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Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Glen Osmond Quarries The Oasis | |||||
16 | ★ Adult Themes
Crack L of arête to the L of Trish Delight. Gain the slab and finish up TD. FA: Paul Badenoch, Des Norman, David Newell & Chris Oerman, 2006 | 20m | |||
22 | ★★ Trish Delish
A varied route that takes a striking line. Begin at the hand crack just right of the arete. A hard start over a small roof leads to good crack climbing and a rest on the L arete level with the main roofline. Swing around R to regain the crack and follow it up the slab past a bush. Climb the ramp up L then straight up the wall just R of the arete. Quoted from Nick Neagles guide. FA: Nick Neagle & Paul Francis, 1989 | 22m | |||
17 | ★ Rapid Disimpaction
Delicate climbing up the arête L of Red Slab. FA: Paul Badenoch, Des Norman, David Newell & Chris Oerman, 2006 | 28m | |||
16 | Red Slab
The unattractive LH corner in the centre of the quarry. FA: John Griffiths & Martin Bell, 1971 | 28m | |||
Glen Osmond Quarries The Main Quarry | |||||
21 | Ankle Biters
toproped old aid line (?) at RH end of cliff FA: Nick Neagle & Paul Francis, 1988 | ||||
Wheal Watkins Mine | |||||
V3 | ★ The Upper Floor
Sit start on left hand side of upper cave on the big ledge. Traverse left and out and follow the Layered edges. Finish on good juggy holds or top out on the left hand side. FA: thestig | 10m | |||
V0 | Up the Upper Floor
Start as for The Upper Floor but instead go straight up. | 4m | |||
V5 | ★ Possession Obsession
Sit start as for Upper Floor. Follow the same line left but only using the lower break. Finish matched on good juggy blocks at the end or top out. Some bum scraping action. FA: Paul Kinane | 9m | |||
V4 | ★★ Line 2
Sit start as for upper floor but head right along lip of cave to meet the right arete and top out via the arete. FA: Simon Harris | 6m | |||
V2 | ★★ Box Act
Sit Start in the centre of the cave on sloping/flat edges. Make a big move into a good crimp rail in the roof, continue through the roof on good holds to underclings at the lip, to finish in the big hole above the lip. FA: Laurence Judd, Sep 2022 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★ Wish You Were Here
Sit start the main arete. Move to the next sloper hold of this problem then move left to the side-pull in the centre of the roof. From here make a big move to the gaston in the middle of the roof arete and mantle. Either top out or finish on the headwall. FA: unknown | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ Main Arete
Sit Start on good edges with feet on back wall. Head up arete on good jugs to a trickier top out. FA: Simon Harris | 4m | |||
V5 | ★★ Con lentitud pederosa
Start on rail crimp on right hand side of cave, move into first jug on inside of arete. Move through middle of roof on sharp holds (pinch or crimp), make big Gaston move with Rh to large sloper jug. Match and finish on the jug above the start of upper floor. | 2m | |||
V4/5 | ★★ Wheal of Time
Sit Start on the right arete as for 'Main Arete'. Head up that line until you hit the arete, then head left along the lip until you meet the 'Upper Floor'. Work you way into the break line and finish as for 'Upper Floor' FA: Laurence Judd, Sep 2022 | 15m | |||
V2 | ★ Hole in One
As the lower cave has a rock floor all the following lines have been established/completed with feet above this rock floor. Sit Start in the large hole in the centre of the cave with hands on decent edges above the opening. Head straight up to good jug then traverse right and finish up 'Whealy Easy' | 4m | |||
V5 | ★★ Iron Monger
Sit starts matched on the right hand side of the lower right cave. Traverse the lip and top out in the middle of the cave. Mantle. FA: Simon Harris | ||||
V5 | Iron Maiden
Climb 'Iron Monger' but keep traversing left along the lip and mantle the left hand side of the cave. FA: Redanon | 5m | |||
V1 | Whealy Easy
Sit Start on sloping edges of Iron Monger, move up and right via pinches and side pulls to the short wall right of the cave and mantle out. | 3m | |||
V1 | ★ Iron Cave Traverse
Sit Start as for Iron Monger but once you are up under the roof traverse left around the inside of the cave to the outer side where you will find a big victory jug to finish. | 6m | |||
V1 | ★ Whealy Long
Stand Start on the final jug of 'Iron Cave Traverse' and traverse right around the whole cave to meet 'Whealy Easy' and finish for that. | 8m | |||
V2/3 | ★ Jump & Run
Jump Start to the lip of Whealy Easy's mantle and then downclimb it left to the cave, then continue left into 'Iron Cave Traverse' and finish for that. | 8m |
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