Burbage North and West

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Climbs

27 recorded climbs.

This timeline is missing some first ascents where the date of the ascent is unknown.
Year Climb Grade Climber Style Date
1971 Banana Finger 6A Ed Drummond Boulder | worked 1971
First ascent.
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
First ascent.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 103, page 18 /library/11124/mountain-103

First ascent.

With side runners in the route to the right.

Reported in the July/August 1985 issue of Mountain but listed in the guide as having been climbed 16 October 1984.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 104, page 11 /library/11125/mountain-104

First ascent.

Initially a grade of E3 7a was proposed! [1]

References

[1] Mountain Issue 104, page 11 /library/11125/mountain-104

The Sphinx 7A+ John Allen Boulder | worked 1985
First ascent.
Small Is Beautiful 7A John Allen Boulder | worked 1985
First ascent.
1986
1987
1988
First ascent.

With side-runners, traversing in from the chimney

First ascent.

Climbing the arête à cheval.

1990 Western Eyes 7C+ Zaff Ali Boulder | worked 1990s
First ascent.
1991
1992
1993
1994 Three Blind Mice E7 Dave Pegg Lead | worked 3rd Sep 1994
First ascent.
First ascent.

Climbed after Westworld and listed in the 1995 guide.

References

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/threads/uk-bouldering-firsts.3991/page-8#post-53140

First ascent.

References

[1] ‘Peak Rock’, Vertebrate Publishing, 2013

1996
1997 Zaff Skoczylas 7C Dawid Skoczylas Boulder | worked 1997
First ascent.
1998 Superstition E8 Miles Gibson Lead | worked 1998
First ascent.
1999
First ascent. 1 session.

Huffy demonstrated an ability to seek out classic lines where none had been envisioned before. Shortly after, the problem featured in the film Stick It, where Jerry Moffatt, believing the line to be a project, struggled and ultimately did not finish it.

2001
2002
2003
2004 Destructive Tendencies E7 James Pearson Lead | worked 18th Jan 2004
First ascent.
2005 Voyager 8B Ben Moon Boulder | worked 16th Nov 2005
First ascent.
First ascent.
First ascent.

Climbed with a single slider for protection and no pads.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbNm_qB016c

2008
2009
2010 Snowblind Mice 7B Dan Varian Boulder | ground up 2010
First ascent.
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 Back Street Mime Artist 8A Iain Farrar Boulder | worked Before 1st Jan 2016
First ascent.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 Punting in Oxford 8A+ Ned Feehally Boulder | worked Feb 2023
First ascent.
Climb Grade # Recorded Ascents Ascents Recorded Between
Voyager SDS 8B+ 6 1st November 2006 – 5th January 2019
Voyager 8B 19 1st January 2003 – 20th January 2022
Punting in Oxford 8A+ 2 1st February 2023 – 10th December 2025
Back Street Mime Artist 8A 10 2nd November 2021 – 5th January 2026
Blazing 48s 8A 2 1st January 1995 – 1st January 2004
Westworld 8A 1 1st January 1995 – 1st January 1996
Break Traverse 7C+ 1 24th January 2023
Western Eyes 7C+ 1 1st January 1990 – 1st January 2000
Zaff Skoczylas 7C 2 1st January 1997 – 1st January 1998
In the Flick of Time 7C 1
The Terrace 7C 1 1st January 2000 – 1st January 2001
West Side Story 7B+ 1 1st January 1985 – 1st January 1986
Blind Date 7B+ 1 1st January 1984 – 1st January 1985
Snowblind Mice 7B 1 1st January 2010 – 1st January 2011
The Sphinx 7A+ 1 1st January 1985 – 1st January 1986
Small Is Beautiful 7A 1 1st January 1985 – 1st January 1986
The Nose 7A 1
Breakfast 7A 1
Banana Finger 6A 1 1st January 1971 – 1st January 1972
Climb Grade # Recorded Ascents Ascents Recorded Between
The Promise E8 9 1st March 2007 – 1st January 2025
Superstition E8 5 1st January 1998 – 1st May 2013
Living in Oxford E7 4 1st January 1989 – 29th December 2022
Three Blind Mice E7 3 3rd September 1994 – 1st January 1997
Destructive Tendencies E7 1 18th January 2004
Nefertiti E6 3 1st January 1989 – 10th October 2025
Ai No Corrida E5 3 16th October 1984 – 1st November 2025
Knight's Move HVS 0