Restricted Access
The crag is on private land and continued access depends on climbers maintaining our good relationship with the landowner, who runs his business from the lorry park in the quarry. Be friendly if you meet the owner or his employees and make sure you follow the new access route (details below) to avoid any problems.
Seasonal Restrictions
Dates: 15 February to 31 May
Reason: Nesting Birds
2024 - no restriction - the Raven nest on Going Straight wall does not appear to be in use this year - please report if you see any activity.
Rockfax Description
Climb the steep face through a patch of white rock to join and finish as for Going Straight. © Rockfax
FA. Gary Gibson, Nick Taylor 2002.
Feedback
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| JMarkW | 20 Jun, 2023 |
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βeta: Death trap | βeta? | |
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βeta: Death trap |
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| RachaelH | 19 Jun, 2023 |
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βeta: Avoid at all costs. Extremely broken middle section. Dangerous! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Avoid at all costs. Extremely broken middle section. Dangerous! |
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| samt | 8 Jun, 2022 |
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βeta: AVOID. despite my feed back last year, I somehow forgot and ended up on this again last night (crag was busy and needed a warm up). The obvious scared area is all still really loose. My turn to belay and my mate pulled off a large block which exploded into about 4 house brick sizes. Despite being stood off to one side, I got dragged into the fall zone and feel increadibly lucky to have avoided all the rock. Luckly nobody else, nor the roaming dog, or anyones coiled ropes where hit either. Needs de-gearing. | βeta? | |
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βeta: AVOID. despite my feed back last year, I somehow forgot and ended up on this again last night (crag was busy and needed a warm up). The obvious scared area is all still really loose. My turn to belay and my mate pulled off a large block which exploded into about 4 house brick sizes. Despite being stood off to one side, I got dragged into the fall zone and feel increadibly lucky to have avoided all the rock. Luckly nobody else, nor the roaming dog, or anyones coiled ropes where hit either. Needs de-gearing. |
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| samt | 23 Jul, 2021 |
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βeta: Just loose all the way. Probably the worst route on this wall and ought to have the bolts removed. Avoid!! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Just loose all the way. Probably the worst route on this wall and ought to have the bolts removed. Avoid!! |
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| Evieosborn | 1 Jul, 2020 |
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βeta: Where the route merges with the 6c, pulled on a head sized block which moved a couple of inches out. Removed the block on the way down. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Where the route merges with the 6c, pulled on a head sized block which moved a couple of inches out. Removed the block on the way down. |
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| Ky | 19 May, 2020 |
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βeta: LOOSE. Bailed rather than risked it | βeta? | |
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βeta: LOOSE. Bailed rather than risked it |
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Apollo Creed
Grade: 6b ***
(Harpur Hill Quarry)