40m, 2 pitches.
Rockfax Description
1) 4b, 22m. Start up Lynx but where it starts to trend left move out right and climb a groove and rib to a stance and tree belay.
2) 5a, 18m. Climb the groove on the left then step left (ancient ring-peg and not much else) and make a short traverse and tricky mantelshelf to enter a wide crack. Finish easily up this. © Rockfax
FA. Steve Read, Will Mcloughlin 1963.
Ticklists
Peak Rock/10/White Life , Chris Jackson’s 100 Classic Limestone Climbs
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| Chris Murray | 4 Jun, 2021 |
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βeta: Friend 4 really useful at the end of the traverse! | ||
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βeta: Friend 4 really useful at the end of the traverse! |
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| dr_botnik | 26 Jul, 2020 |
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βeta: 2 ants nests and a rose bush ruin the first pitch. A shame there isn't a better way to access the top bit of climbing! | βeta? | |
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βeta: 2 ants nests and a rose bush ruin the first pitch. A shame there isn't a better way to access the top bit of climbing! |
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| stevomcd | 19 Jul, 2006 |
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βeta: May have been off line, but the "move out right and climb a groove" description should really mention the rose bushes you have to plow through... Top pitch very scary, arguably worth HVS, especially in the dark... | βeta? | |
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βeta: May have been off line, but the "move out right and climb a groove" description should really mention the rose bushes you have to plow through... Top pitch very scary, arguably worth HVS, especially in the dark... |
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| DrGav | 8 Nov, 2004 |
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βeta: On a damp Nov day, the second pitch felt hard for 4c. I attempted to continue up the crack but retreated and faced the slippery mantelshelf like a man. Almost chickened out again but eventually committed and hauled up. Tough in the damp. | βeta? | |
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βeta: On a damp Nov day, the second pitch felt hard for 4c. I attempted to continue up the crack but retreated and faced the slippery mantelshelf like a man. Almost chickened out again but eventually committed and hauled up. Tough in the damp. |
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Route of Interest
Birch Tree Wall Direct
Grade: VS 5a ***
(Black Rocks)