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Sun and Shade
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5 minsThe huge jutting prow of The Promontory is one of the finest buttresses anywhere on grit and has a suitably superb set of climbs spanning the generations. The devious oddity of Promontory Traverse is a ‘must-do’ and it is worth a quick look at Meshuga before shaking your head and walking away - amazing! Down and right from The Promontory is Stonnis Buttress with its classic lower-grade climbs. Guidebook page 368.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Rope Trick 20m. Traverse the lowest break all the way to the arete by strenuous jamming and little in the way of footholds, then pull onto... | 2 Stars Pumpy | E2 5c |
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Vikings in a Sea of Sweat 8m. A rarely repeated route up the breaks in the wall above the start of the traverse of Rope Trick. | Rounded | E2 5c |
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Longships 14m. Low in the grade for jamming aficionados, others will find it desperate. Traverse the break to where it becomes double... | 1 Stars Reachy Pumpy Rounded | E2 5b |
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Firebird 16m. Start along the central break until it is possible to climb up to the spike (‘ride-em-cowboy’ for a rest) then finish up... | 2 Stars Technical | E2 5c |
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Prominent Tory Reverse 1) 5c, 15m. Traverse the highest break out to the spike and make a hard move to reach the belay out on the nose.2) 5c, 15m.... | 1 Stars Pumpy Rounded | E2 5c |
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Meshuga 24m. This major route follows the blunt overhanging prow, up the front face of The Promontory, above an evil landing. It gives... 1 user comment | 3 Stars Reachy Pumpy Rounded Fluttery | E9 6c |
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A Day at the Prom 14m. The beckoning-crack is gained by a wild flop from the other side of the gully (pre-placed and pre-clipped gear) then... | Technical | E4 6b |
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Prominence 12m. Climb the side wall, trending left, by a series of long reaches, linking rounded holds, to a final difficult exit -... 3 user comments | 1 Stars Reachy Rounded | E3 6a |
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Twisted Smile 8m. From the start of Promontory Traverse, climb up the wall to the contorted mouth, then finish rightwards. | 1 Stars Rounded | HVS 5b |
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Promontory Traverse A classic graunch; well protected and quite bizarre though not too difficult for those used to gritstone weirdness.1) 5b,... 2 user comments | 3 Stars Rounded | E1 5b |
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Right Promontory Gully 24m. The deep rift over a series of big boulders. Surprisingly clean and a good introduction to climbing for the timid. | 1 Stars | M |
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Stonnis Arete Variations 1) 4a, 14m. Often climbed but never recorded. Start on the left and climb an easy chimney up and left to the base of a steep... | 1 Stars | VD 4a |
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Stonnis Arete 30m. A fine climb only spoilt by the way it fizzles out below the cliff top. Graded Diff for years! Climb the cracked front of... 7 user comments | 2 Stars Fluttery | HVD 4a |