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'Best slab climbs of the UK' ticklist

The UK's best slab climbs, chosen by the UKC population!

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Add		Climb name	Grade	Ticks?	Height			Crag name
1		The Walk of Life	E9 6c ***	-	48m			Dyers Lookout
2		The Medium	E7 7a ***	9	?			Serengeti
3		Aphrodite	E7 6b ***	-	95m			Shelterstone Crag
4		Obsession Fatale	E7 6b ***	49	10m			Roaches Lower Tier
5		The Rainbow of Recalcitrance	E6 6b ***	13	60m			Rainbow Slab Area
6		Life Assurance	E6 6b *	53	8m			Burbage South Edge
7		Hellbound	E6 6a/b ***	3	?			Smoothlands
8		Slip 'n' Slide	E6 6a ***	17	?			Crookrise
9		Shirley's Shining Temple	E5 7a ***	4	10m			Stanage Plantation
10		Death is the Hunter	E5 6b/c ***	21	15m			Auchinstarry Quarry
11		Cystitis by Proxy	E5 6b ***	18	?			Rainbow Slab Area
12		Entropy's Jaw	E5 6b ***	44	8m			Roaches Skyline
13		Psycho	E5 6b ***	25	?			Caley Crags
14		Heading the Shot	E5 6b ***	153	?			Serengeti
15		The Sniveling Shits	E5 6a **	103	14m			Millstone Edge
16		Thor	E5 6b ***	3	110m			Shelterstone Crag
17		El Vino Collapso	E5 6b	34	8m			Curbar Edge
18		Flashdance/Belldance	E5 6b ***	4	?			Vivian Quarry
19		Never Never Land	E5 6a ***	18	43m			Never Never Land
20		Mean Feat	E5 6a ***	43	24m			Carreg-y-Barcud
21		Creeping Flesh	E5 6a ***	9	?			Smoothlands
22		Poetry Pink	E5 6a ***	97	43m			Rainbow Slab Area
23		Hairless Heart	E5 5c ***	80	15m			Froggatt Edge
24		Khubla Khan	E4 6b **	76	24m			Never Never Land
25		Slug Club Special	E4 6a **	163	?			Serengeti
26		The Baldest	E4 6a ***	19	?			St Loy Cliff
27		Short Stories	E4 6a ***	65	26m			Never Never Land
28		Wings of Unreason	E4 6a **	275	10m			Roaches Skyline
29		Deja Vu	E4 6a **	20	?			Great Zawn
30		Soft Touch	E4 6a ***	26	?			Baggy Point
31		Downhill Racer	E4 6a ***	153	16m			Froggatt Edge
32		Chalkstorm	E4 5c **	569	14m			Roaches Lower Tier
33		Jamaican Dub	E3 6a **	34	?			Blackchurch
34		Telli	E3 6a **	365	10m			Stanage Plantation
35		Goose Creature	E3 6a **	346	?			Australia
36		Pressure Drop	E3 5c ***	65	30m			Spekes Mill Mouth...
37		The Exterminating Angel	E3 5c ***	12	40m	• 2		Craig Cwm Trwsgl
38		Comes the Dervish	E3 5c ***	538	40m			Vivian Quarry
39		Bow Right-hand	E3 5c *	4	?			Clogwyn Du'r Arddu...
40		Flashdance	E3 5c ***	58	27m			Parsons Hole (aka...
41		The Pinch Direct	E3 5c ***	25	?			Beinn Trilleachan...
42		Kitten Claws	E3 5c ***	120	24m			Carreg-y-Barcud
43		Wall End Slab Direct	E3 5c **	205	14m			Stanage Plantation
44		Long John's Slab	E3 5c **	438	14m			Froggatt Edge
45		Black Ice	E3 5c ***	52	?			Long Quarry Point
46		San Melas	E3 5c ***	218	8m			Roaches Skyline
47		More than a Match	E3 5c ***	18	?			Oldwalls' Point
48		Bloody Slab	E3 5b **	26	?			Clogwyn Du'r Arddu...
49		Great Slab	E3 5b ***	266	18m			Froggatt Edge
50		Shock Horror Slab	E2 6b *	83	10m			Stanage Plantation
51		Swastika	E2 6a **	100	?			Beinn Trilleachan...
52		Haile Selassie	E2 5c **	39	?			Gull Rock - Marsland
53		White Slab	E2 5c ***	212	?			Clogwyn Du'r Arddu...
54		Pull My Daisy	E2 5c ***	395	?			Rainbow Slab Area
55		Return of The Jedi	E2 5c ***	28	?			Meall An Fhir-Eoin...
56		Bloodhound	E2 5c **	86	37m			Gouther Crags
57		Elegy	E2 5c ***	248	16m			Roaches Lower Tier
58		Four Steps to Heaven	E2 5c ***	111	35m			Fairy Cave Quarry
59		Harvey Proctor's Spanking Slap	E2 5c	36	?	• 2		Craig Pant Ifan...
60		Aphasia	E2 5b ***	163	?			Sergeant Crag Slabs
61		Harpoon	E2 5b **	69	?			Vicarage Cliff
