Square Chimney and Whisky Crack
FA. Herbert Ingle c1900 Fred Botterill c1910 Fluted Crack
FA. Herbert Ingle c1900 Fluted Columns
FA. Herbert Ingle c1900 Stew Pot
FA. Herbert Ingle c1900 Parson's Chimney
FA. W.Parsons c.1900. Oddly the climb wasn't named because the contortions required are enough to make a parson swear. 'A' Climb
FA. Unknown but around 1900 and Ilkley's first recorded climb.
Open Chimney
FA. Possibly Yorkshire Ramblers Club 1900s
1911
Little 'A' Climb
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 The Strid
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Stiction Chimney
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Stiction
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Three Slabs Route
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 The Flake Climb
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Oak Tree Slab
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Twin Cracks
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Somersault
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Long Chimney
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Long Chimney Direct
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Black Chimney
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 The Chute
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Gutsie
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Stump Chimney
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911 Arrowhead
FA. Probably Walter Greenwood pre-1911
Rough Crack
FA. Leonard Kiernan 1931 Josephine Direct
FA. Winston Farrer 1931 Josephine
FA. Winston Farrer 1931. The route that started the Napoleon tradition. Cooper's Slab
FA. Reg Cooper 1931 Sentry Box Direct
FA. Winston Farrer 1931. The original start was done 20 years earlier. Kestrel
FA. Winston Farrer 1931. It had been reported as top-roped back in 1911!
Bald Pate
FA. John Ball early 1940s. A peg belay was used part way along the traverse and there was no chipped escape route back then.
1943
Jacob's Ladder
FA. Denys Fisher 1943 Great Western
FA. Arthur Dolphin 1943 Tiger Traverse
FA. possibly Arthur Dolphin 1943. He called it Demon Traverse. Pebble Groove
FA. (walking way) John Cook 1943. FA. (hand-traverse) Dennis Gray 1956
Felicity
FA. J.Greaves 1947 Artificial Route
FA. Jack Umpleby late 1940s. There are reports that suggest it may have been someone else who climbed this first. Indicator Crack
FA. Allan Allsopp late 1940s The Scoop
FA. Arthur Dolphin late 1940s. Then 'the hardest climb in Wharfedale'. Curving Cracks
FA. Arthur Dolphin 1947 Curving Corner
FA. Arthur Dolphin 1947
Perch Wall
FA. Tom Cranfield 1950 Little Cenotaph
FA. Arthur Dolphin 1950. He called it Inverted Crack. Rabbit's Paw Wall
FA. Arthur Dolphin 1950. He called it Overhanging Wall. Block Chimney
FA. Johnny Lees around.1950 Sylveste
FA. Ron Hirst 1950. FFA. Brian Evans 1956 Catapult Crack
FA. Arthur Dolphin 1950 Right-hand Crack
FA. A.Marsden 1950 Jabberwok
FA. A.Marsden 1950 Castrol
FA. (pitch 1) Tom Cranfield 1950. FA. (the rest) Alan Austin 1958 Arsenic Slab
FA. Craven Pothole Club members 1950
The Peeler
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s No Traverse
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Tony's Traverse
FA. Tony Howard and Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Traverse Not
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Bed End
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Sentinel Wall
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Geoff's Groove
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Retreat
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Skull Climb
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Deceit
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Ladder Ridge
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Has Been
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s S.H.M.
