Rockfax Description
A superb roof climb; high in the grade. Climb a shallow groove to below the roof. Place solid runners then head out via good flakes to the lip. Getting established round the lip is the crux.Linking this with the Right-hand is Quietus Middle Leg, E3 6a. © Rockfax
FA. Joe Brown 1954.
Ticklists
Extreme Rock, Top 20 Gritstone UKC Wishlist Climbs, Top 25 UKC Wishlist Rock Climbs, ROCKFAX Eastern Grit (2006): Top 500, Stanage Routes BMC Graded List, World Graded List, Peak Rock/6/ The Emergence of Joe Brown and Don Whillans, Ultimate E2 ticklist, Joe Brown's Three-Star Grit-List, The BMC 70th Anniversary Ticklist, Stanage for Crack Apprentices, 50 of the Best, Stanage E2 Challenge (1989 Guide), Joe Browns Shops 50th Anniversary Celebration Routes List, The best the UK has to offer for mere mortals (apart from the lakes cos its always wet), The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet), Brown & Whillans Stanage, Rockfax Eastern Grit (2015) Top 50, 3 Star Stanage, Definitive *** Peak Grit, Rockfax Peak Gritstone East (2001) Top 50, 2019 Targets, Definitive Eastern Grit top 50- 2001, 2006 and 2015 editions, SUMC's Steep Testpieces, Peaks hard stuff, The Post-Lockdown Vanventure Ticklist, Jem's Time in the Peaks, Hard Rock & Other Classics, Peak District Grit Graded List, Peak District Grit (2020) *** List, Must do
Feedback
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| Al Evans | 11 Oct, 2006 |
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βeta: Never managed it clean without a rest, deffo 6a for me. Loads of 6a's I find easier than this. I wouldnt mind E1 6a though. | ||
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βeta: Never managed it clean without a rest, deffo 6a for me. Loads of 6a's I find easier than this. I wouldnt mind E1 6a though. |
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| shane ohly | 11 May, 2005 |
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βeta: Easier than i expected having put off trying it for far to long! Don't use the left crack though, just two simple hand jams on the right crack will take you to the top! | ||
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βeta: Easier than i expected having put off trying it for far to long! Don't use the left crack though, just two simple hand jams on the right crack will take you to the top! |
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| Nick Smith - Climbers | 28 Jul, 2003 |
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βeta: Well protected, but desperately hard work to unlock the sequence from the lip of the overhang. Full marks to anyone who onsights this classic (I didn't!) | ||
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βeta: Well protected, but desperately hard work to unlock the sequence from the lip of the overhang. Full marks to anyone who onsights this classic (I didn't!) |
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Big Brother
Grade: E2 5c ***(Kinder Northern Edges)