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13 18 | ★★ TZ Direct Start | 30m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★ Tom Thumb | 170m, 10 | Blue Mountains | ★ Good | Sat 10th Feb 2007 | |||
With David Eckstein, alternate pitches, I failed to start the second pitch in the right place and ended up doing a pitch to the left behind the belay and finished it at the top of the last rappel station. we then traversed right to the correct belay.
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13 | ★ Barrel Organ | 81m | Wolgan Valley | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | Deft | 8m | Evans Crown | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★ Tanner's Leap | 20m | Evans Crown | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★ Torthalm | 20m | Evans Crown | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★ Bastion Buttress | 240m | Warrumbungles | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★★ Muldoon | 42m | Arapiles | Mon 10th Nov 1997 | ||||
13 | ★★ Horn Piece | 33m | Arapiles | Sun 9th Nov 1997 | ||||
13 | ★ Lawrence | 100m | Arapiles | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★ Kestrel | 50m | Arapiles | Mon 31st Jan 2000 | ||||
13 | ★ The Pixie | 110m | Blue Mountains | Average | Mon 3rd Jan 2005 | |||
good first pitch, second and third poor, fourth and fifth ok.
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13 13 R | ★★ Margarine Ridge | 380m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | Spaghetti Bolognaise | 43m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★★ Honey Dip | 28m, 1 | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★★ Original Route | 350m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★★ Dihedral Corner | 32m | Blue Lake | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★ Possum | 50m | Orroral area | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★ Two Steps Forward | 20m, 1 | Barrenjoey | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★★ Cave Climb | 50m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★ Tal | 94m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★★ White Wall | 50m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★ Ra | 44m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 13 R | ★ Pop | 30m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 13 R | ★★ Yellow Peril | 20m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
13 | ★ Grand Larceny | 30m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
4b HS 4b | ★ Cracklap | 17m | Witches Quarry | Average | Sun 20th Jul 2008 | |||
4b S 4b | ★★ Cioch Direct | 150m | Isle of Skye | ★★★ Classic | Sun 25th May 2008 | |||
Alt leads with Mike, did P1 and P3.
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4b VS 4b | ★★★ Integrity | 75m | Isle of Skye | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 25th May 2008 | |||
Alt leads P2 with Mike, best climb of trip.
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13 | ★ A Bunch of Lonesome and Very Quarrelsome Heroes | 15m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
4b S 4b | ★★★ Flake Crack | 11m | Kyloe Crag | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 19th Apr 2008 | |||
Easy but very good, in approach shoes as Tuze had left his shoes in York and we were sharing mine.
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Deception Crack | 11m | Kyloe Crag | ★★ Very Good | Sat 19th Apr 2008 | |||
Old fashioned sort of climb.
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4b MVS 4b | ★★ Grad's Groove | 21m | Crag Lough | ★ Good | Sat 17th Jun 2006 | |||
Very hard start for MVS, made harder by the fact it was raining lightly.
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4b HS 4b | ★★★ Doorpost | 56m | Bosigran | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 25th Oct 2007 | |||
Classic rock tick, with Pete Flegg
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Simple Simon | 58m | Bosigran | ★★ Very Good | Fri 29th Aug 2008 | |||
With Chris Hammick
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4b HS 4b | ★ Pauline | 38m | Bosigran | ★ Good | Fri 29th Aug 2008 | |||
With Chris Hammick
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4b HS 4b | ★★★ Demo Route | 24m | Sennen Cove | ★★★ Mega Classic | Tue 23rd Oct 2007 | |||
Classic Rock tick, with Pete.
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4b VS 4b | ★ Glory Road | 25m | Peak District Limestone | ★★ Very Good | Sat 4th Apr 2009 | |||
Joe Brown route.
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4b HS 4b | ★ Lynx | 46m | Peak District Limestone | ★ Good | Sun 19th Oct 2008 | |||
I would have rather been on grit.
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4b HS 4b | ★★★ Brown's Crack | 12m | Bamford Edge | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 17th Jun 2007 | |||
Awkward moves into the crack and keeps you thinking all the way. In top 50 in Rockfax guide.
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Sail Buttress | 14m | Birchen Edge | ★★★ Classic | Sat 14th Jul 2007 | |||
Another of the Ken Wilson 'Classic Rock' routes.
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4b HS 4b | ★ Bower Route 1 | 10m | Peak District Limestone | ★ Good | Sun 24th Feb 2008 | |||
Holds appear when required.
