The Moose | E8 Trad climb at Danby Crag

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Contributors: remus (3 contributions since 28 Sep 2021)
Added 28th September 2021. Last updated 28th June 2024.

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Franco Cookson
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Added at 06:09 on 28 September 2021
Dave Warburton
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Ascents

2 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Franco Cookson Lead | worked 10th Apr 2010
First ascent.

It was in this ridiculous climate that I stumbled across this really cool arete. It looked really hard, but for me really hard was E5, so I decided it must be E5. The obvious thing to do was for me and Dave to have a go at leading it... We gradually got higher and higher up the arete. The only gear we had was a cam on the lower wall, which held just long enough to pull us in away from to drop, but always popped just afterwards. As a result we kept taking these stupid groundfalls, where we'd just be pulled in away from the really big drop and cave, but would always land in a load of brambles. Thankfully Dave decided to abseil the line and persuaded me to stop trying it from the ground. We hadn't even got to the crux. I'd have never done it ground up and it took me a good few months to do it even after working it. [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CUWsH1GDiyA/

Dave Warburton Lead | worked 16th May 2020
Third ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CUWsH1GDiyA/