The Power and the Glory

Adjacent Routes
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20m. Start at the ochre-stained tufa-streak. Climb the streak, surmount the roof with great difficulty, then move right and up to a chain belay below a yew tree. At present some nuts are required on the easier upper section.
FA. Steve Rhodes 1986. A very hard line that required a major effort by the first ascensionist. Initially yo-yoed in the style of the age and then redpointed as the new ethic became accepted.