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This fine wall stands proudly above the railway and was one of the first walls in the Dale to be developed mainly because it has a number of good groove and crack-lines. Guidebook page 180.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	I Had a Black Shirt The right-hand side of the arete. Tricky to flash. 1 user comment	1 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a+
2	Protest and Survive A good wall climb with reasonable gear on the crux but an extremely unhelpful flake above can give a few worrying moments....	1 Stars Fluttery	E4 6a
3	Whistling Crack The wide crack is thoroughly traditional. 1 user comment	1 Stars Graunchy	VS 4b
4	Gander Meat A tendon-tearing exercise up the clean, white wall. Gear consists of a peg and some hard-to-place wires. Finishing leftwards at...	1 Stars Reachy Technical Crimpy	E6 6c
5	Dope Thin climbing with a desperate move above the third bolt.	2 Stars Reachy Technical Crimpy	7b+
6	Autonomon Climb easy rock leftwards to a wall which leads to a ledge. Finish up the vegetated groove above. Abseil off.Spirit of the...	1 Stars	E1 5b
7	Automoton Thin fingery climbing leads to a lower-off.	Crimpy	7a
8	Spirit of the Age The vague groove line left of Autonomon.		E5 6a
9	Monoton Climb the groove to gain the break. Finish up the corner above and abseil off. Originally it finished up the groove of...		VS 4b
10	Autonoman Steep and unlikely climbing up a series of ledges to a grassy finish.		E1 5b
11	Vibrator The thin crack and steep slab lead to a grassy ledge. Step right and tackle the final awkward crack. Abseil from a tree. 1 user comment	1 Stars Pumpy	E2 5c
12	Witch in Stitch Progress above the second bolt is made by a desperate static move or an ungradeable jump.	2 Stars Reachy Technical	7b
13	Thin Lizzy A tricky lower crack leads to the break (threads). Then make a hard move to get established over the roof. There may be a bolt... 5 user comments	2 Stars	E1 5b
14	Swinging Wall A counter-diagonal to Thin Lizzy but not quite as good. Climb the crack to a thread in the break then traverse left to an... 1 user comment		VS 4c
15	A Man Called Horse Extremely technical moves up the wall.	1 Stars Technical	7b+
16	Dynamic The shallow groove to the right of the smooth wall is balancy and not well protected. Finish up a flake and on into the trees.	Technical Fluttery	E1 5c
17	Soft Shoe Twin cracks to a ledge. Traverse right and finish up a wide crack behind a tree.		VS 4c
18	Orchrist The groove just left of the larger groove of Osculation. 2 user comments		VS 4c
19	Shapeshifter The wall between the cracks with a curving overlap. Finish as for the other routes past the tree.		HVS 5a
20	Osculation The large open groove gives a fine pitch. Take care with a dangerous loose block which may still lurk halfway up the route. 2 user comments	1 Stars Loose	HVS 5a
21	Wise Up! Sucker .... A short sport route with a good rock-over move.	Technical	6c+
22	Your Rotten Thoughts Two hard moves on the black wall.	Technical	7a+
23	Transit Grove From the bottom of Escort crack climb up left to gain a groove. Follow this to a ledge and climb the wide crack behind the...		VS 4c
24	Priming the Pump The thin curving crack is sustained and seldom climbed.	Pumpy	E4 6a
25	Escort Crack The direct crack left of Thin Lizzy to the finish of Swinging Wall.		VS 4c
26	Oh No! It's the Wall to Wall Birthday Party The thin crack and bulge has some loose holds.	Technical Strong Loose	7a+
27	Fresh Jive Short and hard. No lower-off.	Technical Crimpy	7c
28	Shaking Crack The diagonal crack gives the best route on this section of wall. A struggle from the very first move but well protected. 1 user comment	2 Stars Pumpy	E2 5b
29	Big Boned Backside Melon Short-lived technical interest. Lower off the last bolt.	Technical	7b+
30	Dangleberry An old-style piece of route finding which skirts around the main roofs. Climb a thin groove to a niche below the roof. At the... 1 user comment	1 Stars	VS 4c
31	Thor's Hammer A big struggle through the roofs and onto the hanging flake above. Start up Dangleberry. Can also be started direct. 1 user comment	2 Stars Strong Pumpy	E1 5b
32	Socialism An eliminate, cutting through the two main roof challenges. Start from the embedded block and climb the blank slab to the...	1 Stars Fluttery	E3 5c
33	A Farewell to Arms The left-hand crack line to the right of the groove of Dynamic.		E3 6a
34	Colon Start up Thin Thin Groove to the break then traverse left until below a fine groove. Follow this to the top.	1 Stars Strong	E1 5b
35	Nettle Whine The right-hand crack line to the right of the groove of Dynamic.		E3 6a
36	Thin Thin Groove The right-hand side of the roofs has a thin thin hanging groove. Gain this and follow it to the top.	1 Stars	VS 4c
37	Quake A delightful set of short grooves. Awkward in the middle. 1 user comment	1 Stars	E1 5b
38	The Price of Fame Climb flakes then cross Vibration to a lower-off up right.	Technical	E4 6b
39	Still Wall A shallow groove 5m left of the prominant corner of Orchrist.		VS 4b
40	Vibration Follow the scoops up left past a thread and some better gear to finish up Quake. The scene of a few big falls. 1 user comment	1 Stars Pumpy	E1 5b
41	Family Fortunes A direct above the thread on Vibration. Leaving the ramp is the crux; above that it relents, but not by too much.	Technical	7a+
42	Pushed to the Hilti Start up Vibration but climb direct past 2 old bolts. Wires will be needed to get to the first bolt.	Technical	6c
43	Shock the Monkey The rising diagonal cracks to the top of Pushed to the Hilti.	Pumpy	E4 6a
44	Yuk The arete right of Osculation has a steep start which is best approached from its right-hand side.		E4 6b
45	Gibbon Take A short filler-in squeezed into the right-hand end of the buttress. 3 bolts to a lower-off		6c
46	Suicides Reprieve/McKenzie Frenzy A combination of two routes which cross Dangleberry. Climb 2 thin cracks to the break, stpe right and finish up a groove.		E4 6a
47	Calvi Corner The chossy, vegetated corner.		S
48	Behaviour of Fish Climb a flake left of the ivy to the break. Make desperate thin moves back up right to an old bolt belay.		E4 6b
49	Forgotten Dream The steep thin crack between the two patches of ivy to a bolt belay.		E5 6b
50	The Roaring Forties A horrible wandering line following cracks and ivy up the wall left of Quake.		E3 5c

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