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This small area has two major routes: the fierce but well-protected crack of The Asp and the bold and airy Boc No Buttress. There are several short routes in the bay to the left of The Asp which have not been described before. However they follow obvious lines and are all well marked. They were checked in 1993 and are described here in detail for the first time hence the rather modern sounding names. Guidebook page 166.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
The Asp 12m. A fine and tenuous finger crack. Gain the base of the crack from the left via the big pocket or (harder) from below.... 3 user comments | 3 Stars Technical | E3 6a |
2 |
Boc No Buttress 14m. An exciting climb with just about enough protection. Climb The Asp to the good runners then make a difficult hand traverse... 3 user comments | 2 Stars Reachy Fluttery | E5 6a |
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Wuthering Top 50 20m. A devious but classic solution to this fine buttress. Climb the chimney (a high sling runner is naughty but normal) until... 18 user comments | 3 Stars Technical | E2 5b |
4 |
Robin Hood's Chockstone Chimney 18m. The deep chimney is an ancient classic, slick and awkward until the chockstone is passed. Protection is good throughout... | 1 Stars | S 4a |
5 |
Connelly's Variation 18m. An exposed finish up the left arete of the upper cleft. | Fluttery | HS 4a |
6 |
Not Much Weak Stack Battered or What? 16m. The desperate undercut arete uses a side-runner in the gully though the rope usually snags on the lip of the overhang! | Technical | E4 6b |
7 |
Withered Thing 16m. Climb the centre of the face, passing the overlap with difficulty. Side-runners are used at this grade. | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | E2 6a |
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Paucity 18m. A good and varied route. Climb an open groove to the left-hand side of a narrow roof (old jammed wires) step left and... 10 user comments | 2 Stars Technical Rounded | HVS 5b |
