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Brown Windsor* VS 4b

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28m. Interesting but devious. Start at a soft orange thread under the centre of the wall and trend up and right to a square block. Step left and pull over the bulge (strenuous) to a rest under the big roof. Make a long traverse left until past the end of the roof and pull onto the slab for an easy finish, trending right. © ROCKFAX
FA. Ted Howard et al. 1957

Ticklists: Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs.

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This climb is in 32 logbooks, and on 3 wishlists.

claregardiner - Lead - 26/May/12

richyg - 2nd - 26/May/12

cem - Lead rpt - 24/Mar/12 with Rob Truckle

tradguy - Lead rpt - 31/Jul/11 with John Mitchener

joemallia - Lead - 26/Jun/11 with Pete Whittaker, Paul Whittaker, Jill Whittaker

Hidden - 2nd - 17/Apr/11

tradguy - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Ed Lamb

ed_1973 - 2nd - 03/Jul/10 with paul highams

jshields - Lead - 15/May/10 with Ed James

What a nightmare...just couldn't do the bulge under the overhang before the traverse...too pumped and arms too short :-( had to be lowered off and then Alex had to downclimb to retrieve the gear. Humph! Dammit!
valentinesbabe - 2nd dnf - 04/Jul/09 with Alex Kelly

teflonpete - 2nd β - 27/Jun/09 with Barry

Absolute Quality - Two cruxes - Steeply overhanging pull before long traverse and moving onto slab after. Not sure if made it harder by pulling onto slab too early. Best route I've lead yet!
john.gaffney - Lead O/S - 14/Jun/09 with Peter Morrisdaboss

morrisdaboss - 2nd dog - 14/Jun/09 with JB

Laurence Everitt - Solo O/S - 01/Jun/09

one burly move up to the ledge. A bit awkward to protect, but the moves are reasonable.
adam carless - 2nd O/S - 19/Apr/09 with Duncan Bourne

mick1jones - 2nd O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Dave Williams

Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 21/Sep/08 with Jools

Crux move felt really hard for only 4b!
Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd rpt - 30/Jul/08 with Amanda Newham

dangerousoldfool - 2nd O/S - May/08 with Mike O

Kirill - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/07 with Dina, Ilia

Hidden - Lead - 03/Jun/06

cem - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/06 with Eric Olson

Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd - 17/Jul/05 with Ruby & Jill

phardman - Lead O/S - 17/Aug/02

Harder than the HS 4a it gets in the old guide
martroberts - Lead O/S - 24/May/98

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Oct/95

Chris Ellis - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/93 with Louise Pellett

Hidden - Solo - 22/Apr/90

babymoac - Solo - 02/May/82

Hidden - Lead - 18/Apr/81

Plastic rope and old pumps. Bloody Hell.
Ena - TR O/S - Aug/80 with Martin Trouse

Tom V - 1980

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Style of ascent

Soloed3 of 32 (9.4%)
Lead15 of 32 (46.9%)
Followed12 of 32 (37.5%)
Toproped1 of 32 (3.1%)
Unknown1 of 32 (3.1%)

'Climbed'12 of 32 (37.5%)
clean O/S14 of 32 (43.8%)
clean β1 of 32 (3.1%)
clean rpt3 of 32 (9.4%)
dogged1 of 32 (3.1%)
dnf1 of 32 (3.1%)