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from 14/06/2023 to 01/07/2023

 
16m.

Rockfax Description
The wide corner is a titanic struggle for most, wedging-a-way up is the only option, though macho-men with strong arms and little imagination can layback - though they may well end up regretting it as the top approaches. Said by some to make Freddie's Finale look like a soft touch and another ancient HVS!
Green Streak, HVS 5a - For those who haven't had enough make a hand-traverse right to reach the hanging crack - adds half a star. © Rockfax

FA. Don Whillans 1948.

Ticklists

Gritstone's finest gruesome and damaging struggles , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , Wide Cracks , Moorland Grit - The Essential Selection (Over The Moors) , Peak Rock/6/ The Emergence of Joe Brown and Don Whillans , Thrutch and Clutch , WideBoyz Crack School , UK road to wide crack mastery , Proper Cracks UK , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , Peak District Gritstone: Graham Hoey's Best Routes for Moving on to E2

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Ariegeois 11 Jun, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Blue Lights is an early Joe Brown route and not by Don, who'd not started climbing at the time of its first ascent.
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βeta: Blue Lights is an early Joe Brown route and not by Don, who'd not started climbing at the time of its first ascent.
Ben Stokes 28 Oct, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: I can just read the headlines - man gets helmet stuck in crack... fa-nah, fa-nah
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βeta: I can just read the headlines - man gets helmet stuck in crack... fa-nah, fa-nah
Frank the Husky 14 Jul, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: the green streak finish is excellent...very well worth doing and possibly adds another 1/2 a star to the route!
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βeta: the green streak finish is excellent...very well worth doing and possibly adds another 1/2 a star to the route!
Nick Smith - Climbers 13 Sep, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: Certainly harder than The Trident or Freddie's Finale, a pumpy E1. Best laybacked - ignore any attempts to sandbag you into wedging your body into it!
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βeta: Certainly harder than The Trident or Freddie's Finale, a pumpy E1. Best laybacked - ignore any attempts to sandbag you into wedging your body into it!

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Grade: E1 5b ***
(Standing Stones)

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