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Possibility* S 4a

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[possibility, 3 kb]12m. Tackle the south-facing side wall and make an exit round to the left. Neglected but worthwhile. © ROCKFAX
FA. Bob Downes 1957

Ticklists: Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List.

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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS
This climb is in 193 logbooks, and on 7 wishlists.

TimG - Lead O/S - 05/May/13 with Kilian Collender

KieranT - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/12 with Al Whitehead

Hidden - Lead O/S - 10/Oct/12

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

Twisty - 2nd rpt - 07/Oct/12 with Nikki Clift

Andy Fielding - 2nd - 08/Sep/12 with Paul Wright

goddamm7 - Lead - 08/Sep/12 with andy fielding

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

Adrianw - Lead O/S - 04/Aug/12 with Natalie Wilson

waynem1985 - Solo - 29/Jul/12 with Bob Stones

First post-op climb :-)
Ly-Cilph - Lead O/S - 26/Jul/12 with David (PCC)

Seemed really nice but would like to come back and do it again in less of rush in fading light and in less sweaty conditions.
Graeme Hammond - Solo O/S - 26/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 24/Jul/12

Becky Lead on half ropes
Paul Hy - 2nd O/S - 22/Jul/12 with Becky, Dave W, Nick O

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead - 20/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd - 15/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Jul/12

Hidden - TR - 20/Jun/12

Bisteris - Lead O/S - 02/Jun/12 with Glen Du Jardin

eltax2005 - Lead O/S - 28/May/12

frume - Lead - 24/May/12 with Rob Hiscox

Chippers - 2nd - 24/May/12 with Paul Ireland

Hidden - 2nd dog - 19/May/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 19/May/12

MikeB1 - Lead - Apr/12

Daniel Heath - Solo O/S - 30/Mar/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 30/Mar/12

chrissloan84 - Lead - 25/Mar/12

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

Will Caesar - Lead O/S - 2012

big djw - 2nd - 2012

was really green and wet
penny_pops25 - 2nd O/S - 13/Nov/11 with sarah

SaraAT - Lead O/S - 06/Nov/11 with Jonathan Phillips

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Nov/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 22/Oct/11

max64 - 2nd - 01/Oct/11 with Mike, John

runwildjohn - Lead - 01/Oct/11 with Peter Close, Mike Silver

chrisanderson - 2nd - 29/Sep/11

fatbuoybazza - 2nd rpt - 02/Sep/11 with liv_the_div

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Aug/11

stuckonarock - 2nd O/S - 21/Aug/11 with Dan

Purple Roni - 2nd - 18/Aug/11 with Phil Kennedy

Nice route. Brilliant traverse on high holds. Good pro.
wishicud climbHVS - 2nd - 05/Aug/11 with my wife, she is nice.

Hidden - Lead - 03/Aug/11

Hidden - Lead - 31/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead - 09/Jul/11

RosieLynch - 09/Jul/11 with Scott Mclellan, Anthony King

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

daviesp2 - Lead - 05/Jul/11

GLO - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/11

TGreen - 2nd O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Rosie Henstock

Rosie Henstock - Lead O/S - 11/Jun/11 with Tom Green

Hidden - Lead - 04/Jun/11

Hidden - Solo - Jun/11

Ron - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/11 with Chris

ajc - 2nd O/S - 24/Apr/11

Brannock - Solo O/S - 16/Apr/11

Finished straight up missing out the traverse at the top. Need to revisit to complete properly.
Richard Hill - 2nd O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Loz

dave_rose - 2nd O/S - 09/Apr/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Apr/11

simon mitchie - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/11

davesperring - Lead O/S - 20/Mar/11 with Charlotte Graves, John Silvester

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Mar/11

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 29/Jan/11

Fortunately traverse was at the top so my poor ropework did not cause issue
MJP - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/11 with Linda Coombs

MikePen - 2nd - 07/Nov/10 with Wayne

treg - 2nd - 06/Nov/10 with The Clevenger

nice climb with tricky traverse
nigel pearson - 2nd - 06/Nov/10 with Yoko

Pete Nugent - 2nd - 30/Oct/10 with Trish Mellor

Tried to lead but bottled the last move
trish1968 - 2nd - 30/Oct/10 with Pete Nugent

