27m.

Rockfax Description
An Avon favourite, featuring fine climbing, protection and positions. Start on a belay ledge up and right from the larger belay ledge at the base of The Corpse. Step up to a smaller ledge on the right. Follow the line of weakness left of the blunt right-hand arete to a peg underneath a shattered overhang, and pull over the overhang with care. Move up to another small overhang and move left past a peg, and then up and back right towards the arete. Take the thin crack to a final overlap and move left and up the final slab. Various tree belays. © Rockfax

B Annette, M Thompson (1 pt aid) 1961.

Ticklists

Rockfax SW select - Avon gorge routes , West Country Climbs , Ultimate HVS ticklist , 100 Best South West Mid Grade Routes , CC GUIDE (2016): Avon Gorge - 1-3 Star Classic & Hard Rock , South West Climbs - Pat Littlejohn (1st Ed.) , Avon HVS challenge , Best of Avon Gorge VD - HVS , So you think your an Avon Climber? , 2021 , 2022 Avon Gorge VS - E1 , Best of the Gorge , Bristol Area Easy Trad Ticklist , 23 HVS routes for 2023 , Avon GORGEous

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knighty 26 May, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: Very loose rock on the right at the top of the top out pitch beyond the abseil set up.
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βeta: Very loose rock on the right at the top of the top out pitch beyond the abseil set up.

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Grade: HVS 5a ***
(Avon Gorge (Suspension Bridge Area))

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