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The Spiral Route** VS 4c

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[Mike and Mira coming off The Spiral Route on Rivelin Needle, 1 kb]28m. A mini expedition that does what it says on the tin! All in all, the easiest way to the summit, although it is not that easy. Start as for Croton Oil then move right to a crack, which leads to the ledges behind the tower, and the feeling that you are still on the ground. From the opposite end of the ledges hand traverse the horizontal break strenuously out right to gain the Notch and the 'rickety-flake' finish. © ROCKFAX
FA. Don Wooller 1950

Ticklists: Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List, Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs, Peak Gritstone S-HVS **+.

Photo: Mike and Mira coming off The Spiral Route on Rivelin Needle © SteveM
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This climb is in 159 logbooks, and on 14 wishlists.

ashmellor - AltLd O/S - 09/Jun/13 with dan fawley

Nigel Bond - 2nd - 23/Apr/13 with Bern Hardman

althesin - Lead O/S - 05/Mar/13 with Reds

Reds - 2nd rpt - 05/Mar/13 with Althesin, schristophersmith

Getting dark so bottled out and let others finish from second belay ledge
schristophersmith - 2nd dnf - 05/Mar/13 with silas feaver, Ian Redfern

Rubbish.
deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 07/Feb/13

if your a vs leader get on croton oil.this route is poo
the power - 2nd - 07/Feb/13 with deacon, ken

SteveM - 2nd - 02/Feb/13 with Rachael

spragglerocks - Lead rpt - 02/Feb/13 with Steve M

Jones_d - 2nd - 11/Nov/12 with Jon Harrison

A good adventurous route, quite physical for the grade, maybe worth soft HVS. shame about the rope drag, although hard to avoid it. maybe worth another star. VS 4c **
rustaldo - 2nd O/S - 04/Nov/12 with Aimee, Alex, Kit Perry

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Oct/12

A bit contrived but a brilliant route. Rebelayed on midway ledge, still ended up with rope jamming when taking in from the top.
Andrew Sloan - Lead rpt - 18/Oct/12 with Steve Grove

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Sep/12

Andy led both pitches.
Graeme Hammond - 2nd rpt - 17/Sep/12 with Andy Winter

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/Jun/12

adi bryant - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Liz

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 01/Apr/12

JamesP - 2012

Did this as two pitches. Led first pitch Croton Oil start to ledges at back. Attempted second pitch on hand traverse to notch. Failed. Let Alan lead it!
Lumbering Oaf - 2nd RP - 07/Oct/11 with Alan Mountford

did as 2 pitches, still had bad rope drag on 2nd pitch.
hotfeet - AltLd - 07/Oct/11 with Matthew

I led P1 Charley led P2 . Nuch nicer route than it looks. Needs care with rope work on P2 though.
valentinesbabe - AltLd O/S - 19/Aug/11 with Charley Fell

Did P2... So much nicer then how it looks... From the ground it looks like its going to be a battle. So much so that I did Croton Oil first as it looked easier. Turns out, the second you step around the arete, it's a bit of a jug-fest. The only battle was the nightmare rope drag...
charley - AltLd O/S - 19/Aug/11 with Ange

Hidden - Lead dnf - 24/Jul/11

Brown - Solo - 31/May/11 with Gabriel

Hidden - AltLd - 26/May/11

Deezel65 - Lead O/S - 13/May/11 with Gareth Hoosen

Harry Thorpe - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/11 with Sarah Rixham

Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Apr/11

Led p1
harold walmsley - AltLd O/S - 22/Mar/11 with Colin Struthers

timofy - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/11

Ollie B - AltLd O/S - 03/Feb/11 with P.Murdy

pmurdy - Lead O/S - 03/Feb/11 with Ollie Burrows

A good route quite hard in the grade but never HVS or 5a
CurlyStevo - Lead - 2011 with Kenny

