Rockfax Description
190m. The classic of the crag. This outstanding route follows a superlative line up the great corner. It takes its name from the smooth overlapping slabs reminiscent of the armour on a Roman centurion. The second pitch is sometimes wet but the seeps are normally avoidable, and the penultimate pitch breaks through the first tier of the unlikely looking upper overhangs by some superb moves. Start at the foot of the great corner.
1. 15m 4c Climb the left wall of the corner by an awkward crack, to a fine stance on top of the rib.
2. 35m 5a Traverse into the corner and climb it to a belay on a slab in an overhung bay. A brilliant pitch – the holds just keep coming!
3. 25m 4b Traverse left on to the edge. Climb easy grooves until level with the lip of a big overhang, then step back right on to the lip and move up to a stance.
4. 20m 4b Move back into the corner. Traverse left up across the wall below an overhanging crack and climb the arête on the left to a stance.
5. 40m 4a Climb slabby grooves in the same line past a block, then continue up easier ground to join the Route II traverse.
6. 30m 5a Climb up to the overhang. Move left on to a steep slab, then up and left to another overhang. From a detached flake traverse delicately left on to a big slab. Go easily up right to a stance below the second tier of overhangs.
7. 25m 4c Traverse right for 6m and climb a spiky arête to a bulge. Surmount this, step left into an easy groove to the terrace at the top.
FA D.D.Whillans, R.O.Downes, 30 Aug 1956 © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
**** in Ben Nevis, SMC

Ticklists

Hard Rock , Top 25 UKC Wishlist Rock Climbs , Ultimate Scottish Rock , Scottish Mid-Grade Multi-Pitch , Scottish Rock Climbs **** , Scottish 3 and 4 star multi-pitch routes , MIA logbook must haves! , UK Classic Corners , Summer Trip 2014 , Ultimate HVS ticklist , The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland , The best the UK has to offer for mere mortals (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , High Quality Adventure routes , Chris H's 100 Mega Classic Trad , Big Routes , The Great Gumclub Ticklist , CUMC First Ascents , BoC Scottish Summer , Scottish Rock Benchmarks , EUMC - Must do climbs , Libby Peter's HVS Hit List , Hard Rock 2020 , York University Students path to greatness , Gary's Ticklist HVS-E2 , Must climb at crags , Trad Warrior 2021 , Summer 2021 , Scottish Four Star Multi Pitch Routes to E2 (and Old Man Of Hoy) , Dad's Scottish Rock Underliners , Scottish Hard Rock 2020 , 4 Star Scottish rock , Dan's Scottish Summer Hopefuls , A.P's summer , Carrotte's summer sends (multi pitch edition) , Dream Challenge (The BIG ONE) , Lairig hitlist , Wired Scottish Rock Climbs **** , 100 Classic Climbs | Scotland Central & Southern Highlands , Gary Latter's Scottish Rock Ticklist , Scotland climbing , UKC Other Rock Types Top 20 Wishlist Climbs , Scottsh Adventures (Shame its not the gorge...) , Big Bunda Boys Badass Bounty , Picos Preparation , The Unattainable SUMC Ticklist

Feedback Always Hide βeta