So named because it's "ruddy 'ard", as in Rudyard Kipling.
4 successful ascents recorded.
| Climber | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade | |
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| Arthur Rhodes Dolphin | Lead | worked | May 1948 | ||
| First ascent. | ||||
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Top-roped before the first ascent. |
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| George Shields | Lead | onsight | 1952 | ||
| Second ascent. With Mick Noon. | ||||
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Climbed onsight, thinking it was a new route. |
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| Joe Brown | Lead | ground up | 1952 | ||
| Third ascent. | ||||
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Brown controversially placed a piton that had not been present for the first and second ascents. Brown was not aware of the second ascent and justified the piton as he was climbing onsight whereas Dolphin had top-roped the route several times. Date an estimate. ReferencesGreenwood, Tom ed. (2010). Memories of Dolphin: The Life of a Climber Remembered. UK: Green Woods. |
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| Peter Greenwood | Lead | onsight | 1952-1954 | ||
| Fourth ascent. | ||||
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Greenwood spat (literally or metaphorically it is unknown) on Brown's peg and did not clip it. Date an estimate. |
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