In reply to Graham Ad:
Sly Old Conner, sorry Si O'Conner had claimed a 2nd ascent, but this is almost certainly bogus.
One of the reasons this has taken so long for a repeat, apart from conditions being improved now with less trees and it being actually pretty hard(!), is that back in the early 1990s my mate M**t G*******r broke off the 'crucial' foothold on the arete at the base of the groove. You can clearly see this in the shot in Dave Jones' book. My mate was found frantically searching in the nettles at the bottom, with a scared, wild look in his eyes...! Unfortunately it must have exploded under his, not inconsiderable, mass...