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Sport
Morning sun
Level
5 minsThe left-hand end of the main section of The Cuttings has a few good hard routes, interspersed with some equally good easier corners, cracks and aretes. Guidebook page 236.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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The Cutting Edge Top 50 The much-fancied, striking arete is short, but immaculate. Most finish on the left at the top of the arete, but the right-hand... 9 user comments | 3 Stars Technical | 6c+ |
2 |
Dumbfounded The blank-looking wall just to the right of The Cutting Edge is possibly 7b+ for shorties, but only 7a+ for the tall. 5 user comments | 1 Stars Reachy Technical Crimpy | 7b |
3 |
Chalkie and the Hex 5 The appealing full-height crack demands good technique. 9 user comments | 2 Stars Technical | 5+ |
4 |
The Ramp The ramp right of Chalkie and the Hex 5. Pass the roof on its right and move up to a lower-off. Can be climbed left of the roof... 6 user comments | 1 Stars | 5 |
5 |
Lusty Wedlock Needs Coil of Prevention A hard and fingery sequence well suited to the boulderer. 2 user comments | Technical Crimpy | 7b |
6 |
Rusty Chubblock Seeks Oil of Lubrication This route has stumped many over the years. The first bolt is shared with Lusty Wedlock Needs Coil of Prevention. 5 user comments | 1 Stars Reachy | 7c |
7 |
Evening Mistress A very good little pitch. Climb the blank dihedral by some technical bridging and strenuous layback moves. 4 user comments | 1 Stars Pumpy | 6b |
8 |
Men Behaving Badly Climb the wall and flowstone rib right of Evening Mistress. Stepping in from the left lowers the grade to 7a. | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | 7a+ |
9 |
Amen Corner The slim corner in the arete is the line of this intense pitch. Pull up steeply to gain the corner and follow it all the way to... 14 user comments | 2 Stars Pumpy | 5 |
10 |
Mousefolk Delicate arete climbing. Keep out of the groove. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | 6c |
11 |
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth A fingery and tenuous little wall climb with a distinct crux. Keep away from the crack of Jam on the right. 11 user comments | 2 Stars Technical | 6b |
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Jam Top 50 Climb the jamming crack - that doesn't necessarily need to be jammed - right of Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth. 13 user comments | 2 Stars Pumpy | 4+ |
13 |
Chips with Everything The crack, small overhang and short corner. 7 user comments | 1 Stars Pumpy | 5 |
14 |
Quality Family Day A very pleasing climb that tackles the flake and flowstone corner to a high lower-off. | 2 Stars Pumpy | 4+ |
15 |
True Love Move up over ledges and climb the committing arete direct on its left side. Move right at the top to a lower-off. | Technical | 6b+ |
16 |
The Mind Terrorist The flying arete is bouldery, powerful, hard and very good. 7 user comments | 2 Stars Strong Pumpy | 7c+ |
17 |
Knockout Punch A short-lived, but intense test-piece direct up the centre of the face. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | 7b+ |
18 |
Levitation by Proxy Take the pleasant wall to a narrow corner/groove and climb this via some extremely technical moves to a steep final move. | 1 Stars Technical | 6c |
19 |
Finesse The arete right of Levitation by Proxy, starting up the wall to its right. Climb to a ledge, then step left to climb the arete... | Technical | 7a |
20 |
Hidden Treasure Using the bolts of Finesse, climb the same lower wall, then the left side of the three-part flake to join Finesse on top of the... | 1 Stars | 6a |