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The tallest buttress on the cliff and home to some of the very best outings here. Routes such as The Crack and Nozag would be immensely popular were they on one of the Eastern Edges. Here they don’t see much traffic at all. Guidebook page 122.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Herford's Girdle Traverse 90m. Seigfried Herford invented the genre here, the route that spawned a thousand imitations from Scafell to El Cap. Left to... | 2 Stars | VS 4b |
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The Two-step 10m. Follow the short arete on its left edge. It proves to be a bit lichenous and not too well-protected in the lower part. 1 user comment | VD | |
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Fat Man's Chimney 8m. The deep rift is an outing for the gravitationally challenged perhaps? Careful use of outside footholds can ease things a... 2 user comments | M | |
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Plankton 8m. The smooth and serious wall to the right is poorly-protected and technical. Surely it is on the wrong cliff? 1 user comment | Technical Fluttery | E4 6a |
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Deep Crack 8m. Obvious from the name. Pleasant moves lead up the crack, starting from the base of the chimney and keeping left. | VD | |
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Deep Chimney 8m. The dark fissure cuts deep behind the buttress, severing it from the hillside behind. Get stuck into this one for maximum... 2 user comments | VD | |
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Birthday Climb 14m. A crack leads to a recess, trend left from this to reach a hidden flake set in the left arete and follow this strenuously... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Strong | HVS 5b |
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The Crack 14m. Start as for Birthday Climb (a bit of a boulder problem) but follow the excellent steep fissure through the overhang and... 7 user comments | 3 Stars Pumpy | VS 4b |
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Nozag 14m. Follow the right-hand crack to the arete of the buttress until it starts to slant away right. Pull onto the face and... 13 user comments | 3 Stars Technical Crimpy | VS 4c |
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Zigzag Crack 12m. Follow the previous route but stay with the diagonal crack all the way to reach the wide fissure and an easy finish. 2 user comments | 2 Stars | HS 4b |
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Zig-a-Zag-a 12m. Climb the groove to a ledge then the wall immediately right of the chimney. Beware of an unexpected loose block that lurks... 6 user comments | 1 Stars | VD |
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Long Climb 14m. Climb the blocky groove to a ledge then select a finish. The main angle is the easiest and there are trickier options to... | VD | |