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Gwynedd > Clogwyn y Ddysgl >

Rectory Chimneys

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A classic of the Llanberis Pass, one of the best routes at the VDiff grade. Start 25m right of the fallen block at a narrow chimney with a flake leaning across it at half height. 1) 18m. Ascend the chimney making good use of the flake. Follow a groove up a steep wall. 2) 20m. Climb the short, steep wall on the left, then follow the short crack to mantel into a niche. Step left and enter the crack above from behind. Follow this to a stance 5m above. 3) 12m. Climb into the corner above and traverse left along the ledge to a chimney. Climb the chimney to a ledge and good belay. 4) 20m. Easy, broken ground leads to a large grassy rake. 5) 40m. Follow the grassy rake rightwards to reach a large jumble of rocks; The Vestry. 6) 25m. Traverse to the chimney 6m to the right. Climb easily up this. © ROCKFAX
A strenuous and testing climb for its grade.
M W Guiness,W Mcnaught, H R C Carr 27/Aug/1925

Ticklists: North Wales Rock Graded List.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS

This climb is in 20 logbooks, and on 8 wishlists.

Led all pitches. Hard for the grade! Finished in the dark and wandered up to summit of Snowdon by moonlight. Excellent.
Neil D - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/11 with Owen Rees, Beth Hodgett

Betha. - 2nd O/S - 06/Nov/11 with Owen, Neil D

My second ever lead. Led pitch 2 but bottled on the final move and brought up A to finish the pitch. We did pitches 4 and 5 via a mixture of scrambling and moving together.
BethanWhite - AltLd - 02/Jul/11 with Aaron O'Leary

Hidden - Solo - May/11

Bex_M - 2nd - 30/Apr/11 with Duncan Dunbar, Claire Ellwood

B ran pitches 2 and 3 together, so got loads of grief fro stealing my climbing!
climbingxcat - AltLd O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Brian

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Jun/10

Hidden - AltLd - 02/May/10

Kirill - AltLd O/S - 02/May/10 with Gerard Thornley

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/09

multi-pitch
Ben Griffiths - Lead - 26/Jul/08

A testing climb for its grade. Enjoyable but with a tricky descent. Sure it's more than a V Diff. Ended with the Vestry Variant.
Clogwyn y Gwin - 2nd O/S - 01/Jun/08 with J P & G W

andy jennings - Lead O/S - Jun/08 with Momber

Epic all day off route mountain adventure
freemanTom (Guildford MC) - AltLd - May/08 with Claire Williams, Abi Greves

The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - Feb/08 with Lee Bonner

Gman - Solo - Aug/07

Mutl3y - Lead - 10/Jul/07 with Clog

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Apr/95

Hidden - 1978

granitbahn - AltLd - 1969

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, Hidden, Tom Hecht, Hidden, Hidden, johnpr, AlexMc, Hidden