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(slab escape) ((easy slab escape))
| 25m | Lac Sam | Don't Bother |  | Mon 1st Jun 2020 | ||||
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(easy slab escape)
| 25m | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good |  | Sat 31st Oct 2020 | ||||
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Very grateful for this easy rope to scramble up. V. Challenging when the rock is wet. Ty!
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(easy slab escape)
| 25m | Lac Sam | Don't Bother | | Sat 31st Oct 2020 | ||||
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We ran out of light, and rather than lead/follow/follow three of us up Swiss-UK, we decided to haul our asses up the fixed rope.
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(slab/arete route under development)
| 25m | Lac Sam | | Sun 11th Jun 2023 | |||||
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Will probably end up being 5.4-5.5, but hopefully with good position.
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| 5.10a |
★★ Mr. Mossy meets Mr. Chossy
| 38m, 7 | Lac Sam | | Sun 13th Sep 2020 | ||||
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Had to aid over the roof. I'm just too weak right now.
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| 5.9 |
★★ Mr. Mossy meets Mr. Chossy
- with
David Gibbs
| 38m, 7 | Lac Sam | ★★★ Classic |  | Sat 12th Sep 2020 | |||
| 5.9 |
★★ Mr. Mossy meets Mr. Chossy
- with
Bartski
| 38m, 7 | Lac Sam | ★★★ Classic | | Sat 1st May 2021 | |||
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Really a good route.
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| 5.10a |
★★ Mr. Mossy meets Mr. Chossy
| 38m, 7 | Lac Sam |  | Thu 28th Oct 2021 | ||||
| 5.10a |
★★ Mr. Mossy meets Mr. Chossy
- with
Phil Price
| 38m, 7 | Lac Sam | ★★★ Classic | | Sun 3rd Jul 2022 | |||
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Led the second pitch today. Could use a bit of cleaning here and there.
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| 5.8 |
★★ (Felix's Route)
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | | Sat 30th Sep 2017 | ||||
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Was looking at gear choices -- I think it would go on gear, perhaps with a bolt or two for run-out bits.
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| 5.8 |
★★ (Felix's Route)
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good |  | Sat 5th Oct 2019 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ (Felix's Route)
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 5th Oct 2019 | |||
| 5.9 |
★★ (Felix's Route)
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Mon 4th Nov 2019 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ (Felix's Route)
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sat 23rd May 2020 | |||
| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Wed 22nd Jul 2020 | ||||
| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 26th Jul 2020 | |||
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While the main crack is pretty wide, there are enough other gear placements that leading this doesn't need wide gear if you're a confident trad leader. (I lead it on a rack of Tricams from small white to big green, with doubles below the blues. It was reasonably protected with that gear selection.)
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| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Thu 30th Jul 2020 | ||||
| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
- with
Frederik Vezina
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good |  | Sat 22nd Aug 2020 | |||
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Very cool route. I wished I had a few more bigger cams, but I made due with what I had.
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| 5.9 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 1st Nov 2020 | |||
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Really enjoyed learning the gear placements with the tri cams and the hex on this! Fun climb too with nice features!
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| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 31st Oct 2020 | |||
| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
- with
Isabelle Scott, David Vézina
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||
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Got lost on the route and used one of the bolt from Ninnyhammer right variant before finding my way back onto the route
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| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
- with
Isabelle Scott, David Vézina
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 8th Nov 2020 | |||
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A second go to complete it as intended. Found gear in the vertical section at the top to be marginal. Some tricams would probably have been useful here.
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| 5.9 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 4th Apr 2021 | |||
| 5.9 |
★★ Felix Felicis
- with
David Gibbs
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sat 3rd Apr 2021 | |||
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Fun to second again and see different gear placements
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| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 1st May 2021 | |||
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Bart wanted to lead it, so I followed & cleaned.
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| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Mon 24th May 2021 | |||
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The Wild Country 14 nut was used!
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| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
- with
Su A. Alteen
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Mon 24th May 2021 | |||
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The beginning and end make it worth it. The middle is a nothing to write home about.