Oceanic - 20/Nov/10

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Oct/10

Nice. A strange route and it's friggin hard not to get bad rope drag! Awesome moves to get up onto the ledge. Felt difficult for VS.
James Oswald - Lead O/S - 02/Oct/10 with Neil R

slacky - 2nd O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Ben

Jonathan Hall - Lead - 28/May/10 with John Tourle

John Tourle - 2nd - 28/May/10 with Jonathan Hall

r fizzle - 2nd O/S - 28/Apr/10 with Chi Huo Cheng

Did as 2 pitches. lead both
Chi Cheng - Lead O/S - 28/Apr/10 with Rachel Stater

mark20 - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead rpt - 05/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Mar/10

ig248 - Lead O/S - Feb/10

Seymore Butt - 2010

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Oct/09

Laurence Everitt - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/09 with Rosie Henstock

Rosie Henstock - 2nd - 23/Sep/09 with Laurence

Logistical nightmare for rope drag! Soloed the first half so I could turn the corner without the rope dragging down to protection further down. Fell off after the next swing round though as I didn't see the horizontal crack for feet. Got it right on the second attempt and finished. Granted, I didn't start from the bottom on the second attempt but to be fair, I don't think bit matters for this climb (especially as it was previously soloed ) so ethics police, shut yer lip!
Irn Bruce - Lead rpt - 05/Sep/09 with Ian Jenkins

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Aug/09

Somehow managed to do it in one pitch - a new definition of rope drag!
Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/09 with Sue Hazel

Led both pitches. The 1st pitch it worth doing with a good challenge climbing both of the cracks. The traverse on the 2nd pitch was sustained,pumpy and pretty scary. The drizzle didn't help friction matters. Harder than Croton Oil IMHO.
howlingbaboon - Lead O/S - 22/May/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/May/09

CliffSurtees - Lead - 2009

Fun steep traverse pitch round the needle on jugs, then up the rickety flake, very hollow sounding
Bart Shaw - AltLd O/S - 11/Oct/08 with Alex

JackMountains - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/08 with James Fleming

slacky - Lead rpt - 17/Jun/08 with Del

morganator - Solo - 25/May/08

And down again...obviously.
alaan - Solo O/S - 31/Mar/08

slacky - 2nd O/S - 29/Mar/08 with Gary Shephard

Anna Horrox - 2nd - 11/Feb/08 with Clive Greenwood

clive-greenwood - Lead O/S - 11/Feb/08 with Anna

Dislocated left shoulder
Kirill - AltLd dnf - 12/Jan/08 with Rob Truckle

roberto18 - 2008

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2nd - 2008

Pretty tough for VS.
Andrew Sloan - Lead dog - 23/Dec/07

Martin Haworth - AltLd - Dec/07 with Andy

Traverse is nasty if you dont trust friction and get moving quickly....i just pumped myself out messing around!
sstanier - 2nd dnf - 10/Nov/07 with Sam Clarke

Sam Clarke - Lead dog - 10/Nov/07 with Sam Stanier

I was rubbish on this. Failed on the traverse.
KeithW - 2nd dog - 03/Nov/07 with Ian Bentley

Hidden - 2nd dog - 13/Oct/07

MikeLeeds - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/07 with Mira Slavova

led both pitches
Graeme Hammond - Lead O/S - 22/Sep/07 with Pete aka Dad

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 15/Sep/07

dhdaveuk - 2nd RP - 01/Sep/07 with Leo

Hidden - Lead - Jul/07

Sgt. Vest - Lead O/S - 20/Jun/07 with Chris Braine

Matt - BodyPoint - 2nd dog - 05/May/07 with Malcolm Marshall

malc - Lead rpt - 05/May/07 with Boomer

dan gibson - Solo rpt - 27/Apr/07 with AJ

Hidden - Lead - 25/Mar/07

roberto18 - AltLd - 10/Mar/07 with Dad (Mike Bridges)

I led the 1st pitch,Rob led to the summit.
mike bridges - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/07 with Robert Bridges

John Marsland - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/07 with Arnaud Garcon

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Nicos - Lead O/S - 09/Dec/06 with alex at home

