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Stretcher Wall* E1 5c

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[Richard Pow on Stretcher Wall, E1 5b, 2 kb]Good (and reachy) climbing up the left-hand side of the face. Start up the black right-facing flake then climb more or less directly up the wall. Easier for the tall. © ROCKFAX
6a for short climbers

Photo: Richard Pow on Stretcher Wall, E1 5b © SteveO
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 111 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Simnel - TR - 05/May/13 with John H, katyhope, Ian

IanHope - TR dog - 05/May/13 with John Haxton

katyhope - TR dog - 05/May/13 with John Haxton

duzinga - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/13

wouldnt want to be any shorter than I am!
Dr Toph - Solo O/S - 17/Feb/13

Hidden - 2nd - 16/Feb/13

jonny taylor - 2nd - 04/Nov/12 with Graham

tmawer - 2nd O/S - 01/Nov/12 with Jaime Robertson

robertmichaeladams - 2nd - 20/Oct/12 with Andy H

naffan - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/12 with Joanna

Matt Poole - Lead dog - 29/Jul/12 with Paulina Pilarska

pmurdy - Lead O/S - 07/Jul/12 with Jonny Reay

pete1993 - 2nd O/S - 07/Jul/12 with paul

ushi - 2nd - 04/Jun/12 with Andy Marshall

MDowson - Lead rpt - 19/May/12 with Jonathon Powell

mikecollins - 2nd O/S - 06/May/12 with jason, moose ridd

Hidden - TR dog - 28/Apr/12

got pumped fiddling gear just after the crux, surprisingly steep! will be a doddle with beta
The Big Sender - Lead dog - 31/Mar/12 with morgan trigg

Liam Ingram - 2nd O/S - 31/Mar/12 with Tom E

allyrocke - 2nd O/S - 31/Mar/12 with Fergus Cuthill

barni - 25/Mar/12 with Ami

arrang - Lead - 2012

MDowson - 2nd rpt - 19/Nov/11 with sam webb

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Oct/11

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Oct/11

yarbles - Lead - 07/Oct/11 with James

Hidden - Lead - 01/Oct/11

Hidden - 2nd dog - 25/Sep/11

Craig McMahon - Lead dnf - 18/Sep/11 with Patch

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Sep/11

MDowson - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/11 with Tom pitchforth

Ginger McGrath - Lead O/S - 04/Sep/11 with emily roo

Hilton boy - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/11 with Tracey K

andybirtwistle - Solo - 13/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/11

Good wall climbing... Not sure whether the start was tricky, reachy, plain ard or all three! Got there in the end though and romped to victory.
Cragrat Rich - Lead O/S - 04/Jul/11

PiotrB - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 31/May/11 with Ewan Irvine, Mark D

Mark D - 2nd O/S - 31/May/11 with Laurence Everitt

jonny taylor - Lead rpt - 16/Apr/11 with Matt

mr_nsglover - Lead O/S - Mar/11

A really nice route with a couple of big moves, then some fun jugs. Plenty of good gear....
Chad123 - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/11 with Kiwi Steve, Emily

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

backpack - 2011

Took several abortive attempts to find out which of the various ways of dealing with that first long reach was going to work
jonny taylor - Lead - 13/Oct/10 with Mike

Got on 2nd attempt
a13x - Lead RP - 10/Oct/10 with Matthew Gibbings

Does exactly what it says on the tin.
Alex Winter - Lead O/S - 10/Oct/10 with A. Peace

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/10 with Andru, Venla

oliwarlow - Lead - 16/Aug/10 with Ian

pudding - 2nd O/S - Aug/10 with john phethean

jev - Lead O/S - 18/Jul/10 with HWUMC

NaomiHart - 2nd dog - 03/Jun/10 with Mark Hawkins

hawkins321 - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/10 with naomi hart

Nick Sillem - Lead rpt - 26/May/10

duncman - Lead O/S - 15/May/10

Name sums it up well
David Bulley - Lead O/S - 15/May/10 with Nathan Gibson

Hidden - 2nd - 15/May/10

definately felt 6a for my stature :p - right at the extent of my reach! great route tho - gear where its needed- easy to finish
Woodiee - 2nd O/S - 03/May/10 with Dave Smith

