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Climbs 130
Rocktype Culm
Altitude Tidal
Faces W

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Latching the top of trench eliminate © Ed Mabon

Crag features

Tidal bouldering, only cut off for an hour either side of high tide. Problems of all grades up to 8a, with an emphasis on the harder
problems.

Trad routes to be found on www.javu.co.uk.

Bouldering Guide to be found here: https://rockrun.com/blogs/the-flash-rock-run-blog/hartland-quay-bouldering-miniguide or on www.javu.co.uk

Approach notes

There is a sign on the approach to the north beach (the trench etc) saying no dogs.

There seems to have been pretty serious rockfall which has spilled over into the trench area, making it about 3ft shallower than october 2022.
jackgorham1 - 26/Jan/23
The trench is full of pebbles after the winter storms and a lot of the problems are much shorter now with different easier grades. There is even a boulder under the dyno making it more of a jump. With sit starts you can just about do the original routes....
Chad123 - 09/Jul/14
The starting handholds and the starting heel hook of Ache Ball have both broken off at some point (I guess during the winter storms). What's left is a much better heel hook and, maybe, better starting handholds too. May well take the grade down to 7C.
jakes - 06/Apr/10
An amazing looking horizontal roof crack project exists in the Ache Ball cave. A must for any crack climbing wads.
jakes - 02/Sep/09
FOUND LOTS OF EASIER GRADE BOULDERING GOOD TRAVERSE AROUND THROUGH THE CAVE .THE TRENCH ALMOST DIRECTLY OUTSIDE THE CAVE NEEDS SOME INSPECTION TOO . DONT BE PUT OFF BY COMMENTS OF HARDER PROBLEMS!.
chunk - 04/Oct/05
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