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The final small buttresses are 20m from Shark’s Fin and 60m from The Swinger. There is one more buttress at Ramshaw but it is on private land and rather undistinguished; hence it is not described here. Guidebook page 101.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Early Retirement 6m. The scrawny groove and crack on the left is over-rated. | D | |
2 |
Rash Challenge 8m. The leaning front of the buttress is climbed right then left. | E1 5a | |
3 |
Honking Bank Worker 8m. The arete and wall above have one of the strangest names! | E2 5c | |
4 |
Extended Credit 8m. The right-hand side of the buttress using the diagonal breaks to a finish up a scoop that 'leads you along'. | 1 Stars | HVS 5a |
5 |
Caramta 12m. The pleasant jamming-crack to a finish over the bulges. | S 4a | |
6 |
The Prism 10m. Bridge the central crack system to a choice of finishes. | VD | |
7 |
Approaching Dark 8m. The bulges lead rapidly (or not at all) to easy ground. | Technical Strong | E1 6a |
8 |
Lechery 8m. The right arete is pleasantly varied; strenuous, and then delicate, and finally strenuous again. | Pumpy | HS 4a |
9 |
Ceiling Zero 6m. Climb through the centre of the bulges via a 'jug-fest'. | 1 Stars | HVS 4c |
10 |
Pocket Wall 6m. Climb the steep pocketed wall behind the lower buttress. | HS 4a | |
11 |
Curver 8m. The curving line below the bulges, just down the slope, finishing up a flake crack on the right-hand wall. 1 user comment | 2 Stars | HVD |
12 |
Old Fogey 12m. From the gully on the left cross a ramp to the arete, move round this and follow the steep, flaky crack. Good sport,... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Fluttery | E3 5c |
13 |
Old Fogey Direct 16m. The steep wall used to have some pebbles on its left-hand side. These have fallen off but you can still climb the slab on... 3 user comments | 2 Stars Fluttery | E5 6b |
14 |
King Harold 10m. The wide rift on the right-hand side of the buttress. | 1 Stars | S 4a |
15 |
Little Giraffe Man 16m. Climb the rib until it is possible to cross the chimney and climb the thin crack that splits the roof. Shouldn't really... | 1 Stars | HS |