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Root Route* S 4a

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[Root Route, S 4a. My first lead in the gathering dusk at Rivelin, 2 kb]10m. An excellent sustained route up the groove to the right of the roof. Gaining the ledges early on is the crux for most. © ROCKFAX

Ticklists: Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List, ROCKFAX Eastern Grit: Top 500, Eastern Grit Jamming, Northern Grit 100 VD - VS.

Photo: Root Route, S 4a. My first lead in the gathering dusk at Rivelin © Tim Waterhouse
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This climb is in 335 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

Matt Harmon - Lead O/S - 08/May/13 with Stefie Cray

stefie c - 2nd - 08/May/13 with Matt Harmon

ClemB - Lead - 05/May/13

the description sums it up.
Drew Bennett - Lead - 05/May/13 with shaun

Quite awkward actually
Jimbo C - 2nd - 30/Apr/13 with Chris

david morse - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/13 with KT

jwv - Lead O/S - 22/Apr/13

MPSBunny - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/13 with John Brannock

Brannock - 2nd rpt - 21/Apr/13

dangmtb - 2nd - 06/Apr/13 with richnorgate

willhawkins - Lead O/S - 02/Apr/13

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

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

schristophersmith - Lead rpt - 05/Mar/13 with silas feaver, Ian Redfern

annak - 2nd β - 13/Jan/13 with Ryan Osborne

Hidden - Lead - 13/Jan/13

Ramblin dave - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/13 with Kiril

Kirill - 2nd rpt - 06/Jan/13 with David Sim

Mental block after second piece of gear, down climbed
rlellis1 - Lead dnf - 2013

rlellis1 - 2nd - 2013

richnorgate - Lead O/S - 2013

stev1e.wilso - Lead - 02/Dec/12 with John Brayshaw

John Brayshaw - 2nd rpt - 02/Dec/12 with Steve Wilson

Dave 88 - Lead O/S - 24/Nov/12 with Double Knee Bar

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/12

airwalk123 - Lead O/S - 04/Nov/12

Hidden - Solo - 27/Oct/12

Milne - 2nd O/S - 27/Oct/12 with tom allsop

thomaspomfrett - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12 with Joe Callaghan, Will Morgan

Climbed in approach shoes.
Andrew Sloan - 2nd O/S - 18/Oct/12 with Steve Grove

deacondeacon - Lead O/S - 13/Oct/12

teh_mark - 2nd O/S - 13/Oct/12 with Adam Looker

callaghanjoe - 2nd - 12/Oct/12

Hidden - Lead - Oct/12

EllieWoods - Lead O/S - 29/Sep/12 with Ben S

Will Gordon - Lead O/S - 14/Sep/12 with Chris Jose

DDDD - Lead O/S - 14/Sep/12 with Sham

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Sep/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/12

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead - 30/Jul/12

Jonathan Hall - Solo - 02/Jun/12

Andy Fielding - Lead - 27/May/12 with Mike Walton

Hidden - Lead - 13/May/12

ranga - Lead - 13/May/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/May/12

Carter - 2nd O/S - 05/May/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 05/May/12

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Apr/12

Hidden - Lead - 15/Apr/12

Apart from one wobbly moment when I wondered can i do this (more a head thing than anything else) a nice midddle of the road severe to breeze up.
lizzyb - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Andrew Janezko

Did in approach shoes.
J25 - 2nd - 08/Apr/12 with Vicky Jennings

Vix lead.
Alex Thompson - 2nd O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Vix, Dreadlocks Chris

BenedictIEP - 2nd O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Chris Surfleet

vix - Lead O/S - 08/Apr/12 with Alex, Jonny

lizzie789 - 2nd rpt - 07/Apr/12 with Marc Duhig

Very stupid, did crux then decided not to continue...woops, definitely wasn't warmed up
lizzie789 - Lead dnf - 07/Apr/12 with Marc Duhig

marcduhig - Lead O/S - 07/Apr/12 with Sexy Liz

Kirill - 2nd rpt - 06/Apr/12 with Paul Baxter

albt - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/12

joemallia - 2nd rpt - 06/Mar/12 with Fidel Sciamanna

Big Steve - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/12 with Karen

SallyMay - Lead O/S - Mar/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Feb/12

