Rockfax Description
The long rising diagonal is the highest of the three girdles, and one of the major lines on the cliff, offering a superb outing with some astounding positions. Harder for the tall and potentially a bit of a gripper to second.
1) 4b, 35m. Start by the tree on the path, 10m right of a small cave and follow the cleaned path of West Wall Climb (p.380 ) for two pitches to the sheltered stance at the start of the break.
2) 5a, 22m. Traverse down and right across the wall following the line of good holds (don't forget the second) to reach the groove of The Thorn, then climb this to the holly tree belay.
3) 5a, 25m. Climb back down rightwards again and get past the horrible spiky bush. Cross the fingery wall to regain the break. Follow this (threads) in a wild position, to a grassy rake (thread belays up and left) and an easy escape to the ridge. © Rockfax
FA. G Smith, T Burnell 1966.
100 best limestone climbs in Britain , High Quality Adventure routes , Definitive *** Peak Lime , Hardest HVSs in the Peak , Chris Jackson’s 100 Classic Limestone Climbs
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Ghost | 29 Oct, 2019 |
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βeta: Difficult to find the start of. Look for a slight clearing in the bushes / trees above you! Despite the vegetated start, the top pitches are fantastic! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Difficult to find the start of. Look for a slight clearing in the bushes / trees above you! Despite the vegetated start, the top pitches are fantastic! |
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The Grist | 5 Aug, 2007 |
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βeta: This is pretty tough for the grade and easy to get slightly off route making it significantly harder. Good fun and worth doing though. | βeta? | |
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βeta: This is pretty tough for the grade and easy to get slightly off route making it significantly harder. Good fun and worth doing though. |
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Grade: HVS 5a ***
(Roaches Upper Tier)