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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Wed 17th Jul 2013 - Gable & Pillar
Ennerdale Pillar Rock Low Man West Face of Low Man
HS The Appian Way Trad 65m Very Good
Lovely route for its grade mostly with good protection.

 
Tue 16th Jul 2013 - Gable & Pillar
Ennerdale Pillar Rock Low Man North Face of Low Man
MVS 4b MVS 4b North-West Climb Trad 130m Good
Great climb. With some very interesting moves near the top.

 
Mon 24th Jun 2013 - Gable & Pillar
Ennerdale Pillar Rock Low Man North Face of Low Man
VS 5a VS 5a Grooved Wall Trad 94m Very Good
Very good climb. Excluding the first pitch the quality is very sustained.

 
Thu 20th Jun 2013 - Buttermere & Eastern Crags
Swindale (Gouther Crag) Truss Buttress
VD Truss Buttress Trad 38m Very Good
nice easy slab. Midged to death at the top whalst belaying.

 
Tue 28th May 2013 - Borrowdale
Borrowdale East Shepherd's Crag Chamonix Area
VD Little Chamonix Trad 72m Classic
Got it done on quite a wet day. Didnt have to que with the tourists that way. Great route.

 
E1 5b E1 5b Plug Trad 23m Average
Took a good 3m fall onto the slab and a 5m roll down it on the first attempt as I was too far to the right. After a little body repair I got back on and finished the route properly. Felt a little easy for an E1.

 
Wed 10th Apr 2013 - Borrowdale
Borrowdale North Falcon Crags Lower Falcon Crag
MVS 4b Hedera Grooves Trad 40m Very Good
Very comfy and safe feeling route. Plenty of big ledges for rests. Crux is probably the start of the second pitch above the holly bush.

 
HVS 5a HVS 5a Illusion Trad 44m Classic
Nice lead. Plentiful and solid gear placements. May have done the traverse under the overhang a little high.

 
Sun 7th Apr 2013 - Borrowdale
Borrowdale East Shepherd's Crag Chamonix Area
HS HS 4b Crescendo Trad 62m Average
Polished. Especially on the wall above the chockstone visible from the floor. Protection is also quite poor here. After a bit of scrambling about inbetween pitches the second pitch was a nice climb with some interesting moves and better protected.

 
S Donkey's Ears Trad 80m Good
Mostly a VD with 2 short sections that give it the grade. These can probably be soloed up to and then climbed.

 
E1 5a E1 5b The Black Icicle Trad 30m Good
First E1 for me. Nice route. May have wandered astray on the second pitch. The guidebook entry was poorly described.

 
Sun 10th Mar 2013 - Borrowdale
Borrowdale East Shepherd's Crag Brown Crag & Brown Slabs
VS 4b VS 4b Brown Crag Wall Trad 45m Good
Lots of zigzags in the route. We did it in 3 pitches but can probably be done in 2. Poor communication due to rocks shape on sections.

 
Sun 10th Mar 2013 - Borrowdale
Borrowdale East Shepherd's Crag North Buttress Area
VS 4c VS 4c Ardus Direct Finish Trad 8m Classic
Nice alternative. Straight up from the obvious belay. Better protection I felt, might have to hang around to place it a bit.

 
MVS 4b MVS 4b Ardus Trad 42m Mega Classic
Done both with and without the direct finish. Direct is more upper body strength and less technical. Possibly why I perfered it? Great climb. Certainly worth doing. Protection is solid and easily avalible. Last time I climbed this I was belaying at the top in the hail.

 
Sun 26th Aug 2012 - Buttermere & Eastern Crags
Thirlmere Castle Rock of Triermain The South Crag
VD Yew Tree Climb Trad 38m Average
Led this in the pouring rain. Wet rock made it much more of a challenge than the grade would suggest. Im sure its much nicer climb in the sun.

 
Sat 18th Aug 2012 - Stanage
Stanage Popular Hollybush Crack
VD Leaning Buttress Crack Trad 14m Good
Nice typical gritstone style climb. Good lead for beginners.

 
VS 4c VS 4c Hangover Trad 16m Good
Hairy lead over the overhang part for a relative novice at the time. May have involved some colourful language.

 
Fri 17th Aug 2012 - Stanage
Stanage Popular Flying Buttress
S 4a S 4a Wedge Gully Trad 12m Good
Stanage guidebook rates as a S. Slightly streching bridge up the crack and over the capping block. Have also climbed it under the block but that is much easyer and only worthy of a VD.

 

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