| 1972 | Mayfair
FA. R.Edwards 11.72
Oyster
FA. (aid) R.Edwards 11.72. Reduced to 1pt by A.Pollitt, T.Freeman 8.8.82
Conner's Folly
FA. (aid) J.Conner and party 11.72
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| 1973 | Plumbline
FA. R.Edwards 8.73
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| 1981 | Go for Gold
FA. D.Towse 29.3.81
The Really Exciting Climb
FA. T.Freeman, G.Roberts, N.Radcliffe 4.81
Excursion
FA. I.Alderson 9.5.81
Carrigan's Groove
FA. K.Carrigan, D.Hall 5.81. Direct - A.Pollitt, P.Williams 27.6.83
Axle Attack
FA. M.Griffiths, L.McGinley 6.81. They trained for their ascent using the axle of a train. Visionary stuff since, at the time, the nearest most people got to weight training was lifting a pint glass.
Dumbell Flyer
FA. S.Haston, I Johnson 2.7.81
Passionate Friend
FA. T.Freeman, D.Summerfield 8.81
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| 1982 | The Burning Sphincter
FA. J.Readhead, A.Newton 4.3.82
Green Flash
FA. Nobody will own up to it, but it was sometime in 1982.
Hom Rescue
FA. S.Haston 1982 (solo)
Ring Peace
FA. J.Redhead 1982
The Graduate
FA. T.Freeman 2.7.82 (solo)
The Disillusioned Screw Machine
FA. J.Readhead, A.Pollitt 27.7.82 with an aid point on the pitch 2 bulge. The aid point was eliminated by T.Jones but he didn't finish the pitch because he was too pumped. FFA. eventually! A.Pollitt, P.Williams 14.6.83
Astro Blaster
FA. A.Pollitt, T.Freeman 5.8.82
The Bloods
FA. J.Readhead, K.Robertson, A.Pollitt 7.8.82
The Breck Road
FA. T.Jones 30.8.82
Apostle
FA. R.Fawcett 9.9.82
It
FA. M.Roberts, A Francis 21.10.82. One of the first routes to be done on this wall during the early 80s boom.
Gold Rush
FA. W.Wayman, P.Roberts, F.Crook 27.10.82. A well named route which was the third one climbed on the walls above the Drive and a significant pointer to the events of the next 3 summers. What an extraordinary choice of line when you consider what else there was still to be done.
Insidious Practices
FA. M.Roberts, I.Alderson 28.10.82. The name refers to their top-roping it before the ascent. Not much of a crime by today's standards.
Clear White Light
FA. K.Howitt, D.Towse, S.Jenkins 1.12.82
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| 1983 | A Touch Too Much
FA. A.Pollitt, TFreeman 9.1.83
Flakeaway
FA. D.Towse 3.83
Firefly
FA. M.Crook, D.Towse 3.83
Scary Canary
FA. M.Crook, D.Towse, K.Howitt 4.83. When Jon deMontjoye replaced the thread on this route with a bolt in 1986, it was seen at the time as being very controversial, now it seems quite prophetic.
Klondike
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 11.5.83
Solid Gold
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 11.5.83
Vagal Inhibition
FA. K.Howitt, D.Towse, S.Jenkins 13.5.83
Werry's Woof Woot
FA. J.Moffatt 5.83
Melkor
FA. D.Towse, M.Roberts 5.83
Precious Metal
FA. F.Crook, W.Wayman 5.6.83
Pure Gold
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 8.6.83
Quicksilver
FA. A.Pollitt, P.Williams 10.6.83
Pale Shelter
FA. D.Lyon, N.Clacher 10.6.83
Sheik yer Money
FA. R.Fawcett, P.Williams 11.6.83. Direct start - D.Lyon 1985.
Love Over Gold
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 12.6.83
Body Torque
FA. R.Fawcett 6.83
Needle in the Groove
FA. R.Fawcett 6.83
Midas Touch
FA. W.Wayman 1983
Wings of Perception
FA. J.Moffatt, P.Williams 6.83. At the time this was the hardest route on the Ormes which required many attempts before Moffatt was successful.
The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test
FA. R.Fawcett 6.83
Private Investigations
FA. R.Fawcett 1983
Sourdough
FA. R.Fawcett 1983.
