Adjacent Areas
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To the right of Sunset Slab is one of Froggatt's most impressive features - the arete of Beau Geste. Past this the trees shade a section of rock with some good vertical cracks and a slightly dingy cave. There are several fine climbs here. The whole area may be cooler in the summer (at least for the belayer) and the cave provides shelter in the rain. Guidebook page 272.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Soul Doubt 12m. Indifferent low gear almost protects this hard and scary climb up the blank wall. Use the thin crack to reach the ramp and... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Technical Pumpy Crimpy Fluttery | E8 6c |
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Beau Geste 14m. The magnificent jutting arete is the classic hard route of the crag. Relatively easy climbing up the groove in the lower... 2 user comments | 3 Stars Reachy Technical Crimpy Fluttery | E7 6c |
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Epiphany Left-hand 12m. Climb the soaring arete on its left-hand side, with a detour at half-height to place gear. A sustained and gripping pitch | 2 Stars Fluttery | E6 6b |
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Holly Groove 12m. The slippery twin cracks in the long-hollyless groove. Start up the left one step into the right, for a couple of steep... 3 user comments | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Hawk's Nest Crack 12m. The classic jamming crack iturns out to be awkward despite the useful chockstone (knees obligatory). From the ledge finish... 15 user comments | 3 Stars Pumpy | VS 4c |
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Horizontal Places 14m. The roof above Hawk's Nest Crack. Span out to the lip, slap for a break, traverse left and finish direct. | Strong | E5 6b |
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Cave Crack 12m. A bruising battle for most. From a thread hand traverse the greasy flange and fist-jam the roof crack. Once established on... 7 user comments | 2 Stars Strong | E3 5c |
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Rambeau The direct start up the hanging rib. 1 user comment | 3 Stars Technical Strong | V8 |
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Cave Crawl 12m. Exquisite and unique. Scrawm-a-way up into the slot in the back left corner of the cave then breast stoke toward Swimmers... 2 user comments | Technical | HS 5a |
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Cave Wall 12m. Bold, precarious and serious. From the right rib of the cave boulder through the bulges rightwards to a small ledge from... 2 user comments | 3 Stars Fluttery | E3 5c |
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Beau Brummel 12m. The right arete of the buttress with a harrowing leap for a sloping hold forming the crux. From above this move left to a... | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E4 6a |
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Swimmer's Chimney 12m. The deep and ever-narrowing chimney slot is well named, you can thrash but try not to flounder! 1 user comment | 1 Stars | S 4a |
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Brightside 12m. Low in the grade. From halfway up Swimmer's squirm past the arete and climb the wall by a hard move, things then ease. The... 9 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | E2 5c |
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Greedy Pig 12m. The searing thin crack that forms a direct start to the last climb is fiercely technical and has gear which is hard to... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | E5 6b |
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Avalanche 11m. The groove on the right-hand side of the wall has a particularly hard pull over the roof. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | E2 6a |
