22m.

Rockfax Description
Tackle the awkward and slippery elephant's-ear layback (crux?) to good ledges. Climb the wall leftwards on the superb zig-zag crack into a final steep groove. Beware of glass on the ledges. © Rockfax

FA. Fred Pigott 1920. FA. (the flake start) Eric Byne 1933.

Ticklists

Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , Froggatt to Black Rocks (BMC) - The Grade List , Eastern Peak Grit 100 VD- VS , Peak Gritstone S-HVS **+ , Peak Rock/3/ A Decade of Expansion , The Black Rocks 1949 Guide VS Challenge , Stonnis Allstars , The Froggatt to Black Rocks 3 Star Pilgrimage , Definitive *** Peak Grit , Eastern Grit 2 star plus (HVS/VS/HS) , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , Black Rocks VS Link Up (BMC 2010 Froggatt to Black Rocks definitive) , Eastern Grit Wishlist , Eastern Grit 2015 - Top 500 VS , 2022 Rockfax Eastern Grit Graded List

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PaulJepson 25 Apr, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Watch for broken glass on the ledge. This seems to be a prime 'c*nts chucking stuff' location.
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βeta: Watch for broken glass on the ledge. This seems to be a prime 'c*nts chucking stuff' location.
Si dH 28 May, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: I struggles with the moves from the traverse to ge testablished inthe finsl crack, found the jams very baggy but not quite fist-width and so awkward, harder than the bit above anyway. The start was spoilt by the polish, laybacking with my feet slipping constantly wasnt great fun.
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βeta: I struggles with the moves from the traverse to ge testablished inthe finsl crack, found the jams very baggy but not quite fist-width and so awkward, harder than the bit above anyway. The start was spoilt by the polish, laybacking with my feet slipping constantly wasnt great fun.
Chris Craggs 28 May, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: Also the very last move is tricky.
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βeta: Also the very last move is tricky.
Chris Craggs 28 May, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: The start is probably easier if you ignore the flake and sketch up the slab to its right!
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βeta: The start is probably easier if you ignore the flake and sketch up the slab to its right!
CragHead 30 Sep, 2003 Show βeta
βeta: No way it not 5a. More likely 4c - nice route.
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βeta: No way it not 5a. More likely 4c - nice route.

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Chee Tor Girdle

Grade: VS 5a ***
(Chee Dale Lower)

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