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A fine buttress, it faces a bit more to the north than the other buttresses here and so is inclined to be somehwat greener. Despite this is has a good collection of old favourites and some modern eliminates. Guidebook page 127.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Up and Over 10m. The tricky lower crack leads to easier climbing. Finish up the wider crack spitting the final wall. | VD | |
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Loiner 12m. Start up the centre of the wall but head left along the break and climb the arete finishing through the bulge. | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Never Climb with Guidebook Writers 12m. A direct ascent of the wall has some very good moves. From the top ledge, finish leftwards up the arete. | 1 Stars | E1 5b |
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Bowler's Chimney 12m. The green rift is okay when dry and grim when not. | D | |
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Wall of the Evening Plight 12m. A worthwhile outing up the pillar to the right of the groove. A long stretch links the upper breaks, then finish steeply... 1 user comment | 2 Stars Rounded | E1 5c |
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Rylstone Crack 12m. A classic of its kind. Follow the ramp to the base of the flake that forms the left-hand end of the roof. Swarm up the... | 2 Stars Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Rylstone Wall 14m. Another excellent outing. Start up the green flake/groove to the roof then move up and right to a ledge. Shuffle out right... | 2 Stars Reachy Rounded | VS 4c |
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Karalta 12m. Follow Rylstone Wall to the roof then stretch up and left to the thin break. A hard pebble-pull reaches the wider break... | 1 Stars Technical Rounded | E3 6a |
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Freebooter 14m. A gap-filler but with good positions. Climb rightwards round the lowest roof to join Rylstone Wall Direct at its jamming... | 1 Stars Rounded | HVS 5a |
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Terror at Five and a Half Feet 12m. Climb the roof above the start of Freebooter, then tackle the centre of the wall left of Rylstone Wall to the final bulge... | Fluttery | E5 6b |
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Rylstone Wall Direct 14m. Yet another good climb. Start on the right and traverse left under the roof to reach a jamming crack. Head straight up the... | 2 Stars Reachy Rounded | HVS 5a |
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Beached Whale 12m. Tackle the jutting nose using flake-holds to the right, then access the ledge in the expected fashion. Once regrouped,... | 1 Stars Strong Rounded | E2 5b |
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Balance Crack 10m. The wide crack that bounds the buttress has a tricky start. At the chockstone choose a finish, over or under. | 1 Stars Graunchy | VD |