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Eel
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Apse Wall
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Apse Crack
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Apse Arete Indirect
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Right Route
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Overhanging Arete
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Left Route
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Blind Buttress
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Furly 'ard
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Coffin Corner
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Kletterschuhe
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s The Swinger
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Windy Wall
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Hangover Edge
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Scoop Wall
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Cloister Wall
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Suspension
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Cracked Ridge
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Square Buttress
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Annual Route
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s The Great Scoop
FA. Malc Baxter 1962 Dedfer
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s The Ratcher
FA. Malc Baxter 1962 Pilot Crack
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Flying Buttress
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Amen
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Crude Crack
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Dusky Doddle
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Wrinkled Wall
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Minotaur
FA. Rimmon Mountaineering Club members early 1960s Trepidation
FA. M.Day 1962 Peg Crack
FA. Alan Swithenbank 1962 Old Spice
FA. Charlie Salisbury 1962 Swastika
FA. Allan Austin1962 Pillar Front
FA. Allan Austin 1962 Wonderloaf
FA. Allan Austin 1962 Undercut Flake
FA. Malcolm Farrow 1962 Sowden
FA. Malcolm Farrow 1962 or Mike Railton 1964 (depends who you ask).
Ricochet Wall
FA. John Stanger 1970 Crescendo
FA. John Stanger 1970. The bolts were placed a short time earlier as he aided the big roof in a thunderstorm as Thunderball, A2. Plantation Wall
FA. Dave Musgrove (probably, another first named by him) 1970 True Grit
FA. Ken Wood 1970 Brutaliser
FA. John Syrett 1970. His first new route - some starter! Love Bug
FA. Tony Barley 1970. FA. (Direct Start) Tony Marr 1994 Hanging Cracks
FA. Frank Wilkinson 1970 Sword Dance
FA. Pete Heys 1970 Flaky Wall
FA. Tony Marr 1970
Whisky Wall
FA. John Syrett 1973 Encore
FA. John Syrett 1973 First Night
FA. John Syrett 1973 The Virgin
FA. Pete Kitson 1973. FA. (Direct) John Gaskins 1994 The Gypsy
FA. Pete Kitson 1973 Orchrist
FA. Hank Pasquill 1973 Acetabulum
FA. Al Manson 1973 The Big Greeny
FA. John Syrett 1973. FA. (Ginger Whinger) Steve Dunning 2005 Little Greeny
FA. John Syrett 1973. The same year he did Big Greeny at Almscliff. Cave Traverse
FA. Ken Wood 1973 Dypso
FA. John Syrett 1973 Sylvia
FA. Pete Kitson 1973 Blind Valley
FFA. Pete Livesey (solo!) 1973. Originally an aid route called Thor's Wall. The Hattery Arete
FA. George Broadhead 1973 Ambidexter
FA. Tony Barley 1973 Picnic
FA. John Syrett 1973 After Eight
FA. Pete Kitson 1973. A bold solo - he graded it HVS! Gronff
FA. Ken Wood 1973
Retribution Rib Direct
FA. John Hotham 1991 Abstract Attitude
FA. Martin Wood 1991 Black Jumper Indirect
FA. Neil Carson 1991 Capstan Full Strength
FA. Francis Holland (at HVS 5b!) 1991. It was claimed again by Mick Johnson as Senior Service in 1997 Glass Slipper
FA. Dave (x2) Musgrove 1991. It was younger Dave's 111th route of the day! Misty Moo
FA. Peter Keen 1991 Open Face
FA. Tony Barley 1991 Karl's Arete
FA. Karl Lunt 1991 Life Begins at Forty
FA. Bob Smith 1991. Northumbrian raider strikes southwards and takes two big ground-falls into the Eavestones' mulch in the process.
The Keel/Fin
FA. John Dunne/Andy Swann 1993. Claimed at roughly the same time. Jock Jones
FA. Neil Herbert 1993 Grit Escape
FA. Tony Marr 1993 Wisecrack
FA. Tony Marr 1993
Gallon Drunk
FA. Derek Hargreaves 1998 Scuppered
FA. Derek Hargreaves 1998 Forty Calorie Cocoa
FA. Derek Hargreaves 1998 Widdop Wall
FA. John Dunne 1998. He had done the upper part the year before starting to the left - this was called Savage Earth. Compulsive Viewing
FA. Nigel Baker 1998 (may be Compulsion Crack Variation, John Syrett 1973) Fast Forward
FA. John Dunne 1998 February Climb
FA. Tony Marr 1998 Shush Popeye
FA. Derek Hargreaves 1998