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Feb/12

spragglerocks - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/12 with Steve M

SteveM - 2nd - 25/Feb/12 with Rachael

armouredego - 2nd - 25/Feb/12 with Peter Elliott, Tom Parsons

Blisco - 2nd - 28/Jan/12 with Matt Downes

Pete Nugent - 2nd - 14/Jan/12 with Murray Gallagher

Chris Hind - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Hidden - 2nd - 28/Dec/11

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

JamieSparkes - 2nd O/S - 30/Nov/11 with JP, Claire

JdotP - Lead O/S - 30/Nov/11 with Claire Holland, Mr Sparkles

llamaglama - Lead - 30/Nov/11 with Jam

Nicholas Livesey - 2nd - 27/Nov/11 with Lucie Sedlarova

Hidden - Lead - 27/Nov/11

999thAndy - 2nd - 15/Oct/11

buxtoncoffeelover - Lead - Oct/11

Wadsworth - Lead O/S - 11/Sep/11 with Harry, Sandra

Nice. One tricky move to the ledges.
Chris Craggs - Lead - 28/Aug/11 with Dave Gregory

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Aug/11

schristophersmith - 2nd O/S - 28/Aug/11 with silas feaver, Ian Redfern

althesin - 2nd - 28/Aug/11 with Reds, schristophersmith

Reds - Lead O/S - 28/Aug/11 with Althesin, schristophersmith

Great route.
AlexxelA - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/11 with Sarah

howlingbaboon - TR rpt - 28/Jun/11

howlingbaboon - TR rpt - 28/Jun/11

howlingbaboon - TR rpt - 28/Jun/11

Cake - 2nd - 29/May/11 with John Cooper

Hidden - 2nd - 29/May/11

ju59 - 29/May/11

busdriver - Lead - 29/May/11 with Chris

Found this quite straight forward after Rht HPC but they were both S in my guide.
krikoman - 2nd O/S - 29/May/11 with 1_Rich Brown, Magda Bichajlo, Kev Gibbs

Hidden - 29/May/11

Neil Pacey - 2nd O/S - 29/May/11 with Tanya Savage

Made hard work of this by not laybacking properly
Tanya Savage - Lead - 29/May/11 with Neil Pacey

jack robinson - Lead O/S - 28/May/11 with James Dowsett

Hidden - 2nd - 28/May/11

Palmer - Lead - 27/May/11

Had a dangle on the rope to try (unsuccessfully) to get a cam out, but I'd climbed the move and lowered onto it so I'm claiming it clean. Then had an ab to try (unsuccessfully) to get a cam out. Kudos to Steve Robinson - a wilier recoverer of stuck gear than me! Good route, A couple of quite beefy moves to rests before a simple finish.
SuperstarDJ - 2nd O/S - 22/May/11 with Sam Williams

SteveM - 2nd - 21/May/11 with Kat

mark20 - Solo O/S - 21/May/11

Hidden - 2nd - 21/May/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 21/May/11

Hidden - Solo O/S - 09/May/11

RKernan - 2nd - 20/Apr/11 with Janette McDonald

tprebs - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/11 with Elliot Mason

IamJam - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/11 with Ronan Kearnan

The initial layback to the first slanting ledge was tough at the grade.
treg - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11 with Rob H

nick ferro - 16/Apr/11

Jim Brownlow - Lead O/S - 16/Apr/11 with Paul Phillips, Iain Mount

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - 2nd rpt - 16/Apr/11 with Jim Brownlow

Hidden - Solo O/S - 10/Apr/11

Hidden - Solo - 10/Apr/11

liamoloughlin - Solo - 09/Apr/11

tomthecoolperson - 2nd - 06/Apr/11 with Ben 250

ben_250 - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/11 with Tom

Good climb. Really enjoyed the laybacking.
adam.wall - TR O/S - 05/Apr/11 with Craig Taylor

DrLazer - TR O/S - 01/Apr/11 with Michael "Paragon" Hibbard, Russell "Power" Wall, Adam "Mad-Dog" Wall

Beard1983 - TR dnf - 01/Apr/11 with Craig "Komine" Taylor

More bloomin lay-backing but good value
Batt - 2nd O/S - 12/Mar/11 with Matt Box

Lumbering Oaf - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/11 with Rach Batt, Verity Payne

