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The Brush Off*** E4 5c

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[The Brush Off E4 5c, 2 kb]10m. The slabby left arete is precarious and remains effectively unprotected. Low in the grade, it was a superb effort for its day. It still requires a cool head and confident approach. © ROCKFAX
FA. Pete Crew 1963

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This climb is in 174 logbooks, and on 29 wishlists.

Felt high and I didnt find any gear :( Climbing isnt too difficult though....
Lunar25 - Lead O/S - 19/May/13 with Phil Marsh

Top roped easily clean a few times. Much easier than expected so went for the solo which was more gripping but OK. Better to do it this way than to never doing it at all or should I have "manned up" for the on-sight solo.
Graeme Hammond - Solo RP - 30/Apr/13 with Richard

Hidden - TR O/S - 15/Apr/13

Done in the dark, a great climb on a top rope and all the moves go OK but absolutely no gear.
Andrew Lodge - TR O/S - 15/Apr/13 with Bob, Steve

really easy and steady to the very last move. couldn't see the move at all! downclimbed from two foot from the top back to the ground. surely that is harder than finishing it?! oops. no mats, friends, harness.
benkelsey - Solo dnf - 13/Apr/13 with HPC

2 pads and a mate
Hannes B - Solo O/S - 09/Apr/13 with Debbie B

Fantastic route,but didnt really get any gear that would have caught a whipper so just had to hold my head and climb it!first ever E4 on lead and never managed an E3 so quite a jump from 2 to 4!
jon_gill1 - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/13 with ross garfoot

Hidden - Solo O/S - 01/Feb/13

Some near-disastrous route reading error near the top (swung round onto the steep face) but otherwise very straightforward.
Daniel Heath - Lead O/S - 01/Feb/13 with Remus

spitfirerick - TR - 23/Nov/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Nov/12

the power - TR O/S - 03/Nov/12 with paul29uk

Being a VS climber I wasn't going to evr look at an O/S lead on this, but it looks so do-able. In all honesty all the foot smears and placements are there and the moves didn't feel hard, but on a Top Rope you're less twitchy and nervous aren't you?
paul29uk - TR O/S - 03/Nov/12 with Phil Taylor

Hidden - TR rpt - 22/Sep/12

Was eyeing it up all day, decided to go for it and was so glad i did! Woop!!
geoff.comley - Solo O/S - 13/Sep/12 with Vic Paterson

Nice and steady, delicate all the way. Didnt feel too hard tho, guess its just my kind of route..
Dr Toph - Solo O/S - 08/Sep/12

dannyboy83 - Lead O/S - 25/Aug/12

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/12 with Bryony Weathers

Hidden - 2nd β - 15/Apr/12

chrishedgehog - TR O/S - 14/Apr/12

Easy 5c .... with the rope in front of me, not trailing uselessly behind!
Tim Sparrow - TR - 10/Apr/12 with Geoff Thomas

clmbr - TR - 07/Apr/12 with mr g walters

barni - Solo β - 05/Apr/12 with Ami

Hidden - TR - 27/Mar/12

Nice day out in fantastic weather. Going well considering not climbed for 2 months and knee still not 100% climbing is easier than the walks down.
loundsy - 2nd β - 26/Mar/12

Ground up, second go after a silly slip low down.
belay bunny turned bad - Lead RP - 26/Mar/12 with loundsy

torin_123 - TR - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Not as precarious as I was expecting.
kingholmesy - Solo O/S - 2012

Jim Malo - TR O/S - 27/Nov/11 with Putt

Steady away
davesykes - Lead O/S - 20/Nov/11 with Stan

pie_eater_pete - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/11 with Dave Sargent

davewsargent - 2nd O/S - 24/Oct/11 with peter sargent

Glad I didn't solo or LP this. Still psyched to flash it.
ianjfsutcliffe - 2nd O/S - 23/Sep/11 with Courty

one slip just after the gear, but soughted my life and got it second attempt. First E4.
M_W_Court - Lead RP - 23/Sep/11 with ian sutcliffe

ben_250 - TR O/S - 13/Jul/11 with Tom

wanted to solo this for a while,had a spare half day so went down specialy.Did a few warm ups then tried first few moves 3 times before commiting.Got a bit spooked half way up but managed to keep it together, just.
Phill Mitch - Solo β - 10/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead - 21/May/11

