UKC

Good mix of jamming and horizontal breaks. Not high in the grade.
This good route follows the wider crack to the right of Easy Contract, to a small ledge at the base of a short shallow groove. Climb this and the vertical crack above and finish direct.

Ticklists

Central Belt Extremes , Central Belt - Local Classics , Glasgow Climbers Whistlestop , The Great Gumclub Ticklist , Stirling's finest , The Cracks of Scotland , The Unattainable SUMC Ticklist , Lowland Outcrops *** (Trad and Sport)

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Lewisferguson1992 14 Feb, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: There is quite a bit of movement in the "torso sized block" mentioned in the previous feedback. I thought I'd use it as a side pull and it moved about an inch... Probably needs trundled!!
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βeta: There is quite a bit of movement in the "torso sized block" mentioned in the previous feedback. I thought I'd use it as a side pull and it moved about an inch... Probably needs trundled!!
jimjams 10 Aug, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: The block above and right of the the first ledge definitely moves a bit more than last time I climbed this. I guess the torso sized block referred to by the earlier beta... Think more than a torso sized block will come out when that goes. It forms the right hand flake of the middle section of the route. Not quite ready to go yet but it might not be long... Make sure you put gear on the left and treat it gently!
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βeta: The block above and right of the the first ledge definitely moves a bit more than last time I climbed this. I guess the torso sized block referred to by the earlier beta... Think more than a torso sized block will come out when that goes. It forms the right hand flake of the middle section of the route. Not quite ready to go yet but it might not be long... Make sure you put gear on the left and treat it gently!
Liam Ingram 14 Jul, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Torso sized block (just above and right of the middle groove) shifted when I tugged on a cam.
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βeta: Torso sized block (just above and right of the middle groove) shifted when I tugged on a cam.
Devonr28 12 May, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Birds nesting a few metres up in the crack. Didn't bother climbing
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βeta: Birds nesting a few metres up in the crack. Didn't bother climbing
morvich 25 Apr, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: With Calum
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βeta: With Calum
jonny taylor 9 Jun, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: The block at the top of the first crack has always been loose, but it has definitely moved out and is more mobile. Still pulled [up, not out] on it. No sign of a nest (fledged?)
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βeta: The block at the top of the first crack has always been loose, but it has definitely moved out and is more mobile. Still pulled [up, not out] on it. No sign of a nest (fledged?)
ewancampbell17 1 Jun, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Birds nesting in crack near start
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βeta: Birds nesting in crack near start
GrantM 27 May, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Blue tits nesting in the crack near the start
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βeta: Blue tits nesting in the crack near the start
Alasdair Lowe 30 May, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: Loose block in the crack at around 2/3 height. Currently safe enough to pull on but gear could fall out.
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βeta: Loose block in the crack at around 2/3 height. Currently safe enough to pull on but gear could fall out.

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Grade: E1 5b ***
(Auchinstarry Quarry)

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