Hidden - TR O/S - 12/Mar/11

Jim Malo - Lead O/S - 22/Jan/11 with Putt

fatbuoybazza - 2nd O/S - 22/Jan/11 with liv_the_div, daveyw

Hidden - 2011

Lovely route
simon mitchie - Lead O/S - 13/Nov/10

honey_badger - Lead β - 13/Nov/10 with Spooky

Dropped my big hexes. Had to haul them up again from below when needed higher up the climb.
johnjb - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/10 with Harry, Ray Sharples

Wil Treasure - Lead - 06/Nov/10 with Jon

Matthew Robinson - Solo O/S - 06/Nov/10

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Oct/10

Brannock - 2nd O/S - 17/Oct/10

AlexxelA - 2nd O/S - Oct/10 with Alex Williams

not bad, but quite dirty.
Dan Lane - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/10 with Dad

Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 25/Sep/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 12/Sep/10

Julian Lane - Lead O/S - Sep/10 with Dan

Hidden - Lead - 21/Aug/10

Lenny - Lead O/S - 15/Aug/10 with Adam

Alkis - Lead O/S - 14/Aug/10 with Chris Nawrat

pr1984 - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Chris Chambers

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10

SteWatkins - Jul/10

TimKnight - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/10 with Paul Anker

Joemanglerocks - 2nd - 18/Jun/10 with TimKnight

nai - 2nd O/S - 04/Jun/10 with Mel

Kev's lead. I was pleasantly surprised by this route. Great climb with some nice moves.
charley - 2nd O/S - 30/May/10 with Ange, Kev

Tithe Technique - Lead O/S - 30/May/10 with Geoff Burrows, Angela Paul, Charley Fell

Kev's lead, really nice climb
valentinesbabe - TR O/S - 30/May/10 with Charley Fell, Kevin Tithe

mattyork2 - Lead O/S - 22/May/10 with Ruth Colston

RuthC - 2nd - 22/May/10 with Matt Maynard

Michael Ryan - UKC and UKH - Lead - 17/May/10 with Sarah Stirling

Hidden - 2nd - 17/May/10

sopaz - TR O/S - 15/May/10

Great warm up route. Nice bit of laybacking.
climbinmunkey - 2nd - 09/May/10 with Helen

elbeanio - 2nd - 02/May/10

X-tremist - Lead O/S - 02/May/10

DanH9883 - Solo - 28/Apr/10

mattparratt - 2nd - 25/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Apr/10

abs3 - 2nd - 11/Apr/10 with mathew

Mike Soulby - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Alisa

Shauna - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Jules

tinyali - 2nd O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Mike Soulby

crimp2climb - 03/Apr/10

bridget143 - 2nd O/S - 28/Mar/10 with Ben Salussolia

thekendo - Lead - 21/Mar/10 with adam husein

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Mar/10

disturbed_one51 - 2nd - 13/Mar/10 with Luke Goddard

Lovely moves after the tough layback start.
Kafoozalem - Lead O/S - 10/Mar/10 with Pedro

pedro.silva - 2nd O/S - 10/Mar/10 with Kafoozalem

Redpoint - gear placed
alisonsmigova - Lead - 07/Mar/10

jack89 - 2nd O/S - 02/Mar/10 with Oliver

Oliver Houston - Lead - 02/Mar/10

Laurence Cowton - Lead - 31/Jan/10 with Goldie

easy
MartinPL - Lead O/S - 23/Jan/10

richcwanders - Lead - 2010

jkarran - 2nd - 15/Nov/09 with Pete

petellis - Lead O/S - 15/Nov/09 with Cleric James Koran

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Oct/09

Tough at the grade, I notice the votes are congregating at Hard S 4a, but having done pretty much every decent HS in eastern peak Id have to say it deserves HS. It was the first route of the day though, which always makes a difference.
Conor1 - Lead O/S - 03/Oct/09 with Danny Carden

WendyT - 2nd O/S - 03/Oct/09 with James Marsh

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

Nicholas Livesey - 2nd - 27/Sep/09 with Rob Pontefract

ill_bill - Lead - 26/Sep/09

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

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

IAN NET - Lead - Aug/09

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Jun/09

Used it as a way of getting the rope to the top of Roof Route for some undignified top roping post-failure on lead!
andybuckley - Solo - 30/May/09

