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A fine area that has a good collection of lower-grade routes that are quite short and usually quieter than the area just to the right. Brooks’ Layback is a midget gem. Guidebook page 210.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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First Crack 8m. A left-leaning crack has a tricky central section. 2 user comments | S 4b | |
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Tharf Cake 8m. A bit of a two-move-wonder starting as for First Crack. It has small holds and the odd useful pocket. Low in the grade. 9 user comments | Technical | HVS 5a |
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Left Twin Crack 8m. An awkward layback in its middle section. 3 user comments | 1 Stars | S 4a |
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Right Twin Crack 8m. Not to be left out, the right-hand crack is tricky in its middle section. It is well protected where it matters. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | HVD 4a |
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Farcical Arete 8m. The arete is climbed on its left-hand side throughout and is unprotected. The start is the crux. 10 user comments | 1 Stars Reachy Fluttery | HS 4a |
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The Irrepressible Urge 8m. The scary front face of the square buttress, trending right. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Fluttery | E1 5b |
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Small Arctic Mammal 8m. A boulder problem up the right side of the arete proves to be artificial - no touching Left Recess Crack! Doing it on the... 2 user comments | Technical | V3 6a |
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Left Recess Crack 8m. The short but pleasant crack in the left-hand angle. 2 user comments | 1 Stars | S 3c |
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Right Recess Crack 8m. The mirror image in the opposite angle has a long reach. 1 user comment | Reachy | HS 4a |
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Ace 8m. A narrow, protruding arete which can be climbed first on the left and then up its crest. Delicate, sustained and gearless. 6 user comments | Fluttery | VS 4b |
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The Crack 6m. The wide fissure is good practice for Goliath's Groove. 1 user comment | Graunchy | HS 4a |
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The Chimney 6m. The rift is often damp and dirty - included for completeness. | D | |
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Thrall's Thrutch 8m. The wide crack is well named - you have been warned. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Graunchy | S 4a |
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Brooks' Layback 8m. The short right-angled corner-crack starts from a ledge and many find is just too thin for good jams. 18 user comments | 2 Stars Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Wobblestone Crack 8m. The crack with wobbling stones eases with height. 3 user comments | 1 Stars | HVD 4a |
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Red Shift 8m. The scary arete is gained from the right. | Rounded Fluttery | E3 5c |
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Hollybush Gully 8m. A square-cut slot which is really more of a chimney. 1 user comment | VD | |