Good climb !
tiga271 - 2nd - 24/Oct/10 with Dave

Alex Shermer - Lead O/S - 16/Oct/10 with Rachel Slater

KurtD - Lead O/S - 09/Oct/10

Tricky traverse, made a better job than last time
Martian Dave - Lead - Oct/10 with tiga271

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Sep/10

mlok2000 - 2nd O/S - 05/Sep/10 with Sheldon Webb

CathS - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Mark Robinson

Shad - 2nd - 08/Aug/10 with Steve, Bernie

Steve J P - Lead - 08/Aug/10 with BW

Bernie Wylde - 2nd - 08/Aug/10 with sp

fatbuoybazza - Solo O/S - 08/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 01/Aug/10

Danny Crump - Lead O/S - 10/Jul/10 with Richard Vaughan, Sarah Pentelow

LiL Saz - 2nd - 10/Jul/10 with Danny Crump

Neil Rodgers (PCC) - 2nd O/S - 01/Jul/10 with Claire PCC

Nice climb...watch out for the pigeon that jumps out at the end of the traverse ;-)
Nicholas Livesey - Lead - 27/Jun/10 with Lucie Sedlarova

tinyali - Lead O/S - 23/Jun/10 with Tom Smith

Oliver Houston - 2nd - 23/Jun/10

Surprised a pigeon nesting in one of the breaks near the top. Not as bad as it looks.
robhorton - Lead - 13/Jun/10 with Dave Gruar

Blisco - 2nd - 13/Jun/10 with Rob Horton

abreen - Lead O/S - 09/May/10 with Katie Hemus

khemus - 2nd - 09/May/10 with Alastair Breen

alisonsmigova - Lead RP - 01/May/10

martinbettridge06 - Lead - May/10

Gustav - Lead O/S - 24/Apr/10 with Laura

got off route should read book properly
aquazepp - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/10 with Treacherous

Hidden - Lead O/S - 17/Apr/10

Chloee:) - 2nd - 17/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 17/Apr/10

katyc - 2nd - 17/Apr/10

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

nathan2day - 2nd - 10/Apr/10 with Sheldon Webb

Byronius Maximus - 2nd - 06/Feb/10 with Rayan Sammut

Hidden - Lead - 06/Feb/10

adrianscott - Lead O/S - 31/Oct/09 with Ben Harding

popebenedictus - 2nd O/S - 31/Oct/09 with Adrian Scott

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Oct/09

Green and horrible at the bottom, but improved. Bit of a "moment" at start of the short traverse but actually very good.
Tanya Savage - Lead - 18/Oct/09 with annette smith

Tony Holdsworth - 2nd O/S - 18/Oct/09 with Nick Mitchell

Anthony Allsopp - 2nd O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Richard Wilkinson

Richard G Wilkinson - Lead O/S - 17/Oct/09 with Anthony Allsopp

Dale - Solo - Oct/09

jasonpm - AltLd O/S - 12/Sep/09 with Nick

Mersea - Lead - 01/Sep/09 with Jason Merrison

Nice traverse
Jeremy Wilton - 2nd - 25/Jul/09 with Greg Childs

Alexanderw - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/09

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

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Jul/09

Rosie A - Lead - 14/Jun/09 with Dave Clark

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Jun/09

not a bad route at all, good climb
gb83 - 2nd O/S - 25/May/09 with I.Killey

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

Joe Miller - 2nd O/S - 02/May/09 with Dennis English

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/May/09

dpmUK - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/09 with Jen

arctic_jen - 2nd - 29/Apr/09 with Dan

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Apr/09

john.gaffney - Lead O/S - 18/Apr/09 with Ed Arnett

Is exactly as the description says. Never saw anyone else on this but it was much better than it looks and worth a trip up.
markblair - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Alison Dixon

mark20 - Lead O/S - 05/Apr/09

Nice route, a good warm up, not too easy at the grade
Sam1991 - 2nd O/S - 05/Apr/09 with Mark

Jon Dittman - Lead - 05/Apr/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 15/Mar/09

Hidden - 2009

Hidden - 2009

chrism225 - Lead O/S - 27/Sep/08 with Nicky

tiga271 - 2nd - 27/Sep/08 with Mark, Dave

danleyden - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/08 with Jenny James

stevepotter - Lead - 20/Jul/08 with Stephen H

stephenhart102 - 2nd - 20/Jul/08 with Steve Potter

Flicka - 2nd - 08/Jun/08 with Liz (Ebygomm)

Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Jun/08

Nice climbing, with a slightly worrying traverse at the top
Nick Smith - UKC - Solo O/S - 11/May/08

troym - Lead O/S - 10/May/08 with Clare Pickup

CJE - Lead O/S - 03/May/08 with Neill McMullan

SteveM - Lead O/S - 11/Feb/08 with Kat

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 11/Feb/08

Pete Graham - Solo - 10/Feb/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 07/Nov/07

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Nov/07

@ndy - Lead - 03/Nov/07

nicki_2712 - 2nd - 21/Oct/07 with Eddie Hung & Suvi

Chris Ellis - Lead O/S - 08/Sep/07 with Roger Brown

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/07

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Jun/07

Michelle practising leading.
KeithW - 2nd O/S - 03/Jun/07 with Michelle Spry

howlingbaboon - 2nd O/S - 05/May/07 with Rob

Byronius Maximus - 2nd O/S - 29/Apr/07 with Alex Twist

Move onto traverse was hardish
Twisty - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/07 with Byron Buck

Hannah Moulton - 2007

Becky E - Lead - 04/Nov/06

simonw1 - Lead O/S - 21/Oct/06 with Rupert

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 14/Oct/06

colin milton - 2nd - 22/Sep/06 with horace

callumd - Lead O/S - 17/Sep/06 with Phil

Hidden - Lead O/S - 09/Sep/06

andybeanland - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/06 with Alyson

first S on grit, lovely climb, but not very taxing for S. Spent ages trying to free the stuck friend 1.5, but eventualy decied it wasn't going anywhere and finished the route
pottsworth - Lead O/S - 15/Jul/06 with Ian

Hidden - Lead - 13/Jul/06

Hidden - Lead - 09/Jul/06

First trad lead!
Julia Chatterton - Lead - 11/Jun/06 with Will and Borja

v nice.
ungracefulathlete - 2nd O/S - 06/Jun/06 with Mark B & Ben

Jay1403 - Lead O/S - 11/May/06 with Duz Walker

JB - Lead O/S - 29/Apr/06

dannyboy83 - Solo O/S - Apr/06

sdht - 2006

Hidden - Lead - 2006

Nicos - Solo O/S - 24/Sep/05 with solo

perfectlynormalbeast - Lead O/S - Sep/05 with Andrew Warner

Siderunner - 2nd - 24/Apr/05 with Steve Bols.

Huge thunderstorm afterwards
BruceW - Lead O/S - Apr/05 with Becca

May have gone too high before moving left
Toreador - Lead O/S - 26/Sep/04 with Carmen

samwelli - Solo O/S - 30/Mar/04

Hidden - Lead - 15/Oct/03

Cake - 2nd - 15/Oct/03 with Matt

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/03

Hidden - 2002

Roget - Solo O/S - 26/Feb/00

Paul-Michael - Lead O/S - 07/Aug/96 with David Reading

Rog Wilko - 2nd - Oct/95 with Debbie Wilkinson

babymoac - 05/Nov/89 with Pete D

Mark Kemball - Solo - 25/Nov/78

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, David Wynne, Hidden, Hidden, jeffsheard, Hidden, barrylong

Voting
Total votes cast 86
hard HS0 of 30
HS0 of 30
easy HS0 of 30
hard S2 of 30
S25 of 30
easy S2 of 30
hard HVD1 of 30
HVD0 of 30
easy HVD0 of 30
hard 4b0 of 27
4b0 of 27
easy 4b1 of 27
hard 4a1 of 27
4a22 of 27
easy 4a0 of 27
hard 3c3 of 27
3c0 of 27
easy 3c0 of 27
3 Stars3 of 29
2 Stars11 of 29
1 Star15 of 29
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Style of ascent

Soloed15 of 193 (7.8%)
Lead94 of 193 (48.7%)
Followed75 of 193 (38.9%)
Toproped1 of 193 (0.5%)
Alt Leads1 of 193 (0.5%)
Unknown7 of 193 (3.6%)

'Climbed'80 of 193 (41.5%)
clean O/S109 of 193 (56.5%)
clean rpt2 of 193 (1.0%)
clean RP1 of 193 (0.5%)
dogged1 of 193 (0.5%)