Year of publication 1960 - Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Peter Moffat 51right, round a rib, into an open exposed chimney which isclimbed to a heather ledge and block belays.(3) 25 feet. Up and left over much easier rock to the foot of avertical ill-defined chimney. Block belay.(4) 60 feet. The chimney, then continue up and left to a grassyplatform in a little gully.(5) 30 feet. A short rough wall on the left. Poor belay.(6) 25 feet. The arete ahead.(7) 50 feet. This broadens to a buttress with an awkward finish ona grass ledge.(8) 80 feet. A short wall is followed by sterner rock which can beclimbed direct by using a crack or by a groove. Easyangledslabs lead to a belay.(9) 40 feet. Keep to the right-hand edge of the slabs overlookingthe gully.(10) 85 feet. Easy climbing and scrambling, keeping right overslabs and a broad cracked ridge.(11) 25 feet. The final gendarme turns out to be a steep wall.NATIONAL TRUSTDECEPTIONCRAGS210 feet. Mild severe. First ascent 3rd June,1959. I. Clough, S. R. Wilkinson. Starts at alarge cairn at the lowest rocks of the northern of the two NationalTrust crags. Follows the left-hand side of the cliff which projectsfrom the rest of the crag.(1) 60 feet. Up a 15-foot groove, then scramble up right to a treebelay below the steep wall.(2) 60 feet. Up above belay and round right, into an undercutslab corner. Up to the overhang, traverse right to the edge,then up the rib to a tree belay. A good pitch.(3) 40 feet. Up left, then right, to a tree belay.(4) 50 feet. Diagonally left up the wall then follow the arete tothe top and the tourist path.GREAT END CRAGREDBERRY WALL345 feet. Very severe. First ascent November,1958. J. A. Austin, B. A. Fuller (alternateleads). Starts 30 feet right of a big cave by a 20-foot embeddedpinnacle.(1) 100 feet. Climb the pinnacle. Step onto a grassy gangwaysloping up left, and follow it to a large holly tree at the footof a groove slanting to the right. Climb the slab to a largetree belay.(2) 20 feet. Follow the thin rake slanting right behind the treeto a small holly and an oak tree belay.(3) 60 feet. Move back down the rake until it is possible to stepround the rib into a shallow groove. Traverse across twomore grooves to a grass ledge. Along the ledge until it ispossible to climb up past a tree to a ledge and belay.