UKC

30m.

Rockfax Description
Pleasing technical moves that can be well-protected. Start to the right of the Withy Crack belay at a small cave entrance. Move up to below a small overhang and pull out left onto the slab. Head up past three saplings to the headwall and take a left-leading thin crack to join and finish as for Withy Crack. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
A good climb, which is still clinging on to its E1 status, although absolutely at the bottom end. Start at the cave entrance 10m right of the Withy Crack belay. Move up and step left; then gain the slab. Climb the slab to the third of 3 saplings, where the wall steepens. Move leftwards up a thin crack to gain pockets. Nice technical moves on the wall above lead to the exit of Withy Crack.

FA. M.Raine, M.Hammill 30/Mar/2002.

Ticklists

Fairy Cave Quarry Top 20 , Bristol 1st E1s , Fairy Cave Quarry - 1-3 Star Classic & Hard Rock , Fairy Cave Quarry VS-E1 Challenge , Devon and surrounding counties 50 E1 and some E2 and 1 E3 and an E4 , 22 For 2022 , Devon and surrounding counties, 51 E1, some E2, 1 E3 and an E9

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badgerjockey 19 Jun, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Tat and maillon ab point added to the tree to the left of the top
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βeta: Tat and maillon ab point added to the tree to the left of the top
Labergorce 27 Jul, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Lovely route, definitely soft at E1. Massive thanks and kudos to whoever cut back all the undergrowth on the ledge in the last 2 weeks. It\'s a much nicer place to be now!
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βeta: Lovely route, definitely soft at E1. Massive thanks and kudos to whoever cut back all the undergrowth on the ledge in the last 2 weeks. It's a much nicer place to be now!
Ashley King 24 Apr, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Bomber thread and offset help protect the hardest moves.
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βeta: Bomber thread and offset help protect the hardest moves.

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Grade: E1 5b ***
(Cheddar Gorge South)

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