One of the hardest problems in the world when it was first climbed in 1980. Discovered and named by Steve Foster, who climbed it first with one point of aid: manteling a peg at the start.
Walk On By is suited to my climbing style – thin, very technical steep walls, but not crazily overhanging. I think Leeds Wall was a key – Al Manson and I just used to test each other on brick-edge problems on the Leeds Wall – hence how I got good at using very small edges and rock-overs.
It was obviously hard, but I didn't think it was really any harder than some of the other problems we'd been playing on in Yorkshire, particularly with Al Manson at Caley, Almscliff and Hetchell. At that time I thought there were a couple of really hard projects at Caley that seemed much harder.
[1] On Peak Rock, 2013
6 successful ascents recorded.
| Climber | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Rob Gawthorpe | Boulder | worked | 1980 | ||
| First ascent. | ||||
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A very hard piece of climbing for the time. |
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| Ben Moon | Boulder | worked | Before 1st Jan 2000 | ||
| Second ascent. | ||||
References |
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| Darren Stevenson | Boulder | worked | Before 1st Jan 2000 | 8A | |
| Third ascent. | ||||
References[1] On The Edge Issue 88, page 16 |
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| John Welford | Boulder | worked | Before 1st Jan 2000 | 7C | |
| Fourth ascent. | ||||
References[1] On The Edge Issue 88, page 16 |
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| Katy Whittaker | Boulder | worked | 23rd Jan 2012 | ||
| Mia Stacey | Boulder | worked | 5th Feb 2017 | ||