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7701 11th November 2025 09:47:24 UTC TdG ascent Stevie Haston's ascent of Greenspit notes
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With a couple of pieces of gear pre-placed and after watching his partner Laurence on the start of the route. ### References [1] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641)
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With a couple of pieces of gear pre-placed and after watching his partner Laurence on the start of the route. Haston: >If I climb well, make no mistakes, I sometimes onsight F8a. I have done the odd F8a+ and maybe F8b, but last year I began to think I had a better level and might achieve more if I got my act together, and was really lucky and really wanted it. Wanting or being hungry is key and has a lot to do with onsighting. Nowadays I'm a bit too mellow or simply I don't need it, maybe too much risk of hurting a finger is always at the back of my mind. The thing about Greenspit was that because I have lots of experience doing cracks, I thought I could do a good job and I did. >In my opinion, although it is hard to tell when you do some thing first time, it was probably F8b max. It fit me pretty well although my hands were a bit too big, you know cracks are very morpho, size is important to critical. There's no danger, although Laurence took a bit of a fall when she pulled a cam trying to lead it. I'd say it's like a 5.12 crack to a V8 move, a bit on the powerful side, but nothing really that tricky. In English if you like, bottom end E6 crack to a 6c sequence. ### References [1] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641)
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With a couple of pieces of gear pre-placed and after watching his partner Laurence on the start of the route.
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+Haston:
+>If I climb well, make no mistakes, I sometimes onsight F8a. I have done the odd F8a+ and maybe F8b, but last year I began to think I had a better level and might achieve more if I got my act together, and was really lucky and really wanted it. Wanting or being hungry is key and has a lot to do with onsighting. Nowadays I'm a bit too mellow or simply I don't need it, maybe too much risk of hurting a finger is always at the back of my mind. The thing about Greenspit was that because I have lots of experience doing cracks, I thought I could do a good job and I did.
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+>In my opinion, although it is hard to tell when you do some thing first time, it was probably F8b max. It fit me pretty well although my hands were a bit too big, you know cracks are very morpho, size is important to critical. There's no danger, although Laurence took a bit of a fall when she pulled a cam trying to lead it. I'd say it's like a 5.12 crack to a V8 move, a bit on the powerful side, but nothing really that tricky. In English if you like, bottom end E6 crack to a 6c sequence.

### References

7702 11th November 2025 09:42:47 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires notes
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[Stevie Haston](/climber/135/stevie-haston): >A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant.
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A slate off-width in Gideon Quarry, Llanberis. 1992 Slate guide: >THE LAND THAT GOD FORGOT >The right hand side of the quarry, when one emerges from the first tunnel, was once the location of a steep prow, cleft by an overhanging crack. This was the location of the Lost Castle of my Desires, an intriguing test piece in off-width climbing, sadly(?) the many tons of debris strewn across the floor of the quarry are a testament to its demise. [1] [Stevie Haston](/climber/135/stevie-haston): >A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant. [2] ### References [1] *Slate*, Iwan Arfon Jones, Andy Newton, Leigh McGinley, 1992. [2] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641)
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+A slate off-width in Gideon Quarry, Llanberis.
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+1992 Slate guide:
+>THE LAND THAT GOD FORGOT
+>The right hand side of the quarry, when one emerges from the first tunnel, was once the location of a steep prow, cleft by an overhanging crack. This was the location of the Lost Castle of my Desires, an intriguing test piece in off-width climbing, sadly(?) the many tons of debris strewn across the floor of the quarry are a testament to its demise. [1]
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[Stevie Haston](/climber/135/stevie-haston):
->A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant.
+>A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant. [2]
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+### References
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+[1] *Slate*, Iwan Arfon Jones, Andy Newton, Leigh McGinley, 1992.
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+[2] [https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641](https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641)
7703 11th November 2025 09:42:47 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires notes_pretty
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<p><a href="/climber/135/stevie-haston">Stevie Haston</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant.</p> </blockquote>
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<p>A slate off-width in Gideon Quarry, Llanberis.</p> <p>1992 Slate guide:</p> <blockquote> <p>THE LAND THAT GOD FORGOT The right hand side of the quarry, when one emerges from the first tunnel, was once the location of a steep prow, cleft by an overhanging crack. This was the location of the Lost Castle of my Desires, an intriguing test piece in off-width climbing, sadly(?) the many tons of debris strewn across the floor of the quarry are a testament to its demise. [1]</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/135/stevie-haston">Stevie Haston</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant. [2]</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <em>Slate</em>, Iwan Arfon Jones, Andy Newton, Leigh McGinley, 1992.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641">https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/12/stevie_haston_crushes_greenspit-50641</a></p>
7704 11th November 2025 09:38:51 UTC TdG ascent Stevie Haston's ascent of Lost Castle of My Desires ascent_dt_end
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7705 11th November 2025 09:32:39 UTC TdG ascent Stevie Haston's ascent of Lost Castle of My Desires Ascent #
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7710 11th November 2025 09:32:38 UTC TdG ascent Stevie Haston's ascent of Lost Castle of My Desires climber_id
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7711 11th November 2025 09:32:02 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires Currently Unclimbable
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7712 11th November 2025 09:31:50 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires notes
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[Stevie Haston](/climber/135/stevie-haston): >A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant.
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7713 11th November 2025 09:31:50 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires notes_pretty
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<p><a href="/climber/135/stevie-haston">Stevie Haston</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A 2 to 9 inch, 40 degree overhanging crack in the Llanberis slate quarries. It was 80 foot long and weighed in about F8a+. It never got a second ascent as it fell down. Shame as the route and name were brilliant.</p> </blockquote>
7714 11th November 2025 09:31:50 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires climb_type
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7715 11th November 2025 09:31:50 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires climb_name
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7716 11th November 2025 09:31:50 UTC TdG climb Lost Castle of My Desires grade_id
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7717 10th November 2025 10:31:11 UTC TdG ascent Julien Nadiras's ascent of Irréversible Ascent #
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7718 10th November 2025 10:31:11 UTC TdG ascent Julien Nadiras's ascent of Irréversible ascent_style_id
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7719 10th November 2025 10:31:11 UTC TdG ascent Julien Nadiras's ascent of Irréversible ascent_type_id
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7720 10th November 2025 10:31:11 UTC TdG ascent Julien Nadiras's ascent of Irréversible ascent_dt_end
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