Rockfax Description
70m. The arête of the Naked Ape slab requires as many micro-wires as you can carry.
1. 15m 5b Climb a shallow groove right of Naked Ape to a small ledge.
2. 40m 6b Climb the groove above (peg) to a wide flake. This leads to a traverse right along a horizontal break to the base of the arête. Committing moves up the right side of the arête gains a sloping shelf. The thin, hard, right-hand crack gains a good hold, then move up left to join Naked Ape. Follow this up right to the arête (micro-wires). Where that route traverses right, ascend the hanging groove above that exits onto a slab and belay under the roof at the right end.
3. 15m 6a Follow Naked Ape left, through the roof and final overhanging crack to the abseil point.
FA P.Thorburn, G.Latter, 22 Sept 1997 © Rockfax

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