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20 minsa Access - This buttress is in the wildlife reserve managed by D
A neglected buttress with a neat little set of mid-grade routes. Most of the gear is good, but watch out for the odd loose hold, especially on the finishes. Guidebook page 229.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Ground Control The hanging corner to the left of the buttress.Skyline Pigeon - E5 6b exits right from the groove, past a peg. | E1 5b | |
2 |
Armed With an Empty Gun A thin eliminate but with some good moves. Start up Erithacus or (better) up Ground Control. Climb over the bulge via some thin... | 1 Stars | E4 6a |
3 |
Erithacus Climb a series of flakes - sustained and tricky to protect the start. These lead to a ledge with threads over to the right.... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Pumpy Fluttery | E2 5b |
4 |
Army Dreamers A good little route with a hard crux - high in the grade. Climb the wall to a slight bulge (old peg). Pull over this to the... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical Loose | E2 5c |
5 |
Fledgling Flakes Climb the wall to some flakes. Pull up these to the ledge. Abseil from threads. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Loose | HVS 5b |
6 |
Burning Up Time Climb the thin wall to the overlap. Pull right to reach a single bolt lower-off, or finish at the ledge above. | 1 Stars Technical | E3 6a |
7 |
Nervous and Shaky A well-named filler-in up the wall right of Burning Up Time. Finish at a single bolt lower-off, or at the ledge above. | E4 6a | |
8 |
Fledgling The groove in the right-hand side of the wall past a tree. Finish on the ledge and abseil off. | VS 4c | |
9 |
First Flight The slim hanging groove is awkward to reach. | HVS 5a | |
10 |
Palmolive Short and sweet past a peg. Top end and harder than it looks. | 1 Stars Technical | E1 5c |
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Endless Flight This steep crack packs a lot in and was a real sandbag at E1. | 1 Stars Strong | E2 5c |
12 |
Fear of Flying A short and technical wall climb. A flake and a peg mark the line which rises diagonally across the wall. | 1 Stars | E2 5b |
13 |
Flight Path The corner to the right. | VS 4b | |
14 |
Trial Run 12m. The grotty groove. | VS 4c | |
15 |
Victory Roll 12m. A steep corner capped by a small roof. | VS 4c | |