Showing all 89 ascents.
Grade | Route | Gear style | Quality | Climber | Date | |||
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6b+ 6c |
★★ Swab Test
![]() | 25m, 11 | ★★★ Classic | Wed 6th Jan 2021 | ||||
6b+ 6c |
★★ Swab Test
![]() | 25m, 11 | ★ Good | Sat 30th Jan 2021 | ||||
Found it harder than Alarette with a few steeper sections through the bulges. Required a bit of thinking through some sections.
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6c |
★★ Swab Test
![]() | 25m, 11 | Tue 2nd Feb 2021 | |||||
So close to onsight. One rest after trying various body positions at around the fifth bolt. Lovely route, want to get back on it now.
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6c |
★★ Swab Test
![]() | 25m, 11 | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 3rd Feb 2021 | ||||
6c |
★★ Swab Test
![]() | 25m, 11 | ★★ Very Good | Fri 4th Feb 2022 | ||||
6c |
★★ Swab Test
![]() | 25m, 11 | Tue 6th Dec 2022 | |||||
6b |
Pigs In Space
![]() | 20m | Average | Sat 25th Jul 2015 | ||||
Loose rock abounds. Technical climbing.
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6b |
Pigs In Space
![]() | 20m | Average | Sat 25th Jul 2015 | ||||
On TR, pulled on the rope to clear the crux. Fair amount of loose rocks.
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★ Good | Mon 8th May 2006 | ||||
Took a bit of a crank - I was absolutely exhausted by the time I gae it an honest go at the redpoint
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 11th Aug 2002 | ||||
With Al himself! nice climb.
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 24th May 2015 | ||||
Attempted on lead. Trying to avoid the bees nest which is now on route.
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 24th May 2015 | ||||
Successful TR ascent. Great route!
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Mon 25th May 2015 | ||||
Watch out for the bees nest!
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Wed 21st Oct 2015 | ||||
Done in the dark - means the bees are asleep! Much safer.
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 3rd Dec 2017 | ||||
First Kahlil retreated due to loose rock. On my attempt the same loose rock caused me to take a whipper on a nut placed by Kahlil. Retreated shortly afterwards. could not remove the nut.
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 7th Jan 2018 | ||||
Starts from the top of First Blood. During this ascent stayed left following the good rock (avoiding the loose rock).
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Mon 8th Jan 2018 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Feb 2018 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 14th Jul 2018 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 1st Aug 2020 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | Wed 7th Oct 2020 | |||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Fri 9th Oct 2020 | ||||
[linked from P1 first blood] We did a headtorch dance, swapping them over as I set off, (worried that mine was going to die) but in the end it was probably unnecessary! Causing Al to belay me in the pitch dark.
I had a bit of fun with the gear. first getting a BD microcam stuck then freed, and then I managed to get a Totem cam well and truly stuck, but not carrying a nut tool, it needed a rescue 🙈😅 (standard).
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Thu 17th Dec 2020 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 30th Jan 2021 | ||||
Super awesome! Cool moves through crack before the beautiful arete. Felt it was more straight forward than First Blood.
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 13th Feb 2021 | ||||
Very cool crux, but punted off after. Got it second go. Footwork is like shit after too much steep bouldering!!!
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6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Fri 4th Feb 2022 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 31st Oct 2020 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | ★ Good | Mon 30th Dec 2019 | ||||
6b |
★★ Alarette
![]() | 20m, 4 | Mon 30th Dec 2019 | |||||
5.8 5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | Average | Sun 11th Aug 2002 | ||||
with Al Silva
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5.8 5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | Tue 9th Aug 2005 | |||||
a little loose. Climbed on independance day!
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4c 5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | Sun 8th Dec 2019 | ||||
5b 5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★ Good | Fri 10th Jan 2020 | ||||
Seconded pitch 1 and led pitch 2. Pitch 2 certainly gets the heart rate going a little.