ColinD - TR O/S - 27/Apr/11

alaan - Solo rpt - 23/Apr/11

Found it delicate - would never lead this!
nick ferro - TR O/S - 16/Apr/11

akhughes - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/11

Tony Holdsworth - 2nd O/S - 11/Apr/11 with Adam Hughes

harold walmsley - Solo RP - 22/Mar/11

Found it OK (easier than its namesake at Helsby). Shouldn't have spoiled the onsight
harold walmsley - TR O/S - 08/Mar/11 with Colin Struthers

howlingbaboon - TR O/S - 26/Feb/11

Did this as my first E4 about a week after my first E3 and having never done an E2 looking back on it now i don't know what the hell i was thinking.
mwatson - 2011

Ahab - Lead dnf - Dec/10

harvie - Solo O/S - 13/Nov/10

Briefly unsettling approaching the break. Got 2 pieces in, but one was only on 2 cams and the other dubious also. Fantastic line and climbing though. Just gotta keep calm...
highlux - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/10

derekb - TR O/S - 10/Oct/10 with Steve - PCC

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Oct/10

J.Wells - Solo RP - 25/Sep/10

Essentially a solo. For me the bad cams "protected" the rest of the route just after the crux at half height.
thomasadixon - Lead O/S - 24/Sep/10 with Mike

tomthecoolperson - TR O/S - 03/Sep/10

Hidden - TR O/S - 11/Jul/10

Hidden - TR - 19/Jun/10

Alasdair88 - 2nd O/S - 30/May/10 with Chris, Lev, Tom baines, Liz davies, Emma Ross

lizzie789 - 2nd O/S - 30/May/10 with Lev, Tom Baines, Chris Davies, Emma, Al Franks

Lev - Lead rpt - 30/May/10 with Emma Ross

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 30/May/10

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

jwpil - TR O/S - 11/Apr/10 with Gordon

Hidden - TR rpt - 11/Apr/10

gordonday - TR O/S - 11/Apr/10

Shauna - 2nd O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Jules

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2010

liam - Lead O/S - 05/Dec/09 with Mark R

LewisGray - 2nd O/S - 18/Nov/09

Matt Bennett - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/09 with Lewis Grey

feilx - Solo O/S - 11/Oct/09

Hidden - TR O/S - 03/Oct/09

mic_b - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/09 with mrsbate

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 11/Sep/09

Slipped off the last move.. Lovely route.
confusicating - 2nd - Sep/09 with Kieran

Had bad hayfever, and even worse midges. Hastily retreated after this.
Jay Mowat - Solo O/S - 21/Jun/09 with sam8oy

sam8oy - Solo O/S - 21/Jun/09 with Jay

Kyuzo - Solo O/S - 13/Apr/09

Hidden - TR - 10/Apr/09

Em66 - TR O/S - 15/Mar/09 with MUMC

Somerset swede basher - Solo O/S - 15/Mar/09 with Katharine and Nick Payne

Theeni - TR O/S - 15/Mar/09 with Jon Leighton

RCrockford - TR - 24/Jan/09 with Mark D

Diggler - TR - 24/Jan/09 with RCrockford

melonmike - TR O/S - 2009

stephenhartley - 2nd - 2009 with Burns

jimsrankin - TR - Dec/08 with Andy

Nicos - Lead O/S - 24/Oct/08 with frazer

Excellent route. A small cam protects the crux at about half height.
Matt Fry - Lead β - 19/Oct/08 with Dafydd Roberts

Hidden - TR rpt - 23/Jul/08

morganator - Solo O/S - 25/May/08

gforce - Lead - 12/May/08 with Emma

Mike Soulby - TR RP - 14/Apr/08

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/Mar/08

Hannah Moulton - TR - 2008 with Spudly, james

Hidden - TR - 2008

Hidden - TR - Dec/07

Seconded some one on this years ago.
alaan - Solo - 14/Nov/07

Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Nov/07

Had bottled it and traversed off into fringe benefit a couple of years ago. Really enjoyed it today, crag to myself.
Belier - Solo - 05/Oct/07

Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Oct/07

Decided i didn't like the look of it - after commiting to the route. Wasn't too bad once i regained my composure.
Brian Rodgers - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/07 with Louise Rodgers

