Originally climbed as a trad route at ~E7.
First ascentionist Mark Leach stated there was a pebble that he didn't want to stand on in case it broke, so he used a really hard sequence. Then he stood on it and did the route first time. Ben Moon used the pebble too. It's not clear if the pebble still exists.
Although originally a trad route, it's a contender for the first 8A in the UK, climbed a few months before Careless Torque.
9 recorded ascents.
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| Mark Leach | Lead | worked | Nov 1986 | E8 |
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First ascent. 25 sessions.
Entry in Stoney New Routes book:
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| Sean Myles | Lead | worked | 1990 | |
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Second ascent.
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| Ben Moon | Lead | worked | 1990 | |
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Third ascent. Second go.
One fall from the easy lower section. |
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| Ben Bransby | Lead | worked | 17th Jan 2012 | |
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Fourth go.
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| Michele Caminati | Boulder | worked | Mar 2012 | |
| Tom Newman | Boulder | worked | 26th Oct 2015 | |
| Issac Buckley | Boulder | worked | 7th Mar 2023 | |
| Alex Moore | Boulder | worked | 21st Nov 2024 | |
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| Aidan Roberts | Boulder | ground up | ||
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