Rockfax Description
Super direct and a super route. Start direct up thin cracks in the slab just right of the arete to join the parent route which is then followed to the Leaning Tower. Then climb the bulging crack and well-positioned crest of the buttress. One of the very best routes on Bleaklow. . © Rockfax
FA. John Gosling late 1960s.
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Gordon Stainforth | 7 Mar, 2022 |
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βeta: I remember this as an outstanding long and varied gritstone pitch of the very highest quality. But frankly, very soft for its grade. Not that that matters, because it's just so good and in a superbly exposed position. | βeta? | |
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βeta: I remember this as an outstanding long and varied gritstone pitch of the very highest quality. But frankly, very soft for its grade. Not that that matters, because it's just so good and in a superbly exposed position. |
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Fiend | 6 Aug, 2006 |
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βeta: An immediately enticing line that offers good quality jamming with an energetic crux bulge. | ||
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βeta: An immediately enticing line that offers good quality jamming with an energetic crux bulge. |
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spacey | 3 Jul, 2006 |
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βeta: Wonderful climbing. I can't jam but still got a couple of fists in there, so probably proved to myself that I can jam after all! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Wonderful climbing. I can't jam but still got a couple of fists in there, so probably proved to myself that I can jam after all! |
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Paul Evans | 3 Jul, 2006 |
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βeta: We did the "thin cracks in the slab start" which others have described above. More logical start but not 5a. Rest is pretty steady. Beautiful route. | βeta? | |
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βeta: We did the "thin cracks in the slab start" which others have described above. More logical start but not 5a. Rest is pretty steady. Beautiful route. |
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Jon Greengrass | 10 Jun, 2004 |
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βeta: AMAZING!! **** a technical boulder problem leads to a perfect hand crack a couple of stiff pulls and some easier ground at the top. The best route i've done on Grit! | βeta? | |
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βeta: AMAZING!! **** a technical boulder problem leads to a perfect hand crack a couple of stiff pulls and some easier ground at the top. The best route i've done on Grit! |
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sutty | 7 Feb, 2002 |
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βeta: I think the dates of the FA are out by about 5/6 years, remember doing all routes on that buttress long before the late 60s, all the pisa buttress routes are worth doing. | βeta? | |
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βeta: I think the dates of the FA are out by about 5/6 years, remember doing all routes on that buttress long before the late 60s, all the pisa buttress routes are worth doing. |
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Grade: HVS 5a ***
(Yarncliffe)