Rockfax Description
The elegant arete is superb but slightly harder for shorties. Make a tricky start to reach the first break then tackle the arete above by some hard laybacking. Cams in the second break may permit a long scraping fall to be taken. The last reach will remain in your memory for a long time! Said to be low in the grade. © Rockfax
FA. Simon Nadin 1983.
Ticklists
ROCKFAX Western Grit: Top 50 , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , Full of Myself - Johnny's Book namecheck , Peak Rock/16/Eighties Gritstone :The Shape of Things to Come , 100 or so good E6s - aye Caff , The best the UK has to offer for beasts (apart from the lakes cos its always wet) , The Roaches 3 Star Extravaganza , Definitive *** Peak Grit , The List , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Wired Peak District Grit (2020) *** List , crimperE6 , East and West Top 25
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| simes303 | 8 Feb, 2007 |
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βeta: ive tried this on 3 separate days (no top roping) and fell at the top every time. its either well hard or im missing something. ive onsighted other E6s. how do you do it? | βeta? | |
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βeta: ive tried this on 3 separate days (no top roping) and fell at the top every time. its either well hard or im missing something. ive onsighted other E6s. how do you do it? |
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| Col Allott | 27 Nov, 2005 |
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βeta: Ok, so we've established I'm crap, but is it hard at the technical grade? | βeta? | |
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βeta: Ok, so we've established I'm crap, but is it hard at the technical grade? |
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| Col Allott | 9 Oct, 2005 |
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βeta: mmmmm. Sorry, had a go at top-roping this and descided the final arete was impossible. Is this harder than other roaches slabby 6b's or am I just crap at rockclimbing? | βeta? | |
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βeta: mmmmm. Sorry, had a go at top-roping this and descided the final arete was impossible. Is this harder than other roaches slabby 6b's or am I just crap at rockclimbing? |
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| StuartM | 10 Apr, 2002 |
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βeta: It is a really long fall when you blow the moves to the break! - you still don\'t reach the ground though, just. | βeta? | |
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βeta: It is a really long fall when you blow the moves to the break! - you still don't reach the ground though, just. |
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| mark s | 20 Feb, 2002 |
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βeta: the best route on the roaches,feels very exposed. | βeta? | |
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βeta: the best route on the roaches,feels very exposed. |
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A Fist Full of Crystals
Grade: E6 6b ***
(Roaches Lower Tier)