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Level
15 minsTidal
Windy
A brilliant area of bicep-busting deep water solo pump-outs on excellent rock. Not for the faint hearted. The wall right of Crab Party offers a nice contrast with its technical and fingery climbing, also on excellent quality rock. Guidebook page 191.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Captain Haddock 6b, S1. A good route for a first taster of this area. Climb across the rope and scuttle up the wall just right of the rope to a... | 1 Stars Pumpy | E2 5b |
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Flipper Force 6c, S0. Move up the arete and then pull around left onto the face. Follow this to the top. | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | E3 6a |
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Gourmet Shit Traverse 14m. The substance of this odd little outing is a clockwise traverse of the huge supporting pillar found down at sea level.... 1 user comment | DWS | 6a S0 |
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Up the Grotto 9m. Traverse right from the rope to below a roof. Pull into the overhung niche and crank out the roof. Pull out right to finish... | 2 Stars Strong | E5 6a |
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Water Wings 7a+, S1. A crowd pleaser up the arete with a very on/off move to finish. | 2 Stars Reachy Technical | E4 6b |
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Ooh, Lovely! 6b+, S0. Start right of the arete and climb leftwards through steep territory to the more reasonably angled upper face. A... | 1 Stars Strong Pumpy | E3 5c |
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Crab Party 6c, S2. A fantastic expedition which is one of the best deep water solos around. Check the water depth below the lip before... 4 user comments | 3 Stars Strong Pumpy | E4 6a |
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Intimate Dancing 10m. The shapely, left-trending arete gives excellent but bold climbing, with barely sufficient water for an ascent (although a... | 1 Stars DWS Technical Fluttery | 6a S3 |
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G-String 8m. A bold eliminate up the slight prow left of Robertson's Jar. | DWS Crimpy Fluttery | 6b S3 |
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Robertson's Jam 6a, S1. A good line up the vertical wall. | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | HVS 5a |
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Spittle 'n' Spume 6a, S0. Lots of fun is to be had on this super little rightward traverse on the lip of the roof. The wall looks totally blank,... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Technical Strong Crimpy | E1 5c |
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Bare Reputation 7a+, S0. Extend the traverse of Spittle'n' Spume via more brilliant and intense climbing. 3 user comments | 3 Stars Technical Strong Crimpy | E4 6b |
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Under-Bare 16m. An enchanting, largely footless route, found underneath Bare Reputation. The route traverses the continuous jug-rail,... 1 user comment | 3 Stars DWS Strong Pumpy | 7b S0 |
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Under-Bare Extension 18m. Under-Bare has also received a thoroughly gratuitous extension, which pushes the grade to 'soft' 7b+. Just brilliant.... | 2 Stars DWS Strong Pumpy | 7b+ S0 |
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Smile Please! 8m. A steady and pleasant little face climb above good water, finishing up a thin flake. Reach it either by a short abseil or a... | 1 Stars DWS | 6a+ S0 |
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Hooked Like No Fish Before Me 14m. Great climbing. Access as for Smile Please!, then traverse the juggy break-line leftwards, to finish up a prominent flake. | 2 Stars DWS Pumpy | 6b S0 |