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32 | ★★ Whistling Kite | 30m, 3 | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Shame about the ledge. Climbing to the ledge is ok, off the ledge is great. A very hard crux (that I couldn't do) leads to the top face crack that is amazingly awesome at about 26. I tried this briefly after I did BCT and it made BCT feel like walking down the street.
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28 | ★★★ Debrilla | 25m, 5 | Frog Buttress | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | ||||
Wow. Amazing climbing that is actually slightly slabby on the crux.
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27 | ★★ Catcher in the Rye | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
This is quite an amazing route. The layback off the arete at the start is a really cool piece of climbing, and just so easy to fall off! The blank corner above had me baffled, I climbed the arete at about 27 but I imagine people bridge these things, I just couldn't concieve of it myself let alone do it. The top corner crack is superb but a little grubby as noone does it, but they should as the linkup with Inquisition is great at 23/4
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27 | ★★★ The Lord's Prayer | 30m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Had a go on TR ages ago. Very good but very hard!
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27 | ★ Anal Teens Direct Start | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
I spent ages trying this and John Pearson came and strolled up it.. never got up it.
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26 | ★★★ Hard Nose DS | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Fantastic route. Second or third shot.
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25 | ★★ Hard Nose | 25m | Frog Buttress | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | ||||
25 | ★★★ Carrion Comfort | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
I thought this was good but a little disappointing as if you're tall (and remotely flexible) you can bridge to LLL.
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25 | ★★★ Future Tense | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Lovely climbing on the top wall, if you start up BST this feels like 24/5. I did TR the original start, which is quite hard but sadly not that great and has some dodgy rock.
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24 | ★★ Plate Tectonics - with Wendy Eden | 18m, 2 | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Tried this in about 89 and backed off the top move where it's really runout. TR'd it 2016 and fell off... that move. Happy to read the sequence right though, just fell off cause I was pumped.
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24 | ★★ Keep Left | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
I really liked this! Super interesting climbing with flared jams, shallow bridging, face climbing and a layback section to finish. Sustained and technical. Would be hard to place gear on lead. The undercling is fragile, don't break it or it'll get a lot harder! Second shot tr.
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24 | ★★★ Impulse | 18m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
My first 24 flash, in about 89
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24 | Swashbuckler | 5m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | |||
Tried this without success. Now that the bolt has rusted there is even more reason to ignore it.
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23 | ★ De Facto | 18m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Did this about 1990 over two days. It's got good climbing but some slightly creaky flakes. You'd be mad not to place the side runner in MP - it's very close and much better than the RP's in the seam.
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24 | ★★ Inquisition in the Rye - with Wendy Eden | 27m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
This really is great. The first bit of Inquisition is excellent, clean, interesting climbing. The top half of Catcher in the Rye is wonderful, jams and locks and quite sustained on excellent rock. It's a little dirty as nobody ever does it. Might be 24, certainly had Wendy and I pulling out all stops to get up it without coming off despite having TR'd it a few days ago.
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23 | Ground to a Halt | 14m | Frog Buttress | Average | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
One #3RP if I remember right
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23 | The Guilt By Association Years | 10m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
There are many, many better routes than this here
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23 | ★ Cracks in the Pavement | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | |||
I really enjoyed this. Pretty tenuous in places. May be a safe lead these days with lots of micro cams, though I think you'd be on RPs at the start.
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22 | Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! | 28m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
22 | ★ Yodel up the Valley | 22m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Not that memorable.
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22 | ★★ Tight Lips and Cold Feet | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Good at the start, I remember having a wobble up higher at a slabby bit and some hollow sounding rock.
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22 | ★★ Dave Mank's Electric Gorilla Direct Start | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
22 | ★★★ Black Light | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
I find this incredibly hard and insecure due to a) poor crack technique and b) my hands don't go into the crack so it's all marginal thin hands.
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22 | ★★★ Child in Time | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★★★ Classic | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
I find this desperate in the top half where its very thin hands for me. Actually easier without tape gloves as I can get more of my hand in!
