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Elephant's Ear Buttress Guide

  • Contexto de grado: UK
  • Ascensiones: 1

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Daniel Mateos

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Table of contents

1. Elephant's Ear Buttress 19 routes in Sector

Summary:
E
F
M
A
M
J
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A
S
O
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D

Estacionalidad

Búlder y Escalada clásica

restricciones

None

heredado de Baldstones

Ética

No chipping

heredado de Baldstones
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Ganderhole Crack

The crack starting behind a block.

S 4a Clásica 4m
2 Fielder's Indirect

The wall and pockets left of the groove.

4 Búlder
3 Fielder's Corner

The groove above a nasty landing.

6A+ Búlder
4 Fielder's Wall

Climb the blank-looking wall using a sloping pocket - that's the only hold.

7B Búlder
5 Elephant's Eye

Start on the ear and reach out to the top pocket on the wall.

6B+ Búlder
6 Elephant's Ear

Up the splendid flake. The sit-start is f6C.

3 Búlder
7 Elephant's Ear Sit-start

The sit-start to Elephant's Ear has a burly arm-busting start.

6C Búlder
8 Clever Skin Left-hand

The sloping arete on its left side.

7B+ Búlder
9 Clever Skin

The sloping arete and wall with a skin-trashing hold.

7A+ Búlder
10 Groove and Arête 4 Búlder
11 Bun Mantel Left 6A Búlder
12 The Wart

From a poor pocket, mantel onto the left side of the boulder. The mantel on its own is f6A+.

7A+ Búlder
13 Bun Mantel Right 6A Búlder
14 Baby Elephant Walk

From a sit-start on the bottom right, traverse the rising lip of the small scrittly boulder in front of The Elephant Boulder. Top-out once you reach the top left above another rock. Esoterica for the lovers of lip traverses.

6A Búlder
15 Lucid Dreams E2 6a Clásica 6m
16 Pyeclough VS 4b Clásica
17 Heathylee S 4a Clásica
18 End Game VS 4b Clásica
19 Styli

The line of flakes and spikes just right of End Game.

D Clásica

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
D Styli Clásica
3 Elephant's Ear Búlder
S 4a Ganderhole Crack Clásica 4m
Heathylee Clásica
4 Fielder's Indirect Búlder
Groove and Arête Búlder
VS 4b End Game Clásica
Pyeclough Clásica
6A Baby Elephant Walk Búlder
Bun Mantel Left Búlder
Bun Mantel Right Búlder
6A+ Fielder's Corner Búlder
E2 6a Lucid Dreams Clásica 6m
6B+ Elephant's Eye Búlder
6C Elephant's Ear Sit-start Búlder
7A+ Clever Skin Búlder
The Wart Búlder
7B Fielder's Wall Búlder
7B+ Clever Skin Left-hand Búlder
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