Trad climbs

The first ascent was televised live on ITV World of Sport, an early example of the Bonington's entrepreneurial skills in interesting British mainstream media in climbing. The route was named after the channel's popular soap-opera.

References

[1] https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/coronation-street-cheddar-gorge-1965

Named after the Frank Zappa song.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmik_Debris

A monster pitch! This links Flying Vikings Direct in to Eigerdosis to take you to the end of the steep climbing before 40m of easier climbing to top out the entire crag.

The name comes from the long neck and small brain you'll need to climb the route (as Brown said of Crew)!

Ken Wilson, writing in Mountain Craft (summer 1967):

On the 19th June, 1966, Joe Brown and Pete Crew climbed together for the first time and probably the strongest team ever to set foot on rock in this country made a bid to crack this "last great problem." They started early but they encountered such difficulty that both climbers were driven back several times. Late afternoon they were established on a stance in the middle of the wall. The cliff at this point was appallingly loose and it seemed as if they were hanging from tottering blocks all the time. All the loose material they pulled off was dropping into the sea 20 feet out from the base of the climb. They eventually finished at 9.30 p.m. The technical difficulty was high and the danger from loose rock was so considerable Dinosaur, as they called the climb, must stand out as one of the most formidable expeditions in Wales. [1]

References

[1] Gogarth (1990), page 268 /library/7294/gogarth

So named because as it was first ascentionist Tim Emmett's first lead after smashing his knee cap. [1]

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 71, page 73