UKC Logbook - 'The American Tourist'

315m, 7 pitches.

Rockfax Description
Fine but very bold climbing up the left-hand side of the slab.t. Though this and Sea Breeze have only a grade between them, The American Tourist is a serious undertaking, with minimal protection and some poor belays. Skyhooks may be found useful as runners, or as a means of escape - rarely repeated! Start 100m left of the flake at the toe of the slab.
1) N5-, 30m. Trend right via friction and the occasional flake to a stance in the base of a shallow groove. Scary!
2) N5+, 45m. Move left then climb the face before trending right to a stance at the base of a huge flake laid on the slab. Scary!!
3) N6, 50m. Climb the flake to its end then trend left across the slab before climbing to the base of a thin crack. Scary!!!
4) N6, 45m. Climb straight up the slab (effectively unprotected) to a poor stance at a down-pointing flake. Very scary!!!!
5) N6-, 50m. Trend right via the occasional flake (poor protection) to a stance at the base of a curving overlap. Scary!
6) N5, 45m. Move right to the second overlap and follow the crack (runners - yippee!) to a stance.
7) N3+, 50m. Easy climbing leads to the ledges above the slab. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
Fine but very bold climbing up the left-hand side of the slab - one for the committed. Though both these routes are given almost the same grade, this one in particular is a serious undertaking, with minimal protection and some indifferent belays. Skyhooks may be found useful as runners, or as a means of escape it things get too much! Start 100m left of the flake at the toe of the slab, where there is a small grass ledge amongst the ferns.
1) 5-, 30m. Trend right via friction and the occasional flake to a stance in the base of a shallow groove. Scary!
2) 5, 45m. Move left then climb the face before trending right to a stance at the base of a huge flake laid on the slab. Scary!!
3) 5+, 50m. Climb the flake to its end then trend left across the slab before climbing to the base of a thin crack. Scary!!!
4) 5+, 45m. Climb straight up the slab (effectively unprotected) to a poor stance at a down-pointing flake. Very scary!!!!
5)5, 50m. Trend right via the occasional flake (poor protection again) to a stance at the base of a long curving overlap. Scary!
6) 5, 45m. Move right to the second overlap and follow the crack (runners - yippee!) to a stance.
7) 3+, 50m. Easy climbing leads to the ledges above the slab.