Masada
FA. K.Howitt, D.Towse, M.Roberts 1983
The Bearded Clam
FA. A.Pollitt, P.Williams 16.6.83
Rapture
FA. J.Moffatt, E.Jones 17.6.83
Anchovy Madonna
FA. A.Pollitt, P.Williams 17.6.83
String of Pearls
FA. D.Towse, M.Raine 19.6.83. They started from Pirates. Direct start by G.Gibson (solo) 6.83
Adequate Compensation
FA. M.Raine, D.Towse, N.Foster, T.Freeman 21.6.83
King Krank
FA. M.Griffiths 25.6.83
Pen Trwyn Patrol
FA. R.Fawcett, G.Fawcett, A.Pollitt, P.Williams 25.6.83
The Pirates of Pen Trwyn
FA. A.Pollitt, R.Fawcett, G.Fawcett, P.Williams 25.6.83
Magical Ring
FA. D.Lyon, C.Bundock, C.Lyon 30.6.83
Pocket City
FA. A.Pollitt, P.Williams 30.6.83
Captain Fingers
FA. A.Pollitt, P.Williams, M.Crook 30.6.83
Mr. Chips
FA. A.Pollitt, P.Williams, J.Moffatt 1.7.83
Paradise
FA. G.Gibson, A.Hubson, A.Popp 2.7.83
Menincursion
FA. G.Gibson, A.Hudson 2.7.83. This was the first of Gary and Adams' routes on this wall, which they developed intensively for three weekends on the trot.
The Peppermint Pig
FA. A.Hudson, G.Gibson 2.7.83
Wall of Blutes
FA. P.Williams, R.Fawcett, P.Clark, A.Grondowski, J.Moffatt 3.7.83. Now there's a star-studded first ascent team!
The Visionary
FA. A.Grondowski, P.Williams, A.Pollitt 5.7.83
The Arc of Eternity
FA. P.Williams, A.Grondowski 6.7.83
Willowbrooks
FA. G.Gibson, A.Hudson 8.7.83
New Gold Dream
FA. A.Hudson, I.Johnson, G.Gibson 10.7.83. For once Gary let one of his mates lead the route first.
Drip, Drip, Drip
FA. G.Gibson, A.Hudson, D.Towse 10.7.83
Spine Chill
FA. G.Gibson, A.Hudson 17.7.83
Storm Warning
FA. G.Gibson 17.7.83
Second Sense
FA. G.Gibson, A.Hudson 17.7.83
Thunder Road
FA. A.Pollitt 30.7.83. Pitch 1 had been led before by N.Foster.
Thin Red Line
FA. G.Gibson (1rest) 3.8.83. FFA. A.Pollitt, W.Wayman, N.Clacher 30.9.83. Named after the three red threads it used to have.
Masterclass
FA. J.Moffatt 8.83
Prospectors
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook, P.Clark 21.9.83
Silver Surfer
FA. M.Crook, A.Newton 21.9.83. New Wave Finish - J.Dawes 7.2.84
Beaverbrook
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 8.10.83
White Seam
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 15.10.83
The Gold Coast
FA. I.Carr, C.Hardy 23.10.83
Uaeba
FA. W.Wayman, F.Crook 27.10.83
Gold 'n' Delicious
FA. W.Wayman 4.11.83
Vic 20
FA. W.Wayman, E.Strond 12.11.83
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| 1984 | Homo Sapien
FA. G.Gibson 2.5.84
The Turquoise Tortoise
FA. G.Gibson 19.5.84. Upper section climbed by T.Freeman in 1982.
Clear White Light Direct
FA. G.Gibson 20.5.84
Call It Black
FA. G.Gibson 20.5.84. The line is supposed to be that of a route done by B.Brewster and C.Goodey with some aid in 1961!
Ape Shit
FA. A.Pollitt, T.Jones 15.6.84
Readers' Wives
FA. A.Pollitt 27.6.84
The Eleventh Hour
FA. P.Clarke 16.7.84
White Hopes
FA. A.Pollitt, M.Atkinson 16.8.84. So named because the two ascensionists were described in High Magazine as being the "Great White Hopes of British Climbing" - whatever that is suppose to mean!
Dive, Dive, Dive
FA. A.Pollitt 17.8.84
Price of Gold Direct
FA. A.Pollitt 22.8.84
Crunchy Toad IX
FA. S.Lewis 24.8.84
Stolen Copse
FA. M.Crook 9.9.84
The Thin Turquoise Line
FA. G.Gibson, S.Whalley 15.9.84
Contusion
FA. G.Gibson 22.9.84. The current line was claimed in 1995 by M.Griffiths as a direct start but the route always went this way.
