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Roaches Upper Tier - Gritstone
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Top 10 problems: (view all problems)
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The Cube (6B (hard)) -
Too Drunk (7A (hard)) -
Nadin's Traverse (7A) -
Joe's Arete (5+ (hard)) -
Nadin's into The Staircase (7A+ (hard))
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Don's Crack (4+ (hard))
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Sleeping With the Flowers (7A)
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Calcutta Crimp (6B+ (hard))
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Broken Wing (6C+ (hard)) -
Pipe Entry (7A)
All problems: (view only the best problems)
| Safety Net (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6C (soft) |
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Funky deep and tribal | Sit start on crimps near the start of the traverse. Up to slopey break and then continue slightly leftwards to finish at the break. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Safety net traverse | The obvious traverse below safety net, best done right to left stepping up at the safety net start | Edit | Delete | |
| Grand Theft (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7B+ |
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Lip Service | Sit start to The Boss Problem. Sit start on the pod left of the right arete, with a hidden right hand pinch in the pod and left hand undercutting. Slap to the lip and move leftwards to the boss using a selection of small crimps and edges and toe hooks.Get the boss with your left hand and then a crimpy side pull with your right before slapping for the jugs. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Left Arete | Edit | Delete | ||
| 7C |
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Grand Theft | From the left arete, follow the lip rightwards and finish up The Boss. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Round Hold | From the round hold, rock leftwards. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A |
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High Traverse | Traverse the high line of holds from left to right. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ |
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High Traverse Sitstart | Use undercuts and Pinches to make an awkward sitstart. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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The Boss | From low, climb to the ledge. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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The Arete | The right arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 8A (soft) |
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GTA | The extension to Grand Theft. Follow GT all the way along the lip. From the end boss of GT use crimps and toe hooks in the pod at the back of the roof, to finish up the right hanging arete | Edit | Delete | |
| Easy Boulder (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 3 (hard) |
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Easy Problems | Climb all over this boulder at the same grade. | Edit | Delete | |
| Middle Boulder (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 4 |
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Left Wall | Left of the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Slab and Arete | Edit | Delete | ||
| 6A |
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Hanging Slab | Mantel onto the slab. | Edit | Delete | |
| Joe's Arete (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6B+ |
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Done Years Ago | From Joes portholes traverse left at that height and finish up the arete, with a difficult share on small flake. Any feet. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Done Years Ago | From Joes portholes traverse left at that height and finish up the arete, with a difficult share on small flake. Any feet. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Done Years Ago | From Joes portholes traverse left at that height and finish up the arete, with a difficult share on small flake. Any feet. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Done Years Ago | From Joes portholes traverse left at that height and finish up the arete, with a difficult share on small flake. Any feet. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Done Years Ago | From Joes portholes traverse left at that height and finish up the arete, with a difficult share on small flake. Any feet. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Big Holes | Left of the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ (hard) |
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Joe's Arete | Climb the arete. Possible one-handed. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ |
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Smaller Flakes | Just right of the arete. Start on a right hand gaston and gain the small flakes via a slopey sidepull. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Bigger Flakes | Follow the biggest flakes up the wall. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Joe's Portholes | Straight up the big portholes on the right. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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Mean Ol' Bastard | Sitstart from the low holes, and make hard moves upwards via gastons and crimps. The large middle holes are not in. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 |
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Apocalypse Now | From a sitstart at the low holes, dyno to the top. | Edit | Delete | |
| Nadin's Traverse (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A |
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Nadin's Traverse | From jugs on the left arete, drop into a low rightwards traverse and finish up The Flake. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A+ |
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Nadin's into Eliminate Dyno | Edit | Delete | ||
| 7A+ (hard) |
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Nadin's into The Staircase | Start on the big holds on the left of the boulder and contine along 'Nadin's Traverse' until the top is reached. Instead of topping out continue right at that level into 'The Staircase' then its a long move to the top. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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Nadin's into Cooper's | Edit | Delete | ||
| 4 |