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4b HS 4b | ★ Brindle Crack | 10m | Curbar Edge | ★ Good | Sat 14th Jun 2008 | |||
4b VS 4b | ★★ Bel Ami | 16m | Curbar Edge | ★★ Very Good | Sat 14th Jun 2008 | |||
Best climb of the day.
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4b HS 4b | ★★★ Tower Face | 12m | Wharncliffe Crag | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 29th Feb 2008 | |||
Doing this on a nice cold day made it feel easier than last time, esp on starting slabby moves.
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Hell Gate Crack | 12m | Wharncliffe Crag | ★★ Very Good | Fri 25th May 2007 | |||
Pumpy, hanging around to place gear.
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4b S 4b | ★★ South Chimney Layback | 15m | Almscliff | ★★ Very Good | Thu 27th Jul 2006 | |||
Deserves 2 stars, good well protected climbing. A lot of people struggle to get off the ground though. Not overly polished, check out the Best Forgotten Art video, with a guy soloing it in hobnail boots, well ard! Crux is first vertical crack section.
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4b HS 4b | ★ Central Crack | 11m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Sat 16th Sep 2006 | |||
4b HS 4b | ★ Crack and Wall | 12m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Tue 19th Jun 2007 | |||
Had seconded with Howard last year, led with Guido
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Bird's Nest Crack | 10m | Almscliff | ★★★ Classic | Sat 16th Sep 2006 | |||
4b HS 4b | ★ The Goblin | 11m | Almscliff | ★★ Very Good | Wed 6th Sep 2006 | |||
Awkward.
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4b HS 4b | ★ The Zig Zag | 11m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Wed 6th Jun 2007 | |||
A bit polished, but secure enough and good protection.
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4b HS 4b | ★★★ Parsons' Chimney | 17m | Almscliff | ★★★ Mega Classic | Tue 15th Aug 2006 | |||
Another Almscliff gem.
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4b S 4b | ★ Pinnacle Flake Climb | 12m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Thu 27th Jul 2006 | |||
Not bad, a bit polished.
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4b S 4b | ★★ Whisky Crack | 7m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Fri 12th Sep 2003 | |||
4b HS 4b | ★ Square Root | 11m | Brimham Rocks | ★ Good | Thu 27th Apr 2006 | |||
Very run out in middle section to number 1 camalot and a reasonable RP
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4b MVS 4b | ★★ Cubic Corner | 11m | Brimham Rocks | ★ Good | Sun 25th Jul 1999 | |||
4b HS 4b | ★ Appiewand | 6m | Brimham Rocks | ★ Good | Wed 19th Mar 2008 | |||
Did the 5a variation start.
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4b VS 4b | ★★★ Righthand Crack | 12m | Brimham Rocks | ★★★ Classic | Tue 9th Jun 2009 | |||
With Moira, Jon and Will
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4b HS 4b | Birch Climb | 9m | Brimham Rocks | Average | Sat 3rd May 2008 | |||
Novelty factor of using tree half way up.
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4b S 4b | ★ Lover's Leap Chimney | 14m | Brimham Rocks | ★★ Very Good | Sat 25th Jun 2005 | |||
Solo
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4b HS 4b | ★ Gully Arete | 7m | Brimham Rocks | ★ Good | Sat 3rd May 2008 | |||
4b MVS 4b | ★★ Slippery Crack | 12m | Brimham Rocks | ★★ Very Good | Thu 20th Jul 2006 | |||
Take some big cams.
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4b MVS 4b | ★ Brief Crack | 6m | Brimham Rocks | ★ Good | Tue 10th Jun 2008 | |||
Not bad, well protected.
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4b VS 4b | ★★ Boot Crack | 8m | Caley Crags | ★★★ Classic | Tue 26th May 2009 | |||
Offwidth fun. Take your big cams.
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4b S 4b | ★★ Pedestal Wall | 18m | Caley Crags | ★ Good | Thu 6th Jul 2006 | |||
Very good at the top, spoilt a little by the chipped holds on the initial slab. Two stars perhaps.
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4b MVS 4b | ★ Old Crack | 15m | Ilkley | ★ Good | Thu 10th Sep 2009 | |||
Polished and a bit baggy.
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4b MVS 4b | ★★ Josephine Superdirect | 15m | Ilkley | ★★ Very Good | Sat 6th May 2006 | |||
Polished to glass, gets VS in some books
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Josephine Direct | 16m | Ilkley | ★★ Very Good | Tue 25th Jul 2006 | |||
Superb, well protected climbing.