Alison2 - 2nd dog - May/10 with matthew154

the real dave - Lead β - Apr/10 with Karl Wood

some really cool (and long) moves
robertmichaeladams - Lead - 21/Mar/10 with Ben

awesome, pretty length dependent
tomdude - Lead O/S - 21/Mar/10 with fede

gypsy3006 - Lead O/S - 2010

nickcanute - Lead O/S - 2010

nickcanute - Lead O/S - 2010

Hidden - Solo - 2010

scott gibson - 2010

frenchpeter - Lead - 2010

Hidden - Solo O/S - 04/Oct/09

NaomiHart - 2nd dog - 21/Aug/09 with Peter Hart

PeteH - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/09 with Naomi Hart

Daniel Sutherland - TR RP - 10/Jul/09 with wendy

fell off once on second big reach
andrew sandercock - 2nd dog - 05/Jul/09 with tony

robinsi197 - 2nd dog - 27/May/09 with Nick

david morse - Lead O/S - 25/May/09 with andy+ben

chris sm - Lead O/S - 22/May/09 with Pippa Froggatt

CalumC - Lead O/S - 20/May/09 with Becky and Liz

oliwarlow - Lead - 02/May/09 with Rose

gaz.marshall - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/09 with Steev

jored - Apr/09 with Rachel

Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/09

Found the first long reach very long and difficult!
dj_brigham05 - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/09 with Rich Clarke, Pete Abernethy

pete87abs - 2nd dog - 21/Feb/09 with Dave Brigham

Seconded Andy Would like to lead after getting happy at HVS and could do this as a first E1
maxots - 2nd O/S - 28/Jan/09 with Andy Moles EUMC

Andy Moles - Lead O/S - 28/Jan/09 with Max

dan.hobley - TR - 11/Oct/08 with Mark N

Hidden - Solo rpt - Sep/08

Hidden - 28/Jun/08

cem - 2nd O/S - 10/May/08 with Ian Frith

Hidden - 2nd - Apr/08

Awesome!! First Northumberland E1.
beegsyboy - Lead O/S - 09/Feb/08 with Sandy

Certainly didnt feel HVS as the guidebook said. Cams all the way was somewhat worrying but I suppose its just a very reachy one mover.
Will Hunt - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/07 with Matt Ringrose

Quite pokey!!
bourney - Lead - Aug/07

Backed off cleanly after being unable to commit to the first crux.
JLS - Lead dnf - 08/Jul/07 with Jacqui

Hidden - Lead O/S - 28/May/07

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/May/07

Hidden - Lead dnf - 20/May/07

liam humble - 2007

first northumberland E1. The holds are all there but ground fall potential at first reachy move.
jazzyjackson - Lead O/S - 05/Nov/06 with Jimbob

GPN - Lead O/S - Nov/06 with Paul James

Hidden - 2nd dog - 14/Aug/06

whispering nic - Solo - Apr/05

Dave Kerr - Solo - 06/Mar/04

Beardyman - 2000

Hidden - Lead - Oct/99

John Pickles - Solo O/S - 1998

nai - Solo - 27/Aug/91 with Cal

Dave Musgrove - Solo - 27/Aug/89

Roget - 2nd O/S - Aug/89

Hidden - Lead - 08/Aug/87

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
climberchristy, Hidden, Hidden, odox

Voting
Total votes cast 65
hard E20 of 22
E20 of 22
easy E23 of 22
hard E15 of 22
E114 of 22
easy E10 of 22
hard HVS0 of 22
HVS0 of 22
easy HVS0 of 22
hard 6a0 of 21
6a0 of 21
easy 6a2 of 21
hard 5c7 of 21
5c10 of 21
easy 5c2 of 21
hard 5b0 of 21
5b0 of 21
easy 5b0 of 21
3 Stars2 of 22
2 Stars15 of 22
1 Star5 of 22
0 Stars0 of 22
Bag of .....0 of 22
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Style of ascent

Soloed10 of 111 (9.0%)
Lead59 of 111 (53.2%)
Followed29 of 111 (26.1%)
Toproped6 of 111 (5.4%)
Unknown7 of 111 (6.3%)

'Climbed'34 of 111 (30.6%)
clean O/S53 of 111 (47.7%)
clean β1 of 111 (0.9%)
clean rpt5 of 111 (4.5%)
clean RP2 of 111 (1.8%)
dogged13 of 111 (11.7%)
dnf3 of 111 (2.7%)