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Juggy Arete | From a low start. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Glued Up | Straight up from a low start on the glued jug. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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Glued up Dyno | From the low glued jug, dyno to the top. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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Eliminate Dyno | Just left of the flake, dyno to the top from a chest height slopey rail. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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The Flake | Edit | Delete | ||
| 4+ (hard) |
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The Staircase | From sitting, climb the staircase feature. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ (hard) |
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Cooper's Traverse | Traverse rightwards, from a start just right of Staircase. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Bulge Sitstart | Start under the bulge and climb straight up. | Edit | Delete | |
| Don's Crack (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 4+ (hard) |
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Don's Crack | Edit | Delete | ||
| 6B |
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No Crack | Right of the crack, climb without crack or arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Don's Arete | Edit | Delete | ||
| Broken Wing (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 5 |
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Wall Problem | Climb the wall, via breaks. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Undercut Nose | Straight up the nose. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ (hard) |
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Broken Wing | Start as for Undercut Nose, then break left to finish up Wall Problem. | Edit | Delete | |
| Biggest Boulder (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A |
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Bancroft's Slab | Gain the middle of the face from the left. Step up in the first chip, gain small edges in the centre of the shield, then pull to the good holds. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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Slippery Groove | Edit | Delete | ||
| 5 |
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Arete | The arete on its left. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Easy Groove | Just right of the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4+ |
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Flakes and Chips | Edit | Delete | ||
| 7B+ |
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Higginson's Arm | From undercuts beneath Left Groove, traverse rightwards below the roof. Finish up The Nose. Harder since the breakage of a crucial hold. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B |
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Left Groove | Edit | Delete | ||
| 6A |
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Right Groove | Edit | Delete | ||
| 5 |
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Rough Arete | Edit | Delete | ||
| 6B+ |
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The Nose | From hanging at the low break, climb the nose. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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Juggy Groove | Jugs lead up a groove. | Edit | Delete | |
| Calcutta Buttress (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7C (soft) |
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Delhi Belly | The final link up spanning the whole buttress. Start on Black Hole traverse, moving left in Sleeping with flowers, up this and continue left by doing dirtnap. Soft for the grade due to the lovely shakeout before sleeping with flowers part (bottom block not in at rest). | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Bombay Overhang | The left arete is a little scary. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ (hard) |
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Calcutta Crimp | Start beneath the roof at a jug. Reach holds past the lip and rock up to the break. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A |
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Sleeping With the Flowers | Sitstart and climb the right arete of the left wall. Avoid the block on the right. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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Dirtnap | Climb Sleeping with the Flowers to the lip, then traverse leftwards to reach the break and finish up Bombay Overhang. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A |
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Mistral Start | Climb to good edges and reach a flatty to the left. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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Limbless Limbo Dancer | Start under the roof, then gain the big holds and make a large move to the incut hold at the top of the rib. Stop at the break. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Dish Grab | Start low, then head up and right for the dish. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Calcutta Rib | The rib. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A (soft) |
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Calcutta Traverse | Move along jugs from right to left, finishing at the crack. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A (soft) |
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The Black Hole Start | From large holds in the pit to the right, traverse left on smaller holds to join the Calcutta Traverse. | Edit | Delete | |
| Too Drunk (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6C |
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Gritstone Bouldering Pissup | Start low off the undercuts on the left and pull over the lip on poor slopers. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A (hard) |
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Too Drunk | From a sitstart on the flake, climb straight up the centre of the steep wall. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ (hard) |
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Drunk Enough | Sitstart the right arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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Bobby Custard | The sloping bulge via a toe hook. | Edit | Delete | |
| The Cube (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6A+ |
