The Golden Mile

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Vying with Supersonic on High Tor as the best E5 on Peak limestone; but this one is almost a full grade harder. E3 5c climbing leads up the groove with good holds and adequate protection to a rest ledge on the right (bomber crucial nuts). Now climb deviously and determinedly up and left to pockets (in-situ thread) below the sloping ledge. Getting established on this is difficult and leads to a semi-rest, but beware, the upper wall climbed from left to right has taken many scalps. Traverse left to the Mortlock's belay or continue up Apocalypse.
FA. Pete Livesey, Alec Livesey 1980. Livesey's last great route in the Peak which was named because Livesey had told Ron Fawcett that he was going to Blackpool for the day, but instead he sneaked here to pick this plum.