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15 minsA green and neglected area, it does have a great selection of climbs but is perhaps best left for when the conditions are right. Fortunately, the routes are generally a bit cleaner than they look, so if in doubt, give them a go. Guidebook page 143.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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The Hattery 9m. Start up the arete left of a boulder-choked gully to the first break then move left and climb the rather bold wall on a... | 2 Stars | HVS 5a |
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The Hattery Arete 9m. The fine arete is followed throughout. 1 user comment | 2 Stars | HVS 5a |
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Close to the Hedge 8m. The rounded green arete is gained via the wall on the right. Climb to a hole, step left and grasp a way to the top. A... | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E4 6a |
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Last Crack 8m. The right-angled corner can be green. | HS 4b | |
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Cracked Rib 8m. Gain the hanging widening crack from the right. A direct approach is more like 5c. | VS 5a | |
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Brief Crack 8m. The jamming crack rising from the back left-hand corner of the ledge of The Pulpit. | Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Graft Crack 8m. The right-hand of the two cracks. 1 user comment | Pumpy | VS 4c |
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Slippery Crack 10m. A slippery start leads to good jamming above. High in the grade and worth 4c in anything less than perfect conditions. | 1 Stars Pumpy | VS 4b |
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Grit Expectations 10m. The fine arete is climbed mostly on its right-hand side via the shallow groove and some useful pockets. Protection is... | 3 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E4 6a |
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Hatter's Groove 12m. A classic test-piece with a maddening move on it. Bridge the green groove awkwardly to the capstone where a good thread... | 3 Stars Technical Pumpy | HVS 5a |
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Hard Hat 12m. The right-hand exit to Hatter's Groove is altogether harder. | 1 Stars Technical Rounded | E1 5c |
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Easy Escape 12m. Does what it says on the tin. Avoid the hard move of Hatter's Groove by crossing the right wall using the central break to... 1 user comment | VS 4c | |
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Grit Escape 10m. Climb the diagonal crack in the right wall until close to the arete, then continue up the left-hand side of this. | Pumpy Rounded | HVS 5b |
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Right-hand Arete 10m. The rounded right arete is followed until obliged to step right into the next route. | Rounded | HVS 5a |
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Lichen Chimney 10m. The widening crack is less lichenous than it used to be though it is still a bit grungy. | Rounded Graunchy | VD |
