Quick as Rainbows Area

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Sport

Afternoon sun

Up and Down

20 mins

Tidal

Windy

A magnificent wall of immaculate flowstone. It sometimes suffers from seepage, can be dusty and is only accessible for a limited period. Guidebook page 176.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	Small Talk Costs Walls The roof, juggy wall and flowstone tufa left of Smashing Orange. Start in a small alcove above the tidal trench. Best done at...	1 Stars	6c+
2	Smashing Orange Classy crack climbing after a hard bulge above the trench.	2 Stars Pumpy	7a
3	Drive Blind A tough lower wall and a fine, easier, upper groove. 1 user comment	2 Stars Technical	7a
4	Forensic Scene A lovely flowstone arete. A useful rest before the top move is the well-deserved reward after the steep start. 1 user comment	2 Stars Pumpy	7a+
5	Quick as Rainbows A beautiful, frozen wave of flowstone. Brilliant as long as the top is clean, but if not climbed regularly, it can be dirty.	3 Stars Pumpy	7a+
6	Red Medicine Sustained and unobvious climbing on immaculate flowstone.	3 Stars Technical Pumpy	7b+
7	Aeon Flux A hard lower half. Good rock all the way.	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	7b
8	Under the Sky, Inside the Sea Steep moves on the sharp arete lead to a finishing corner.	2 Stars Pumpy	7a
9	Forget Columbus Magnificent tufa-curtains and a huge flake. 1 user comment	3 Stars Pumpy	7a+
10	Buried Violence Very hard moves on the lower wall lead to an amusing finish on organ pipes.	2 Stars Pumpy	7b+
11	Walking the King Top 50 A classic pumpy wall of steep cracks and flowstone with the crux at the top. The best 6b+ on Portland. 5 user comments	3 Stars Pumpy	6b+
12	An Ideal for Living More quality rock. Pumpy and technical all the way. 2 user comments	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a+
13	Time Bomb The central line on the coral wall finishes up a slab. This line has lost a hold on the lower wall and may now be 7a+. 4 user comments	2 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a
14	Winning at Rodeo An enticing line with an intriguing corner high up. 3 user comments	3 Stars Technical Pumpy	7a
15	Chevette de la Mer More great rock in the pocketed groove above the initial wall. 3 user comments	2 Stars Pumpy	6b
16	Swimsuit Issue The arete is followed direct with some blind palming 'à cheval' to pass the mid-height bulge.	1 Stars Technical	6c+

Latest Comments

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Biscuits for Smut
"Hard for the grade, moving through the roof after the groove is very difficult -..." 28/May

Tennessee
"This route is fantastic, as good as (if not better) than Dominatrix at Kilnsey, ..." 26/Jun

Full Fathom Five
"Agree with all the comments, brittle 6c plus lower wall, then 15 feet of good mo..." 28/Sep

California Dreams
"Awful route now missing its first bolt as well. I wish I had read these comments..." 14/Sep

Time Bomb
"i dont agree did this today and thought it was a solid 7a with the lower moves b..." 27/Jun

L'Odyssee Noire
"The start is very hard - I thought about V3 - and the bulge higher up involves a..." 22/Jun

American Beauty
"American Beauty has certainly had a face lift.. 3 bolts missing along with the r..." 16/May

Xavier's Wall
"cool and varied route, pretty 'out there' climbing for the grade, much harder if..." 01/Jun

American Beauty
"The central part of this route now appears to have fallen down (their is a block..." 12/May

Full Fathom Five
"agree, how can this be 3 stars? A path to just below then the top, then a bould..." 31/Jul

Xavier Zoo
"If you're not tall there are some unpleasant clips on this one (the 5th bolt is ..." 15/Apr

Bad Moon Rising
"nice steady coastgaurd 7a not sure where the 7a+ came from" 02/Oct
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