SteveM - Lead - 30/Sep/06 with Tobs

victim of mathematics - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/06 with crossdressingrodney

crossdressingrodney - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/06 with victim of mathematics

madaxeman - 2nd - 09/May/06

great night
markbenton - Lead dog - 09/May/06 with madaxeman

DerwentDiluted - Lead - 09/May/06 with Laurie Smith

I led the final pitch.
Mutl3y - AltLd - 02/May/06 with Iggy

Lev - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/06 with Emma Ross

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/06

annakyn - Lead - 01/Apr/06 with Dave Williams

Only second pitch, couldnt be bothered with 2 pitches since time was short and I've done the start before on Croton Oil. Nice route, quite tough for VS I thought.
Si dH - Lead O/S - 11/Jan/06 with Neil Furniss

Second pitch traverse is pumpy and quite hard
Sankey - AltLd O/S - 03/Jun/05 with Andy E

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/05

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/04

Stig - 2nd O/S - Aug/04 with Charlie Reade-Jahn

Cake - AltLd O/S - Aug/04 with Matt

My first VS lead
peter myers - Lead - May/04 with Sion

thetourist - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/04

cem - 2nd O/S - 22/Feb/04 with Graham Dolman

Phil West - Lead dnf - 04/Jan/04 with Shaun Walby

Lead first pitch. Traverse was very pumpy. Fell off the traverse and swung round the needle. High in the grade and I thought this route was crap (not just because I failed on it)
Neil Henson - AltLd - Dec/03 with Andy Tims

Lots of rests on pitch 2
Toreador - Lead dog - 26/Oct/03 with Carmen

Hidden - Lead - 28/Sep/03

Hidden - Solo - 07/Jan/03

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2003

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 2003

Budge - 2nd O/S - 07/Aug/02 with Carl Tiivas

Hidden - 2nd - Jun/02

Reds - Lead dog - 15/Apr/02 with Andy

willackers - 2nd β - 2002 with Mark Shore

benjih2o - Lead - 2002 with dai ozatti

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Oct/01

Hidden - Lead rpt - 27/May/01

99bolivar - 27/Jun/00 with Lewis Bowman

tlr - Solo - 2000

university years
Simon Pearce - 2000

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

Also followed Mike? up top pitch in 97.
JohnHutch - 2nd - Dec/99 with L

ChrisJD - Lead - 31/Oct/99 with Clare

five - Lead O/S - Jul/99 with SH

Brian Rodgers - 1998 with Paul Hennelly

Hidden - 2nd rpt - 1998

Hidden - Lead - 18/Jun/97

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 1997

BruceW - AltLd O/S - 1997 with Keith S.

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/96

Neil Conway - 2nd O/S - 07/Mar/96 with Steve Hardy

mikedelderfield - Solo O/S - 01/Jun/95

ste_d - Lead O/S - 01/Jun/95 with mik

colin milton - 2nd - 08/May/95 with eric milton

astrecks - Lead O/S - 03/Jun/94 with Rod

jim_randell - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/93 with LS, MB, MS

Hidden - Solo - 18/Oct/92

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 17/Jun/92

Roget - Lead O/S - 28/May/90 with jim

NickJH - 2nd - May/90 with D Townsend

leathers - 1990

Marti999 - Lead - 1990

goi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 06/Mar/88 with Ric Marchant

Pete Pozman - 2nd rpt - 03/Mar/88 with John Byrne

GordonHart - Lead O/S - 1986

malc - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/84

babymoac - Lead - 08/Jun/81 with MTW

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 24/Jul/80 with Martin Veale

Andy Say - Lead O/S - May/79

Dave Musgrove - Lead - 25/Aug/76 with Jim Worthington

Hidden - AltLd - 24/Apr/76

greenbuoy - 2nd - 28/Nov/71 with Bob Lister

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Style of ascent

Soloed9 of 159 (5.7%)
Lead67 of 159 (42.1%)
Followed50 of 159 (31.4%)
Alt Leads22 of 159 (13.8%)
Unknown11 of 159 (6.9%)

'Climbed'58 of 159 (36.5%)
clean O/S70 of 159 (44.0%)
clean β1 of 159 (0.6%)
clean rpt14 of 159 (8.8%)
clean RP2 of 159 (1.3%)
dogged8 of 159 (5.0%)
dnf6 of 159 (3.8%)