Adjacent Areas
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Sun from mid-morning
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5 minsWindy
A couple of lesser buttresses towards the left-hand end of the cliff, though with a smattering of worthwhile routes and a spot of pumpy bouldering that sees a fair bit of action. Barbarian is the one to do here - if you are up to it. Guidebook page 316.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Staggered Up the blunt rib to join Barbarian. Descend it or jump onto your mat. The sit-down start is V10. | 2 Stars Technical Strong | V8 |
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Barbarian Top 50 10m. The superb curving flake (a Manta look-a-like) leads leftwards with hard moves on sketchy footholds to pass the gap in the... 1 user comment | 3 Stars Pumpy | E5 6b |
3 |
Giant's Ear 10m. The hanging flake is approached from the left, struggle up the wide awkward crack behind it. | Technical Graunchy | VS 5a |
4 |
Bull's Lug 8m. The short hanging wall is taxing. | Crimpy | E2 6a |
5 |
Robber's Rib 7m. The crack in the south-facing rib to a leftward exit. | Technical | VS 5b |
6 |
Arrow Crack 10m. The widening crack in the left-hand end of the next wall. | VD | |
7 |
Billy Liar 8m. The rounded arete right of Arrow Crack on its right side. | Rounded | E2 5c |
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Crunchie 10m. Head up the centre of the wall. | E2 5c | |
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Temptation The right-hand side of the wall has a stopper move to reach (or not) the break. Jump off. | 1 Stars Technical | V6 6c |
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Blind Wall 10m. Climb the right-slanting flake to its end then pull out left and climb the wall on good flake holds. | 1 Stars Pumpy | S 4a |
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Hanging Crack 10m. Start up Blind Wall, but at the bulges head up and rightwards to enter the wide and wrigglesome crack. | 1 Stars Pumpy Graunchy | E1 5b |
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Boomer 10m. Climb the black flake to the roof then pass this leftwards before trending back right to finish. | 1 Stars Pumpy Fluttery | E4 5c |
