Dates: 1 March to 1 August
Reason: Nesting Birds
There may be a temporary restriction on the route 'Hercules' due to nesting chough - look for on site signs and avoid this route if chough activity around the hole in the brown pillar adjacent to the first half of the route.
Rockfax Description
The wide crackline on the right-hand side of the upper wall. © Rockfax
FA. C.Pound, D.Walters 13/Aug/1978.
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BarwoodP | 12 Nov, 2023 |
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βeta: Nails for the grade done easier E2s than this route. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Nails for the grade done easier E2s than this route. |
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sashbones | 2 May, 2022 |
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βeta: Similar to other e1 cracks, HVS if you jam, E1 if you can't. Gear is solid, could have sunk a blue and another yellow cam if I'd had it. Laced the cracks thinking I was before the crux, but I was in the crux. Did get one arm bar in the wide bit, and definitely more thumb packed fist jams than hand jams. Feet mostly outside crack aside from 2 moves. | ||
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βeta: Similar to other e1 cracks, HVS if you jam, E1 if you can't. Gear is solid, could have sunk a blue and another yellow cam if I'd had it. Laced the cracks thinking I was before the crux, but I was in the crux. Did get one arm bar in the wide bit, and definitely more thumb packed fist jams than hand jams. Feet mostly outside crack aside from 2 moves. |
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John Cuthbert | 22 Aug, 2021 |
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βeta: Nice to see the honest confession of comments about the route's character and grade. This is by no means a straightforward jamming experience; it is surprising awkward with some very strange holds. Still high quality mind | ||
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βeta: Nice to see the honest confession of comments about the route's character and grade. This is by no means a straightforward jamming experience; it is surprising awkward with some very strange holds. Still high quality mind |
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Aled Williams | 27 Mar, 2021 |
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βeta: Deserves atleast 2 stars | βeta? | |
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βeta: Deserves atleast 2 stars |
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plant_based_tommo | 26 Jul, 2020 |
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βeta: Plenty of gear but pumpy to place. old school style climbing! bring your hexes tweed jacked and pipe and you should be fine! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Plenty of gear but pumpy to place. old school style climbing! bring your hexes tweed jacked and pipe and you should be fine! |
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Alison Cairns | 29 Aug, 2006 |
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βeta: Worth a star - good line, excellent rock, sustained and good climbing of its type! Awkward to place gear. A good honest struggle. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Worth a star - good line, excellent rock, sustained and good climbing of its type! Awkward to place gear. A good honest struggle. |
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chris j | 17 Jul, 2006 |
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βeta: Pure gritstone thuggery, it'd be HVS in t'Peak | βeta? | |
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βeta: Pure gritstone thuggery, it'd be HVS in t'Peak |
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John Alcock | 1 Sep, 2005 |
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βeta: Great test of crack climbing ability. Can be laced if you carry big cams. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Great test of crack climbing ability. Can be laced if you carry big cams. |
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Tony Holdsworth | 17 Aug, 2005 |
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βeta: Definitely E1 5b. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Definitely E1 5b. |
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Morgan Woods | 5 Aug, 2005 |
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βeta: desperate! Much harder than the nearby Manzoku. | βeta? | |
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βeta: desperate! Much harder than the nearby Manzoku. |
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Grade: HVS 5a ***
(Mount Sion East)