Ramshaw Rocks

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Climbs

11 recorded climbs.

Year Climb Grade Climber Style Date
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
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1978 National Acrobat E5 Jonny Woodward Lead 1978
First ascent.
National Acrobat E5 Jonny Woodward Lead 1978
First ascent.
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1980 Old Fogey Direct E5 Jonny Woodward Lead 1980
First ascent.
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1986 Never Never Land E7 Simon Nadin Lead | worked 1986
First ascent.
Dangerous Crocodile Snogging E7 Simon Nadin Lead | worked 1986
First ascent.
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1990
First ascent.

Grieve suggested E8 for his solo ascent.

Soloed (Friend 6 did not exist.) with home-made knee-pads made from bathroom towels for added friction. Jeans are a good idea as well. Swinging across with a guppy and a pinch to the a-cheval position is the crux. Coming out of a-cheval to final layback is the heart-stopper and impossible to choreograph due to the 'knee-pad drift'. Felt very E8 at the time. Harder and bolder than Gaia and End of the Affair.

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1992 Friends Will be Friends E6 Julian Lines Lead | worked 1992
First ascent.
First ascent.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 141 (1991), page 10 https://climbing-history.org/library/11320/mountain-141
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1995
First ascent.

Soloed this bad boy way before the advent of highball bouldering and pads! no spotters just old school .... Ok its highball now but hell its still hard! :) my proudest moments...
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2002 Boom Bip E7 Tom Briggs Lead | worked 28th Sep 2002
First ascent.
Boom Bip E7 Neil Bentley Lead | worked 28th Sep 2002
First ascent.
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First ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0bxlLNv-_/
Climb Grade # Recorded Ascents Ascents Recorded Between
Ultimate Sculpture E8 1 1st January 1996 – 1st January 1997
Never Never Land E7 6 1st January 1986 – 30th December 2025
Clippity Clop, Clippity Clop, Clippity Clop E7 5 13th October 1991 – 1st January 2002
Dangerous Crocodile Snogging E7 2 1st January 1986 – 1st January 1992
Boom Bip E7 2 28th September 2002
Reg E7 1 30th November 2013
Friends Will be Friends E6 1 1st January 1992 – 1st January 1993
Roller Coaster E6 1 1st January 1992
National Acrobat E5 2 1st January 1978 – 1st January 1979
Old Fogey Direct E5 1 1st January 1980 – 1st January 1981
Ramshaw Crack E4 2 1st January 1964 – 1st January 1978