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9m.

Rockfax Description
Depends where you climb - left is 5b, the layback seam is 4b. © Rockfax

FA. Pete Oxley 22/Jul/1990.

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Portland for the beginner (lead climbs) , 4 - 5 Grade Climbs Portland Westcoast , Portland

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omniscient_penguin 2 Sep, 2007 Show βeta
βeta: Couldn't quite work out the line/s on this. I broke left and layback on the distinct edge, stepping up and then gaining a little height to clip the belay, which I guessed was the 5. The 4 however didn't seem that obvious as going right from the break seemed much harder unless you were a good 2m or so from the bolt line. Admittedly this right hand route was about a 4, but I was sufficiently far from the bolts that each clip required a traverse. I wouldn't like to have taken a fall off the 4 given the potential to pendulum across the face the of the slab.
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βeta: Couldn't quite work out the line/s on this. I broke left and layback on the distinct edge, stepping up and then gaining a little height to clip the belay, which I guessed was the 5. The 4 however didn't seem that obvious as going right from the break seemed much harder unless you were a good 2m or so from the bolt line. Admittedly this right hand route was about a 4, but I was sufficiently far from the bolts that each clip required a traverse. I wouldn't like to have taken a fall off the 4 given the potential to pendulum across the face the of the slab.

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