UKH Hills - Roaches HVS Challenge

Contributed by MichaelGallimore Jun/15 - This public hilllist has been seen 3,626 times

This is a comprehensive list of the HVS routes described on the Rockfax website, plus another couple of classics from the BMC guide which I didn't want to omit. The routes span from Lower and upper tier through to skyline and the clouds. The challenge is to complete the entire list in a time period of your choosing, but It is possible in a day.
Award yourself a bronze medal for all the HVS routes on lower and upper tier, silver if you get through skyline too, and a very respectable gold if you make it through the clouds before nightfall.

Wide bridge on the start of Rubberneck © mickg777 — Wide bridge on the start of Rubberneck
© mickg777, Jul 1994

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6th	DMC	43%	4 Jul, 2019
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9th	pearson9596	25%	27 Aug, 2019
10th	mrphilipoldham	20%	22 Jul, 2019

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Note: Only showing summits, scrambles, winter routes, and low grade climbs

Distribution of grades - Trad

Top 12 photos of this hilllist

Will hanging around on The Sloth, The Roaches.

No-hands rest on The Sloth ? Matt Culley exploring a new beta for the climb...

Jesse Dufton on The Mincer at the Roaches

Dominic Oughton at the crux of Saul's Crack, Upper Tier

Hilary cranking hard on The Sloth (HVS 5b), Roaches Upper Tier

About 10 mins later I was heading back to the car (very slowly) with a broken ankle!

Climbing under the stars at the Roaches. Nothing like a midnight accent.

Add	Climb name	Grade	Ticks?	Height		Crag name
1	Slippery Jim	HVS 5a *	189	8m		Roaches Lower Tier
2	Ackit	HVS 5b **	278	14m		Roaches Lower Tier
3	Teck Crack	E1 5c **	127	24m	• 2	Roaches Lower Tier
4	Lightning Crack	HVS 5b *	64	25m	• 2	Roaches Lower Tier
5	Poisonous Python	HVS 5b *	57	8m		Roaches Lower Tier
6	Hypothesis	HVS 5b **	94	10m		Roaches Lower Tier
7	Bengal Buttress	HVS 4c **	248	28m		Roaches Lower Tier
8	Valkyrie Direct	HVS 5b **	248	28m		Roaches Lower Tier
9	Matinee	HVS 5b **	359	24m		Roaches Lower Tier
10	Pebbledash	HVS 5a **	1046	18m	• 2	Roaches Lower Tier
11	The Mincer	HVS 5b ***	778	24m		Roaches Lower Tier
12	Rhodren	HVS 5b *	472	12m		Roaches Lower Tier
13	Wallaby Direct	HVS 5a **	367	20m		Roaches Upper Tier
14	Grilled Fingers	E1 5a	21	8m		Roaches Upper Tier
15	Roscoe's Wall	HVS 5b **	256	?		Roaches Upper Tier
16	The Sloth	HVS 5a ***	2323	24m		Roaches Upper Tier
17	Diamond Wednesday	HVS 5a *	456	24m		Roaches Upper Tier
18	Hanging Around	HVS 5b *	41	16m		Roaches Upper Tier
19	Saul's Crack	HVS 5a ***	1685	18m		Roaches Upper Tier
20	Bachelor's Buttress	HVS 4c **	655	18m		Roaches Upper Tier
21	Libra	HVS 4c *	271	?		Roaches Upper Tier
22	Wheeze	HVS 4c *	94	14m		Roaches Skyline
23	A.M. Anaesthetic	HVS 4c *	103	14m		Roaches Skyline
24	Spectrum	HVS 4c	76	8m		Roaches Skyline
25	Tower Eliminate	HVS 5b *	21	14m		Roaches Skyline
26	Cave Crack	HVS 5a *	43	6m		Roaches Skyline
27	Karabiner Slab	HVS 4c *	185	10m		Roaches Skyline
28	Mantis	E1 5b ***	214	8m		Roaches Skyline
29	Looking for Today	HVS 5b *	73	8m		Roaches Skyline
30	Melaleucion	HVS 5a *	76	8m		Roaches Skyline
31	Wild Thing	HVS 5c **	294	6m		Roaches Skyline
32	Prelude to Space	HVS 4c **	366	10m		Roaches Skyline
33	Boysen's Delight	HVS 5c *	76	10m		The Five Clouds
34	Roman Candle	HVS 5b *	10	7m		The Five Clouds
35	Rubberneck	HVS 5a ***	562	14m		The Five Clouds
36	Crabbies Left-hand	HVS 4c **	65	16m		The Five Clouds
37	Crabbie's Crack	HVS 5a ***	399	16m		The Five Clouds
38	The Little Flake	HVS 5a	12	8m		The Five Clouds
39	KGB	HVS 4c	30	6m		The Five Clouds
		3 e, 60 stars	12,734	534m	42

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