攀登 in Buttermere & Eastern Crags

Major whip taken lol listed as a HS In the book and by rockfax

nice easy slab. Midged to death at the top whalst belaying.

Led this in the pouring rain. Wet rock made it much more of a challenge than the grade would suggest. Im sure its much nicer climb in the sun.

Done as 3 pitches, I led easy last one.

Led P2, my first pure water ice lead. Got 2 screws in.

Maybe it just was not in condition. Very scary, runout. We had an epic, finished at 5.00pm in a whiteout.

As a winter route, gets grade II/III. Very airy and slippy.

i think this s the route we did. if not it was vs.

Very very nice, deserves 3 stars.

Poor protection

Pure classic with some scary exposure

one of the best I ever did. Alaways at you but never too hard. steep and remote. what more do you want. Repeated it 10 yrs later much to my surprise with my nephew who I'd enticed into climbing. He went on to lead the famous Brown half-finished direct route at cloggy, a steep slab - forgotten its name!!!!!!!

Obviously the best route ever!