/05

Si dH - AltLd O/S - 14/Jun/05 with Stuart Fox

Hidden - AltLd dog - 29/May/05

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/May/05

Charlie Williams - Lead O/S - May/05 with Gary Dicker

Stig - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/05 with Geraldine Lawless

Andy2 - 2005

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2005

feilx - 2005

Rowansb - 2nd dog - 2005

4b, 4b, 4c, 4c - lead third pitch
PenJD - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/04 with James D

mikeyjbs - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/04 with simon ball

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/May/04

timreynolds - 2nd - 02/May/04

John Kettle - AltLd - 2004

jamie ward - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/03 with John Howes

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/03

Hidden - Lead - 22/Aug/03

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/03

Fell off then went to hospital in '95.
pezzerrr - AltLd RP - 04/Aug/03

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Jun/03

Led P2,P4 Much safer than the guidebook suggests.
Different Steve - AltLd O/S - Apr/03 with Rupert Holbrook

eddy-on-the-rocks - Lead O/S - Apr/03 with Dan

Scotsken - 2003

William Robertson - 2nd O/S - 2003 with Emily

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Oct/02

tobydunford - 2nd O/S - Oct/02 with Tom Harvey, Claire Winterbottom

Samuel1989 - 2nd - 21/Sep/02 with Bob

rapidrich - Lead O/S - 14/Sep/02 with Katie & Kate

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/02

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Aug/02

chris wyatt - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/02

Hidden - AltLd - Jun/02

Hidden - Lead O/S - 19/May/02

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/May/02

Hidden - AltLd - 2002

phardman - Lead O/S - 19/Aug/01

Hidden - Lead - 01/Aug/01

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jun/01

Hidden - 2001

Hidden - Lead O/S - Oct/00

BALD EAGLE - 2nd - 28/Aug/00 with Royston Smith

paddymitton - Lead - Jun/00

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/May/00

cem - 2nd O/S - 21/Apr/00 with Graham Dolman

Bill climbed pitches 1 & 2 in one, I lead pitch 3.
Paul-Michael - AltLd O/S - 15/Apr/00 with Bill

Hidden - Jan/00

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2000

CraigMac1 - 2000

Marti999 - Lead - 2000

brianrunner - 2000

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

loundsy - Lead O/S - 2000

NickP - 2000

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Sep/99

Roget - Solo O/S - 17/Aug/99

stuart100 - Lead O/S - May/99 with Claire Graham

hdog76 - 1999

Hidden - 1999

PaulTanton - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/98

ZA - 2nd - 28/Jun/98 with family

five - AltLd O/S - Jun/98

timreynolds - Lead - 03/May/98 with John Burnip

Great layback!
Toerag - AltLd O/S - Apr/98

several assents
andy_pemberton - Lead - 1998

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Aug/97

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

belay bunny turned bad - 1997

Led pitches 2 & 4.
borderline - AltLd O/S - Jun/96

markpollak - AltLd O/S - 1996 with roy thomas

Hidden - Lead O/S - 1996

rurp - Lead O/S - 1996

Led P1, P3
stevieb - AltLd O/S - 28/Aug/95 with Kelvyn James

michael burrows - Solo - 28/Jul/95

Guy - 1995

chris sm - AltLd O/S - 12/Nov/94 with Martin Sime

colin milton - AltLd - 02/Jul/94 with eric milton

Pleasant, easy for the grade
neilh - Lead O/S - 04/May/94 with sara hyde

sdht - 1994

daprince - Jun/93

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Oct/92

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/92

Jelly Mould Surfer - Lead O/S - Mar/91

biggianthead - Jun/90 with C

Andy Say - Lead O/S - Apr/90

DaveHo - Lead O/S - 1990

Led 2&3
Iain Thow - AltLd - 27/Mar/89 with Rob Ivens

Tony Buckley - AltLd - Apr/87

Hidden - AltLd - 09/Apr/85

malc - AltLd - 12/Apr/84

nigehughes - AltLd - Apr/83 with Eric Joyce

mark-abz - Lead - 14/Feb/82 with Martin S

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Lead - 1981

Chris Craggs - 1980

Mark Kemball - Lead - 15/Apr/79 with Sarah Bridge

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

David Smith - 1979

L,2,L.
charlesmfrench - AltLd O/S - 1979 with Keith Milne

Mike C - AltLd - 11/Nov/78 with Dave Hyde

jmr - AltLd - 21/Oct/78 with Dave Walker

Hidden - Lead - 22/Mar/78

babymoac - Jul/77 with AUMC

RichardMc - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/76 with Dave Langmead

Falko - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/76 with Alan Taylor, Chris Plant

Bolt Phobia - AltLd - 06/Apr/76 with John Broadwell

Nigel Bond - AltLd - 22/Jun/75 with Ian Duckworth

Ken Taylor - AltLd - 15/May/75 with Chris Terrey

petemeads - Lead - 1974

Dave Musgrove - AltLd - Sep/69 with Andy Wild, Dennis Gray

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Voting
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hard HVS0 of 103
HVS0 of 103
easy HVS16 of 103
hard VS56 of 103
VS31 of 103
easy VS0 of 103
hard HS0 of 103
HS0 of 103
easy HS0 of 103
hard 5a0 of 104
5a0 of 104
easy 5a15 of 104
hard 4c61 of 104
4c28 of 104
easy 4c0 of 104
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3 Stars86 of 101
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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 557 (0.5%)
Lead154 of 557 (27.6%)
Followed54 of 557 (9.7%)
Alt Leads281 of 557 (50.4%)
Unknown65 of 557 (11.7%)

'Climbed'213 of 557 (38.2%)
clean O/S290 of 557 (52.1%)
clean β4 of 557 (0.7%)
clean rpt24 of 557 (4.3%)
clean RP1 of 557 (0.2%)
dogged18 of 557 (3.2%)
dnf7 of 557 (1.3%)