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Afternoon sun
Uphill
50 minsWindy
The far left-hand wall is short but is composed of excellent hard sandstone and gets the sun earlier than much of the cliff. Its crest is a great sunbathing/picnic spot which catches enough breeze to keep the insects away on hot summer days. Although only short, these are quite a taxing set of climbs, and this includes the easy ones. Guidebook page 286.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Rubberneck 6m. The centre of the left-hand wall. | Technical Crimpy | HVS 5b |
2 |
Dark Passage 16m. A low-level traverse of the wall to beyond Big Daddy. | Crimpy | V2 6a |
3 |
Left Parallel Crack 6m. The left-hand of the near parallel cracks. Awkward. | Graunchy | VD |
4 |
Central Parallel Crack 6m. The central and right-trending fissure. Very awkward. | Graunchy | VD |
5 |
Limbo 6m. The centre of the wall has taxing moves to get stood on the good flake hold. Finish direct. | 1 Stars Technical | V2 5c |
6 |
Arete-shun 6m. Layback the arete to a hard final pull. | Rounded | E1 5b |
7 |
Right Parallel Crack 6m. The right-hand of the trio of wide cracks is awkward; no surprises there then. | Graunchy | VD |
8 |
Little Idi 6m. Trend left up the wall using the 'expando-flake' carefully. | Rounded Loose | V1 5b |
9 |
Big Daddy Spring up the wall to the right, using a thin flake for the take-off. | Technical Crimpy | V5 6b |