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| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Sat 12th Jun 2021 | ||||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Thu 24th Jun 2021 | ||||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
- with
Isabelle Scott
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 4th Sep 2021 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Thu 27th May 2021 | ||||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Sun 24th Oct 2021 | ||||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam |  | Sat 23rd Jul 2022 | ||||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good |  | Tue 6th Sep 2022 | |||
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Need 3-4 pieces of larger pro (#2-#3 Camalot)
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| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 15th Apr 2023 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ Felix Felicis
| 31m, 5 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 23rd Jul 2023 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 6th Nov 2016 | |||
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FA.
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| 5.3 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 10th Jun 2017 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam |  | Sat 10th Jun 2017 | ||||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Mon 3rd Jul 2017 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 21st Jun 2020 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 21st Jun 2020 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam |  | Sun 5th Jul 2020 | ||||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam |  | Sat 15th Aug 2020 | ||||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
- with
Isabelle Scott
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 20th Sep 2020 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 10th Oct 2020 | |||
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Did not have trad gear, so clipped the 3 bolts then ran it out (20m?) to the anchor.
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| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
- with
David Gibbs
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sat 10th Apr 2021 | |||
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Learned some tri cam placements on this cool route. Long and sweet.
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| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 11th Apr 2021 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 2nd May 2021 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
- with
David Gibbs
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 23rd May 2021 | |||
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Lead on gear!
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| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
- with
Isabelle Scott
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 17th Jul 2021 | |||
| 5.4 |
★ Jtree 5.1
- with
Isabelle Scott
| 26m, 3 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Fri 11th Nov 2022 | |||
| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 16th Jul 2011 | |||
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My first ever first ascent. It is quite the heady experience leading off into the unknown. More than just on-sight, but that too.
Lots of cleaning as I went. Protection was mostly pretty good, though I slung the tree that runs close to the dihedral section a couple times, and even used it for some of the climbing. Also had to lower down and clear some gear and pull the rope out of a crack to reduce drag. Some climb up, back down as well -- but no actual falls. An awesome experience.
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| 5.6 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 16th Jul 2011 | |||
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Climbed it a second time, clean, on top-rope just to have a fun climb, rather than the stressful lead, up the climb. (And, so I could climb it without hauling on the tree.)
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| 5.6 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Average |  | Sat 16th Jul 2011 | |||
| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Average | | Sun 14th Aug 2011 | |||
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Watch out for that tree! (Here's your choice: awkward moves to sling it and then get away from it again - it'll be your last easy placement before the runout end - or forego using it and get into the (R) part a little earlier.) I tried to sling it. Quite possibly the goofiest lead I've ever done. But the dihedral beyond was lovely climbing. Extend your placements! This thing zigzags around edges, and rope drag at the end was a killer.
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| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | Sat 30th Jun 2012 | ||||
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Run out at the top especially with pro popping beneath me. Sketchy top out too for this reason.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave Direct
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Sat 30th Jun 2012 | |||||
| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle (Dave Direct)
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 30th Jun 2012 | |||
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A fun variation on Dave, Dave that definitely ups the grade a couple notches, but at least the (new) crux is reasonably well protected.
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| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Average | | Sat 30th Jun 2012 | |||
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Placed more gear this time than on the last lead - and knew to extend my placements a lot, particularly low below the small roof.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave Direct
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Mon 2nd Jul 2012 | |||
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I kick myself about the rest on this one, but it was an overhang and I don't think I was quite committed enough. Next time. A very cool variant. Thinking it would be committing on lead...
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| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Average | | Sat 1st Sep 2012 | |||
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For some reason this time up rope drag was so bad it almost stopped me making it to the top: by the top stretch I was barely able to pull up enough to keep moving upward. No idea why - I extended. Maybe the two times I slung the tree? Problem being, not slinging the tree results in serious runout at the top dihedral and beyond (there's theoretically a nut placement in a tiny chink at the back of the dihedral, but it's not secure.)
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave Direct
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 1st Sep 2012 | |||
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Got it clean this time! The crack's a bit awkward but a very satisfying pull up out of it and into the rest of the climb.
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| 5.7 5.8 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em ((David still needs to name this))
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 7th Sep 2013 | |||
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Even dirty, and digging stuff out of the crack to place gear and hand jams, this was a good climb. I think, with cleaning, it may be a classic. The upper crack section is the first section of good crack climbing I've found at Lac Sam.
