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List of First Ascents

1927	Bench Mark Crack FA. Arthur Barker late 1920s Sheep Walk Slab FA. Arthur Barker late 1920s Ling Buttress FA. Arthur Barker late 1920s The Bulge FA. Arthur Barker late 1920s Wall and Ledge FA. Arthur Barker late 1920s
1928	Main Route FA. Arthur Barker 1928
1939	Groove and Crack FA. Jack Devenport 1939 Ridge Route FA. Jack Devenport 1939
1945	Solomon's Porch FA. Phillip Horne 1945 Humpty Dumpty FA. Phillip Horne 1945
1951	Little Bo-Peep FA. Tony Evenett 1951
1954	Sphinx Nose Traverse FA. Cliff Fielding 1954
1955	Steeple Face FA. B.Mankin 1955
1956	Christopher FA. Christopher Columb 1956 Virgin Wall/Garfit Face FA. Johnny Clark 1956. The route’s name was censored for many years - how times change! FA. (Direct Start) Tony Marr 1980
1957	Steeple Gap FA. Maurice Wilson 1957
1958	Green Wall FA. Bill Dell 1958
1959	North Route FA. Brian Evans 1959 West Sphinx Climb FA. Harry Hall 1959 East Sphinx Direct FA. Harry Hall 1959 The Bulge Super Direct FA. Eric Penman 1959. FA. (Wilson's Groove) Dave Wilson 1982 Central Route FA. "An unknown climber from Halifax" 1959

1960	The Direct Start FA. John Cheesmond 1960 Ali Baba FA. Terry Sullivan (3 pegs - well it was freezing) 1960. FFA. Tony Marr (finished to the right) 1965. FA. (Direct) Paul Ingham 1977 Sesame FA. Terry Sullivan (in a blizzard!) 1960
1965	Bird Lime FA. Miles Mosely 1965 Concave Wall FA. Stan Shout (1 peg runner) 1965
1967	Garfit Eliminate FA. Ken Jackson 1967
1968	Lurch FA. Tony Marr 1968
1972	Ridge Route Right-hand FA. Tony Marr 1972
1977	Tiny's Arete Direct FA. Chris Shorter 1977
1978	Peel Out FA. Ian Dunn 1978. Named after Chris Shorter's tumble from the last move when a hold snapped. Fortunately (!) he landed on his sister who slept below.
1979	Centre Fold FA. Tony Marr 1979. West Sphinx Direct FA. Paul Ingham 1979 Terrorist FFA. Paul Ingham (1 peg runner) 1979
1980	West Face Direct FA. Dave Paul 1980
1982	Bench Mark Wall FA. Paul Ingham 1982
1984	Psycho Syndicate FA. Paul Ingham 1984
1986	Black Knight FFA. Steve Brown (2 peg runners) 1986
1992	Walk on the Wild Side FA. Martin Parker 1992
1995	Lemming Slab FA. Kelvin Neal 1990s. FA. (Direct Finish) Paul Ingham 1980
1997	Summit Crisis FA. Tony Marr 1997
2007	Ling Arete FA. Franco Cookson 2007