The start is nails and much harder than the rest - thumb pressing a crystal is not 19... Climbed 2nd shot and without the tree. Probably 19 if you bridge off that to start.
A very nice route to lead despite the large run out at the top. Easy slabbing above an enjoyable lower section. Has grown extra bolts since the guidebook.
Cool climb that lives up to its reputation for fun climbing. Certainly no troubles, and for the first time in my climbing life, I think some of the lower bolts are a little superfluous! Seems to follow a random bolt out left but wouldnt affect the climbing too much.
Found this to be just as, if not more enjoyable than Tewkesbury! It was overgrown with lichen and moss but with a good clean, this feels a lot more interesting and fun with some steeper face sections that add some interesting climbing to the slab.
Lead this with a stick clipped first bolt - there's enough to get the heart rate going in the second half of the climb where you contend with a potential ground fall for most of the climb should you slip on easy slabbing. Whats new at YY.
Another tricky 17 with a low crux clipping then passing the first bolt. The long run-out finish (shared with Andy Pandy) would put the wind up any climber just leading 13s.
After we struggled even on the 14/15, we decided to TR this one especially with the abseil rope coming right down the line. Turned out it wasn't that much harder than other routes around. Slipped off once at the crux (need to get tighter shoes) and ended back on the deck. After that climbed it clean on TR.
This climb now sports 6 bolts if you count the carrots and the fixed hangers which are properly spaced. It's 17 in the guide and 16 here but felt more like 15 to me. No real crux but it does keep coming. Goodfunface slabbing.
No way this is 14. It's actually harder than Tewkesbury IMHO. To the rusty old carrot bolt, 3 chunky fixed hangers have been added. The first bolt is very close to the ground and protects a very testing crux. Maybe a hold or 2 have gone to hold heaven but if someone told me this climb was 17, I'd say that was about right.
