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Once in a Millenium: 1,000 Stanage Routes For Chris Craggs

© Sherri Davy
Chris Craggs, perhaps the most prolific guidebook writer in the UK has just climbed his 1,000th route at Stanage in the Peak District, joining the elite and select, Stanage 1,000 Club.

Chris takes up the story:

"It all started on 17th August 1968 with Leaning Buttress Crack and April Crack and finished yesterday with Old Smoothie - 1000 routes on Stanage (see chris on Old Smoothie here).

Forty years to do 1,000 routes is slow going, but you can't rush these things.

Dave Spencer and Brian Rossiter were partners for the final half a dozen and Sherri Davy turned up with a bottle of bubbly as we were about to start number 1,000 - which was nice.

By my calculations there are 1,415 routes in the current BMC definitive guide so that should pass on the next few years nicely! "

Congratulations Chris and best of luck with the rest.


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26 Aug, 2008
what to say A) what's he done on grit or B) is this really news :p well done Chris
26 Aug, 2008
Quite an achievement, well done! Which is your favourite though?
26 Aug, 2008
Favourite out of 1000 - a tricky call! I was trying to work out which route I had done most often - Mississippi Buttress Direct, Inverted V, Easter Rib, Ellis's Eliminate, Wall End Slab, High Neb Buttress, Gargoyle Buttress and Goliath's Groove must all be in the 100+ ascents! Chris
26 Aug, 2008
Is he the second UKCer to achieve this or are there others out there? This bloke passed his 1000 a couple of years back: http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/profile.php?id=15359
26 Aug, 2008
I like the comment on his profile about you - it's not what you do, it's what you do that your friends can't, that really counts :-) OP - nice work Chris! I think I've managed the lofty heights of perhaps ten routes at Stanage now...
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