Adjacent Areas
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Up and right of the prow of Barbette Buttress is a short clean wall above a level platform. This has a number of bouldery little routes above a pleasant picnic area. The rock is good and the area is usually quiet. Guidebook page 345.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Midge's Manoeuvre 6m. The centre of the pillar is gained from the slab on the right. FA. Simon Triger 2001 1 user comment | Technical | E2 6a |
2 |
Middy's Manoeuvre 6m. The left-hand crack is precarious though fat fists do help. 2 user comments | HS 4c | |
3 |
Midway 6m. The bulging wall is tough, pass the overhang if you can. 3 user comments | Technical Strong | E1 6b |
4 |
Torpedo Tube 6m. The central crack is a constricted struggle. Talented climbers can bridge the outside at a higher grade. 4 user comments | HVD 4a | |
5 |
Flataback 6m. The wall to the right now has a direct start. 2 user comments | Technical | E1 6a |
6 |
Gunner's Groove 6m. The right-hand crack soon eases although some of the footholds are well polished. 1 user comment | D | |
7 |
Seasick Arete 8m. Follow the square arete to a ledge. The final move is the crux. Continue up the short slab above the ledge. 5 user comments | 1 Stars | HS 5a |
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Seasick Slab 8m. A mantelshelf just to the right reaches the same ledge where it joins and finishes as for Seasick Arete. 3 user comments | VD 4b | |