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Cube Traverse | Cross the three walls of the block. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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Flakes | Edit | Delete | ||
| 3 (hard) |
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Cube Crack | An easy crack. (Is there such a thing?) | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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Jump | The arete left of The Cube. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A+ |
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Jump Sitstart | Edit | Delete | ||
| 7B+ |
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The Cube Direct | Crimp up the centre of the face and join The Cube at the big slopey pocket. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B (hard) |
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The Cube | Highball up the rippled face. Start slightly right, using a large pebble. Trend left to finish up the centre. The start is the crux. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Right Pube | The arete right of The Cube. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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Back Crack | On the backside of the cube is a crack. You know what to do... | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A |
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Cave Exit | On the low middle boulder, climb from the back of the cave. Horrible! | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 |
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K2 | On the slab boulder, climb the left ridge. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Shallow Crack Slab | On the slab boulder, climb from the shallow crack. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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Summit Slab | On the slab boulder, climb direct to the summit. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4+ |
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Notch Slab | On the slab boulder, climb the right line. | Edit | Delete | |
| The Cellar (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6B+ |
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Ride My Pimp | Bulbous arete/nose between Crinkly Wall and the Downpipe | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B+ (soft) |
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Maximum pipe | Start at the right hand end of the pipe entry block and traverse the slopey top to finish up pipe entry/ The even slopier continuation past the pipe needs doing. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A+ |
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The Gates | Climb the centre of the black slab overlooking the crag edge, on the left side of the Cellar entrance. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Crinkly Wall | Edit | Delete | ||
| 6C |
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The Downpipe | Edit | Delete | ||
| 7A |
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Pipe Entry | Edit | Delete | ||
| 3 |
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Right Slab | Edit | Delete | ||
| 7A+ |
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Cellar Dwella | Just inside the Cellar and on the left. Use sidepulls to slap the top. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Tiny Groove | Edit | Delete | ||
| The Attic (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6B+ (hard) |
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Marley | Essentially a sit start to Barley v1 5b. Begin sitting just left of chasm arete on obvious flake hold and crimp up and left to join flake of Barley. Finish up this. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ |
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Stretch Armstrong | Facing back away from the crag edge is a slab above a crevasse. Climb the centre of this on pocks (chips?) | Edit | Delete | |
| Great Slab (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 5+ |
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The Lintel | Climb above the big ledge. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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Flap Dancer | Climb above a small hole, but eliminate the large pod. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Popper | Pods on the left of the slab. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4+ |
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Scallop | On the far right of the wall, climb flakes. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A |
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Flake Museum | Climb up and right over the low overhang. Follow flakes and flat holds upwards. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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The Monodoigt | Climb the thin wall via a small lh crimp and a mono. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Goat's Eye Low Start | From the low pocket, head right to crimps, then upwards. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A |
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Goat's Eye Standing Start | Edit | Delete | ||
| 4+ |
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Big Traverse | Start right of the pods and head left, then up, then left some more. Keep going as far as you want. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4+ |
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Goat's Gruff | Climb pockets. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Cheesy Moon | Climb above the big pod. | Edit | Delete | |
| Ou Est le Spit (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A+ |
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Wolfman Sitter | The right end of the buttress has a low cave. From a sit start on two pockets in the back RHS of the cave trav left (past the start holds on Proper Gander) to gain a ramp over the lip. Gain the jug at the top of the ramp and exit direct as per Proper Gander up the very slopey scoop. The upper bit is (probably) the John Allen E3 6b Wolfman of the KGB | Edit | Delete | |
| 7C |
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Proper Gander | Sit start in the cave on two big pockets. Pull round the roof and up pinches on the right of the scoop. Rock leftward into the scoop (ramp for feet). Topout up the very slopey scoop. | Edit | Delete | |
- BasilClarke sent Eliminate Dyno, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Saturday 14 Sep 2019, details
- Samuel Palmer sent Sleeping With the Flowers, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Saturday 17 Aug 2019, details
