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To the left of the slumped slab of Wall End is a fine tall buttress tucked away in the back of a recess. There are several worthwhile climbs here with the Fern Crack/Groove twins the highlight of the area, several of the shorter climbs are worth seeking out too. Guidebook page 131.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Tales of Yankee Power 10m. Climb the left-hand side of the front of the block, on small finger holds, to its crest and then the wall behind. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical | E1 5c |
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Flaky Wall 10m. The flaky right side of the block leads to a swing left to reach its top. Finish easily. Just about unprotected! 8 user comments | Fluttery Loose | E1 5b |
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Bastille 10m. The right arete of the face on its left-hand side. 1 user comment | Loose | E1 5b |
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Shaky Gully 10m. The awkward wide corner-crack and continuation behind. | S 4a | |
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Amphitheatre Face 8m. Reach the wall right of the groove with a triple jump start, or by traversing in from the left. 1 user comment | Reachy | VS 5a |
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Ladder Cracks 8m. The parallel cracks just left of the corner are awkward. 5 user comments | VD | |
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Ladder Corner 8m. The amiable corner that bounds the wall on its right | D | |
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Whimper 8m. The thin layback and wider upper section on the right. | S 4a | |
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Argus 8m. Low in the grade, but tie your belayer down! Climb the upper arete starting from a ledge on the left. Swing onto the arete... 2 user comments | 1 Stars | E2 5b |
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Silk 10m. An unprotected trip up the buttress left of Fern Crack. Start just left of the crack and swarm onto the bulge to where... 1 user comment | 2 Stars Technical Rounded | E5 6c |
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Fern Crack 16m. The long crack; the major feature of the buttress proves to be an awkward customer. A slippery layback or awkward jamming... 14 user comments | 3 Stars Technical Pumpy Graunchy | VS 4c |
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Help the Aged 6m. The direct start to Fern Groove is very condition dependent. There is a similar problem just to the right which is V8, and... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Strong Rounded | V7 6c |
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Smash Your Glasses 14m. Follow Fern Groove to the first grassy ledge then tackle the taxing right arete of the buttress keeping on its left-hand... | 1 Stars Technical Fluttery | E5 6b |
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Fern Groove 16m. Climb the right-hand edge of the slab then reach the hanging groove by a traverse from the right. Enter it by a puzzling... 6 user comments | 2 Stars Technical Fluttery | E2 5c |