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Josephine | 18m | Ilkley | ★★ Very Good | Tue 25th Jul 2006 | |||
Great climb, despite the drunken yobs at the top of the cliff shouting at climbers and mothers following their kids around the quarry wearing stilletto shoes!
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4b MVS 4b | ★★ Hedera Grooves | 40m | Borrowdale | ★★★ Classic | Sun 22nd Mar 2009 | |||
Ef led P1, bold climbing. I got the gem of P2.
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4b MVS 4b | ★★★ Ardus | 42m | Borrowdale | ★★★ Classic | Mon 19th Jul 1999 | |||
With Diane
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4b VS 4b | ★ Brown Crag Wall | 45m | Borrowdale | ★ Good | Thu 29th Jul 1999 | |||
With Diane
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4b VS 4b | ★★★ Slip Knot | 41m | Langdale | ★★★ Classic | Sun 31st May 2009 | |||
With Chris Gooder
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Stoat's Crack | 110m | Langdale | ★ Good | Sun 13th Jul 2008 | |||
P1,3 and 5
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4b HS 4b | ★★★ Mutiny Crack | 10m | Burbage Valley | ★★★ Classic | Sun 27th Apr 2008 | |||
As Rockfax states, if you think this is VS, you are in for a hard time on a real VS. Definately Hard Severe 4b.
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Lieback | 8m | Burbage Valley | ★ Good | Sun 8th Jul 2007 | |||
My 1.5 friend trigger cable broke as Brian tried to clean it. First time this cam has suffered. It is my oldest cam. 15 years old.
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4b HS 4b | ★ Big Chimney Arete | 10m | Burbage Valley | ★★ Very Good | Sun 8th Jul 2007 | |||
Nice exposed little climb. Just enough gear.
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4b S 4b | ★★ Crack and Corner | 16m | Stanage | ★★ Very Good | Sat 22nd Sep 2007 | |||
4b HS 4b | ★★ Manchester Buttress | 16m | Stanage | ★★★ Classic | Sun 21st Jun 2009 | |||
4b VS 4b | ★ Gargoyle Buttress | 14m | Stanage | ★ Good | Sat 16th Aug 2008 | |||
4b HS 4b | ★★ April Crack | 15m | Stanage | ★★★ Classic | Sun 4th Sep 2005 | |||
Big gear useful low down, stemming and bridging
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4b VS 4b | ★ Triplet | 17m | Stanage | ★ Good | Sun 15th Oct 2006 | |||
With Diane, one move hard.
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Bottoms Up | 6m | North York Moors | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Oct 2005 | |||
Solo, quite a technical start.
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4b MVS 4b | ★★ Tooth and Nail | 8m | North York Moors | ★★ Very Good | Thu 26th Apr 2007 | |||
With Richard Storrie
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4b HS 4b | ★★ Pet's Corner | 7m | North York Moors | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sat 29th Oct 2005 | |||
Very nice, good gear in the breaks.
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4b HS 4b | ★ Humpty Dumpty | 6m | North York Moors | ★ Good | Sat 29th Oct 2005 | |||
Nice rockover move.Solo.
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4b S 4b | ★ West Cave Wall | 7m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Tue 16th Oct 2007 | |||
The only lead of the day. The rest was doing about 20 boulder problems.
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13 12 | ★★ Dragon's Tooth | 30m | Blue Mountains | Tue 13th Apr 2010 | ||||
4b | Alison | 18m | Baslow | Sun 11th Oct 2009 | ||||
Route 1.5 | 6m | Baslow | Sun 11th Oct 2009 | |||||
4b | Broken Buttress (left hand start) | 18m | Baslow | Sun 11th Oct 2009 | ||||
The Chain | 12m | Birchen Edge | ★ Good | Sat 21st Oct 2006 | ||||
Boulder problem start.
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★ Chips and Peas | 10m | Rivelin Edge | Average | Sun 6th Sep 2009 | ||||
Right Holly Pillar Crack | 6m | Rivelin Edge | Average | Sun 6th Sep 2009 | ||||
★ Fisher's Traverse | 16m | Almscliff | Average | Wed 12th Sep 2007 | ||||
Had a rope alongside in case things got nasty.
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Kiernan's Traverse and Rough Crack | 10m | Almscliff | Average | Sun 24th Aug 2003 | ||||
4b | ★ Low Man Easy Way | 13m | Almscliff | ★ Good | Sun 24th Aug 2003 | |||
4b | Left Edge | 10m | Brimham Rocks | Average | Tue 10th Jul 2007 | |||
Finish was tricky.
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Slanting Groove | 5m | Brimham Rocks | Average | Tue 1st Jul 2008 |