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The most popular buttress at Rylstone and with good reason; a fine seat of climbs across the middle grades, great rock and a stunning setting, if there is anyone else at the cliff, they will probably be here. Guidebook page 129.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Remembered 12m. Climb the crack in the slab on the left and its thinner continuation. A right-hand finish via the flake is Forgotten,... | 1 Stars | VD |
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Laughing Gas 16m. The left-edge of the slab. Bridge the wide crack to access the slab then follow the edge to a well positioned finish. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | HVS 4c |
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Dental Slab Top 50 20m. The best Severe in Yorkshire and that is quite an accolade! Access the slab from its bottom left corner and traverse up... | 3 Stars Rounded | S 4a |
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Extraction 18m. Fine climbing up the right-hand side of the buttress. Pull through the centre of the bulges - beefy and 5c to impossible... 3 user comments | 2 Stars Strong Rounded | HVS 5b |
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V Chimney 16m. The rift that bounds the right side of the slab is awkward to start and the exit from the wide middle section is tricky to... | 1 Stars Graunchy | VD |
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False Teeth 20m. Fills a gap quite effectively! Gain the bottom right corner of the slab by bridging the gully and hopping on to the slab.... | 1 Stars Rounded | VS 4c |
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Persistence 16m. The narrow buttress is split neatly by a crack-line. Pull through the roof to reach it, then follow the crack to its end.... | 1 Stars Reachy Rounded | VS 4c |
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Chockstone Chimney 14m. The tricky chimney past the spooky swivelling chockstone. | 1 Stars Graunchy | VD |
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Trowel Face 14m. The slanting flaky groove is approached strenuously from the right. It is tricky to reach the first of the flakes, then it... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Chimney Slabs Route Two 10m. The centre of the pocketed slab is excellent but rather lacking in gear. | 1 Stars | S 4a |
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Lichen Chimney 12m. Starting past a big chockstone, climb the chimney and continuation crack. Inclined to be a bit scruffy. | Graunchy | VD |
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Glass Slipper 12m. Climb the slab to ledges then finish up the unprotected rounded rib behind. | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E2 5b |
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Lichen Crack 12m. The next rift is easier and cleaner than its left-hand twin. | Graunchy | M |
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Crazy Diamond 12m. Fine climbing up the slab and flying arete - it manages to feel bolder than it really is. Pull over the overlap and pad up... 1 user comment | 3 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E2 5b |