Rockfax Description
Tremendous positions and very popular. From a quartz band, climb up rightwards to a small overlap. Go over this at a crack to below overhanging rock. Move up left through the overhanging rock, then work back right up cracks to join the arete and climb it to the top. © Rockfax

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The 100 Best UK VS routes? , Classic Rock Climbs of Great Britain by Bill Birkett , Great VS Climbs in the Lake District , Select VS Climbs in the Lake District , Langdale 3 star VS round - Climb them all in a single day (2013 Guide) , Lakeland's Greatest Pioneers , Jim Birkett First Ascents , UK Holiday Plans , Pre-MIA Wishlist , The best the lakes has to offer for mere mortals (because it's not always as wet as kez thinks) , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Climbs The Lake District , Mountain Rock , ROCKFAX Lake District: Top 50 , 2020/21 Trips , A Lakeland Apprenticeship , 33 By 33 , Alternative Lakeland Classic Rock , Langdale *** VS Challenge (1999 guide) , Turbo-Punter's Tradification , Lake District , Lake District Multipitch Climbing , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3 , Cumbria for the Recreational User , Chasing Stars across the UK

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Wadeson's Ring Pull Dilemma

Grade: VS 4b ***
(Swinsty Gill Crag)

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