Rockfax Description
A legendary Cornish classic that traces an exposed line across the blankest section of Bosigran's Main Face. Start at an easy-angled line of weakness that runs up rightwards to beneath a black wall known as the Coal Face.
1) 25m. Follow the weakness to a belay under the Coal Face.
2) 4b, 14m. Move up the corner right of the Coal Face to the start of a thin diagonal crack that runs up left across the Coal Face. Climb the crack to a large block on the arete and belay - the Pedestal stance.
3) 5a, 15m. Follow flakes leftwards across the wall above the Pedestal and move up to a wide break and good cams. Traverse the break a short way left until it is possible to gain a small ledge and belay below a smooth groove.
4) 5c, 9m. Some very hard but well-protected moves start the groove, which eases just before a belay ledge is reached a short distance above.
5) 4b, 15m. Move up the leaning corner above the belay for a few metres before swinging rightwards on good holds out of the corner to easier climbing and the top. Climbing the leaning corner direct is the strenuous top pitch of Paragon 5a. © Rockfax
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Lewy890 | 16 Oct, 2022 |
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βeta: First peg at the end of pitch 2 is looking iffy. One has also broke at pitch 4 but the other one next to it still looks okay. Would still back up though. | ||
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βeta: First peg at the end of pitch 2 is looking iffy. One has also broke at pitch 4 but the other one next to it still looks okay. Would still back up though. |
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meghananne | 12 Jun, 2022 |
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βeta: one of the old pitons broke on me yesterday so would be very hesitant to trust the other one at all now as well | βeta? | |
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βeta: one of the old pitons broke on me yesterday so would be very hesitant to trust the other one at all now as well |
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Tall Oak | 16 Oct, 2021 |
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βeta: Ended up doing a horizonal worm to get to the third pitch. Very funny. The very bleak wall section was hard. Very intimidating and use of feet was a new height. Luckily Steve was shouting beta at me as otherwise I would have been a mess. The final pitch was a bruiser. Had the wrong beta as off-widthed up into the cave only to go out and then back in again. Worked myself into a right tiz. Defo did the harder moves for the 5b accent and not the easier version of going up and left. Much cursing later I got up the thing. Crack climbing and off widths are not my speciality. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Ended up doing a horizonal worm to get to the third pitch. Very funny. The very bleak wall section was hard. Very intimidating and use of feet was a new height. Luckily Steve was shouting beta at me as otherwise I would have been a mess. The final pitch was a bruiser. Had the wrong beta as off-widthed up into the cave only to go out and then back in again. Worked myself into a right tiz. Defo did the harder moves for the 5b accent and not the easier version of going up and left. Much cursing later I got up the thing. Crack climbing and off widths are not my speciality. |
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David Clover | 23 Sep, 2020 |
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βeta: Running pitch 3 and 4 (traverse from pedestal and tough groove) together is a must to make it safe. Factor 2 on the belay with a broken peg is danger city, just so happens to be the crux too. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Running pitch 3 and 4 (traverse from pedestal and tough groove) together is a must to make it safe. Factor 2 on the belay with a broken peg is danger city, just so happens to be the crux too. |
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David Clover | 23 Oct, 2019 |
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βeta: Not easy for the grade. Significant factor 2 fall onto the (poor) belay on the crux pitch if you botch the first few moves which helpfully, are very polished. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Not easy for the grade. Significant factor 2 fall onto the (poor) belay on the crux pitch if you botch the first few moves which helpfully, are very polished. |
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Steph Ward | 22 Oct, 2019 |
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βeta: Lead pitches 3 and 4 together (safest way) Great route!! Emma figuired out the 4b finnish which is so confusing and hard!! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Lead pitches 3 and 4 together (safest way) Great route!! Emma figuired out the 4b finnish which is so confusing and hard!! |
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tonevert | 27 May, 2019 |
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βeta: I loved this route had everything. Exposed climbing, two excellent traverses, and a problem to solve further up. | βeta? | |
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βeta: I loved this route had everything. Exposed climbing, two excellent traverses, and a problem to solve further up. |
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Grade: E1 5b ***
(Kenidjack Cliffs)