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22 | ★ Thrutching is the Reward of Thrutching | 12m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Think of this in the same vein as "11a offwidth". An amazing (though very short) corner with crap holds at the back and desperate insecure bridge-thrutching and squeak-panting. 2 falls until I realised I was facing the wrong way.
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22 | ★★ Badfinger | 30m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
A memorable tr after Wendy and I had ticked FT with a huge black storm rolling in at us off the range! Damn I fell off just when I thought I had it.
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22 | ★★ Snipe | 23m, 2 | Frog Buttress | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | ||||
Don't remember anything!
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22 | ★ Slippin' Away | 13m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | |||
The corner is good - and desperate - but very short.
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21 | ★★ The Stars Look Down | 18m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
I'm not a fan of this one. Poor gear in the first 5m or so then tricky small wires and everything feels loose in the top section. There are way better routes, I think this one gets traffic because it's face climbing and looks better than it is.
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21 | A Hundred and One - with Wendy Eden | 12m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
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21 | ★ Plummeting Pineapple (Plummeting Pinapple) | 35m | Frog Buttress | Average | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Good for a bit at the start then a bit of a ramble. There are better routes.
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21 | ★ Bongos and Beached Whales | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Fun for a few moves
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20 | ★★ Lord of the Flies - with Wendy Eden | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Thu 2nd Jul 2015 | |||
This is really worthwhile if you don't mind a little offwidthing. The initial finger crack is great, then there's a section of hand crack with one loose feeling block (I gave it a good tug on second but it seems solidly wedged). After this a long section of offwith - but it's easy due to holds around the crack. Until there aren't. A short section of proper offwidthing (I did my first hand/fist stack - and it worked!) leads to a welcome fig tree and a wide finish that's not too hard. A great, long pitch.
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20 | ★★★ Rickety Kate - with Wendy Eden | 15m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Good, but I wouldn't describe it as one of the best routes on the cliff. Nice climbing and rock with good gear but quite short.
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20 | ★★ Erg | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Gets quite wide in the middle. The finish, though it looks ugly, is actually OK
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20 | ★★ Cannabis Crack - with Wendy Eden | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
A good route with bad climbing? The start is great, and the rock is good the whole way, but the top is a really long increasingly desperate thrutch. Good to have done it once.
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20 | ★★ Pollux | 23m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
A really good route with a short section of proper offwidthing. I chicken winged and found it totally desperate but I imagine that there is better technique one could apply.
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20 | ★★ Famous Cosmetics | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
I found the crux really desperate. The rest is good but shame about the ledges
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21 20 | ★★ Egotistical Pineapple (Egotistical Pinapple) | 14m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Great route, sustained and interesting, definitely 21 for me.
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19 | ★★ Monty Python's Flying Circus | 25m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
I thought this was pretty poor. The initial corner is really hard to protect and the upper corner feels loose and is a lot easier. There are way better routes here.
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19 | Peaches and Cream | 20m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Dirty, poor rock, poor gear, climbing is nothing special - what are you waiting for?
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19 | ★★ Inquisition | 27m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Take big cams but no actual offwidthing
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20 19 | ★ Off the Wall | 13m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Interesting climbing, shame about the ledge
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19 | ★★ Southern Comfort | 15m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Really great, spoilt a bit by the loose ramble to a tree
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18 | ★ Noose - with Wendy Eden | 22m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Not that great. A loose block, scrappy climbing.
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18 | ★ Dave Mank's Electric Gorilla | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
18 | ★ Blood of the Christ | 25m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Not as awful as it looks, but the top has some big loose blocks that guarantee it's future unpopularity.
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18 | ★★★ Resurrection Corner | 25m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
All I remember is really sore feet. Not really a fan of this one.
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18 | ★★ Sacrilege Crack | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
I found this really hard at the top but I don't feel like I have good offwidth technique. Quite a good route apart from some scary loose bits.
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18 | ★★ Borderline 29 | 15m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Good for a few moves but worryingly hollow
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18 | Last Picture Show | 22m | Frog Buttress | Average | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | |||
The actual corner I found quite interesting and not too hard as I could bridge to the rib on the right wall, but the start (Condor) is not that great and Wendy traversed off to the chains above Mechanical Prune as there was a death block on the ledge...
