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South Cove

Climbs 76 – Rocktype Granite – Altitude ? – Faces ?

Crag features
This complex section of the Aberdeen coast line has interesting and varied climbing.

The Red Hole area is a superb arena of extreme three-star classics.

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Guidebooks
North East Outcrops (2003),
Out of print: North East Outcrops (1994)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	THE PRIEST
2	The Mitre	HVS 5a *	8
3	The Worm	E5 6a *	2
4	Invertebrates Wall	E6 6b *	1
5	The Spinechiller	E1 5a *	10
6	El Dorado	VS 4c	6
7	Old Tawny Traverse	S	2
	THE KETTLE WALLS
9	The Wideboys	E1 5c	2
10	The Waterboys	E3 6a *	2
11	The Wildboys	E4 5c *
12	Leg-Up	HVS 5b
13	Ale and Farewell	VS 4c
14	Drongo	E1 5b *
15	Gallipoli	E5 6a **
16	Woomera	E4 6a
17	Dingaroo	HVS 5a
18	Sonata Rib	VS 4b
19	The Spigolo	E2 5a	6
20	Fearless	E5 6a **	10
	RED HOLE NORTH (HOSPITAL WALL)
22	Lob-Off	E2 5b *	8
23	Lobotomy	HVS 5a	8
24	La Rainure	VS 4c *	14
25	Cirrhosis	E4 6a ***	8
26	Exploding Laxative	E5 6a	3
27	Torn Ligaments	E2 5c	4
28	Vasectomy	HVS 5b **	23
29	Superbrat	E2 6a *
	RED HOLE - CAVE WALLS
31	Red Planet	E4 6a ***	5
32	Red Planet - The Patrick Moore Finish	E4 6a **
33	Red Planet - The Redshift Finish	E5 6a ***
34	Space Rats	E5 6a ***	3
35	Procreation	E6 6b ***
36	Procrastination	E5 6b ***	1
37	Cracks in Reality	E5 6a ***	1
38	The Black Sleep	E5 6b **	1
	RED HOLE SOUTH (OPTIMIST'S WALLS)
40	Optimist's Gully	S	4
41	Hairy Rib	VS 4c

	Climb name	Grade	x

42	Butterlegs	E4 6b *	1
43	Bongo Fury	HVS 5a *
44	Day Tripper	VS 4c *	2
45	Existentialism	E2 5c *
46	The Hedonist	HVS 5a ***	9
47	Orbital Ejection	E3 5c ***	3
	THE MAIN FACE
49	North Descent	M	15
50	Painted Wall	VD	16
51	Painted Groove	VS 4c	8
52	Insect Wall	VD	18
53	Insect Flake	E1 5b *	29
54	Red Wall	E4 6a *	9
55	Insect Groove	HVS 5a ***	112
56	The Bifurcator	VS 4c **	47
57	The Eliminator	HVS 5a	5
58	Nicol's Eliminate	VS 4b *	15
59	The Slide	VS 4c **	27
60	Brooker's Original Route	HS	3
61	Aqualung	E2 6a *	3
62	Aquarius	E2 5c *	5
63	The Waterline	VS 4c	2
64	The Waterfront	VS 4c	2
65	Beyond the Fringe	E5 6b *
66	Lunatic Fringe	E7 6c ***	6
67	Optimist's Route	S	3
68	Teetering on the Brink of Madness	E5 6b **	5
69	Threshold of Insanity	E6 6c *
70	Akimbo Crack	VS 4c *	16
71	Akimbo Crack Variation	E2 5c	4
72	Tower Chimney	VD	3
	MAIN FACE - WEST
74	Rock Bottom Traverse	D *	3
75	Ecky's Crack	HS *	15
76	Quartz Bicycle	VS 4c *	18
77	Quartz Bicycle Variation	HVS 5a *	6
78	The Wandering of the One Toed Wizard	HVS 5a ***	18
79	The Main Girdle (Puck's Route)	VS 4c *	1
	THE SOUTH SLABS
81	Aardvark	HVS 4c *	2
82	The Blue Baboon	E1 5a