- Nick Brown sent Broken Wing, Broken Wing, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Saturday 15 Mar 2014, details
- Nick Brown sent Pipe Entry, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Saturday 15 Mar 2014, details
- Bonjoy sent Crinkly Wall, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Sunday 18 Nov 2012, details
- Bonjoy sent Pipe Entry, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Sunday 18 Nov 2012, details
- Beechy sent Apocalypse Now, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Saturday 28 Jul 2012, details
- Bonjoy sent Sleeping With the Flowers, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Sunday 13 May 2012, details
- offshoreandy sent Too Drunk, Too Drunk, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Feb 2012, details
- r-man sent The Cube Direct, The Cube, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Friday 13 Jan 2012, details
- r-man sent The Cube, The Cube, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Friday 13 Jan 2012, details
- notgnarly sent Broken Wing, Broken Wing, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Wednesday 10 Aug 2011, details
- paddyisidle sent Nadin's into The Staircase, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Monday 20 Jun 2011, details
- paddyisidle sent Nadin's Traverse, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Wednesday 01 Jun 2011, details
- thegustin sent Broken Wing, Broken Wing, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Apr 2011, details
- thegustin sent Sleeping With the Flowers, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Apr 2011, details
- nai sent Calcutta Crimp, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Sunday 27 Mar 2011, details
- nai sent Sleeping With the Flowers, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Sunday 27 Mar 2011, details
- nai sent Mistral Start, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Sunday 27 Mar 2011, details
- Yoof sent Broken Wing, Broken Wing, Roaches Upper Tier, date: Tuesday 22 Mar 2011, details
Latest Problem Updates:
- Eliminate Dyno, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 23/09/2019 at 01:05PM
- Sleeping With the Flowers, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 18/08/2019 at 09:19AM
- Bobby Custard, Too Drunk, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 27/10/2018 at 05:20PM
- Bancroft's Slab, Biggest Boulder, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 05/01/2017 at 01:23PM
- Proper Gander, Ou Est le Spit, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 07/12/2016 at 11:33AM
- Wolfman Sitter, Ou Est le Spit, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 07/12/2016 at 11:29AM
- GTA, Grand Theft, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 06/12/2016 at 09:44PM
- Smaller Flakes, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 10/12/2015 at 12:14PM
- The Cube, The Cube, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 14/07/2014 at 10:25PM
- Left Groove, Biggest Boulder, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 18/05/2014 at 07:10PM
- Broken Wing, Broken Wing, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 16/03/2014 at 11:31AM
- Pipe Entry, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 16/03/2014 at 11:28AM
- Nadin's into The Staircase, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 08/01/2013 at 09:28AM
- Bombay Overhang, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 20/12/2012 at 11:56AM
- Delhi Belly, Calcutta Buttress, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 20/12/2012 at 11:56AM
- The Arete, Grand Theft, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 02/12/2012 at 03:40PM
- Lip Service, Grand Theft, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 02/12/2012 at 03:40PM
- Apocalypse Now, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 24/11/2012 at 12:03PM
- The Downpipe, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 19/11/2012 at 08:38PM
- Ride My Pimp, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 19/11/2012 at 08:38PM
- Crinkly Wall, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 19/11/2012 at 08:36PM
- Stretch Armstrong, The Attic, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 07/07/2012 at 04:32PM
- Marley, The Attic, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 07/07/2012 at 04:32PM
- Maximum pipe, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 13/03/2012 at 07:02PM
- Right Slab, The Cellar, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 13/03/2012 at 07:01PM
- Too Drunk, Too Drunk, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 27/02/2012 at 03:36PM
- Gritstone Bouldering Pissup, Too Drunk, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 27/02/2012 at 03:36PM
- The Cube Direct, The Cube, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 17/01/2012 at 10:52PM
- Done Years Ago, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 03/10/2011 at 08:23PM
- Done Years Ago, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 03/10/2011 at 08:23PM
- Done Years Ago, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 03/10/2011 at 08:23PM
- Done Years Ago, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 03/10/2011 at 08:23PM
- Done Years Ago, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 03/10/2011 at 08:22PM
- Joe's Portholes, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 03/10/2011 at 08:22PM
- Higginson's Arm, Biggest Boulder, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:35PM
- Flap Dancer, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:26PM
- Popper, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:26PM
- The Lintel, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:26PM
- Cheesy Moon, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:25PM
- Goat's Gruff, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:24PM
- Big Traverse, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:24PM
- Goat's Eye Standing Start, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:23PM
- Goat's Eye Low Start, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:22PM
- The Monodoigt, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:22PM
- Flake Museum, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:21PM
- Scallop, Great Slab, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 30/08/2011 at 10:20PM
- Nadin's into Cooper's, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 21/06/2011 at 02:55PM
- Nadin's Traverse, Nadin's Traverse, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 01/06/2011 at 10:15PM
- Don's Crack, Don's Crack, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 02/05/2011 at 01:43PM
- Joe's Arete, Joe's Arete, Roaches Upper Tier updated on 02/05/2011 at 01:01PM
