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Black Rocks - Gritstone
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Top 20 problems: (view all problems)
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Maybelle (6B+ (hard)) -
Hat Trick (7A) -
The Runnel (6C)
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Runnel Rib (6B+)
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Non Stick Vicar (7B+)
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Route 66 (7C)
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Desert Island Disco (6C)
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Taxi to the Crag (7B)
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Curve Ball (6B)
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Goya (7C)
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Gayer (6C)
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Fat Girl Rodeo (7B (hard))
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Smears for Ears (7A+)
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Soft Rush (6C+) -
Make it Slappy (7B+)
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Velvet Silence (7A+)
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The Angel's Share (7C)
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Jumpin' on a Beetle (7B)
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Golden Days (6B+)
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Shredded Feet (7A)
All problems: (view only the best problems)
| West Face | |||||
| 6C |
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Gayer | Just left of Goya. Sit start in break, use the Goya pinch to gain the shoulder on the left. | ||
| 7C |
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Goya | The left arete, on the leaning side, ith a crux throw to a hueco on the lip. | ||
| 6B |
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Curve Ball | Start at the crack and head to the break, using a pocket. | ||
| 7B |
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Taxi to the Crag | The high arete beneath Gaia, starting on the ledge. | ||
| 6C |
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Desert Island Disco | A problem in the centre of the West Face, climbing a tricky wall vi pockets and chips. | ||
| 7C |
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Route 66 | Left of Hat Trick, start beneath the undercut wall at an oblong slot. Head up and right to a chip on the lip, then traverse leftwards and pull onto the slab to finish. The crack at the back is off limits. | ||
| 7A |
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Hat Trick | On the West face of the crag 25m right of Gaia. Climb the left of two blind flakes from a sit start to an obvious big finishing pocket. | ||
| 7B+ |
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Non Stick Vicar | The rib to the right of Hat Trick, with a scary pull onto the slab to finish. No arete. Use the chimney to descend. | ||
| 6B+ |
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Runnel Rib | Climb the rounded arete to finish rightwards at the ledge. | ||
| 7B (hard) |
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Fat Girl Rodeo | Climb the runnel with hands until it peters out, continue teetering left on old graffiti and smears to finish up the right side of Runnel Rib | ||
| 6C |
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The Runnel | Smear up the runnel on the far right of the West Face, to a slopey finish. | ||
| North Face | |||||
| 6C+ |
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Soft Rush | On the left flank of the wide gully left of Meshuga is a tall prow/pillar. This is climbed steeply on eggy pinches, slopers and crimps. Pretty highball. Worth slinging a back rope between some cams to prop up the pads as the landing slopes away. | ||
| 7A+ |
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Smears for Ears | A sit start below the route/highball Badmotorfinger. Satrt on a crimp rail, head up on slopers then finish with a big move left to the big round pocket on the route Liquid Abs. Step off here or link into a route/highball! | ||
| The Block | |||||
| 7A |
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Shredded Feet | Follow the slopey shelf to the right and finish up Golden Feet. E3. | ||
| 6B+ |
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Golden Days | Climb a nice flake to the break, then make a long move to better holds. E2. | ||
| 7B |
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Jumpin' on a Beetle | Mantel the gutter and head to the left arete and easier climbing. E6 | ||
| 7C |
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The Angel's Share | Mantel the gutter and smear up the slab. There are no jugs at the top. E8. | ||
| 7A+ |
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Velvet Silence | Mantel the gutter and head right to the arete. Layback upwards. E6. | ||
| 7B+ |
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Make it Slappy | From pockets, gain the steep side of the right arete. Turn the arete and finish up Velvet Silence. E6. | ||
| Upper Rocks | |||||
| 5 |
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Crack and Face | On the leftmost block, climb the eponymous features. | ||
| 4+ |
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Valerie Ann I'm Desperate Dan | On the block left of Ruby, climb the left arete to a ledge, then finish up either arete. | ||
| 5 |
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King Edward | Climb the groove to the left of the main jumble. | ||
| 7B+ |
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King Edward | The block in front of the Dolly block. Start on opposing sidepulls, slap for a pod and finish straight up. | ||
| 5+ |
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The Clam | From the break, climb through the roof and finish straight up. | ||
| 3 (hard) |
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Flaked Slab | The slab left of Dolly, over a bad landing. | ||
| 6B |
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Dolly | Climb the big arete on its right. | ||
| 3 (hard) |
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Easy Slab | The slab right of Dolly. | ||
| 5+ |
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Ledge Climb | From the ledge, climb the wall. | ||
| 6B+ (hard) |
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Maybelle | CLimb the slab to double pockets. | ||
| 5 |
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AP | The slab, heading rightwards to pocket and arete. | ||
| Railway Slabs | |||||
| 6A |
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Percy | The left arete, on its left. | ||
| 6B |
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The Fat Controller | From Percy traverse rightwards and finish up Gordon. | ||
| 5+ |
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Trevor | The middle of the slab, with chips. | ||
| 6B |
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Thomas | The rib in the centre. | ||
| 4 |
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Gordon | The slab right of the rib, via chips. | ||
| 5 |
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Route 2 LH | Climb the left arete of the second slab, on its left. | ||
| 4+ |
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Route 2 | Climb the left arete on its right. | ||
| 6A+ |
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Eliminate Route | Climb the tall slab, eliminating the chips. | ||
| 4+ |
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Route 1 | Follow chips up the slab, just right of the middle. | ||
| 2 |
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Mallard | The easy crack. | ||
| 6B+ |
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Harold | Sitstart the arete on its right. | ||
| 5+ |
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The Buffer | Climb the sidewall from decent holds, with a throw to the arete. | ||
- Yoof sent Golden Days, The Block, Black Rocks, date: Thursday 17 May 2012, details
- nai sent Hat Trick, West Face, Black Rocks, date: Friday 06 Jan 2012, details
- Bobby Merkin sent Maybelle, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks, date: Sunday 02 Oct 2011, details
Latest Problem Updates:
- Maybelle, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 02/10/2011 at 09:37PM
- Smears for Ears, North Face, Black Rocks updated on 12/09/2011 at 08:02AM
- Soft Rush, North Face, Black Rocks updated on 12/09/2011 at 08:02AM
- The Runnel, West Face, Black Rocks updated on 12/09/2011 at 07:50AM
- Fat Girl Rodeo, West Face, Black Rocks updated on 12/09/2011 at 07:50AM
- Goya, West Face, Black Rocks updated on 12/09/2011 at 07:43AM
- Gayer, West Face, Black Rocks updated on 12/09/2011 at 07:43AM
- Crack and Face, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:06PM
- Valerie Ann I'm Desperate Dan, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:06PM
- King Edward, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:06PM
- King Edward, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:04PM
- The Clam, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:04PM
- Flaked Slab, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:02PM
- Ledge Climb, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:00PM
- Dolly, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:00PM
- Easy Slab, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 02:00PM
- AP, Upper Rocks, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 01:54PM
- Velvet Silence, The Block, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 01:51PM
- Make it Slappy, The Block, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 01:51PM
- The Angel's Share, The Block, Black Rocks updated on 30/08/2011 at 01:51PM