Ascents of Clockwork Orange

Awesome fun. That corner looks so intimidating from below, but it climbs surprisingly reasonable.

Sandbagged ourselves by assuming we could rap off, so took packs to the base. I got the honours of bush-bashing out at dusk with the gear and rope, whilst Aidan got to rap down, and do the long walk with one pack stuff inside the other.

Primo line

Great adventure line which is worth the walk down to lower shipply.

First couple of moves on the first pitch are a bit suspect with some absolute choss holds. Make sure you get a spot for this part.

Second pitch is the money, link up with the 3rd pitch to avoid the shit gear at the top of the second pitch.

Second pitch was epic fun! Last pitch was choss central

Cool climbing! Great 1st and 2nd pitches, bit chossy on 3rd pitch.

Fully trad multi! Made a 4 piece anchor at the top of 2, in the slightly sandy potentially breakable rock. Added a bomber hex and cam as backups.. Third pitch was spicy because of said rock quality. Topped out and used the tree, it's good. Bit of bush bashing to get back to upper shipley but thankfully Pedro has a sense of direction, head up and left then down across the creek.

Unreal route!! Finishing that first pitch and viewing the overhanging second pitch is daunting! Took Tom up for his first multi! Killed it! Quite an experience with the extremely high winds and exposure! Linked pitches 2 & 3

Little sidebranch from the upper shitley day. The waterfall was falling upwards with the wind so the rap down was actually a canyon and we were soaked on p1. Committing moves at the start felt trickier than the crux pitch but maybe i was just wet. We were both pretty stoked on the route and stumbled out the top in time to get up 4 pitches at upper. Good stuff

Great route, first six metres of the first pitch are fairly spicy, used tiny wires and cams to make myself feel better. Really awesome all the way up to the end of pitch two. Pitch two was awesome, big holds, good jams, good feet, awesome rock. Pitch 3 is worth linking to avoid an average belay. Pitch three had a bit of sting in it for a 15, chossy too.

Absolutely stella!

The second pitch was awesome, but I don't know that this climb lives up to the hype, considering pitch 2 is guarded by pitches 1 and 3. The first pitch is ok if you take lots of small wires and some C3s, the second pitch is stellar, but the last pitch is a chossy gully with basically no pro. I can't help but think that Solomon and Fer de Lance are similar, if not better climbs, if I'm being honest. They can't match the aspect of Shipley lower, but they are def at least the same quality and more accessible. It was worth doing once. We did it in two pitches, linking 2 and 3, and had a fair amount of small wires and C3s.

A line to remember. Raced up this classic after a day of cragging around CG and Upper Shipley. Accessed by rapping - got a little soaked by the waterfall on the way down.

First pitch is great, and can be done entirely on bomber wires (micro cam could be useful for starting moves). The second pitch is breathtakingly steep and looms above. Great gear throughout and plenty of positive holds for those with an aversion to jamming. Again this crack takes awesome passive pro - hexes were handy! Link last pitch - it had a some spice but still quite enjoyable!

As the crack isn’t quite splitter, this climb could comfortably be done with a single rack of Cam (micro/big size useful), a nice selection of nuts and hexes.

An awesome climb to finish an epic day, topping out at sunset! Linked pitch 2&3, some spice 🌶 on pitch 3.

Killer line and great moves. Somehow i was closer to slipping of some silliness in the 15 section than at the crux

A great climb! I didn't plan well, maybe in order to increase the sketch level, but luckily had my brand new astro nuts on my rack, which were very necessary tio protect P1. Roxy led P2 and I enjoyed glorious toprope comfort through the roofy bit, then led it to the top and belayed off a tree. Good fun.

Pitch two is the money.but pitch one and three are average. Definitely not a classic in my books Linked pitch two and three.

2nd the first pitch. Led the 2nd and 3rd pitch. Was good to have a .3 cam and small wires for off the deck. Small cam also useful.

Superb climbing with some awesome positions.

Great route! Start holds are a bit suspect so take care off the ground. Ben tried his best to punt me off P2 with a few very firmly placed wires but to no avail, there are jugs galore! Linked P2 and 3

An awesome route, and surprised myself with an onsight of the second pitch.

Pretty tough start with high gear on pitch one, and up the groove on good gear. Second pitch started with a fun slab, then through the bulge on bomber gear and surprisingly juggy holds. Just when I thought I was going to pump off, more jugs appeared! Linked the second and third pitches.

Definitely recommend approaching it from Shipley Upper and rapping in, the walk along the base of the cliff was a lot longer than expected.

Exciting start, the second pitch crux section alone is worth it!! Even the top of the 15 is great