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Rockfax Description
Tackle the awkward and slippery elephant's-ear layback (crux?) to good ledges; belay. Climb the wall leftwards following the superb zig-zag crack into a final steep groove. © 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), Peak District Grit Graded List, Peak District Grit (2020) *** List
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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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