18m.

Rockfax Description
18m. The magnificent central crack set in a shallow groove is approached from a cave recess. It is delicate up the ramp and strenuous up the groove - hence the name. A rounded exit completes the job. According to an acquaintance who has been to Thailand, it is nothing like an elephant's arse! © Rockfax

FA. Joe Brown late 1950s.

Ticklists

ROCKFAX Western Grit: Top 50 , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , The Peak: Past and Present , World Graded List , Staffordshire Grit Challenge - Brown-Whillans Day Out , Peak Rock/7/8/Biven-Peck Partnership/1950's a Developing Decade , Ultimate HVS ticklist , Joe Brown's Three-Star Grit-List , Joe Browns Shops 50th Anniversary Celebration Routes List , The best the UK has to offer for mere mortals (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , The Roaches 3 Star Extravaganza , Definitive *** Peak Grit , The List , Hen Cloud , An attempt at a definitive list of Joe Brown's FA/FFA in the Peak District , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , 100 Best Routes on Grit , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3 , Peak grit , *** HVS on Peak Gritstone

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GrahamD 6 Sep, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: OOps - I pressed the wrong button on the voting ! I think the route is really too disjointed to be worthy of ***, despite the history. **
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βeta: OOps - I pressed the wrong button on the voting ! I think the route is really too disjointed to be worthy of ***, despite the history. **
Nick Smith - Climbers 14 Jul, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: Bit of a sketchy move to complete the traverse to the crack, but then fine climbing in some great positions :)
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βeta: Bit of a sketchy move to complete the traverse to the crack, but then fine climbing in some great positions :)

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Baldstones ArĂȘte

Grade: HVS 4c ***
(Newstones and Baldstones)

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