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5b 5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★★ Very Good | Sat 17th Oct 2020 | ||||
5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★ Good | Wed 6th Jan 2021 | ||||
5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★★★ Classic | Sat 23rd Jan 2021 | ||||
First ever trad lead
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5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★ Good | Mon 15th Aug 2022 | ||||
5a |
★★ The Nose Ramp
![]() | 42m, 2 | ★ Good | Mon 15th Aug 2022 | ||||
6b+ |
Directuss
![]() | 18m, 2 | Fri 14th Jun 2013 | |||||
6b+ |
Directuss
![]() | 18m, 2 | Tue 2nd Feb 2021 | |||||
Question - is the big crack on the left (i.e. first blood) on? I used left hand in the crack for a couple of moves, right hand on small crimps on the face.
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★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Average | Mon 8th May 2006 | |||||
danger danger!!! libing is quarries is bad for your health!!! I hae no finger skin left!!! ak!
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★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Average | Sun 11th Aug 2002 | |||||
With Al Silva
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Fri 14th Jun 2013 | |||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
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1
2
| 42m, 4 | ★ Good | Sun 10th May 2015 | ||||
2nd pitch has some pretty interesting spots - always funky climbing on loose blocks!
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Mon 15th Jun 2015 | ||||
2nd pitch is classic trad, but has a few loose blocks.
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6a |
★★ First Blood
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1
lead by
Me
2
lead by
Hamish
| 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sat 25th Jul 2015 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
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1
lead by
K-dawg
| 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sat 25th Jul 2015 | ||||
Mixed ascent (bolts / natural pro)
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6a |
★★ First Blood
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1
lead by
me
2
lead by
me
| 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 21st Oct 2015 | ||||
Night climbing!
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6a |
★★ First Blood P1
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1
| 42m, 4 | ★ Good | Wed 21st Oct 2015 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★ Good | Fri 9th Dec 2016 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
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1
lead by
Hamish
2
lead by
Climbthatturkey
| 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Mon 4th Dec 2017 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood (First Blood Linkup Alarette)
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1
lead by
Me
2
linkup Alarette
, lead by
Kahlil
| 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 3rd Dec 2017 | ||||
I led the 1st pitch taking the original route by traversing left at the top of the flake, then up the vertical crack, mixed route trad gear and bolts.
Khalil led pitch 2, all trad gear to the fixed anchors.
After completing pitch 2 of First Blood, and lowering back to the P1 anchors, its very simple to link to Alarette. As this route starts from the stance at the left and goes up and to the left. |
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Sun 5th Jul 2015 | |||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sun 3rd Feb 2019 | ||||
Scary second pitch
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6a |
★★ First Blood
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6a
42m
2
5b
| 42m, 4 | Sun 25th Aug 2019 | |||||
Rope solo, sooo close to the onsight but one fall on the crack that closes off the first pitch. Did the whole route trad, but the movement from the top of the flake across to the left to the crack feels exposed without using the bolts. Fun route - nearly fell off the end of the second pitch was done in.
Faff to setup a ground anchor, ended up using a hex, two nuts and a cam, cause I just don't trust that those big chunks of rock will not shift around. |
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6a |
★★ First Blood
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2
| 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Fri 6th Dec 2019 | ||||
first multi-pitch trad (1st pitch real chossy)
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sat 17th Oct 2020 | ||||
5a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sat 7th Nov 2020 | ||||
For P1 we Climbed the flake, Stayed right and gained the slab from Nose Ramp. Interesting route variation to make it a tad easier than climbing the crack. Perhaps this is supposed to be 'First Blood original route' ???
