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Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1982
Rating: 0
Start below a large sandy bowl and climb the wall using a crack on the left. Finish directly above the bowl, taking care with the rock.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1982
Rating: 0
Climb the wall on the right-hand side.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
Climb the flake crack to reach a cave on the left of the man-made wall, then move rightwards to finish up a groove.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 0
Start about one metre right of the man-made wall and climb directly up the wall via thin cracks and a wide horizontal break.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
10 metres to the right is a corner capped by a triangular roof. Move rightwards across the slab, then climb up to the overhang which is avoided on the left.
Grade: 4c | First Ascent: (1965-74)
Rating: 0
Start on the right-hand side of a sandy bowl. Trend leftwards to a ledge, then go up a short crack to finish up the arête.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1981
Rating: 1
Start as for Midas, then gain the shallow scoop with difficulty and finish directly.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1981
Rating: 1
The vague arête one metre to the right is gained and followed directly.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
The obvious V-groove on the right.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1962
Rating: 2
Start at a lower level, below a distinctive orange slab, near a boulder on the ground. Step up and traverse right across a slab to gain a hanging corner, then make a long reach to gain the ledge above and to the right. Step right and finish up the top wall.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 2
Gain the hanging corner of Great Scoop directly and continue to the ledge above. Traverse left to a flake at the centre of the large roof. Hand-traverse wildly leftwards until a foothold on the arête can be gained, then finish up the steep wall.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1986-87)
Rating: 0
Climb the short, overhanging crack that leads to a sandy hole three metres farther right, then continue over the blocks above.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
Gain a ledge at head-height, then layback the corner to reach an overhung ledge which is quitted by a wide crack on the left.
Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1977
Rating: 1
Start two metres right of Annual Route. Climb the bulging wall to reach a ledge just below the break. Move right, then finish up Dedfer or its left-hand edge.
Grade: 4a | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
Start around the arête and climb the hanging corner, passing a ledge to finish up a V-shaped groove. The ledge can also be gained by the arête to the left of the corner.
Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1981
Rating: 1
Start just right of Dedfer and climb a short overhanging finger-crack, moving right on a ledge to finish up the wall on the right of a faint rib.
Grade: | First Ascent: (1986-87)
Rating: 0
Start about four metres farther right and climb the left-hand side of the slab, then step right to finish up the centre of the wall.
Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
Climb the right-hand edge of the slab to gain a ledge, then traverse left for three metres and finish up the centre of the wall as for So Sew.
Grade: 5a | First Ascent: (Pre-1965)
Rating: 0
Start to the right of the arête and follow the cracked wall leftwards past a small cleft to reach a ledge. Finish up the wide flake.