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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
Descent track
14 Tree Problems

Discontinuous. Start from the first belay on 'Three Problems'.

  1. 10 metres - Up the rightwards slanting crack and around the corner to another large ledge. Scramble up a vegetated gully for 10 metres.

  2. 15 metres - Up the slab at the left end of a steep wall, then a ramp to the top.

FA: Ian Taylor & Tony Wood (alt.), 1975

Trad 25m, 2
14 Three Problems

Start 15 metres right of 'Morsehold', immediately right of a flake pinnacle.

  1. 15 metres - Climb the crack to a large ledge.

  2. 30 metres - Walk left for seven metres and climb the obvious crack to a ledge, then the ramp on the right, moving back left to a chock filled crack. Up a gully.

FA: Lincoln Hall & Bill Wilson, 1973

Trad 45m, 2
14 Morsehold

Climbs the slab and wall to the left-hand overhang. Start at the right-hand end of the slab at an easy, dirty corner.

  1. 45 metres - Wander up the corner for 10 metres then back left to the pillar formed crack. Up this, pulling through a steep section to a stance, then a short crack to belay under the large overhanging corner.

  2. 15 metres - Traverse left across the slabs and finish up a grotty overhanging pile of blocks.

FA: John Hoskins & Bob Watt, 1970

Trad 60m, 2
Lower Tier
14 Random Route Variant

A good alternative second pitch is the steep corner crack four metres to the right.

FA: Mike Todd & Tony Wood, 1969

Trad 12m
14 Lichen to Love

Aptly named and a fine companion to other routes in the vicinity. Start at the lichenous pillar right of 'Singularity'. Up the pillar and flakes before moving right across the moss to a corner. Up this and more moss to a large bushy ledge.

FA: Phil Cullen & Peter Mills, 1970

Trad
14 Flying Tortoise

The curving chimney eight metres right of 'Derision'.

  1. 15 metres - Up the chimney and filth, onto the left arete and follow this to join 'Derision'.

  2. 35 metres - Up 'Derision' and then up the left-hand of two cracks. Climb the crack behind the tree then diagonally right.

FA: Joe Friend, 1973

Trad 50m, 2

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