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Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1978
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Climb the groove, step left then finish up the crack to the left of the arête.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1981
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As for Intro Wall but step right and finish up the arête.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1981
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Start just to the right. Go over an overhang and finish up a corner.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: (1978/1983)
Rating: 2
A popular, very safe way of warming up for the harder problems. Climb the scoop and gain the horizontal break. Go left to the cracked arête and follow this to an easier finish.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1981
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The initial difficult scoop of Test Piece leads to a finish up Green Slabs.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1962
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Climb the corner on the right, step right then back left on to a slab. From the overhung corner above, swing right to another slab and finish direct.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1979
Rating: 0
A V-shaped groove two metres to the right leads to a ledge. A traverse left below an overhang leads to another grassy ledge and the slab above leads to the top.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1979/1986)
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The arête on the right contains a groove with a small roof three metres below the top of the crag. Climb to the groove and continue to the roof. Use one nut for aid to pass this and finish direct.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1978
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Climb the groove to the grassy ledge. Semi hand-traverse left and follow the fault to finish up a slab.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
Gain and climb the chimney.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1979
Rating: 0
Climb the left wall of the chimney for eight metres (possible belay). Hand-traverse left to a small square-cut groove on the arête and go up this to the top.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
Climb cracks on the left to gain the grass ledge. The crack in the left wall leads to a loose finish.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
Climb the face just right of Dropover to the ledge, then follow the right-slanting crack above.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 1
Follow the block-filled crack, step left and follow the crack above to finish up a little corner.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
Climb the ramp on the right until a swing left leads to a V-shaped groove, up which a finish can be made.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 1
The ramp, wall and overhanging crack lead to a ledge (possible belay). The centre of the slab on the right provides a finish.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1984
Rating: 0
The short groove to the right of Wedding Day is gained direct.
Grade: | First Ascent: -1959
Rating: 0
The corner leads to an exit on to easy ledges.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1959
Rating: 1
Follow Layback Corner then gain the crack in the right wall and continue direct.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1962
Rating: 1
Climb the arête, then proceed as coolly as possible to the top. No protection on the first section of this good climb.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 2
The shallow groove and cracks a couple of metres right of the arête. A good line with tricky moves.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 1
The overhanging crack three metres to the right, then the thin crack above.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 1
Go left under the roof to the crack. Climb to the break and follow the thin crack above.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 1
The deep corner on the right leads to the top of a flake. Go up the crack above to a large ledge and step left to a slabby finish.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
Follow the groove farther right.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1978
Rating: 0
From the break on Chasing Dreams, traverse left to finish up Bitter Friends.
Grade: 5a,5a,5a | First Ascent: -1980
Rating: 1
A girdle traverse of Fence Buttress giving some good climbing.
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Follow Happy Wanderer, but continue the traverse to belay on the ledge of Travellin` Man.
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Gain the arête then hand-traverse left below the overhang and continue to a belay on the pinnacle of Dropover.
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A fault leads across the steep wall to finish up the top slab of Green Slabs.