UKC

18m.

Rockfax Description
Enter the chimney by a steep blocky crack. Above this the main fissure is followed more easily. A decent beginners' climb. © Rockfax

FA. J.W. Puttrell late 1890s.

Ticklists

ROCKFAX Eastern Grit (2006): Top 500 , Stanage Routes BMC Graded List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , 100 Stanage stars , Puttrell's Progress , Stanage 100 VD - VS , Peak Rock/1/ The 1st Peak District Tigers. , Stanage for Crack Apprentices , Stanage Starred VDiffs , Stanage Chimney Tour , Stanage Popular Greens , Stanage 'Difficults' , Peak diff and vdiff starred routes and top 50 , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Pottering with Puttrell at Stanage , Level 1 Peak Trad Routes , Pre-WW1 Stanage , The Golden Age of Stanage Chimney’s

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Jon Greengrass 5 Oct, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: very polished, remember to squeak your boots clean
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βeta: very polished, remember to squeak your boots clean
AsleepOnBelay 4 Oct, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: I really enjoyed this as a warm up lead, it's not just a dirty thrutch like most other chimneys. Has a wild feel to it, probably because the wind is chasing you up there.
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βeta: I really enjoyed this as a warm up lead, it's not just a dirty thrutch like most other chimneys. Has a wild feel to it, probably because the wind is chasing you up there.
Si dH 22 Sep, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Theres a big loose block at half height which might scare a beginner (I carefully avoided it soloing), but otherwise agreed. One of the guys I was with did it as his first lead and enjoyed it.
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βeta: Theres a big loose block at half height which might scare a beginner (I carefully avoided it soloing), but otherwise agreed. One of the guys I was with did it as his first lead and enjoyed it.
Crammy 3 Apr, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Good for low exposure but how does it deserve 2 stars? Most of it is a dirty scramble.
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βeta: Good for low exposure but how does it deserve 2 stars? Most of it is a dirty scramble.
Duz Walker 2 Sep, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: Yup, the hard part is all over by the time your feet are on the first ledge, after that steep stairs and no exposure.
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βeta: Yup, the hard part is all over by the time your feet are on the first ledge, after that steep stairs and no exposure.

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Grade: VD ***
(Kinder Downfall)

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