Routes as trad in Academic Buttress

Steeper lower arête leads to slab with slim crack. Feels bold as gear (Friend 3.5) is hidden out of view.

The right hand side of the Pathos arête. Start up the bulging arête as for Pathos and Academic. Follow Pathos onto the grassy ledge then step up and right back onto the arête, fix a Friend 3.5 in the shallow slot and stretch to clip the peg (new and good) on Pathos. From the cam slot leave Pathos via a long reach to a big sloper on the arête. Continue up the right hand side of the arête via a series of hard snatches between small holds to the sanctuary of a good flat hold. Fix the final protection if desired (a slider 1, which can be borrowed from the first ascensionist) and make the final easier moves to a large ledge. Continue up the arête to the lower off of Academic and Eros.

Style of FA – Headpoint (process started before the reinstallation of the Pathos peg)

Also worth noting that second ascensionist Martin Crocker, climbed an easier and slightly safer left hand variation. From the big sloper this moves up the left-hand side of the arête with feet on the Pathos slab. This is E5 6b.

Hard, just off vertical climbing up wall left of the groove. Peg in the belay stops you rolling down to the car park if you come off.