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Grade: 5c (1 pt) | First Ascent: -1980
Rating: 3
Very well-protected, with some exciting moves above the overlap. Climb Fusion Chimney to the first horizontal break, then move right and climb a thin, stepped crack to gain the left-hand side of the large cave. Gain the bolt in the wall above and use it for aid, then free-climb to the top.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1969
Rating: 0
From a metre left of large blocks across the crevasse, make a long reach across to a peg and use this, then continue past a drill-hole (bong or wooden wedge also used for aid) to the centre of the sandy cave. Exit from the left-hand side of this, as for Necronomicon.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent:
Rating:
Join the route just above the large drill hole, by traversing left from Odyssey Variant, thereby avoiding the peg start.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1979
Rating: 1
From the right-hand side of the large blocks, surmount the jutting nose using a convenient drill-hole to reach a large ledge. Continue up the thin crack to reach the right-hand side of the sandy cave. Finish as for Necronomicon.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1960
Rating: 2
An awkward start, but a good route. Start just to the right and thrash up the narrowing cleft to a ledge on the left. Gain, then climb, the cracked corner on the right, step right and finish up the centre of the wall.
Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1974
Rating: 2
Climb the steep wall two metres right to a small triangular ledge (peg). Stand on the ledge and finish diagonally rightwards by a series of deceptively innocent-looking ledges. Finish easily up the top arête.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1965-74)
Rating: 1
Start at the right-hand side of the wall by a protruding piece of iron. Move up and left to the iron and finish up a thin bulging crackline.