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1 The Nose climb 37 16th April 2026 13th November 2025
2 Alice Cross climber 35 2nd May 2026 28th April 2026
3 Royal Robbins's ascent of Wall of Early Morning Light ascent 33 9th October 2025 8th October 2025
4 Freerider climb 31 5th December 2025 13th November 2025
5 Frank Sacherer climber 31 16th April 2026 9th October 2025
6 The Direct Line climb 28 1st January 2026 10th November 2025
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9 Scott Cosgrove climber 25 9th December 2025 10th November 2025
10 Mabel Barker climber 25 28th April 2026 28th April 2026

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6861 2nd October 2025 20:20:01 UTC duncancritchley media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE embed_code
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6862 2nd October 2025 20:20:01 UTC duncancritchley media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE url
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6863 2nd October 2025 20:20:00 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Indian Face notes_pretty
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<blockquote> <p>I went for the crux, the motion startling me like a car unexpectedly in gear in a crowded parking lot. I swarm through the roundness of the bulge to a crank on a brittle spike for a cluster of three crystals on the right; each finger crucial and separate like the keys for a piano chord. I change feet three times to rest my lower legs, each time having to jump my foot out to put the other in. The finger-holds are too poor to hang on should the toes catch on each other. All those foot-changing mistakes on easy moves by runners come to mind. There is no resting. I must go and climb for the top. I swarm up towards the sunlight, gasping for air. A brittle hold stays under mistreatment and then I really blow it. Fearful of a smear on now-non-sticky boots I use an edge and move up, a fall fatal, but the automaton stabs back through, wobbling, but giving its all and I grasp a large sidepull and tube upward. The ropes dangle uselessly from my waist. <a href="/climber/1385/arthur-birtwistle">Arthur Birtwistle</a> on <a href="/climb/2043/diagonal">Diagonal</a>, I grasp incuts and the tight movement swerves to a glide as gravity swings skyward ...</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE</a></p> <p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA</a></p> <p>[3] Photos from the first ascent by <a href="/climber/2063/jonathan-reti">Jonathan Reti</a>. Jonathan was the only person at the crag that day with a camera. Later pictures of Johnny in white vest were not of the actual ascent. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/</a></p> <blockquote> <p>That top crux was difficult for him and his method was pretty snatchy, which is why I moved out of the fall line in case he fluffed it. Shockingly bold.</p> </blockquote> <p>[4] <em>Mountain</em> Issue 112, page 17 <a href="/library/11111/mountain-112">/library/11111/mountain-112</a></p>
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<blockquote> <p>I went for the crux, the motion startling me like a car unexpectedly in gear in a crowded parking lot. I swarm through the roundness of the bulge to a crank on a brittle spike for a cluster of three crystals on the right; each finger crucial and separate like the keys for a piano chord. I change feet three times to rest my lower legs, each time having to jump my foot out to put the other in. The finger-holds are too poor to hang on should the toes catch on each other. All those foot-changing mistakes on easy moves by runners come to mind. There is no resting. I must go and climb for the top. I swarm up towards the sunlight, gasping for air. A brittle hold stays under mistreatment and then I really blow it. Fearful of a smear on now-non-sticky boots I use an edge and move up, a fall fatal, but the automaton stabs back through, wobbling, but giving its all and I grasp a large sidepull and tube upward. The ropes dangle uselessly from my waist. <a href="/climber/1385/arthur-birtwistle">Arthur Birtwistle</a> on <a href="/climb/2043/diagonal">Diagonal</a>, I grasp incuts and the tight movement swerves to a glide as gravity swings skyward ...</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE</a></p> <p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA</a></p> <p>[3] Photos from the first ascent by <a href="/climber/2063/jonathan-reti">Jonathan Reti</a>. Jonathan was the only person at the crag that day with a camera. Later pictures of Johnny in white vest were not of the actual ascent. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/</a></p> <blockquote> <p>That top crux was difficult for him and his method was pretty snatchy, which is why I moved out of the fall line in case he fluffed it. Shockingly bold.</p> </blockquote> <p>[4] <em>Mountain</em> Issue 112, page 17 <a href="/library/11111/mountain-112">/library/11111/mountain-112</a></p> <p>[5] Clogwyn Du’r Arddu Climber’s Club guidebook by Nick Dixon</p>
6864 2nd October 2025 20:20:00 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Indian Face notes
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> I went for the crux, the motion startling me like a car unexpectedly in gear in a crowded parking lot. I swarm through the roundness of the bulge to a crank on a brittle spike for a cluster of three crystals on the right; each finger crucial and separate like the keys for a piano chord. I change feet three times to rest my lower legs, each time having to jump my foot out to put the other in. The finger-holds are too poor to hang on should the toes catch on each other. All those foot-changing mistakes on easy moves by runners come to mind. There is no resting. I must go and climb for the top. I swarm up towards the sunlight, gasping for air. A brittle hold stays under mistreatment and then I really blow it. Fearful of a smear on now-non-sticky boots I use an edge and move up, a fall fatal, but the automaton stabs back through, wobbling, but giving its all and I grasp a large sidepull and tube upward. The ropes dangle uselessly from my waist. [Arthur Birtwistle](/climber/1385/arthur-birtwistle) on [Diagonal](/climb/2043/diagonal), I grasp incuts and the tight movement swerves to a glide as gravity swings skyward ... ### References [1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE) [2] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA) [3] Photos from the first ascent by [Jonathan Reti](/climber/2063/jonathan-reti). Jonathan was the only person at the crag that day with a camera. Later pictures of Johnny in white vest were not of the actual ascent. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/) > That top crux was difficult for him and his method was pretty snatchy, which is why I moved out of the fall line in case he fluffed it. Shockingly bold. [4] *Mountain* Issue 112, page 17 [/library/11111/mountain-112](/library/11111/mountain-112)
