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Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1978
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The obvious arête left of the pond.
Grade: | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The small arête on the right of the pool.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1986
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The wall and thin crack just right of Earwig; crux low down.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: (1979-83)
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The crack just to the left.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1978
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The crackline splitting the wall on the right, on excellent hand jams.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 2
An excellent traverse. Start at the arête right of the pond and traverse the pond walls from right to left. Can be extended right round as far as Hernia.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1978
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The cracks three metres to the right.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1984
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From Piddle, traverse right for three metres and climb the wall above.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1978
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Climb the obvious corner on the right and finish up the left wall.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1984
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Traverse right about one metre from Piddle and finish direct.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1968
Rating: 2
Pleasant climbing up the left-hand side of the slab on good holds.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1984
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Climb the wall just right of the right-angled corner of the Pool Walls while contemplating the riddle of the piddle in the middle!
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1985
Rating: 2
A solitary runner protects this pleasantly-angled slab. However, escape is possible if one`s nerve goes. Climb directly up the slab just right of Hogmanay Slab with increasing difficulty.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: (1979-83)
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Traverse left from Pondule into the corner and finish up this.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1968
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Five metres to the right is an obvious crackline sloping from right to left. Follow this to a groove, then climb this and pull round the arête on the left to finish.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1979-83)
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The thin crack two metres to the left of the corner.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1986-87)
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A disappointing route. Six metres right of Metropolis is a loose rib, climb this and finish up the slab above.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1975-79)
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The twin cracks in the wall on the left.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1975-79)
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The third crackline past the corner.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: (1975-79)
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A direct line one metre right of Watery Arête.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The left arête of the pond has a slippery start.
Grade: | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The corner, slab and arête in sequence.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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Go straight up the initial corner of Slab Variant.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The next arête is followed above fallen blocks.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1979-83)
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Climb the wall one metre left of the arête.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The corner which contains a jamming flake.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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Mantel on to a little platform, then climb the wall.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The wall on the left has three small ledges. Follow these rightwards and finish on Mantelstrug. 5c if the top is not used.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (Pre-1969)
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From the start of Two Step, go slightly leftwards and up.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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Climb the short wall at a crack.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1987
Rating: 1
Climb the wall just left, via a good jug in the wall. Use of the jug on the arête is strictly off limits (it`s about 4c with the jug).
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: (1979-83)
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The shallow groove immediately to the left in the same wall, is climbed avoiding the jug on the previous route.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The corner crack.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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From the foot of the corner move left up the obvious scoop.
Grade: 4b to 5c | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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There are at least four ways up the wall on the left.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The obvious crack.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The wall on the left.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1993
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Climb the wall immediately to the left to a notch at the top.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: (Pre-1948)
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The left end of the wall.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -2000
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The traverse from the extreme right-hand side of the wall. Finish up Knep.
Grade: | First Ascent: -2002
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Climb the loose wall rright of Dave’s Route.