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Vlad the Impaler*** HVS 5a

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[Vlad the Impaler, 2 kb]75m, 2 pitches. Enjoyable crack climbing up the prominent cracked slab and corner at the toe of No. 2 Buttress.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 38 logbooks, and on 29 wishlists.

ollie1 - AltLd - 17/Feb/13

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Nov/12

Nice climbing up a good line. Climbed in gloves and belay jacket due to the howling wind.
andyinglis - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/12 with mal_meech

Great HVS jamming. midges gave me a strong incentive to lead the 2nd pitch quickly...
James Oswald - 2nd O/S - 15/Aug/12 with Colin Angus

Led P1. Very pleasant, if a bit graunchy in places.
victim of mathematics - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/12 with James Oswald

Great route. Led pitch 2. Must return to lead the first pitch.
DavPk - AltLd O/S - 14/Jul/12 with Simon Hayes

Hidden - Lead - 14/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/12

Great 1st pitch but peters out on pitch 2.
Bart Shaw - AltLd O/S - 04/Jun/12 with Tim

MDowson - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/12 with sam webb

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Jun/12

Great route. Pitch 1 is lovely. I led pitch 2 which started well but the interest trailed off quickly.
trampingcarol - AltLd O/S - 31/May/12 with Libby Southgate, Jonnie Williams

jonnie3430 - AltLd O/S - 31/May/12 with Libby, Carol

I led pitch one and Carol led pitch two
LibS - AltLd - 31/May/12 with Carol Goodall, Jonnie Williams

Fun but VS?
Dangerous Dave - AltLd - 29/Apr/12 with graham

gforce - AltLd - 29/Apr/12 with Dave C

Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Neil Adams

Good route
Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/12 with Ally F

newtonmore - AltLd - 05/Sep/11

cam1401 - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/11 with Andy O

First pitch only
Captain Solo - Lead rpt - 04/Jun/11 with Heike

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/11

tallthinmonkey - 2nd O/S - 05/Mar/11 with Ben Wallace

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2011

Lead pitch two. Really good climbing.
bnewman - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/10 with danimal88, Amelia

looks like an offwidth but goes.
danimal88 - AltLd O/S - 04/Sep/10 with Amilia Hunt, Brad Newman

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Jun/10

led 1st pitch. the fun just keeps coming!!!!!
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/09 with si

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/May/09

Ken Applegate - Lead - 19/Apr/09 with Hannah Evans

Led 1st (5a) pitch.
HIGHTOWER - AltLd β - 18/Apr/09 with Steve Cambell, Ben C

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Jul/08

Captain Solo - AltLd - 16/Sep/06 with Mark

Peter Smith - 2nd - 2005 with Steve Simpson, Tom Harmer

Hidden - 2005

Darragh - Lead - Jul/03 with Hanna

Hidden - AltLd - 16/Jul/02

Darragh - 2nd - 2000 with Adrian

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Steve Waters, Mynydd, Hidden, Hidden, james mcclung, JonmapDL, sarah hawker, tommetcalfe, Hidden, rmc, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, Hidden, OwenF, Hidden, scotclimb, pc1983, DavidRex, madeleine, jeffsheard, Ropeboy, roblanddrum, simonjkinsella, Hidden, Ian Jones, franksnb, andymoin, Sonya Mc, schultz

Voting
Total votes cast 68
hard E10 of 24
E10 of 24
easy E10 of 24
hard HVS1 of 24
HVS16 of 24
easy HVS4 of 24
hard VS3 of 24
VS0 of 24
easy VS0 of 24
hard 5b0 of 23
5b0 of 23
easy 5b0 of 23
hard 5a0 of 23
5a17 of 23
easy 5a4 of 23
hard 4c2 of 23
4c0 of 23
easy 4c0 of 23
3 Stars12 of 21
2 Stars8 of 21
1 Star1 of 21
0 Stars0 of 21
Bag of .....0 of 21
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Style of ascent

Lead10 of 38 (26.3%)
Followed5 of 38 (13.2%)
Alt Leads22 of 38 (57.9%)
Unknown1 of 38 (2.6%)

'Climbed'15 of 38 (39.5%)
clean O/S21 of 38 (55.3%)
clean β1 of 38 (2.6%)
clean rpt1 of 38 (2.6%)