Ulysses' Bow | E6 Trad climb at Stanage

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6 successful ascents and 2 unsuccessful attempts recorded.

Climber	Style	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Pete Livesey	Lead \| did not finish	1970s
Lead with a high side runner in Goliath's Groove. Livesey did not claim the line. References [1] https://www.climber.co.uk/people/the-john-allen-interview-crags-8-1977/
John Allen	Top Rope \| worked	1975
Top roped in EBs at English 7a.
Jerry Moffatt First ascent.	Solo \| worked	14th Apr 1983
Solo after top rope practice. Certainly Ulysses was very dangerous. I mean, it was really dangerous. If you think, when I went there, there was nobody on the crag. We got the bus to Redmires and walked, so it was an hour's walk, nobody on the crag, no safety, nothing, no bouldering mats, no phones. I mean, if anything had happened, I would have been absolutely screwed. I only top roped it 10 times over two days, and then top roped it once and did it. I mean, it's ridiculous. I mean, now you top rope it till you're blue in the face. Till you have it totally wired. I mean, I top roped it 10 times and fell off it twice. I mean, it's crazy. (2) References [1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1557591667640336 [2] https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jam-crack-the-niall-grimes-climbing-podcast/id1065991509?i=1000554413296&r=3285
Ron Fawcett	Solo	Between 15th Apr 1983 and 28th Dec 1983
In his autobiography, Ron mentions that he had quickly repeated the route sometime prior to his ascent of Master's Edge
Johnny Dawes	Solo \| onsight	Apr 1984
Climbed just after his onsight solo first ascent of Silk. He had previously attempted to top rope the easier lower part of the route on a school trip, but the top section – the crux – was climbed on sight.
Neil Foster	Solo \| did not finish	4th Apr 1984
Neil attempted an onsight after watching Johnny's ascent. It ended in a serious fracture giving the name to Ulysses or Bust, which Neil had climbed the day before. References [1] https://climbing-history.org/climb/922/ulysses-or-bust
Adam Long	Solo \| onsight	1990s
No pads There are routes, eg Ulysses, where I chose not to use pads because of the historical aspect, but having returned to some of these routes with pads I've found the character of the route is retained more than you might expect. References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/ukc/guest_editorial_a_gritstone_retrospective-342687
Tobias Wolf	Solo \| ground up	2003
References [1] High Mountain Issue 253, page 12