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Alan Murray and Phil Rigby 2011. 100ft. 4c. Pitch 1 of Classic Rock.2. 120ft. 5c. From the belay climb easily to below the overhanging corner, bridge up to agood handhold on the left wall. Attain a standing position on the handhold andprecariously bridge or lay back onto the ledge on the right. Follow the crack abovemoving leftwards after the bulge to below a crack which is followed to a large ledge.Possible belay or continue to top.C.Downer, P.Hirst. 30/6/85.THORNYTHWAITE KNOTS, COMBE GHYLLNo More Heroes. 120ft. H.V.S.Starts 20ft. left of Red Shift at an obvious deep groove.1. 80ft. 4c. Climb the slab in the corner (with an overhanging back wall) to the bulge.Move round the bulge into a groove. Continue up this to a stance. Nut belays.2. 40ft. 5a. The overhang groove leads to some slabs.R.McHaffie, P.Hirst (alt. leads). 10/7/85.Red Shift. 130ft. E3.From the lowest point of the crag, behind two rowan trees. A holly tree grows 20ft.above these.5c. Climb the corner for 30ft. above these. Step right and up the corner above untilbelow the obvious steep groove (the pod). Climb the groove (crux), exit left, thencontinue directly to the top.P. Hirst, R.McHaffie. 3/7/85.Phantom of the Opera. 100ft. VS.Starts at the right-hand end of the crag.4c. Climb the left-facing groove in the arete. Move right at the top onto a gangway.Flake belay.R.McHaffie. 24/11/85.HANGING STONE (228120)This is the buttress overlooking Seathwaite Farm on the northern ridge of BaseBrown.Puritan. 60ft. H.V.S.Start 20ft. right of the tree-filled gully on the left of the crag at an obvious break in theoverhang above a small sapling.(5a). Pull through the break to a 'sawn-off tree stump'! Step left, and over a small bulgeonto a slab. Move back right; then straight up to finish just left of a large perched block.C.Downer, J.White. 6/5/85.Shake Down. 60ft. H.V.S.Start as for Puritan.(5a). Pull through the break and move rightwards to below a chimney/groove. Up thisto finish over two large perched blocks at the top. Care!C.Downer, J.White. 6/5/85.Loose Connections. 80ft. H.V.S.Start 20ft. right of Shake Down below a loose corner above the overhangs. Careneeded with rock.(5a). Pull over the overhang and continue up the corner into a flake crack. Follow this,steeply, to a grass ledge. From this, step across the wall on the right and up a short crackto finish.C.Downer, A. Hall. 9/5/85.371
202 NEW CLIMBS AND NOTESJoker Man. 80ft. El.Good climbing up the obvious rightward-slanting slabby groove. Start as for LooseConnections.(5b). Pull over the overhang, keeping out of the corner. Move rightwards on slopingholds which lead into the groove. Follow this to a steep finish.C.Downer, A.Hall. 7/5/85.Skimmerhorne. 80ft. E2.A very pleasant route which attempts to climb the obvious knife-edge arete on the rightof the crag. Start from an embedded rock below the arete.(5c). Using holds on the right wall, pull up and round onto the left wall. Traverse lefton small holds, then pull round onto the slab. Trend up rightwards to good holds on thearete; stand on these, then up to another good hold on the arete. Finish up a shortlayback crack behind a flake.C.Downer, A.Hall. 9/5/85.Stan the Man. 60ft. V.S.The corner at the right-hand end of the crag.(4c). Climb the corner direct, exiting left at the top.A. Hall, C.Downer. 7/5/85.STEEL KNOTTS (247164)Ambling Ant. 80ft. M.V.S.Start right of Route One.Climb the obvious corner crack. Move up left to a ledge. Finish up the wall above.R.Kenyon, T.Price, L.Jordan. 20/10/85.GOAT CRAG-North (265165)Silly Billy. 70ft. V.D.Start just left of Billy Goat Bluff.Climb the rib and shallow groove to a slabby area above. Easy scrambling to the top.D.Armstrong. 19/10/85.Billy Goat Bluff. 70ft. H.V.S.Start 60ft. left of The Kremlin.5a. Climb the smooth rib, keeping to the right wall.R.Kenyon. 29/9/85.Legless Lizard. 170ft. E5.A link pitch from Athanor to The Thieving Magpie, which climbs the wall andtwisting crack through the orange bulges 15ft. left of Footless Crow.1. 90ft. 6b. Climb Footless Crow to the niche, step up left to a good foothold thenstraight up the wall to a small ledge just right of a crack. Climb the wall and bulge rightof the crack to gain a good flake hold. Up leftwards over the bulge to a chockstone. Moveright and up a flake crack to a small ledge. (Just right of the belay at the top of pitch 3 ofPraying Mantis.)2. 80ft. 5b. Finish directly over the bulge and up the slab above as for Thieving Magpie.D.Dinwoodie, D.Hawthorn. 8/8/85.LOWER KNITTING HOW (245169)Ripping Yarn. 100ft. E2.The steep delicate corner gives a sustained route. Start from the grassy ledge below thecorner.372
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