JohnHutch - 2nd - 22/May/09 with L

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

tomthecoolperson - 2nd O/S - 23/Apr/09 with Andrew

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Apr/09

highrepute - 2nd - 21/Apr/09

Jimbo C - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/09 with Dan

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

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead rpt - 09/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead - 01/Mar/09

gethin_allen - Lead O/S - Mar/09

Hidden - Lead - Mar/09

Hidden - 21/Feb/09

Brown - Solo O/S - 10/Jan/09 with Solo

metal arms - Solo O/S - 10/Jan/09

madmats - 2nd O/S - 05/Jan/09 with jim

James_D - Lead O/S - Jan/09 with Matt

Hidden - 2009

great sustained climb. well worth the stars
gb83 - Lead O/S - 01/Nov/08 with alison

Mountain Llama - 2nd - 26/Oct/08 with Andy P

SteveM - Lead rpt - 20/Oct/08 with Cragrat Rich

Didn't want to try to gain the sloping shelf. Down-climbed. Will return.
Submit to Gravity - Lead dnf - 12/Oct/08 with Phil Lucas

Hidden - 2nd - 11/Oct/08

philboy - Lead - 11/Oct/08 with matt g

RichardMc - Lead - 11/Oct/08 with Tony Williams

wildeybeast - TR O/S - 30/Aug/08

wildeybeast - TR O/S - 30/Aug/08

mintcake - 2nd - 25/Aug/08 with Chrissy

Paul Phillips - UKC and UKH - Solo O/S - 20/Jul/08

Toreador - 2nd O/S - 15/Jun/08 with Carmen

morganator - Solo - 25/May/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/May/08

Flicka - 2nd - 08/Apr/08 with Dave (taffy_dave)

Ing - 2nd - 06/Apr/08 with Jim & Stevie G

howlingbaboon - 2nd rpt - 17/Mar/08 with Chris FitzHugh

Sgt. Vest - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/08 with emlyn roberts

emlynroberts - 2nd - 15/Mar/08 with Will Malcolm (BUMS)

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 02/Mar/08

jasonpm - Lead - 02/Mar/08 with Dave, Dave.

Hidden - Lead O/S - 16/Feb/08

DavidR - Lead O/S - 10/Feb/08 with Holly Adamthwaite

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Feb/08

Good Climb
Smeegan - Lead O/S - Feb/08 with Owen

lowersharpnose - Lead - 01/Jan/08

jasonpm - 2008 with Dave, Dave.

Jim Walton - 2008

martin48 - Lead O/S - 23/Dec/07 with dave

slacky - 2nd O/S - 15/Dec/07 with Gary Shephard

catt - Lead O/S - 11/Nov/07 with Mun

tobydunford - Solo O/S - 24/Oct/07

lucasp - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/07 with tig

SteveM - 2nd rpt - 13/Oct/07 with Paul & Bruce

Graeme Hammond - Solo O/S - 22/Sep/07

pauldr - Sep/07 with paul

Jethro - Lead - Sep/07 with Megan Green

Adrian Daniels - 2nd - 07/Jul/07 with Ann Blandford, John Parrott

howlingbaboon - Lead O/S - 09/Jun/07 with Chris FitzHugh

jrk2673 - Lead - 22/May/07

Matt - BodyPoint - Lead O/S - 05/May/07 with Malcolm Marshall

malc - 2nd rpt - 05/May/07 with Boomer

tomboyle - Lead O/S - 02/May/07 with mark boden

baldcoder - Lead O/S - 21/Apr/07 with Little Old Lady

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/07

Mutl3y - 2nd - 17/Apr/07 with TonyM

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/07

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Mar/07

Ing - 2nd - 17/Mar/07 with Jim

Hidden - Lead - 17/Mar/07

jimsrankin - Lead β - 11/Mar/07 with Steve

rob wmc - Lead O/S - 11/Mar/07 with Pete

Nicos - Solo O/S - 27/Feb/07 with dan woolnough

Rob Kennard - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Pete Graham - Solo - 2007

