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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 protected by large cams in the break. © Rockfax
FA. Andrew Woodward 1977.
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Jus | 19 Feb, 2007 |
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βeta: Christ I loved this route. Proper awesome smeary wonderfulness, it felt so good. Best slab route I've done in ages. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Christ I loved this route. Proper awesome smeary wonderfulness, it felt so good. Best slab route I've done in ages. |
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Aly | 22 Mar, 2006 |
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βeta: One of the most over-rated routes around, hardly worth 3 stars. | βeta? | |
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βeta: One of the most over-rated routes around, hardly worth 3 stars. |
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Andrew Barker | 20 Feb, 2006 |
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βeta: Awesome route, felt a bit commiting rocking up to the break, then had to have my large cam thrown up to me as the break was fatter than I thought! Top moves were fantastic high and insecure rockovers. Less fantastic was the fact that I got a cam caught in the pull loop on the back of my left boot while rocking up! I couldn't move up and thought the only way was down. Luckily I calmed down and bent my leg a little more so it unhooked itself, then climbed to the top and swore my head off in relief! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Awesome route, felt a bit commiting rocking up to the break, then had to have my large cam thrown up to me as the break was fatter than I thought! Top moves were fantastic high and insecure rockovers. Less fantastic was the fact that I got a cam caught in the pull loop on the back of my left boot while rocking up! I couldn't move up and thought the only way was down. Luckily I calmed down and bent my leg a little more so it unhooked itself, then climbed to the top and swore my head off in relief! |
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Andy Clarke | 27 Nov, 2005 |
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βeta: Lovely route. Don't be put off if your foot slips when testing the crucial smear. It's much better when you weight it properly. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Lovely route. Don't be put off if your foot slips when testing the crucial smear. It's much better when you weight it properly. |
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Ropeboy | 20 Nov, 2004 |
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βeta: A really good E3, one of the best I've climbed for a while. As recommended above LARGE friends req'd 3.5 and 4 best. The moves from the break are a bit smeary and balancy and lovely. | βeta? | |
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βeta: A really good E3, one of the best I've climbed for a while. As recommended above LARGE friends req'd 3.5 and 4 best. The moves from the break are a bit smeary and balancy and lovely. |
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FedUp | 28 Sep, 2003 |
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βeta: Yeah large cams protect! Longish fall from the crux but deffo not a solo. E3 5c perfect grade. fantastic! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Yeah large cams protect! Longish fall from the crux but deffo not a solo. E3 5c perfect grade. fantastic! |
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Katya | 1 Jul, 2003 |
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βeta: Bog Standard grit E3. Good gear in the break, but LARGE (3/4) cams protect, not small as it says in the new Western Grit... | βeta? | |
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βeta: Bog Standard grit E3. Good gear in the break, but LARGE (3/4) cams protect, not small as it says in the new Western Grit... |
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philhilo | 7 Apr, 2003 |
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βeta: Gear seems spot on to me any number of freinds in the break, no deck out potential. Quality route | βeta? | |
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βeta: Gear seems spot on to me any number of freinds in the break, no deck out potential. Quality route |
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Paz | 14 Oct, 2002 |
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βeta: I slipped off on to the half height gear, but I don't think it's exactly death to solo. The slide took so long I could have read the paper. | βeta? | |
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βeta: I slipped off on to the half height gear, but I don't think it's exactly death to solo. The slide took so long I could have read the paper. |
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Robo | 12 Jul, 2002 |
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βeta: Hey Jon, does that mean if I solo it in wellies and mittens, carrying your mum on my back it gets E10??? | βeta? | |
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βeta: Hey Jon, does that mean if I solo it in wellies and mittens, carrying your mum on my back it gets E10??? |
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Grade: E3 5c ***
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