★★ Thunderbolt 19 A1

A bold route for summer days, strong arms and good nerves. Epics have been had here.

Start: the start of the route is the same as that for Exposure in F Major.

1. Climb the left hand variation on the first pitch of Exposure.

2. Scramble along the ledge to the left and climb via a short chimney/crack to the top of a pillar next to a tree.

3. From the pillar move up 5m then right (2 Pitons) and pull up to a handrail. Continue right to a stance.

4. Climb straight up, then move slightly left and climb up to a ledge. traverse left to a point directly above the start of pitch 1.

5. Pull up through a small overhang then move left. Climb up the recess (6m) then swing right to a small ledge. Climb up a shallow recess , past the overhang, then move right to reach a corner. Layback up to a small stance.

6. Traverse left around a corner (12m), then diagonally left to a niche. Move up to the right then back left to a small stance. Climb up a jam crack to a better stance (3m)

7. Move up a recess to brown flakes then up a jam-crack on the left. Move up via large flakes to a stance.

8. Walk left to the end of the ledge, then traverse around the bulge to a ledge at the bottom of a gully.

9. Move left into a chimney, ascend this and move out into an open gully.

10. From the block indicating the start of a traverse to the right, step down and continue right and climb up to a grassy ledge.

11. Climb a grassy grove and step right at the top. Climb up to an overhang which is side-stepped to the left.

12. Climb a V-shaped grove to a creaking block at the top of a crack, swing right on tiny footholds and pull up onto a small flat ledge. Continue up via a nose to the right to a small stance.

13. From the stance swing down to foot-grips below a slab. Climb the slab into a scoop, step down, cross a crack and up on the rib to the right to a small stance.

14. Traverse right around a bulging corner.

15. Step down, traverse right to a spectacular corner (E1), then up via a smooth hand-jam crack to a stance.

16. Climb a water-shoot type ramp to a small stance below a bottomless crack breaking through an overhang above.

17. Climb the crack to below an overhang, step down onto a corner on the right, move around this up past a ledge and up the face above. Traverse left to an expose corner and up via a crack to a stance.

18. Traverse somewhat left and climb more or less straight up to the top.