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Grade: 4a | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The thin crack at the right extremity of the wall.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The wider and less attractive crack one metre to the left.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The right-hand crack through the overhangs, then the wall above to a tree.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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Less than one metre to the left. Climb the slightly longer crack.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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Surmount the bulge just to the left, then climb up and finish up the crack above.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The more prominent flake crack on the left.
Grade: 4b | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The flaky wall on the left gives the best of the easier routes at Woodwell.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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About a metre right of a blunt arête climb the crack on the left.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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The blunt arête just right of the gully containing a tree. A thin crack on the left makes the initial moves more amenable.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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Climb immediately left of the gully, using holds very close to the gully bed at one point, to gain a spike and an easier finish.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: (1986-87)
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The smooth-looking wall one metre farther left.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1974-75)
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Connects the two small niches in the wall by a series of agile moves.