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Blackwell Dale - Limestone
Description: Access is potentially sensitive here. Keep visits low key and take care when jumping over the fence.
Access: On private land. There is no access permission. Avoid climbing on rock in view of the road. Access is potentially sensitive here. Keep visits low key and take care when jumping over the fence.
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Top 20 problems: (view all problems)
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Ovine (aka Mutton Busting Stand) (7B) -
Mint Sauce (7C)
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Mint Sauce Sit Start (7C+)
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unnamed (7B+ (hard))
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Mutton Bustin' (8A)
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unnamed (7B+)
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Ru's Traverse (8A)
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Griff's Traverse (7C)
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unnamed (6C)
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Unstatic (7C) -
unnamed (6B)
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Black and Deckout (7A+ (hard))
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Blackhole (6B)
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Black Magic (7A+ (hard))
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Cross and Blackwell (6B)
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Black By Popular Demand (7A+)
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Cross and Blackwell Direct Start (7A)
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Cross and Blackwell Direct Finish (6C)
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Scouse's Problem (7A)
All problems: (view only the best problems)
| Griff's Buttress | |||||
| 8A |
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Ru's Traverse | Sit start on the left, left of the undercut bulge, and traverse the lip rightwards to finish up Mutton Bustin' | ||
| 7C |
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Mint Sauce | Just right of the bolted project is a highball groove. Climb into it from directly beneath to finish in the worryingly high break. | ||
| 7C+ |
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Mint Sauce Sit Start | Sit start off a big right hand pinch. | ||
| 7B+ (hard) |
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unnamed | Sit start just left of the low cave and head up and right above the cave to a poor crimp in a niche and a hard last move to the break. | ||
| 8A |
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Mutton Bustin' | Start low on two crimpy ears with a heel toe on the bulge at the back. pull up into the previous problem. | ||
| 7B |
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Ovine (aka Mutton Busting Stand) | Start on a narrow diagonal slot and a slopey pinch at the same level. Pull up to slopers then lock to a poor crimp in a little niche to a heart breaking last move to the break. | ||
| 7B+ |
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unnamed | Sit start on the right of the low cave of Mutton Bustin' and make big moves on crimps and slots to a tricky finish and a massive finishing jug. | ||
| 7C |
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Griff's Traverse | Start sitting on good holds well to the right of the low cave of Mutton Bustin' and follow slots under the overlap leftwards to a hard finish above the cave when they run out. Often damp. | ||
| 6C |
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unnamed | Straight up from the start of Griff's Traverse are a couple of nice lines on decent holds. | ||
| 7C |
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Unstatic | Towards the right side of the buttress are two tiny crimps at head height on a smooth shield. Use these to dyno to the break above. The sit start adds interest but little difficulty due to big footholds. | ||
| 6B |
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unnamed | Right of the smooth hanging shield of Unstatic are some nice warm ups. | ||
| Black and Decker Buttress | |||||
| 7A+ (hard) |
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Black and Deckout | Climb the highest section of the buttress left of centre to top out into the trees. There's an obvious good pocket/slot for the left hand to start with. Pull on, pop up for a gaston thing with the right hand, then staight up via slots to top out. Highball and good. | ||
| 6B |
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Blackhole | In the centre of the buttress is a big dank hole at about 10 feet. Start on twin pockets beneath this. Reach into the hole and match to finish. | ||
| 7A+ (hard) |
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Black Magic | 3 or 4 metres right of the big hole at ten feet height the buttress is steeper and lower. Sit start on unobvious undercuts reach to a decent slot with your left hand and a diagonal blocky pinch for your right then make a big crux slap for the top. | ||
| 7A |
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Scouse's Problem | Start sitting between Black Magic and Cross and Blackwell on an undercut and pinch, pull on and make a stiff pull/slap into the good hold in the middle of C&B and finish up this. | ||
| 6B |
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Cross and Blackwell | At the right end of the buttress is a leftward rising ramp line. Follow this from sitting at the wide crack. | ||
| 6C |
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Cross and Blackwell Direct Finish | A direct finish up the crack. | ||
| 7A |
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Cross and Blackwell Direct Start | A direct start. | ||
| 7A+ |
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Black By Popular Demand | Combining the direct start and the direct finish to Cross and Blackwell gives a right trending line. | ||
- measles sent Ovine (aka Mutton Busting Stand), Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale, date: Saturday 02 Oct 2010, details
Latest Problem Updates:
- Ru's Traverse, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 11/04/2011 at 09:51PM
- Mint Sauce, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 11/04/2011 at 09:44PM
- unnamed, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 11/04/2011 at 09:44PM
- Ovine (aka Mutton Busting Stand), Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 11/04/2011 at 09:41PM
- Unstatic, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 21/09/2010 at 05:25AM
- Blackhole, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Black Magic, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Cross and Blackwell, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Black By Popular Demand, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Cross and Blackwell Direct Start, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Cross and Blackwell Direct Finish, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Scouse's Problem, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Mutton Bustin', Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Griff's Traverse, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- unnamed, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- unnamed, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Black and Deckout, Black and Decker Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:29PM
- Mint Sauce Sit Start, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- unnamed, Griff's Buttress, Blackwell Dale updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM