Adjacent Areas
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8 minsOn the left are the stacked block overhangs of the Pulpit, and to the right the large leaning tower of Drunken Buttress, with a slab on the left flank, and overhanging front and right-hand faces. There are several excellent short routes hereabouts. Guidebook page 206.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
The Pulpit Top 50 6m. Follow the easy crack then hand traverse the break below the overhang to a tough finish on the nose. | 2 Stars Strong | E1 5b |
2 |
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon 6m. A short sharp finish up the left arete. | Crimpy | HVS 5b |
3 |
The Choir 6m. Balance up the rounded arete right of The Pulpit. | Rounded | VD |
4 |
Lost Arete/Halleluja Chorus 6m. Climb the short scoop and the left-hand side of the arete. | VS 5a | |
5 |
Anvil Chorus 5m. The right side of the arete has a tough start through a bulge. | 1 Stars Pumpy | VS 5b |
6 |
Forgotten Wall/Haec Dies 5m. Straight up the centre of the wall. Strenuous. | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
7 |
Forgotten Arete/The Choir 5m. The right side of the wall leads to a tricky finish. | HVS 5a | |
8 |
Seamy Side 6m. The pleasant arete on the left-hand side of the block. | 1 Stars Rounded | D |
9 |
Bottoms Up 7m. A bit of an eliminate up the centre of the slab. Holds on adjacent routes may have to be used, just don't tell anyone. | 1 Stars Rounded | HS 4b |
10 |
Hangover 7m. A powerful layback start up the flake gains the very pleasant slabby groove above. A mini-classic. | 2 Stars Strong | VS 4c |
11 |
Tippling Wall Left-hand 7m. An old problem that gives a good variation up the left-hand side of the wall, linking decent holds by reaches. | 1 Stars | HVS 5b |
12 |
Tippling Wall Top 50 7m. The valley face of the block gives a fingery climb with the holds gradually increasing in size up to the high break. A... | 2 Stars Pumpy | HVS 5a |
13 |
Tippling Arete 7m. Head up the right edge of the wall using some snappy feeling ironstone edges to the final roofs and a sprint finish. | 1 Stars Pumpy | E1 5b |
14 |
Humbug 6m. Climb the wall with extreme difficulty following a hairline crack and some shallow pockets - no using the adjacent block.... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical Strong Crimpy | E4 7a |
15 |
The Shelf Top 50 6m. Access the shelf on the wall with difficulty (watch your back and/or ankles) and make one more hard pull to easier ground. 3 user comments | 2 Stars Rounded | E2 5c |
16 |
Tippling Traverse A pumpy traverse around the base of the buttress from Plumb Line to Hangover, or in the opposite direction. | Pumpy Rounded | V4 6b |
