Adjacent Areas
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| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Short Crack 10m. The obviously named feature in the left-hand buttress. | VS 4c | |
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Satyr 10m. The shallow ramp on the central buttress provides a harrowing and delicate lead. | 1 Stars | E4 5c |
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Solstice 8m. The crack and arete of the right-had buttress. | HVS 5a | |
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Some Product 8m. The thin crack in the north face of the fin leads out to the arete and a sprint for the top. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | E4 6a |
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Bloodrush 16m. Climb the mighty bold frontal face of the fin by a harrowing series of 'monkey-up-a-stick' moves. 2 user comments | 3 Stars | E6 6b |
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Saucius Digitalis 12m. The thin crack in the south face is a bit of a finger wrecker. At its end improvise a way left to the arete and finish... | 3 Stars | E4 6a |
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Nagger's Delight 12m. The steep groove gives good bridging to a tricky exit out left. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | HVS 5a |
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Naaden 12m. Jam the fine crack in the right wall of the groove until it ends then climb the wall leftwards with a crucial final move. | 2 Stars | E1 5b |
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Yerth 14m. Climb through a roof and follow cracks left of the arete until they end. Traverse round the arete, make a tricky... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | E2 5c |
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Cistern Groove 12m. The green groove approached over broken ground may leave you flushed with success. | VD | |
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Pisa 16m. Climb cracks leftwards then swing right around the arete to a small ledge. Finish up the steep crack above to a tricky... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Galileo 18m. A steep finger crack leads up leaning rock to join Pisa at its small ledge. A strenuous and sustained pitch though with... 9 user comments | 2 Stars | E1 5b |
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Pisa Direct 24m. From the lowest of the buttress climb the arete then the right slanting crack to just below 'the leaning tower'. Head... 1 user comment | 2 Stars | VS 4c |
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Pisa Super Direct Top 50 20m. Super Direct and super route. Follow the crack just left of the arete (as for the previous climb) to 'the leaning tower'... 13 user comments | 3 Stars | HVS 5a |
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Stable Cracks 20m. The continuous crack-line up the right-hand side of the face gives a fine, well protected pitch with enough large gear. It... 2 user comments | 2 Stars | VS 4b |
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Plastic Saddle 18m. The narrow slab just to the right is climbed centrally. | E1 5c | |
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Typists' Chimney 16m. The chimney groove that bounds the right-hand side of the slab. | D | |
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Unicorn Cracks 16m. Climb the diagonal crack in the right wall of the groove to its end then the cracks u,and a groove p and right to the top. | HS 4b | |
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Trungel Crack 18m. Climb the crack just left of the arete passing a recess to a sloping shelf on the right. A continuation crack leads... | 1 Stars | HVS 5a |
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The Big Wall 20m. A classic with hard climbing, good runners and some lo-o-ong reaches. Climb a crack to a flat roof then stretch left to a... 7 user comments | 3 Stars | E3 6a |
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Holm Moss 16m. Climb the cracks in the right-hand side of the face through bulge and up the final tricky wall. 3 user comments | 1 Stars | E1 5b |
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Gremlin Groove 14m. The long groove up the right-hand side of the smooth wall gives a good pitch. The crux is a stubborn overhang just below... 1 user comment | 2 Stars | VS 4c |
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Gremlin Wall 14m. Climb the steep wall to a ledge then trend left and pull through a small overhang with difficulty to reach another ledge.... | HVS 5a | |
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Artifact 14m. Follow a thin crack out to the arete and climb this until a short traverse can be made back left under an overhang and... | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Ordinary Route 4m. The cliff face of the pinnacle is the easiest way up - and down. | M | |
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Obverse Route 6m. From the well scratched holds of the Ordinary Route trend right and climb the arete over a bulge. Quite beefy. | VD | |
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East Face 6m. Cross the east face diagonally and and climb the arete. | S 4a | |
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Pinnacle Face 8m. The valley face is climbed by a thin crack and then the left-hand arete. 3 user comments | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Pinnacle Crack 14m. The crack in the wall behind the pinnacle has awkward initial moves trend right up the crack to the arete and finish in an... 1 user comment | HS 4b | |
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Phantom 14m. A spooky eliminate up the left-hand side of the face right of the pinnacle. The crucial slab is protected by side runners... | E3 6a | |
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Nimrod 14m. Climb the flake and groove in tandem to a block. From a standing position on this climb discontinuous cracks to the top. | S 4a | |
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Free Fall 12m. Climb the middle of the wall to a leftwards finger traverse then swing boldly round the arete to jugs. Climb up until it... | 1 Stars | E3 5c |
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Stag Party 14m. A riotous affair which staggers up the wide crack in the groove and finishes up the chimney on the right. | VD | |
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Ladies Day 14m. Climb a crack until to a chimney on the left the traverse right to a ledge below a hanging groove and finish steeply up... | 1 Stars | S 4a |
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Ladies' Day Direct 14m. The arete direct with some long stretches to the ledge. Finish as for Ladies' Day. | HVS 5a | |
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Middleton Groove 14m. The crack just right leads to the platform. Follow the crack on the right to the final moves of Ladies' Day. | HS 4b | |
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Valhalla Crack 14m. A steep groove is jammed to a grassy platform, the continuation requires more jamming or some reckless laybacking. | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Crack and Chimney 12m. A traditional name for a traditional outing. Climb the crack in the wall to the right of the steep groove to the grassy... | VD | |
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Sampson 14m. The impressive arete is followed throughout and is highly technical. Transferring sides is necessary at two thirds height... 4 user comments | 2 Stars | E3 6b |
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Original Route 14m. The long groove gives a pleasant pitch. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | VD |
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West Ridge 14m. The right-hand arete of the groove is another worthwhile outing. | 1 Stars | HVS 5a |
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West Wall Route 1 14m. Follow thin cracks up the steep slab to easier ground then finish up the steep tower above. | 1 Stars | S 4b |
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West Wall Route 2 14m. Climb to and through a recess to a substantial flake, which leads to the finish of the previous climb. | VD | |
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Finale 10m. The wall on the far right leads to a crack then trend right passing a second crack and a niche. FA. Geoffrey Piggott 1951 | S 4a | |
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Encore 8m. The unremarkable shallow groove on the far right. | S 4a | |