Rockfax Description
Tackle the awkward and slippery elephant's-ear layback (crux?) to good ledges. Climb the wall leftwards on the superb zig-zag crack into a final steep groove. Beware of glass on the ledges. © Rockfax
FA. Fred Pigott 1920. FA. (the flake start) Eric Byne 1933.
Ticklists
Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List , Eastern Peak Grit 100 VD- VS , Peak Gritstone S-HVS **+ , Peak Rock/3/ A Decade of Expansion , The Black Rocks 1949 Guide VS Challenge , Stonnis Allstars , The Froggatt to Black Rocks 3 Star Pilgrimage , Definitive *** Peak Grit , Eastern Grit 2 star plus (HVS/VS/HS) , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Black Rocks VS Link Up (BMC 2010 Froggatt to Black Rocks definitive) , Eastern Grit Wishlist , Eastern Grit 2015 - Top 500 VS , 2022 Rockfax Eastern Grit Graded List
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| PaulJepson | 25 Apr, 2021 |
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βeta: Watch for broken glass on the ledge. This seems to be a prime 'c*nts chucking stuff' location. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Watch for broken glass on the ledge. This seems to be a prime 'c*nts chucking stuff' location. |
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| Si dH | 28 May, 2005 |
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βeta: I struggles with the moves from the traverse to ge testablished inthe finsl crack, found the jams very baggy but not quite fist-width and so awkward, harder than the bit above anyway. The start was spoilt by the polish, laybacking with my feet slipping constantly wasnt great fun. | βeta? | |
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βeta: I struggles with the moves from the traverse to ge testablished inthe finsl crack, found the jams very baggy but not quite fist-width and so awkward, harder than the bit above anyway. The start was spoilt by the polish, laybacking with my feet slipping constantly wasnt great fun. |
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| Chris Craggs | 28 May, 2004 |
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βeta: Also the very last move is tricky. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Also the very last move is tricky. |
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| Chris Craggs | 28 May, 2004 |
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βeta: The start is probably easier if you ignore the flake and sketch up the slab to its right! | βeta? | |
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βeta: The start is probably easier if you ignore the flake and sketch up the slab to its right! |
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| CragHead | 30 Sep, 2003 |
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βeta: No way it not 5a. More likely 4c - nice route. | βeta? | |
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βeta: No way it not 5a. More likely 4c - nice route. |
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Pothole Wall
Grade: VS 5a ***
(Willersley Castle Rocks)