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> I went for the crux, the motion startling me like a car unexpectedly in gear in a crowded parking lot. I swarm through the roundness of the bulge to a crank on a brittle spike for a cluster of three crystals on the right; each finger crucial and separate like the keys for a piano chord. I change feet three times to rest my lower legs, each time having to jump my foot out to put the other in. The finger-holds are too poor to hang on should the toes catch on each other. All those foot-changing mistakes on easy moves by runners come to mind. There is no resting. I must go and climb for the top. I swarm up towards the sunlight, gasping for air. A brittle hold stays under mistreatment and then I really blow it. Fearful of a smear on now-non-sticky boots I use an edge and move up, a fall fatal, but the automaton stabs back through, wobbling, but giving its all and I grasp a large sidepull and tube upward. The ropes dangle uselessly from my waist. [Arthur Birtwistle](/climber/1385/arthur-birtwistle) on [Diagonal](/climb/2043/diagonal), I grasp incuts and the tight movement swerves to a glide as gravity swings skyward ... ### References [1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMX4NAw0NSE) [2] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb5_PYRhQA) [3] Photos from the first ascent by [Jonathan Reti](/climber/2063/jonathan-reti). Jonathan was the only person at the crag that day with a camera. Later pictures of Johnny in white vest were not of the actual ascent. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/30814373@N02/albums/72157712866661618/) > That top crux was difficult for him and his method was pretty snatchy, which is why I moved out of the fall line in case he fluffed it. Shockingly bold. [4] *Mountain* Issue 112, page 17 [/library/11111/mountain-112](/library/11111/mountain-112) [5] Clogwyn Du’r Arddu Climber’s Club guidebook by Nick Dixon
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-[4] *Mountain* Issue 112, page 17 [/library/11111/mountain-112](/library/11111/mountain-112)
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+[5] Clogwyn Du’r Arddu Climber’s Club guidebook by Nick Dixon
6865 2nd October 2025 20:18:52 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Indian Face Belayer
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6866 2nd October 2025 20:18:34 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Indian Face Belayer
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6867 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire ascent_dt_end
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6868 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire ascent_dt_start
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6869 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire ascent_type_id
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6870 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire notes_pretty
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6871 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire notes
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6872 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire ascent_style_id
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6874 2nd October 2025 20:14:35 UTC duncancritchley ascent Leo Houlding's ascent of Authentic Desire climber_id
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6875 2nd October 2025 20:13:23 UTC duncancritchley ascent John Redhead's ascent of Authentic Desire ascent_dt_end
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6876 2nd October 2025 20:13:23 UTC duncancritchley ascent John Redhead's ascent of Authentic Desire ascent_dt_start
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6877 2nd October 2025 20:07:54 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Face Mecca notes_pretty
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<p>Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. <a href="/climber/561/johnny-dawes">Johnny Dawes</a> </p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. <a href="/climber/561/johnny-dawes">Johnny Dawes</a> [1]</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.</p>
6878 2nd October 2025 20:07:54 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Face Mecca notes
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Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) ### References [1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.
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> Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) [1] ### References [1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.
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-Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes)
+> Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) [1]


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6879 2nd October 2025 20:06:52 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Face Mecca notes_pretty
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<p>Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. <a href="/climber/561/johnny-dawes">Johnny Dawes</a> in [1]</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.</p>
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<p>Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. <a href="/climber/561/johnny-dawes">Johnny Dawes</a> </p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.</p>
6880 2nd October 2025 20:06:52 UTC duncancritchley ascent Johnny Dawes's ascent of Face Mecca notes
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Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) in [1] ### References [1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.
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Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) ### References [1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 187. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club.
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-Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) in [1]
+Fearsome, snappy, technical and sustained - scared myself to death. E9, 6c. Good grade, great route, the best experience for years. [Johnny Dawes](/climber/561/johnny-dawes)


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