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Sun and Shade

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20 mins

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This popular buttress has experienced several waves of activity over the years to leave a good wall of solid rock with some decent routes. On the left-hand side, Max Headroom and The Max Works are two of the more popular sport routes in Chee Dale. The right-hand side turns a bit nasty with steep and powerful starts over the bulges. Guidebook page 158.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	Mix and Match The left-hand line part-way up the bank.		6a
2	Maximum Potential The right-hand line.		6a
3	Maxi The corner on the far left-hand edge of the crag. At the roof traverse right under the roof until you can climb onto the upper...		HVS 5a
4	Pepsi Max The bolts just right of the corner. The roof is awkward to cross and has some very worrying large blocks in it. Avoid. 2 user comments	Strong Loose	6c+
5	Max Factor A good little trad route up the wall between the two bolt-lines. The crux is probably placing the second wire. At the roof step...	1 Stars	E2 5b
6	Max Head Room A popular route with some hard moves in the middle section. The bolts are in a straight line but the moves snake around a bit. 2 user comments	2 Stars Pumpy	7a
7	Max Wall A bold wall climb which sees few ascents. Start just right of the cable and climb into a hanging corner. Tackle the thin wall... 1 user comment	1 Stars Fluttery	E5 6a
8	Max Pax 'em In The direct version of Max Wall with bolts. 2 user comments	2 Stars Technical	7a
9	Max 'is Wall A popular route with one hard move past the second bolt. At the top, move right to a fine finish on the upper wall. 3 user comments	2 Stars Technical	6c
10	Lunatic Fringe Gain the diagonal vegetated ramp via a boulder problem start. Follow it for a move or two then finish up Max 'is Wall.Black... 1 user comment	1 Stars Technical	6c+
11	Max Pact Start by pulling through a small bulge to gain the ramp. Wander up onto cleaner rock above to finish in a small groove. 4 user comments	1 Stars	6b
12	Max Pact Indirect Starting up the ramp gives a popular easier route.	1 Stars	6a+
13	Black Max The long vegetated diagonal line gives this route which is mentioned here for navigation purposes only, you don't have to... 1 user comment	Loose	E1 5b
14	The Max Works A fine route which is high in the grade and popular too. Start from the ramp, then move right and up to the bulge. Move past... 6 user comments	2 Stars Pumpy	6c+
15	Max to the Wall A direct line up the green streak and then right over the bulge to a lower-off. Good climbing.Incandescent Courage, E6 6a -... 6 user comments	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a+
16	Max-a-Million Hard to grade; the crux reach is straightforward for the very tall (7a or less) but for average people it is a desperate dyno.... 8 user comments	1 Stars Reachy	7b
17	Incandescent Courage This was originally a bold direct start to Max Works. The bolts on Max to the Wall have rendered it somewhat redundant although...	1 Stars Fluttery	E6 6a
18	Afterlife No gear and plenty of hard moves to the break, then a couple of threads before a hard finish. Often top-roped, seldom led.	1 Stars Fluttery	E6 6b
19	Maxonomy A barely independent route which uses holds on both adjacent lines. At the break pull straight over and finish with a hard move... 3 user comments	1 Stars Technical Strong	7a+
20	Max Museum The unlikely-looking bulges require a determined sequence of pulls on some unhelpful, but just sufficient, holds and pockets. 4 user comments	2 Stars Strong Crimpy	7b
21	Maxwell House Steep and powerful moves are required to make your way past the bulges and two bolts. At the break move right around the top... 2 user comments	1 Stars Technical Strong	7b+
22	Rough Justice The direct to the finish of Maxwell House. Complex moves. 1 user comment	1 Stars Technical Strong Crimpy	7c
23	A Bigger Max A desperate fingery series of moves. Both bulges are hard and, if you miss the second clip, you may end up in the drink.	1 Stars Technical Strong Crimpy	7b+
24	The Max They Love To Hate A fingery and technical set of bulges.	Crimpy	7b
25	Dream Thief A boulder problem start over the first bulge leads to another bulge and another hard move. Above this, move left to find the...	Technical Crimpy	7a+
26	Tyrannosaurus Max An entertaining route around the left-hand side of the big roof starting from the 12th stepping stone.	1 Stars	E3 5c
27	Let the Max Increase The centre of the roof moving left past 4 bolts to a tree. The direct finish is Krankius Maximus, 7b+, no lower-off.	Strong Loose	7b
28	Maxing Around The next line of bolts over the wide roof.	Strong Loose	7a+
29	Maximuscle The final line. You need to reverse aid it to get the gear.	1 Stars Loose	7b+
30	Orgasimus Maximus The vegetated hanging scoop above an undercut start.		HVS 5a
31	Maxative Start 2m left of the first man-made stepping stone. Move up left over the bulges to threads.		E3 5c
32	Max's Mum Climb direct over the bulges from the start of Maxative.		E3 6a
33	Micromax The bulges directly above the first stepping stone.		E3 6a
34	Value Added Max A traverse of the buttress starting up Maxi and continuing for miles along the main mid-height break. A more logical version...		E4 6b
35	Dinosaurs Don't Max The bulges above the 4th stepping stone usually has an orange tat. Pass this some how.		E4 6b

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