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Photo gallery: St Johns Head

Click to read about St Johns Head crag (Orkney Islands).
41 photos of this crag (showing 1-24)
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St John’s Head
© Neil Morrison, Jul 2023
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Robbie Phillips committed to the Vile Crack whilst shooting the Long Hope Direct assignment for Patagonia
© Marc Langley, Jun 2021
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ENDEX
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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The 'fun' descent
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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At the start line 4 hours after leaving the youth hostel
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Belay before the first proper rock climbing 5b pitch
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Madness about half way up
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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One of the easier sections
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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The flake pitch
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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My proudly forged belay cairn above the top 5c traverse pitch. A magnificent frightner of a pitch.
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Jack in the realm of the Gods balls deep in 'Big John'
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Sensational flake pitch
© Stanners
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The epic flake pitches which I linked 3 in 1
© Stanners
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The start of the descent gulley about 350m further on from the view point. Small cairn visible on right.
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Approaching the mighty St. John's Head at 5am
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Sunrise on the approach
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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The script
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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The legendary approach gulley
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Looking up with an impending sense of doom
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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The first 5c traverse pitch
© Stanners
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Belay amongst the grass pitches. Bomber.
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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The siege begins. Grass pitches 1-4
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Diary notes page 7
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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Diary notes page 6
© Stanners, Sep 2021
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