8m.

Rockfax Description
8m. Start up Wild Thing but follow the impossibly-thin seam up the smooth slab to the right. Good but hard-earned small wires protect; they have been tested but this definitely isn't to be recommended. © Rockfax

FA. Andrew Woodward 1982.

Ticklists

Best slab climbs of the UK , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , Full of Myself - Johnny's Book namecheck , The Roaches Skyline 'E' challenge , Ultimate E5 ticklist , The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , The Roaches 3 Star Extravaganza , Definitive *** Peak Grit , The List , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , One Man and His Serotonin Levels , Best Before 2025 , Death Before Overhang , Slab Dreams

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simes303 3 Feb, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: I agree. You're not going to hang around there and fiddle that wire in when the top's only a move away.
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βeta: I agree. You're not going to hang around there and fiddle that wire in when the top's only a move away.
StuartM 5 Aug, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: "Youre not going to hang around there and fiddle that wire in when the tops only a move away." i did!!
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βeta: "Youre not going to hang around there and fiddle that wire in when the tops only a move away." i did!!
StuartM 27 Feb, 2002 Show βeta
βeta: Nige M - sneaky side runner! think that might reduce the grade a tad. The routes Sheer Class though
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βeta: Nige M - sneaky side runner! think that might reduce the grade a tad. The routes Sheer Class though

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Style of Ascent
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Grade: E5 6a ***
(Ina’s Rock and Alton Cliff)

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