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| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam |  | Mon 9th Sep 2013 | ||||
| 5.6 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
- with
David Gibbs
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Average | | Sat 7th Sep 2013 | |||
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Followed David up this to start the day. More gear keeps presenting itself, which is a good thing. The top dihedral is still a bit run out. WATCH OUT on lowering: there's a notch (at the top of the second big blocky section, I think) that has a nasty tendency to catch the rope and stop it.
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| 5.7 |
★★ (David still needs to name this)
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David Gibbs
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 7th Sep 2013 | |||
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This climb has real potential, particularly the crack in the upper half, but it will definitely need some gardening. The rock at the start felt friable: proceed with caution here. After the wide step right, as you start to move up, look out for loose rock in the mini-dihedral to your left. Then just enjoy the heck out of the finger crack that takes you to the top.
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| 5.7 5.8 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 7th Jun 2014 | |||
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Lead it again. Gear is finicky at the start, I used a (little) white tri-cam, and not sure the rock is strong either.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle (Dave Direct)
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | Sat 7th Jun 2014 | ||||
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after much debate, bolting the dihedral to make this a safer but mixed route is unnecessary in my opinion - official
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| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 29th Jun 2014 | |||
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Lead it again -- found another couple gear placements in the (previously thought to be) run-out section. Both small (including a white tri-cam) but ok.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave Direct
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | Jul 2014 | |||||
| 5.6 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | Jul 2014 | ||||
| 5.6 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam |  | Sun 12th Jan 2020 | ||||
| 5.9 |
FA
★★ The Red Turtle
| 18m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Mon 5th Apr 2021 | |||
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FFA.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave Direct
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David Gibbs, Simon McMillan
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 11th Apr 2021 | |||
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Enjoyed seconding after David slung trees and completed the original "Dave, Dave" route. Found the direct corner part a bit challenging and did a likely inneficient sequence back to the face.
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| 5.8 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 11th Apr 2021 | |||
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The 5.6 grad on this was a mite mad -- definitely harder and more committing than that. Still a tough and heady lead -- but a couple bolts in the dihedral where I sling the tree (twice) would be a good improvement.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave Direct
- with
David Gibbs, Su A. Alteen
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 11th Apr 2021 | |||
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I look forward to leading this after I put a couple of bolts in as agreed. YOU HAVE TO GET THE ROPE OVER THE OVERHANG fairly straight up or rope drag will kill you. That makes Dave direct the preferred option for me...
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| 5.9 |
★★ The Red Turtle
| 18m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★★ Classic | | Sun 30th May 2021 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 6th Jun 2021 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em
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David Gibbs
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 6th Jun 2021 | |||
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Challenging beginning where I did a no feet move. Then fun trad following.
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| 5.8 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em
- with
Bartski
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 6th Jun 2021 | |||
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Tricky opening move and then fun easy climbing all the way up. My rope did not reach the half-way mark so it's under 30 metres long. Probably about 25m.
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| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
- with
Bartski
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 6th Jun 2021 | |||
| 5.9 |
★★ The Red Turtle
- with
David Gibbs
| 18m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 28th Aug 2021 | |||
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Really enjoyed the upper bit.
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| 5.9 |
★★ The Red Turtle
- with
Simon McMillan
| 18m, 2 | Lac Sam | Average | | Sat 28th Aug 2021 | |||
| 5.8 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 18th Jun 2022 | |||
| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 18th Jun 2022 | |||
| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
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Bartski
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Mon 3rd Jul 2023 | |||
| 5.8 ~5.7 |
★★ Know When to Hold'em
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 10th Sep 2023 | |||
| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 10th Sep 2023 | |||
| 5.9 |
★ Dave, Dave, Dave of the Jungle
| 25m, 2 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sun 10th Sep 2023 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 24th May 2015 | |||
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Decided to just lead it, rather than try on TR first, because it looked like it had good gearing and climbing from cleaning it. Went well, fun lead, protects fine.
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| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 14th Jun 2015 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 21st Jun 2015 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sun 16th Aug 2015 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 5th Sep 2015 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Sat 24th Oct 2015 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★ Good | | Thu 16th Jun 2016 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | ★★ Very Good | | Sat 10th Jun 2017 | |||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam | | Sat 10th Jun 2017 | ||||
| 5.5 |
★ Another Brick in the Wall
| 20m, 1 | Lac Sam |  | Sun 9th Jul 2017 | ||||