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/07

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

Oceanic - 2nd - May/07

tatz45 - Lead β - 28/Apr/07 with Lisa Morgan

bronsonite - Solo O/S - 03/Feb/07

BenJacobs - TR RP - 2007 with PeakDJ

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 16/Dec/06

Hidden - Solo O/S - 16/Dec/06

Ben1983 - Solo O/S - 02/Dec/06

Brown - Solo O/S - 30/Nov/06 with Solo

Nick Taylor - Lead β - 08/Oct/06 with Chris Handy

Hidden - TR O/S - 19/Jul/06

madaxeman - TR O/S - 09/May/06 with Dave Potts & Mark Benton

markbenton - TR β - 09/May/06

dan gibson - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/06 with helen gibson

Hidden - TR O/S - 19/Feb/06

Boy - 2006

dave top roped it another day and said i could do it! he was right.just one smear move whilst laying away on the arete,next to the only gear,the rest is all in balance.
Phill Mitch - Lead O/S - 2006 with dave

north country boy - Solo O/S - Oct/05 with Stu Allinson

By myself one night after work
Gambit - Solo RP - 2005

JulesV - Lead O/S - 2005

Hidden - Solo - 19/Sep/04

Lev - 2nd O/S - 02/May/04 with Spen

Smelly Fox - Lead O/S - Mar/04 with Luisa Giles

chris warner - 2nd - May/03

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Mar/03

Easy on a top rope! ;P I did check out some potential gear placements (small aliens) but there wasn't enough to convince me to lead it!
Nick Smith - UKC - TR O/S - Jun/02

As tenuous as you'd expect
Siderunner - TR β - 25/May/02 with Steve G

The Pylon King - TR O/S - Apr/01 with Francis Lickerish

ewen - 2001

There was already a rope on it, someone offered me a go, and I was weak enough to accept. That's my excuse anyway.
adam carless - TR O/S - 2001 with someone from CUMC

tuftynick - 2001

stuart100 - TR O/S - 10/May/00 with Claire Graham

tlr - 2nd - 2000

Billg - Lead O/S - 1998

Roget - Lead O/S - 13/Sep/97 with jon

stevieb - TR O/S - 13/Apr/97 with Paul F

Dave Musgrove Jnr - Solo O/S - 28/Mar/97

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 1997

Hidden - Solo O/S - 1997

toproped ok but didn't fancy leading it!
martroberts - TR O/S - 09/Jun/96

craig h - Solo rpt - Feb/96

Hidden - TR O/S - 01/Jul/95

Gordon Stainforth - TR - 28/Jun/95 with Steve Dean, Terry Gifford, Chris Thorp, Pete Sutton

Sean Kelly - 1995 with Keith Bolton

James Moyle - TR O/S - Aug/94

Hidden - TR - 13/Jul/94

Chris the Tall - TR - Jun/94

Podling - TR - 1994

Hidden - TR - Sep/93

Hidden - Solo rpt - 18/Oct/92

Hidden - TR O/S - 08/Sep/92

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Sep/92

jamiev - TR O/S - 1992 with Rupert Gladstone

NeilGriffiths - Solo O/S - 1992

A great sunny winter's day. 12 routes led or soloed.
Dave Musgrove - Lead O/S - 16/Feb/90 with Kim Greenald

leathers - 1990

Andy Say - Solo O/S - 17/Oct/89

Hidden - Lead - 13/Aug/89

dominic lee - Solo O/S - 28/Jul/89

Hidden - TR - 06/May/89

Hidden - TR - 13/Sep/87

Billg - Lead O/S - 29/Mar/87 with Dave Gregory

Chris Ellis - 2nd - 01/Apr/86 with Matt Boyer

Hidden - TR - 12/Jun/85

malc - TR - 22/Jul/84

KRB - Solo O/S - 19/Sep/83

Tom V - TR - 1983

Chris Craggs - Lead - 1980

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Style of ascent

Soloed38 of 174 (21.8%)
Lead38 of 174 (21.8%)
Followed23 of 174 (13.2%)
Toproped64 of 174 (36.8%)
Alt Leads1 of 174 (0.6%)
Unknown10 of 174 (5.7%)

'Climbed'49 of 174 (28.2%)
clean O/S99 of 174 (56.9%)
clean β9 of 174 (5.2%)
clean rpt7 of 174 (4.0%)
clean RP8 of 174 (4.6%)
dnf2 of 174 (1.1%)