Ramshaw Crack | E4 Trad climb at Ramshaw Rocks

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Ascents

2 successful ascents recorded.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
First ascent. 1 point of aid.

One sling for aid.

Brown managed to manoeuvre a big stone halfway up the crack from above and used this for aid to place a small chockstone higher in the crack as a runner. Above, it became a major test of crack technique with some desperate climbing round the lip of the roof which Brown overcame free. Despite the 'aid', Ramshaw Crack was probably the hardest gritstone crack of the 1960s. [1]

References

[1] 'Peak Rock', Vertebrate Publishing, 2013
Gabe Regan Lead | worked 1977
First free ascent.