Rockfax Description
Loop along the curving crack then swing right on jams past the arete to finish up Sandy Crack, which some find to be the crux! © Rockfax
FA. Al Austin 1958.
Ticklists
ROCKFAX Eastern Grit (2006): Top 500 , Burbage, Millstone and Beyond Routes Graded List , Revenge List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , Eastern Grit Jamming , Northern Peak Grit 100 VD - VS , ULMC Classics , Eastern Grit 2 star plus (HVS/VS/HS) , Bamford Edge , The Gritlist , ROCKFAX Eastern Grit TOP 500: S and VS , Ultimate List of Peak District Crack Climbs , Eastern Grit 2015 - Top 500 VS , Climber's Club Jamfest List Meet , 2022 Rockfax Eastern Grit Graded List , Bamford
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| milanboez | 10 Jul, 2023 |
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βeta: What a fight!!! Sarah fell of the crux 3 times, lowered off then I had a go. Started raining as I went up. Muscled through the crux to the top of the curving crack - was getting a bit wet at this point and slipped. Fortunately bomber gear everywhere. Found getting round the corner the hardest bit until I found a foot hold. Top thrutchy section was awful - not helped by being soaked but still awful in the dry I bet. Look forward to being back in the dry and getting a proper clean lead. Very hard in the grade despite some great jams and underclings! | βeta? | |
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βeta: What a fight!!! Sarah fell of the crux 3 times, lowered off then I had a go. Started raining as I went up. Muscled through the crux to the top of the curving crack - was getting a bit wet at this point and slipped. Fortunately bomber gear everywhere. Found getting round the corner the hardest bit until I found a foot hold. Top thrutchy section was awful - not helped by being soaked but still awful in the dry I bet. Look forward to being back in the dry and getting a proper clean lead. Very hard in the grade despite some great jams and underclings! |
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| Cragstrong | 20 Sep, 2020 |
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βeta: I got my cam stuck in the Curving Crack on the far left on 19/09/20. It is a DMM dragon Cam size 6 (big silver one). If someone manages to remove it and sees this feedback, please return it to me - I would be super grateful! Contact me via cragstrong@googlemail.com. Also note that both chock stones at the end of the route are loose and potentially dangerous if they come free. | βeta? | |
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βeta: I got my cam stuck in the Curving Crack on the far left on 19/09/20. It is a DMM dragon Cam size 6 (big silver one). If someone manages to remove it and sees this feedback, please return it to me - I would be super grateful! Contact me via cragstrong@googlemail.com. Also note that both chock stones at the end of the route are loose and potentially dangerous if they come free. |
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| George Frisby | 2 Dec, 2019 |
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βeta: Top chockstone in crack has broken in two and is very loose, belayers should stand well out the way and they should probably be removed if possible. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Top chockstone in crack has broken in two and is very loose, belayers should stand well out the way and they should probably be removed if possible. |
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| wilkie14c | 4 Mar, 2005 |
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βeta: Can be scary for your second, use double ropes, but just clip one, then when the second climbs, the rope you never clipped will be above the second at all times to prevent a big swing! should br 2* but the groty finish spoils it! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Can be scary for your second, use double ropes, but just clip one, then when the second climbs, the rope you never clipped will be above the second at all times to prevent a big swing! should br 2* but the groty finish spoils it! |
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| Nick Smith - Climbers | 29 Mar, 2003 |
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βeta: A great little route, which might be just as commiting to second as it is to lead. Fine hand and fist-jamming opportunties abound! | βeta? | |
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βeta: A great little route, which might be just as commiting to second as it is to lead. Fine hand and fist-jamming opportunties abound! |
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Birch Tree Wall Direct
Grade: VS 5a ***
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