Appointment with Fear | E7 Trad climb at Wimberry Rocks


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Ascents

5 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Dougie Hall Lead | worked 5th Sep 1986 E6
First ascent.

Bolts on the prow date from a 1969 aid route. On Dougie's 1986 ascent, bolts on the underside of the prow were pre-clipped by abseil because the team couldn't remember where Nick Plishko had hidden the long sticks required to clip them from the ground. The line had been eyed by knowledgeable Peak activists and, just as Hardy finished seconding the climb, one of them (John Allen) arrived at the crag armed with 'fishing rods'.

Dougie Hall Lead | worked 8th May 1987 E7

Without the pre-clipped bolts under the prow – a far bolder proposition.

Seb Grieve Lead | worked 1990
Second ascent.
Tobias Wolf Lead | ground up 2003

References

[1] High Mountain Issue 253, page 12

Kevin Thaw Lead | worked