Eoin seconded P2 in the dark , and then we rapped off. |
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Sat 21st Nov 2020 | |||||
Went up the slab rather than the crack, as was not feeling super confident today, the slab makes for a less bold feeling ascent. Then up the cracks to the second anchor- rested on a bit of gear at one point after getting a bit nervy about the previous placement- the upper part of the second pitch feels good for placements, the lower part has some sections where I was less confident. All in all the usual DF trad experience - mildly terrifying. But a really fun route, next time there want to try directuss and the other second pitch, but will wait for a belayer as even this more simple variation of First Blood still felt a bit sketchy, need to build up some more confidence after not doing much LRS since lockdown
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Thu 17th Dec 2020 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Sat 30th Jan 2021 | ||||
Enjoyed it. Chossy start, bouldery traverse section before the crack. Good fun.
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Tue 2nd Feb 2021 | |||||
Climbed clean, but used the first blood slab variation for the lower pitch.
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6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | ★★ Very Good | Wed 3rd Feb 2021 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Average | Fri 4th Feb 2022 | ||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Sat 31st Oct 2020 | |||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
![]() | 42m, 4 | Mon 30th Dec 2019 | |||||
6a |
★★ First Blood
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2
| 42m, 4 | Mon 30th Dec 2019 | |||||
5a |
★★ First Blood original route (First Blood origional route)
![]() | 18m | Fri 14th Jun 2013 | |||||
5a |
★★ First Blood origional route
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Sun 24th May 2015 | ||||
Did not follow the 'orginal' route. Detoured off to the right after the flake.
Eventually making to the belay station at the bottom of Alarette.
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5a |
★★ First Blood original route (First Blood origional route)
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Mon 25th May 2015 | ||||
6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route (First Blood origional route)
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Sun 11th Oct 2015 | ||||
6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route (First Blood origional route)
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Sat 28th May 2016 | ||||
6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route (First Blood origional route)
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Fri 9th Dec 2016 | ||||
★★ First Blood origional route
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Sun 7th Jan 2018 | |||||
6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route (First Blood origional route)
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Mon 8th Jan 2018 | ||||
6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Sat 10th Feb 2018 | ||||
link-up: Alarette
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6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Sat 14th Jul 2018 | ||||
Only used the bolts
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6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | Sun 5th Jul 2015 | |||||
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | Tue 6th Aug 2019 | ||||||
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | Fri 9th Aug 2019 | ||||||
6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | Sun 5th Jul 2020 | |||||
Setup a toprope, but this time actually used the bolts. Last time did it all trad, but the crux moves over to the left to get to crack just felt super exposed so was happy to get a couple of quickdraws in. Not sure how I had the nerve to do it without them last time, especially as it was solo. Climbed it a couple of times today, super fun route.
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6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | ★★ Very Good | Thu 6th Aug 2020 | ||||
Night ascent. Planned to lead this all on trad gear, but in the dark everything is harder to see. Ended up placing cams of the perfect size lower down, with nothing for the traverse/finger crack. So sacked it and used the bolts.
I did remember the crux sequence, which was a small condolence given my arsing about below
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6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | ★★ Very Good | Fri 9th Oct 2020 | ||||
[Link up to Alarette]. Still used the bolts. Didn't lead it completely on gear.
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★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | ★ Good | Fri 9th Oct 2020 | |||||
An effective litmus test for current level of fitness (or a lack of therein).
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6a 5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | ★★★ Classic | Mon 19th Oct 2020 | ||||
Only in dairy farm can you green point a "trad climb". Still finally led it all just on gear. Spurred on by the new cams
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5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | Sat 31st Oct 2020 | |||||
5a |
★★ First Blood original route
![]() | 18m | Fri 29th Dec 2023 | |||||
Closed Project
![]() | 10 | Thu 27th Aug 2020 | ||||||
With blowtorches
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6b |
In Memory of Mother Teresa
![]() | 25m, 9 | Tue 20th Oct 2015 | |||||
Tradded over to mother Teresa to take a look. Looks like it may be ~ 20 years ago it was bolted and the washers are rusting out. Fixed rope for access also appears to have rotted away. Route should probably be abandoned if not rebolted.
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