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130m, 4 pitches. On the Cioch, upper tier.
Start - 5m to the right of Gritstone Grooves, immediately R of prominent roof
P1 (30m 5b) Up a shallow recess, traverse L to nose and move up to short chimney and wide ledge. Belay 3m R on spike
P2 (25m 5c) short crack to ledge under scary downspike (if its still there) Pass this to the R and move diag right across slab to break. Up and L to flake (crux) then continue up crack and corner to ledge
P3 (25m 5a) Cracks from R of ledge and then slab to under roof, traverse R to pass roof and up to belay.
P4 - (50m) easier ground to top

Topher Dagg and Ken Darkness Jun/1998.

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