62		The Quartz Icicle	E2 5b **	178	?			Gogarth North Stack...
63		The Long Reach	E2 5b ***	77	?			Beinn Trilleachan...
64		Sacre Coeur	E2 5b ***	169	?			Blackchurch
65		Brown's Eliminate	E2 5b ***	730	16m			Froggatt Edge
66		Crimtyphon	E2 5b **	127	30m			Compass Point - Bude
67		Heart of the Sun	E2 5b **	56	?			Baggy Point
68		Orogeny	E2 5b *	131	?			Craig Caerfai
69		Swastika	E1 5c **	17	?			Gogarth North Stack...
70		Fate	E1 5c *	163	8m			Stanage High Neb
71		Last Tango in Paris	E1 5b **	423	45m			Vivian Quarry
72		The Pause	E1 5b ***	153	?			Beinn Trilleachan...
73		Breaking the Barrier	E1 5b ***	523	26m			Holyhead Mountain
74		Crinoid	E1 5b ***	111	27m			Parsons Hole (aka...
75		Be Brave	E1 5b *	115	18m			Carreg-y-Barcud
76		Rock Dancer	E1 5b **	123	46m			Carn Kenidjack...
77		Incursion	E1 5b *	251	14m			Stanage End
78		Minky	E1 5b **	8	?	• 2		Meall An Fhir-Eoin...
79		Looning the Tube	E1 5a **	785	15m			Australia
80		Tennis Shoe - Direct Start	E1 5a **	249	137m	• 5		Idwal Slabs (aka...
81		Three Pebble Slab	E1 5a ***	2265	12m			Froggatt Edge
82		Satan's Slip	E1 5a ***	211	?	• 3		Lundy
83		Motorcade	E1 5a *	537	18m			Froggatt Edge
84		Walk on the Wild Side	HVS 5a ***	241	?			Auchinstarry Quarry
85		Captain Birdseye	HVS 5b ***	26	?			Oak Crag
86		The Laughing Cavaliers	HVS 5a ***	658	?			Shorn Cliff
87		Secretaries' Super Direct	HVS 4c,5a ***	90	50m	• 2		Polldubh Crags,...
88		Bitter Battle Tears	HVS 5a ***	463	?			Shorn Cliff
89		Golden Slipper	HVS 5a ***	292	?			Pavey Ark
90		No Musketeers	HVS 5a ***	297	?			Shorn Cliff
91		Midnight Cowboy	HVS 5a **	254	?			Baggy Point
92		Armorican	HVS 5a **	518	?			Craig Caerfai
93		Bald Eagle	HVS 5a ***	70	35m			Stone Valley Crags
94		Hammer	HVS 5a **	183	?			Beinn Trilleachan...
95		Saxon	HVS 4c, 4c ***	230	?			Carn Kenidjack...
96		Tydomin	HVS 4c **	104	?			Compass Point - Bude
97		Sunset Slab	HVS 4b ***	1927	14m			Froggatt Edge
98		A Likely Story	HVS ***	25	75m	• 3		Eagle Rocks
99		Wall End Slab	VS 5a **	805	22m			Stanage Plantation
100		Spartan Slab	VS 4c **	381	?			Beinn Trilleachan...
101		Phantom Slab	VS 4c ***	117	60m	• 3		Polldubh Crags,...
102		Engineers Slab	VS 4c ***	109	?			Gable Crag
103		Hargreaves' Original Route	VS 4c ***	2254	18m			Stanage Popular
104		Condor Slab	VS 4c **	258	14m			Roaches Skyline
105		Rob's Crack	VS 4c ***	612	35m			Fairy Cave Quarry
106		Western Slabs	VS 4c **	511	60m	• 3		Dinas Mot
107		Grey Slab	VS 4b **	166	81m	• 2		Glyder Fawr crag
108		Wreckers' Slab	VS 4b **	268	115m	• 3		Cornakey Cliff
109		Tennis Shoe	HS 4b **	1144	137m	• 5		Idwal Slabs (aka...
110		Leac Glas	HS 4b ***	23	?			Meall Meadhoin
111		Jacob's Media	HS 4a **	67	50m			Craig Aderyn (Teyrn...
112		Bow-Shaped Slab	HS 4a ***	290	?			Flimston Bay
113		Balch's Slide	HS 4a *	385	38m			Fairy Cave Quarry
114		The Devil's Slide	HS 4a ***	522	117m	• 5		Lundy
115		The White Streak	HS 4a *	156	?			Craig Yr Wrysgan
116		Helluva Slab	S 4b *	92	?	• 3		Porthgwarra...
117		Red Wall	S 4a **	722	?			Porth-Clais
118		Dental slab	S ***	375	?			Rylstone
119		Hope	VD ***	1654	135m	• 4		Idwal Slabs (aka...
120		Assault Slab	VD ***	70	?			Loch Tollaidh Crags
121		Moonjelly	VD ***	238	?			Reiff - Roinn...
122		Brown Slabs Direct	VD ***	1149	?			Shepherds Crag
123		Central Route	D	33	?			Carnedd Y Filiast...
124		Highway One	6c+ ***	46	?			Portishead Quarry
125		Black Slab	D **	430	?			Bosigran
126		Blank	VS 4b ***	38	130m	• 3		Rosa Slabs
127		Blankist	HVS 4c ***	23	?			Rosa Slabs
			269 e, 311 stars	32,244	2,522m	• 161