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The Napes

Cumbria, ENGLAND

Climbs 65 – Rocktype Rhyolite – Altitude 700m a.s.l – Faces S

Crag features
The Birthplace of British Rock Climbing!! Up to about 100m high on quick drying sunny rock. Many easier classics but the best routes are Tophet Wall(HS), Supernatural(E5), Incantations(E6), Needle Ridge(VD, Viking(E3), Eagles Nest Direct(MVS), Abbey Buttress(VD), Eagles Nest(D), Tormentor(E4), Arrowhead Ridge(VD).

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Guidebooks
Gable & Pillar (1991)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	TOPHET WALL
2	Rainbow Ridge	S 4a *	2
3	Tophet Ridge	VS 4b	3
4	The Tartarus Trip	E1 5b
5	Demon Wall	VS 5a *	7
6	Sacrificial Crack	E4 6a *	3
7	Tophet Wall	HS 4a ***	339
8	Supernatural	E5 6a ***	8
9	Incantations	E6 6b ***
10	Tophet Grooves	HVS 5b *	6
11	The Satanic Traverses	E5 6a *	1
12	The Vikings	E3 5c **	16
13	Golden calf	E4 6b *
14	Tophet Bastion	VD *	19
15	Tophet Girdle	VS 4c *	2
	THE NAPES RIDGES - EAST
17	Hell Raiser	E2 5c *
18	Lucifer Crack	S 4a *	6
19	Lucifer Ridge	VD	1
20	Jaga	VD	1
21	Scrimshanker	VS 4c	2
22	Buzzard Wall	D	1
23	Zeta Climb	VD	1
24	Belfry Buttress	HS 4b	2
25	Belfry Crack	VS 4b *	2
26	Chantry Buttress	S 3c	5
27	Needle Ridge	VD **	499
	THE NEEDLE
29	The Wasdale Crack	HS 4b *	368
30	The Arete	HS 4b *	79

	Climb name	Grade	x

31	The Crowley Route	HS 4b *	10
32	The Lingmell Crack	HS 4b *	7
33	The Obverse Route	HS 4b *	3
34	Direct Obverse from the Gap	HVS 5a	2
	THE NAPES RIDEGES - WEST
36	Amos Moses	E1 5b *	13
37	Alligator Crawl	HS 4b
38	Crocodile Crack	HVS 5a *	24
39	The Cayman	E2 5b **	16
40	Eagle's Crack	VS 4c	2
41	Eagle's Nest Ridge Direct	VS 4a **	104
42	Long John	HVS 5a *	8
43	Eagle's Nest Ordinary	D **	45
44	Little John	S 4a
45	Abbey Buttress	VD **	47
46	The Merry Monk	VS 4b
47	The Tormentor	E4 6a **
48	Time and Place	E2 5b
49	Murin Buchstansangur	E2 5c	1
50	Westmorland Ridge	VD	6
51	Arrowhead Ridge Direct	VD **	95
52	Scimitar ridge	VD *	4
53	The climber's traverse	2 ***	72
54	The Napes and Westmorland's Crag	2 ***	48
55	Eagles Nest Gully/Arrowhead Ridge	2 *	8
56	Sick'ard Shiver	E6 6b
57	Crumbs from a rich man's table *	MVS 4b **	1
58	Sphinx Ridge *	2 *	2
59	Slingsby's Variation *	HS	2
60	Napes Needle *	M ***	2

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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Access notes
About one hour from Wasdale or under one and a half hours from Borrowdale.

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