smokeyj - Lead O/S - 2007

JackMountains - Lead O/S - 14/Dec/06 with David Hakes

chrisclimber_1986 - Lead O/S - 21/Nov/06 with Chris Nawrat

Nick Smith - UKC - Solo rpt - 15/Oct/06

dpmUK - Lead O/S - 15/Oct/06 with Fiend

Rampikino - 2nd - 13/Oct/06 with MMC Various

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Sep/06

Hidden - 2nd - 27/Aug/06

JohnHutch - 2nd - 01/May/06 with SC

MagnusL - 2nd O/S - May/06 with My mate Ash

peter myers - Lead - May/06 with Jo Ocock

Hidden - Lead - Apr/06

victim of mathematics - Lead O/S - 19/Feb/06 with Jaime

Nicos - Solo O/S - 04/Feb/06 with solo

Hidden - Lead - 22/Jan/06

Tough layback. COLD.
peas - 2nd - Dec/05 with Chris Ford

craigswoods - Lead β - Jul/05 with James Whitika

Phil West - Lead O/S - 20/Feb/05 with Shaun Walby

cem - 2nd O/S - 13/Feb/05 with Eric Olson

John Brayshaw - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/04 with Chris Heald

Hidden - 2nd - 2004

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Sep/03

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - Sep/03

Nick Smith - UKC - Solo - Aug/03

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Mar/03

Hidden - Solo - 07/Jan/03

A Crook - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/02 with Pat Boothman

Hidden - Lead - 16/Dec/01

Tim Bateman - 2nd - 05/Aug/01

thetourist - Lead - 23/Jun/01

Hidden - Lead - 13/May/01

stuart100 - Solo O/S - 10/May/00

Pete Nugent - 2nd - 21/Apr/00 with Joe Hodgkinson, Rob Hodgkinson

99bolivar - 01/Feb/00

JohnHutch - Lead - Feb/00 with MS

Hidden - Solo O/S - 2000

tuftynick - Lead - 2000

ChrisJD - Lead - 31/Oct/99 with Clare

Rog Wilko - Lead - Mar/98 with Debbie Wilkinson

RobSimmo - 2nd O/S - 16/Feb/98 with Jon Berry

kato'sdad - Lead - 16/Feb/98 with Rob Simpson

Hidden - Solo - 08/Jul/97

Hidden - Solo - 15/Feb/97

Laramadness - Solo - 14/Sep/96

adam carless - Lead rpt - 1996

iskra2000 - Lead - 01/Jul/95 with Mark Leach

Hidden - Solo O/S - 20/May/95

babymoac - Lead - 28/Feb/94 with Duncan P

charlesmfrench - Solo O/S - 16/Jan/94

Hidden - Solo - 03/Jun/91

Roget - Solo O/S - 26/May/91

Chris Ellis - Lead O/S - 18/May/91 with Karen Veale, Martin Veale

goi.ashmore - Solo O/S - 12/May/90

Hidden - Solo - 12/May/90

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/90

leathers - 1990

Marti999 - Lead - 1990

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

Iain Thow - Solo - 03/Jun/88

Hidden - Lead - 08/Feb/87

Billg - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/85 with Dave Gregory

malc - Lead - 02/Oct/83

Tom V - 1983

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Voting
Total votes cast 147
hard HS0 of 53
HS0 of 53
easy HS4 of 53
hard S24 of 53
S24 of 53
easy S1 of 53
hard HVD0 of 53
HVD0 of 53
easy HVD0 of 53
hard 4b0 of 49
4b0 of 49
easy 4b7 of 49
hard 4a7 of 49
4a33 of 49
easy 4a2 of 49
hard 3c0 of 49
3c0 of 49
easy 3c0 of 49
3 Stars0 of 45
2 Stars22 of 45
1 Star22 of 45
0 Stars1 of 45
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Style of ascent

Soloed37 of 335 (11.0%)
Lead158 of 335 (47.2%)
Followed110 of 335 (32.8%)
Toproped11 of 335 (3.3%)
Unknown19 of 335 (5.7%)

'Climbed'145 of 335 (43.3%)
clean O/S162 of 335 (48.4%)
clean β4 of 335 (1.2%)
clean rpt20 of 335 (6.0%)
dnf4 of 335 (1.2%)