2211
FA. P.Clarke 13.10.84
Methylated Laughter
FA. D.Lyon, G.Smith 21.10.84
Eliminator
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 30.10.84
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| 1985 | The Cold War
FA. G.Gibson, M.Jones 12.1.85. Cruise Missile direct - T.Freeman (solo)
Talisman
FA. D.Lyon 1.85
Touchstone
FA. C.Lyon, D.Lyon 1.85
Norman's Wisdom
FA. G.Gibson, N.Clacher 19.1.85
No Arc, No Bark
FA. G.Gibson 19.1.85
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
FA. G.Gibson 2.2.85
After the Fact
FA. G.Gibson 2.85
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| | 1985 | Captain Percival
FA. M.Jones, G.Gibson 16.2.85. In 1990 many of the routes on this wall were bolted which caused little or no outrage at the time. However the following year the bolting of Captain Percival in particular caused one young man of Pen y Pass Youth Hostel to get very hot under the collar. He wrote to a number of magazines, "Take care lads because the time for agreement is over. As far as I am concerned your licence to bolt has been revoked!"
Small Bore
FA. G.Gibson, T.Hodgson 16.2.85
Hot Club
FA. G.Gibson, J.Adams 21.2.85
Burslem Boys
FA. G.Gibson 24.2.85
Testament
FA. C.Lyon, C.Bundock 24.2.85
Sussudio
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 16.3.85
Capturing the Coelacanth
FA. G.Gibson 20.4.85
Reading Henry by the Road
FA. M.Ryan, D.Staniforth, D.Leadbeater 4.9.85
Treat Me Like a Person
FA. M.Ryan, R.Owens 7.9.85.
Michelle's Pillar
FA. N.Clacher, K.Simpson 20.10.85
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| 1986 | Mumbo Jumbo
FA. N.Clacher, R.Kaye, D.Summerfield 12.4.86. The first route on these walls which had previously been ignored by everyone else in favour of better rock elsewhere. However now that it has been developed we have been left with a good set of routes which have become even more valuable since the various restrictions on climbing elsewhere.
Brothers in Arms
FA. D.Lyon, C.Lyon 27.4.86.
Fears for Tears
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 4.5.86
Tears as Souvenirs
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 4.5.86
Absolute Beginners
FA. N.Clacher, D.Summerfield, A.Pollitt 7.5.86
Pink and Black
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 8.5.86
Purple Tight Fright
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 11.5.86
The Triad
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 27.5.86
The Irishman Must Go
FA. S.Haston, R.Kaye 27.5.86
Parting Shot
FA. D.Lyon, D.Summerfield 29.5.86. Left-hand finish claimed as 'Amadeuso Late' by persons unknown in 1994-ish.
Sèverine
FA. C.Smith 1986
Two-Ton Caiman
FA. G.Gibson, M.Ward 11.7.86
Physical Abuse
FA. M.Lovatt, J.Dunne, G.Rimmer 20.9.86. A raiding party from Yorkshire.
Confuse the Aardvark (for 3 to 5 Year Olds)
FA. P.Pritchard 26.10.86. The route name is a board game for kids.
Rupture
FA. P.Pritchard, N.Harms 8.11.86. An on-sight first ascent! It was an old Gibson project which he had done with one rest 3.85.
Planned Obsolescence
FA. D.Lyon, M.Hammill 14.12.86
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| 1987 | Snakes and Ladders
FA. J.Dawes 1.87
Romancing the Sloane
FA. P.Hawkins,J.deMontjoye 1.3.87
Price of Gold
FA. D.Lyon 5.87
Silage Time
FA. S.Lowe, G.Smith 13.6.87
I Can Taste Those Cakes Already
FA. P.Hawkins, G.Smith, M.Lovatt 1987. Named after a comment from a contestant in an informal climbing competition at Malham. The prize was as many cakes as you can eat from the local cake shop.
Welcome to the Power Bulge
FA. G.Smith, P.Hawkins 1987
More Quizzical than Physical
FA. G.Smith 1987
Poison Rain
FA. D.Lyon, P.Freeman 10.9.87
Pot of Gold
FA. N.Clacher, P.Freeman, F.Ball 2.11.87
Plagued by Fools
FA. G.Gibson 7.11.87. A typical Gibson find up an arete between two established routes where most people wouldn't even look for a new line.
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| 1988 | Tales of No Power
FA. G.Gibson 9.1.88
Bring Back Fred Gwynne
FA. G.Gibson 24.1.88
No Bark, No Dill
FA. G.Gibson 7.2.88. Reclimbed by S.Mayers after losing a crucial hold, 4.8.91.
Candle in the Wind
FA. P.Smith, P.Freeman 21.4.88
Loose Lingo
FA. P.Smith, P.Freeman 18.5.88
Vagal Exhibition
FA. D.Lyon 1988
Watch Your Poison
FA. P.Smith, P.Freeman, D.Lyon 18.6.88
Bloodsports
FA. P.Hawkins 7.88
Lipstick
FA. S.Grieve, S.Lee 7.88. Another Peak District raiding party.
