Rockfax Description
The thin crack on the left side of the wall is a striking line and is the focus of the superb second pitch. Start at a rounded spike below a narrow corner.
1) 4a, 9m. Climb the difficult corner to below an overhang, and move out right to cracks that lead to a stance and block belay.
2) 4a, 22m. Traverse left above the overhang to gain the base of the thin crack. Follow the crack to a jutting pinnacle and continue above slightly leftwards it to a belay on a good ledge.
3) 20m. Take the short crack behind the belay to an easy ridge. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
Superb route but a bit chilly on`t day!

Ticklists

Connoisseur's Classic Rock , Classic Rock Climbs of Great Britain by Bill Birkett , Lakeland's Best Multi-pitch Routes up to HVS , Lakeland's Greatest Pioneers , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Climbs The Lake District , ROCKFAX Lake District: Top 50 , Lakes 2022 , Turbo-Punter's Tradification , Lake District Multipitch Climbing , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3

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LoneDeranger 17 Jun, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Pitches are rightly graded at 4a, so the route should be too!
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βeta: Pitches are rightly graded at 4a, so the route should be too!
Tom McCabe 20 Jul, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: As single 50m pitch (just reaches scrambling ground). V nice traverse and thin crack.
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βeta: As single 50m pitch (just reaches scrambling ground). V nice traverse and thin crack.

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Grade: S 4a ***
(Gimmer Crag)

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