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17 | ★ Erectile Kingpin - with Wendy Eden | 16m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Not bad, two shortish sections. The top bit seemed slippery and desperate, but that's what I expect for Frog 17s!
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17 | ★★ Wizards Back | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
17 | ★ Side-pocket Shot - with Wendy Eden | 15m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
17 | ★ Dave Mank's Electric Gorilla Direct Finish | 6m | Frog Buttress | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | ||||
18 | ★ Fat Mattress | 30m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Interesting all the way. A bit broken by ledges but well worthwhile. The start is tricky and hard to protect - you can get a #6 Camalot in the flare to back up the other pieces if you have one.
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16 17 | ★★ Blood, Sweat and Tears | 40m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
Great except for the tight awkward section in the middle. Well protected, actually takes a lot of midsize cams
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17 | ★ Phatang | 40m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Not great. Lots of ledges to hit and not the best rock
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17 | ★ Liquid Laughter Layback | 38m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
I remember the V groove being desperate from 88... did it again last year and it was still desperate!
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18 | ★ Dynamite | 18m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | |||
The climbing is very nice, but there is very little gear, and the rock is not great where the gear is. A shame it's not bolted as it would be enjoyed by many.. if it was 27 it'd be bolted, but it's not cause it's 17.
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17 | ★ King Shits and Dead Shits | 20m | Frog Buttress | Average | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | |||
Decent alt start to LLL
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16 | ★★ Materialistic Prostitution | 20m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
A good and well protected route - unlike many of the 16's here!
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16 | ★ Century - with Wendy Eden | 15m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Staunch like many 16s at Frog!
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16 | ★ Horse-drawn Zeppelin | 12m | Frog Buttress | Average | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
A bit greasy. I'm not that taken with this one.
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16 | ★ Winston Alley - with Wendy Eden | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Quite tough for the grade (how surprising) but good climbing and gear. I like this one.
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17 16 | ★ Castor | 22m | Frog Buttress | ★★ Very Good | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
This is a great route! Good rock and no actual offwidthing despite appearances. More like 17 though.
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17 16 | ★ Forked Tongue | 15m | Frog Buttress | Average | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Remember it being hard for the grade
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17 16 | ★ Sabrasucker | 25m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Pretty tough but gear is ok
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16 | ★ Moonlighter | 15m | Frog Buttress | Mon 15th Aug 2016 | ||||
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15 | ★ Iron Butterfly - with Wendy Eden | 28m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
I remember this having a nice start, a large loose block at the roof, and then a steep gully filled with chockstones in the top half. I wouldn't do it again.
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15 | ★ Mechanical Prune - with Wendy Eden | 18m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
I thought this was horrible from start to finish.
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14 | ★ Electric Lead | 26m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
14 | ★ Shit Heap - with Wendy Eden | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Nice.
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14 | ★ Theory | 25m | Frog Buttress | Crap | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Horrible climbing and very difficult to protect adequately. I'd never do it again.
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14 | Grandma's Tonic | 18m | Frog Buttress | Crap | Sun 17th Jul 2016 | |||
omg. Thought I'd do this to get to Theory ledge. There's a groove that's totally composed of loose blocks. Shockingly awful, and dirty and dangerous and shit climbing - it's got it all...
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13 | ★ Electric Mud | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Good but short
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13 | ★ Tardis - with Wendy Eden | 10m | Frog Buttress | Don't Bother | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
Crappy.
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13 13 R | Asbestos Grapefruit - with Edwin Irvine | 22m | Frog Buttress | Crap | Sat 2nd Jul 2016 | |||
I did this with Edwin as the first climb of our 'fruit themed route names day'. I remember pulling down half a cubic metre of leaf litter on myself and thinking 'we're going to do some really crap routes today and this is one of them'
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11 | ★ Parson's Pleasure | 10m | Frog Buttress | ★ Good | Fri 29th Jul 2016 | |||
Actually ok
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