Rockfax Description
The wide corner is a titanic struggle for most, wedging-a-way up is the only option, though macho-men with strong arms and little imagination can layback - though they may well end up regretting it as the top approaches. Said by some to make Freddie's Finale look like a soft touch and another ancient HVS!
Green Streak, HVS 5a - For those who haven't had enough make a hand-traverse right to reach the hanging crack - adds half a star. © Rockfax
FA. Don Whillans 1948.
Ticklists
Gritstone's finest gruesome and damaging struggles , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , Wide Cracks , Moorland Grit - The Essential Selection (Over The Moors) , Peak Rock/6/ The Emergence of Joe Brown and Don Whillans , Thrutch and Clutch , WideBoyz Crack School , UK road to wide crack mastery , Proper Cracks UK , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , Peak District Gritstone: Graham Hoey's Best Routes for Moving on to E2
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| Ariegeois | 11 Jun, 2023 |
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βeta: Blue Lights is an early Joe Brown route and not by Don, who'd not started climbing at the time of its first ascent. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Blue Lights is an early Joe Brown route and not by Don, who'd not started climbing at the time of its first ascent. |
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| Ben Stokes | 28 Oct, 2004 |
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βeta: I can just read the headlines - man gets helmet stuck in crack... fa-nah, fa-nah | βeta? | |
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βeta: I can just read the headlines - man gets helmet stuck in crack... fa-nah, fa-nah |
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| Frank the Husky | 14 Jul, 2004 |
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βeta: the green streak finish is excellent...very well worth doing and possibly adds another 1/2 a star to the route! | βeta? | |
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βeta: the green streak finish is excellent...very well worth doing and possibly adds another 1/2 a star to the route! |
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| Nick Smith - Climbers | 13 Sep, 2003 |
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βeta: Certainly harder than The Trident or Freddie's Finale, a pumpy E1. Best laybacked - ignore any attempts to sandbag you into wedging your body into it! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Certainly harder than The Trident or Freddie's Finale, a pumpy E1. Best laybacked - ignore any attempts to sandbag you into wedging your body into it! |
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The Trident
Grade: E1 5b ***
(Wimberry Rocks)