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Last updated on
12/Feb/2024
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I Started climbing there with Kevin Turner and we met up with Gordon Jenkin and Nick Buckley who were at Portsmouth Poly at the time. I still have copies of the guide they wrote and have free soled all the routes except the one up the front of the round tower (bit high!!). Most of the routes on the beachside are Ok as the gravel can be forgiving, but depending on tides the gravel can recede at times and leave very hard landings.
Good for getting strong fingers but the small footholds destroyed EBs really quickly
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In the early 80's, Portsmouth Polytechnic Mountaineering Club were in receipt of an official letter from the Mayor of Portsmouth giving permission to climb on the "Hot Walls". In the fullness of time of course this letter was lost and the council duly denied that the letter was ever issued. An unofficial guide complete with names/grades was available - will try to find more details. I was a student there in early 80's and this was the place that really honed my footwork and complex fingerwork. Wonderful place, but now you are highly likely to be arrested if caught climbing!
A non
13 May, 2004
I think you'll find this is a historical monument and if found climbing you may be fined or imprisoned.
So be careful!
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