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Subluminal

Dorset, ENGLAND

Climbs 120 – Rocktype Limestone – Altitude 19m a.s.l – Faces S

Crag features
Subluminal is the place everybody heads to for a first taste of Swanage steepness. The main reason for its popularity is the good selection of solid, short and amenably graded routes. Access is quick and there is a good ledge system running beneath the climbs that is well clear of the waves giving the place a friendly atmosphere. It lies just west of the lighthouse and the Black Zawn beneath open grass slopes. There is a clean-cut ledge above the climbs for gearing up and socialising, along with plentiful stakes for belays. Many of the climbs offer technical and fingery exercises as well as some bulging test-pieces in the Avernus Area.

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Guidebooks
Dorset (2012), West Country Climbs (2010), Deep Water (2007), Dorset Route Database (2000), Swanage and Portland (1995),
Out of print: Dorset 2005 - Fax19 (2005), Dorset 2000 - Fax11 (2000)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

1	Nutcracker Traverse	S *	13
2	Subnutcracker	S *	12
3	Subluminal Traverse	HVS 5b	5
4	Via Christina	HVS 5a **	45
5	Dead Good	E5 6b	3
6	Greasy Chimney	VD	151
7	Suspension	S 4a *	315
8	Whynot	HS 4b	58
9	Dolphin	VS 4b	91
10	Curving Crack	S 4a *	412
11	Face Left	VS 4b *	6
12	Face	S 4a *	400
13	Face Central	VS 4c *	108
14	Face Away	VS 4c *	101
15	Tittsworth	HVS 5a *	46
16	Dead Man Hunt	E1 5b	13
17	Baboon	VS 5a *	117
18	The Grobbler	E1 5b	22
19	Transcript Direct	VS 5a *	161
20	Paralysis	E2 5c	52
21	Balcony	HS 4b **	643
22	Gangway	S *	662
23	Joker	VS 4c	50
24	Juggler	E1 5b *	50
25	Stroof	E1 5c **	222
26	Graunchy Grippers	E1 5b	51
27	Spreadeagle	VS 5a *	456
28	Back Street	VS 4c *	310
29	High Street	D *	845
30	Station Road Variation	E1 6a	6
31	Station Road	HS 4b	102
32	Bypass	S *	655
33	Slip Road	VS 4c *	324
34	Republic	E2 6a	6
35	Thompson's Chimney	HS 4b *	146
36	Straits of Hormuz	E3 6a
37	Botany Bay	VS 4c *	141
38	Battleship Bow	VS 4b	30
39	Double Chockstone	HVD *	274
40	Skinhead	VS 5a	55
41	Bird's Nest	S 4a	189
42	Puffin	VS 5a *	109
43	The Indirect Route	E1 5b	10
44	First Corner	S 4b **	445
45	Philatus	E3 5c **	90
46	Poetry in Motion	E3 6a *	40
47	Second Corner	S 4a **	521
48	Freda	VS 5a ***	456
49	Grandma's Groove	E2 5c **	77
50	Grandpa's Grope	VS 4c *	107
51	Pedestal Crack	D	242
52	Pedestal Face	VS 4b *	75
53	Pedestal Chimney	VD	146
54	Styx	S	17
55	Cerberus	S 4a	11
56	Strenuosity	HVS 4b	3
57	Graduation Day	E2 5c *	3
58	The Ferryman Waits	E3 6a	1
59	Avernus	S 4a ***	208

	Climb name	Grade	x

60	Crepitus	HVS 4c	3
61	Rainy Day, Dream Away	E2 5c	2
62	Chance Encounter	E4 6a
63	All the Shakespearoes	E2 5c *	4
64	The Great Rock 'n' Dole Swindle	E3 6a *
65	Tangerine Dream	HVS 5b *	7
66	A Subtle Shade of Emptiness	E5 6b **
67	Close to the Sun	E4 6b *
68	Gentle Touch	HVS 4c	1
69	Vaseline	VS 5a	2
	BLACK ZAWN
71	Grooved Arete	VS 4b	10
72	Deaf Boy Hug	E3 5c *
73	Sweet Sixteen	E5 6a *	1
74	The Peccary	E2 5b **	37
75	Astrid	HVS 5a **	105
76	Morbid Orbit	E2 5b	1
77	Melpomene	E4 5c **	9
78	Mars	E2 5b ***	55
79	Triton	E3 5c	1
80	Achelous	E5 6a *
81	Io	VS 5a *	17
82	Last Great Innocent	E5 6b *
	LIGHTHOUSE AREA
84	Mellow Yellow	VS 4c *	71
85	Catch the Wind	E3 5c	1
86	Ray of Sunshine	E2 5c **	21
87	Magic Mountain	E4 6a **	2
88	Magic Mushroom	E4 6a *	3
89	Fraggle Rock	HVS 5a **	27
90	Live at the Witch Trials	E1 5b	12
91	Hard Nose the Highway	HVS 5a *	23
92	Harvest Gold	VS 4c	32
93	Yellow Brick Road	VS 5a *	24
94	Shakin' Off the Ghosts	HVS 5a	2
95	Zoe	VS 5a *	7
96	Rout	VS 4c	3
97	Under Toad	S 4a	4
98	Stone Doubt	VD	2
99	Mother Duck	HVS 5a	1
100	Drop in the Ocean	HVS 4c *	3
101	Heathcliffe	E1 5b	1
102	Withering Heights	E1 5b	3
103	No Great Shakes	VS 4c	1
104	Accidents Never Happen	VS 4c	1
105	Dreamboat Annie	VS 4c	3
106	Rhodesian's Retreat	VD	3
107	ZAPU	VD	2
108	ZANU	S	2
109	Traverse of the Gods	HVS 5a ***	15
110	Stir Crazy	6a+ *	5
111	The Puzzle	6c+ *	1
112	Bathtubb	6b *	1
113	Bird's Nest Arete	5+ *	6
114	Sweet Surrender	6b **	6
115	White Flag	5+ *	5
116	Gid's Landing	5 *	6
117	The Scotty Dog Traverse	6a+ *	7

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Access notes
Walk down the tarmac road from Durlston Car Park. From the lighthouse, a track leads diagonally right (looking out) down the grass slope to cliff-top ledges situated 100m west of the Black Zawn. It is only a 10 minute walk from the car park and all the climbs are approached by a short abseil from stakes above. The best abseil line is down High Street which also doubles as a good escape route.

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