Rockfax Description
16m. Delicate dancing, then a butch and bold finale. Trend rightwards up the slab following an undercut flake. Pull over this then tackle the centre of the overhang. Poorly protected and reachy. © Rockfax
FA. Jonny Woodward 1987.
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Andy Reeve | 15 Nov, 2019 |
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βeta: With gear in. Sun was well under the horizon when I started up it, fun way to finish the day! | βeta? | |
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βeta: With gear in. Sun was well under the horizon when I started up it, fun way to finish the day! |
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Fiend | 20 Nov, 2006 |
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βeta: An instantly attractive and interesting, if slightly strange route. Just about safe with a good belayer. I could *just* reach the hold via some increasingly subtle foot positions, and it felt right at the grade - however the cool top roof was the highlight of the route. If you're tall enough to reach the hold easily, it would be E3 5b and a better, more balanced route. If you're too short to reach it at all it would be....grossly unfair. | βeta? | |
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βeta: An instantly attractive and interesting, if slightly strange route. Just about safe with a good belayer. I could *just* reach the hold via some increasingly subtle foot positions, and it felt right at the grade - however the cool top roof was the highlight of the route. If you're tall enough to reach the hold easily, it would be E3 5b and a better, more balanced route. If you're too short to reach it at all it would be....grossly unfair. |
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JTL | 2 Oct, 2003 |
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βeta: on soloing this the other day,i couldnt couldnt quite reach the hold (Im 5 8) so i spent an hour unearthing a beautiful 6a sequence along the overlap to gain the hold,there seems to be a small cam to protect the final roof, depending on what gear you find lower down if you are short and onsighting prepare for E5/6 6a | βeta? | |
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βeta: on soloing this the other day,i couldnt couldnt quite reach the hold (Im 5 8) so i spent an hour unearthing a beautiful 6a sequence along the overlap to gain the hold,there seems to be a small cam to protect the final roof, depending on what gear you find lower down if you are short and onsighting prepare for E5/6 6a |
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mark hounslea | 22 Sep, 2002 |
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βeta: if you are under 5'10 then it feels 6a | βeta? | |
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βeta: if you are under 5'10 then it feels 6a |
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Grade: E4 6a ***
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