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Rockfax Description
The main line of the slab is a Littlejohn classic and one of the great climbs of Pembroke. The route has adequate protection if you can stop to place it all. Start from the ledge below the corner or, at low tide, from the huge boulder - this is the original line although most ascents use the higher start. Move up right to gain the rising traverse line. An awkward small rightwards step gains the main flake which is more strenuous than you might think. Follow this, which eases as you get higher, to below a thin crack. Climb the crack and blocky ground above to the top. © Rockfax

FA. P.Littlejohn, C.Heard 11/May/1980.

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cornishben 2 May, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: great route - i thought E1. Think the numbering of SL and LS is wrong on the new rockfax topo though
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βeta: great route - i thought E1. Think the numbering of SL and LS is wrong on the new rockfax topo though
Chad123 25 Jul, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Getting a bit polished, felt more like E2 to me especially for the postition. Take lots of small wires!
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βeta: Getting a bit polished, felt more like E2 to me especially for the postition. Take lots of small wires!
graeme thomson 13 Jun, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Youre right about it being serious for the second. Basically its e1, and never harder than 5b, but the environment and the consequences of your second taking a slip are pretty harsh
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βeta: Youre right about it being serious for the second. Basically its e1, and never harder than 5b, but the environment and the consequences of your second taking a slip are pretty harsh
alan moore 31 May, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Reckon this is E2; inescapable and quite strenuous...found myself wilting on the steep finishing bulge.
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βeta: Reckon this is E2; inescapable and quite strenuous...found myself wilting on the steep finishing bulge.
john horscroft 21 Feb, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Sounds daft I know, but I reckon Lucky Strike is harder than Strike Lucky. The comment about the second on LS is very true which is why I reckon it deserves to be E2. SL by comparison is straightforward and well geared.
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βeta: Sounds daft I know, but I reckon Lucky Strike is harder than Strike Lucky. The comment about the second on LS is very true which is why I reckon it deserves to be E2. SL by comparison is straightforward and well geared.

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