The Seagull has Landed
FA. M. 'Bad, Bad' Pretty 17.7.88. The original hangars were removed by Gary Gibson who had put the bolts in and not bothered to climb the route. He wanted them for a new route on Clwyd limestone.
The Nut Cluster
FA. P.Smith 16.8.88
Horizontal Pleasures
FA. E.Stone, P.Hawkins 12.9.88
The Fly
FA. P.Smith 28.9.88
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| 1989 | Tomorrow People
FA. P.Smith 1989
Dumped in Pants
FA. N.Jowett 1989
John Paul and the Vatican 7
FA. E.Stone 1989
Half Man, Half Beard
FA. E.Stone 9.89.
The Amazing Bearded Lady
FA. P.Hawkins 10.89
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| 1990 | Rodney God and the Oral Twins
FA. E.Stone 1990. Named from some graffiti in Parisella's Cave.
Drip, Drip, Drip Direct
FA. P.Smith 1990
Wet Dreams
FA. N.Jowett 1990
Willowbrooks Direct
FA. P.Smith 1990
Homo Erectus
FA. E.Stone 1990
Ten Forty
FA. P.Smith 6.8.90
Karaoke Club
FA. P.Smith 18.8.90
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| 1991 | Body Torque Direct
FA. S.Mayers 6.6.91
Ace of Wands
FA. P.Smith 6.91
The Happening Boys
FA. P.Smith 1991
Blue Steel
FA. P.Smith 26.6.91
Blackwall Tunnel
FA. A.Burnell 20.7.91
Lemon Entry
FA. K.Jones 31.7.91
Hot Sexy Phone Talk
FA. S.Cundy 9.91. A terrible name from this Peak District raider.
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| 1992 | Split Infinity
FA. M.Moore 19.1.92
Taipan
FA. P.Smith >1992
Rock Lobster
FA. Unknown. It was Ed Stone's project but he died in October 1992 before he was able to complete it.
Pumped in Pumps
FA. A.Pollitt 2.9.92 (solo in trainers).
Go with the Flow
FA. F.Crook, S.Alsop, R.Pickford 9.92
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| 1993 | Excursion Direct
FA. T.Shelmerdine, A.Barnett 3.2.93
Split Infinity Direct
FA. E.Thomas 1993
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| 1994 | Harry the Clamp
FA. M.Griffiths 1994. Supposedly controversial because the first bolt can be clipped from Screw Machine. A bit of a fuss about nothing if you ask me.
Cage Full of Budgies
FA. T.Schelmerdine 1994
George Formby
FA. T.Shelmerdine 1994
The Lull
FA. P.Smith 1994
Washington Waltz
FA. Unknown 1994
Sonic Sinbad
FA. T.Schelmerdine 1994
Frontiers of Reality
FA. S.Davies 12.9.94
The Smithsonian Institute of Projects
FA. T.Taylor 9.94
Iron in My Soul
FA. M.Griffiths 9.94. The start was climbed, without bolts, as Sourdough Direct by G.Gibson in 1983.
Big is Best
FA. T.Shelmerdine 9.94. Apparently this is the wrong name but no one has come up with an alternative yet so it stays.
Fools Gold
FA. E.Thomas 9.94
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| 1995 | Just for Kicks
FA. E.Thomas 5.95
Perpetual Motions
FA. E.Thomas 5.95
The Lyon King
FA. M.Griffiths 5.95
Brewing Up with Phil Smith
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
The Mask
FA. P.Smith 1995
The Damage Religion
FA. M.Jones 1995
Werry's Woof Woot Left-Hand
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
Harry's Zontal Band
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
The Man Dan J
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
Shadows and Light
FA. M.Jones 6.95
Julio Juvenito
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
Farewell to Charlton Chestwig
FA. M.Griffiths, M.Jones, T.Shelmerdine 15.6.95. They continued to the top of Masterclass but this makes it a bit long for most ropes.
You've Had Your Chips
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
Belay Bunny Bounces Back
FA. L.Smith 1995
Nameless
FA. P.Holland 1995
Eco-Mouse
FA. M.Griffiths 1995
Years of Abuse
FA. K.Smith 1995
Clutching at Squaws
FA. T.Taylor, M.Griffiths 12.95 Start climbed before as part of the banned Another Dead Christmas Tree.
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| 1996 | Stake Out
FA. D.Lyon 1996
Counting Crows
FA. D.Hawkins 1996
Goldeneye
FA. P.Hawkins 7.96
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