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Ramshaw is home to some of the hardest routes in Britain and most of them are graded HVS - a Yosemite style tape job is the only access requirement! There are no access problems at the main crag. However, do not try and climb at Lady Rock (the buttresses on the far right above the farm house), these are not on access land, the owner lives very close and has been confrontational.

8m.

Rockfax Description
8m. Crank on those classic jams up the handle-shaped crack to a trickier finish. Short but oh so sweet, and barely 4c for grit gurus! © Rockfax

FA. Joe Brown 1950s.

Ticklists

BMC staffordshire "crackers dozen" crack school , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , Western Peak Grit 100 VD - VS , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , 50 cracks to Squamish , Staffordshire Grit Challenge - Brown-Whillans Day Out , Michelle's crack ticklist , Proper Cracks UK , An attempt at a definitive list of Joe Brown's FA/FFA in the Peak District , Ramshaw crack day out , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , Absolutely STOKEd on trent (road to western grit mastery) , Misery Mondays

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Joe10 26 Aug, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: really good micro route, awkward top out
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βeta: really good micro route, awkward top out
Pythonist 4 Feb, 2007 Show βeta
βeta: Quite an amusing tussle! Layback-ed the first two meters, or so, then swung 'round into great jams, before a much-needed no-hands rest in the horizontal. Definitely should be on the tick-list for all those who count themselves crack-fiends!
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βeta: Quite an amusing tussle! Layback-ed the first two meters, or so, then swung 'round into great jams, before a much-needed no-hands rest in the horizontal. Definitely should be on the tick-list for all those who count themselves crack-fiends!
Si dH 26 Nov, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: Not hard unless you're about as adept at jamming aas myamte (who had done a 6b+ boulder problem earlier on that I couldnt get near so it was nice to get my own back). I've no idea where the "5a" move was supposed to be, probably 4c at the start and the rest 4b-ish but sustained? Placing gear inthe break was more effort than it was worth too.
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βeta: Not hard unless you're about as adept at jamming aas myamte (who had done a 6b+ boulder problem earlier on that I couldnt get near so it was nice to get my own back). I've no idea where the "5a" move was supposed to be, probably 4c at the start and the rest 4b-ish but sustained? Placing gear inthe break was more effort than it was worth too.
Sherlock 8 Feb, 2002 Show βeta
βeta: One of the best short cracks in the Peak!
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βeta: One of the best short cracks in the Peak!
Stefan Kruger 8 Feb, 2002 Show βeta
βeta: Truly excellent hand jamming -- a good place to take wall rats for their first grit outing :)
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βeta: Truly excellent hand jamming -- a good place to take wall rats for their first grit outing :)

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Central Climb

Grade: VS 4c ***
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