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A pleasant slabby buttress in the middle of nowhere, always quiet and a good place to escape the crowds. Guidebook page 50.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Melaleucion 8m. The butch front of the first buttress has a steep start and a bevy of shelving overlaps above. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Strong | HVS 5a |
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Devotoed 8m. Tackle the crack in the right wall to a rounded exit. 1 user comment | Pumpy Rounded | VS 5a |
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Alpha 8m. The shallow groove is awkward but the gear is good. | 1 Stars | VD |
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Alpha Arete 8m. The acute arete by some pleasantly mild laybacking. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded | S 4a |
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Breakfast Corner 6m. The main groove is about as easy as they come. | M | |
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Formative Years 8m. The narrow technical slab needs blinkers really. 1 user comment | Technical | E3 6a |
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Breakfast Problem 8m. A pair of cracks in the left-hand edge of the slab fuse as they rise. Avoiding the right-hand crack is tricky. | 1 Stars | VD |
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Days Gone By 8m. The right-hand crack has nice moves but is squeezed. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | S 4a |
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San Melas 8m. The centre of the slab to a move right at half height and a delicate finish. The start is bold but the smeary upper slab is... 18 user comments | 3 Stars Fluttery | E3 5c |
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Hallow to our Men 8m. A direct-ish start to San Melas up the shallow groove. A right-hand finish is also possible, but not very independent. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Fluttery | E4 6b |
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Mantis 8m. The elegant arete on its right then left with a bold start to large cams in the break - a breather - then an airy finish. 9 user comments | 3 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E1 5b |
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Sennapod 8m. The corner named is after its famous Welsh counterpart. It is better that it looks with good bridging moves. | VD | |
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Sennapod Crack 8m. The crack just right of the corner. | VD | |
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39th Step 8m. The groove right of the corner and the slab above. An easily-placed side runner is normal at the grade. | Technical | E2 6a |
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Wallaby Wall 10m. The wide awkward crack in the centre of the slab leads to ledges. Excellent moves (or the inferior grassy flakes just left... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Graunchy | HS 4b |
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Definitive Gaze 10m. Artificial but with some good moves and decent protection and quite popular for an eliminate. Climb through a scoop and up... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | E1 5c |
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Right-hand Route 12m. Worth seeking out. Climb the jamming crack into the chimney then step out left - choce of levels - to reach a... | 2 Stars | S 4a |
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Looking for Today 8m. The thin crack and short face. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | HVS 5b |
