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Grade Route Gear style Crag Quality Date
E1 5b
E1 5b E1 5b Plug Trad 23m Borrowdale Average Tue 28th May 2013
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.

 
E1 5a E1 5b The Black Icicle Trad 30m Borrowdale Good Sun 7th Apr 2013
First E1 for me. Nice route. May have wandered astray on the second pitch. The guidebook entry was poorly described.

 
HVS 5a
HVS 5a HVS 5a Illusion Trad 44m Borrowdale Classic Wed 10th Apr 2013
Nice lead. Plentiful and solid gear placements. May have done the traverse under the overhang a little high.

 
VS 5a
VS 5a VS 5a Grooved Wall Trad 94m Gable & Pillar Very Good Mon 24th Jun 2013
Very good climb. Excluding the first pitch the quality is very sustained.

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

 
VS 4c VS 4c Hangover Trad 16m Stanage Good Sat 18th Aug 2012
Hairy lead over the overhang part for a relative novice at the time. May have involved some colourful language.

 
VS 4b
VS 4b VS 4b Brown Crag Wall Trad 45m Borrowdale Good Sun 10th Mar 2013
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.

 
MVS 4b
MVS 4b Hedera Grooves Trad 40m Borrowdale Very Good Wed 10th Apr 2013
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.

 
MVS 4b MVS 4b Ardus Trad 42m Borrowdale Mega Classic Sun 10th Mar 2013
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.

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

 
HS 4b
HS HS 4b Crescendo Trad 62m Borrowdale Average Sun 7th Apr 2013
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 4a
S 4a S 4a Wedge Gully Trad 12m Stanage Good Fri 17th Aug 2012
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.

 
HS
HS The Appian Way Trad 65m Gable & Pillar Very Good Wed 17th Jul 2013
Lovely route for its grade mostly with good protection.

 
S
S Donkey's Ears Trad 80m Borrowdale Good Sun 7th Apr 2013
Mostly a VD with 2 short sections that give it the grade. These can probably be soloed up to and then climbed.

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

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

 
VD Yew Tree Climb Trad 38m Buttermere & Eastern Crags Average Sun 26th Aug 2012
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.

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

 

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