UKC

24m.

Rockfax Description
Boulder up into the hanging groove then mince rightwards awkwardly (especially if you're long-legged) to pass the nose and climb the excellent gradually-widening cracks above. © Rockfax

FA. Joe Brown, Don Whillans 1951.

Ticklists

The Roaches - Routes Graded List , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , Staffordshire Grit Challenge - Brown-Whillans Day Out , Peak Rock/6/ The Emergence of Joe Brown and Don Whillans , Joe Brown's Three-Star Grit-List , Roaches HVS Challenge , Joe Browns Shops 50th Anniversary Celebration Routes List , The Roaches 3 Star Extravaganza , To Goliath's Groove and beyond , Definitive *** Peak Grit , The List , Michelle's crack ticklist , An attempt at a definitive list of Joe Brown's FA/FFA in the Peak District , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , Peak District Gritstone: Graham Hoey's Best Routes for Moving on to E1 , Hardest HVSs in the Peak , Roaches Cracks , *** HVS on Peak Gritstone

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Justsomeclimber 16 Nov, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Noticed at least 2 shiny looking cams on the way up, stuck deep in the crack just after the bulge.
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βeta: Noticed at least 2 shiny looking cams on the way up, stuck deep in the crack just after the bulge.
hamer89 7 Oct, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Awful for rope drag and spinning cams in crack
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βeta: Awful for rope drag and spinning cams in crack
RETICENTFISH 22 Apr, 2007 Show βeta
βeta: Loved it! Did get a little minced, but thats part of the fun. Not the most elegant climbing Ive ever done though. If you enjoy a challange give it a go.
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βeta: Loved it! Did get a little minced, but thats part of the fun. Not the most elegant climbing Ive ever done though. If you enjoy a challange give it a go.
daveagriff 14 Jul, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: The upper crack was sweet.
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βeta: The upper crack was sweet.
nate 18 May, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Great climb, but more fun getting others to do it and then watching.
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βeta: Great climb, but more fun getting others to do it and then watching.
GrahamD 12 Jan, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Possibly the hardest part is to avoid getting the ropes locked up higher up ! Excellent one to point the climbing wall merchants at.
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βeta: Possibly the hardest part is to avoid getting the ropes locked up higher up ! Excellent one to point the climbing wall merchants at.
Mick B 27 Dec, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: Horrible. Failed miserably.Possibly the only route i wish i`d never tried.
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βeta: Horrible. Failed miserably.Possibly the only route i wish i`d never tried.
Nick Smith - Climbers 12 Jun, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: Simply hideous! Even once you've 'minced' around the lip on the traverse, you are still faced with a slopey unprotected off-width and chimney above...
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βeta: Simply hideous! Even once you've 'minced' around the lip on the traverse, you are still faced with a slopey unprotected off-width and chimney above...

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Crabbie's Crack

Grade: HVS 5a ***
(The Five Clouds)

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