Hornblower Area
The first section of cliff reached on the Upper Tier gives a handful of short routes, some being reasonably worthwhile. The easier routes suffer from popularity due to the ease of access and hence can be quite polished. 1. Hornbeam Wall VS 4b a poor route passing a horizontal tree. 2. Hornwall E1 5b pleasant climbing on the obvious grey wall. 3. Horny E2 5c * difficult moves on glassy rock gain a flake crack leading rightwards to join Hornbeam. 4. Hornblower E2 5c * the thin crack above the start of Horny. Well protected. 5. Harvey Wall Banger E2 5c * takes a direct line through Horny with good climbing on the wall, PR. 6. Hornbeam E3 6a * thin and technical climbing gains the finish of Horny via a PR. 7. Coltsfoot Corner HS * the wall right of the corner gains a ledge from where the main line can be followed more conventionally. 8. Left Edge HS The polished flake and the left-facing flakes above. 9. Straight Edge HS the wall right of Left Edge. 10. Right Edge VS 4b the obvious right-hand flake line. 11. Coltsfoot Crack HVS 5a pleasant climbing via positive flakes. 12. Shelfway S a rightwards line past a tree gives access to leftwards moves over ledges. 13. End Flake HVS the flake crack right of the tree. 14. Recession Blues VS 4c A short difficult pitch moving left from a ledge to climb the wall. |