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What did I climb on tremadog lower tier

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 mutt 27 May 2025

Approaching from the road at the first path turning right immediately after crossing the ditch and then taking the first opportunity to climb the hill. Encountered a buttress only a few meters into the wood and traversing it to the right there was a dirty vegetated slab with a dead tree and a live tree beyond which there was a gully with a projecting block to which access was made, to its right, by a wide crack full of large angular chock stones. This took me to the top of what looked like a separate pinnacle. Belayed there. The second pitch traversed under a wall following a horizontal flake left into a corner. Bridge up that via a peg onto a rising right wards traverse along a narrow ramp to a small belay at a small oak tree. The slab above the belay rose up to a small sharp edged overhang. My partner couldn’t climb that slab where it steppened up next to the overhanging block so we abved from the tree.

thiught we were in the first two pitches of Christmas curry but it wasn’t a severe. VS possibly or perhaps HVS. 
 

can anyone suggest where I was before we abseiled down yesterday. 
 

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 ExiledScot 27 May 2025
In reply to mutt:

Part of it sounds like Valor, Valerie's Rib area, possibly switching a bit between the two. 

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 Myfyr Tomos 27 May 2025
In reply to mutt:

Turning right after crossing the ditch and a buttress a few meters into the woods... Somewhere in the Slips area?

 ExiledScot 27 May 2025
In reply to Myfyr Tomos:

Crossing the road directly and ditch didn't quite make total sense, but I guess it depends where they parked. 

 Luke01 27 May 2025
OP mutt 28 May 2025
In reply to Luke01:

> Sounds like Nifl-Heim (HVS 5a)

yes that sounds like the route - thanks a lot.

 dinodinosaur 30 May 2025
In reply to mutt:

Yeah that sounds like nifl-heim. Did you just go up without a guidebook and climb a line? Or were you looking for Christmas curry? Just curious 

OP mutt 01 Jun 2025
In reply to dinodinosaur:

I was looking for Christmas curry. The route description of that matched nifl heim (except the the tree at the top of the first pitch ) all the way to above the third pitch angular overhang. So it’s all down to taking the right path from the road.
 

Fortunately we were both proficient enough to get to a viable retreat anchor. I’m not familiar with tremadog but I’m reasonably sure others have made that mistake before. 

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 dinodinosaur 01 Jun 2025
In reply to mutt:

You probably should have known it was wrong when there wasn't a queue for the route haha. Tremadog can be a funny one on first acquaintance but the descriptions of those two routes don't really match. Nonetheless no one was harmed and you've found out where you were, good luck next time!


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