120m, 4 pitches. Interesting & varied climb which spans the entire height of the buttress. Start at the lowest rocks of the the right wall of the heathery gully & 5 m left of the broken pinnacle at the foot of the main buttress.

1) 33m. Ascend direct to the foot of a wall. Climb this passing a flake and small rowan on a ledge. Gain the slab above and trend left to a nook below the main rib of the crag, overlooking the gulley; nut belays.
2) 12m. Traverse left under the nose of the rib and climb a crack, passing a dubious block, to a large block belay.
3) 30m. Climb onto the block, step right and climb up to a large ledge. From the corner at the back of it follow a gangway to the arête on the right, step right onto a small ledge and climb the cracked wall to a large ledge.
4) 45m. move to the right (junction with The Bolt) and climb clean rock leftwards, to the foot of a stepped corner below a fine overhanging wall (possible belay). Traverse left for 6 metres crossing a groove (the legacy), pull out left onto a rock ledge and climb up through a notch (as for the legacy), to gain a ledge. Finish up the rib on the right of a heather gully.

W 'Bill' Peascod, GG Macphee, G Rushworth 17/Jul/1948.

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