Rockfax Description
A great route that has only just enough gear. Start near the base of an open corner and climb up the left wall to a good ledge at 6m. Continue over the left side of a bulge to another rest on a small sloping ledge a few metres higher. Move up and then right into a groove, and follow this to the top. © Rockfax
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Graeme Hammond | 19 Jun, 2022 |
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βeta: At the start of the route the Ground Up Definative guide and Rockfax are completely different. Not sure which is the true line but the Ground Up start up the pocketed wall to reach the right side of the buldge/sloping shelf, climbing over this and slightly left to gain the main groove seems to climb better rock and be worn like it had been done for years. Probably a case of the line being copied out of the ground up select guide which is the same as the Rockfax but the description is as per the definitive. | βeta? | |
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βeta: At the start of the route the Ground Up Definative guide and Rockfax are completely different. Not sure which is the true line but the Ground Up start up the pocketed wall to reach the right side of the buldge/sloping shelf, climbing over this and slightly left to gain the main groove seems to climb better rock and be worn like it had been done for years. Probably a case of the line being copied out of the ground up select guide which is the same as the Rockfax but the description is as per the definitive. |
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C Witter | 6 Jun, 2022 |
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βeta: It seems there are quite a few variations possible on the first section of this route. Slightly right of the normal start, it is possible to climb (with quality moves and at about stiff 5b) a steep wall on pockets via a few "spike-like" holds to the grassy ledge and another steep move from the grassy ledge over a bulge to mantle onto a sloping ledge just below and right of the sloping ledge mentioned in the guide. Bold and exciting, definitely E2, maybe 5c. | ||
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βeta: It seems there are quite a few variations possible on the first section of this route. Slightly right of the normal start, it is possible to climb (with quality moves and at about stiff 5b) a steep wall on pockets via a few "spike-like" holds to the grassy ledge and another steep move from the grassy ledge over a bulge to mantle onto a sloping ledge just below and right of the sloping ledge mentioned in the guide. Bold and exciting, definitely E2, maybe 5c. |
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Grade: E2 5b ***
(Gogarth South Stack)