Rockfax Description
Heart-stoppingly precarious! The crescent-shaped ramp is gained by a hard rock-over. Once established pad carefully up and right to glory. The route is as unprotected as it looks, the finish is very fluffable and the landing truly awful. © Rockfax
FA. Gary Gibson 1980.
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| Gary Gibson | 27 Jun |
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βeta: Named The Thin Air after a track by magazine on the album secondhand daylight | βeta? | |
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βeta: Named The Thin Air after a track by magazine on the album secondhand daylight |
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| Col Allott | 9 Oct, 2005 |
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βeta: perhaps looks like a soft touch from the bottom, but the crux final moves, rocking over the ripple feel very exposed all of a sudden. | βeta? | |
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βeta: perhaps looks like a soft touch from the bottom, but the crux final moves, rocking over the ripple feel very exposed all of a sudden. |
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| Dave Pritchard | 7 Mar, 2003 |
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βeta: It's a long time since I did it (onsight 12 years ago), but at the time I thought it a soft touch for E5 6a. | βeta? | |
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βeta: It's a long time since I did it (onsight 12 years ago), but at the time I thought it a soft touch for E5 6a. |
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| simes303 | 1992 |
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βeta: Totally messed up rockover on onsight attempt. Couldn't walk properly for two weeks. Found it okay and did it first go when I went back. No cheating pads on either attempt. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Totally messed up rockover on onsight attempt. Couldn't walk properly for two weeks. Found it okay and did it first go when I went back. No cheating pads on either attempt. |
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Licence to Kill
Grade: E5 6b ***
(Roaches Lower Tier)