Mountain Ash Topo
The
Routes 1.
Beef Tasting Strawberries (6a+) short slab, one hard move. Yet to be bolted.
2. The Old Firm (6c) centre of rib/pillar. Yet to be bolted. 3.
Coggars Lane (6b) pillar with overlap. Yet to be bolted. 4. Outspan (7a+)
** left side of steeper wall. Fingery and bold at start. 5.
Ripe 'n Ready (7b+) * desperate,
for small, right-hand line. 6.
Pastis on Ice (7a+) ** the left arete of the next orange wall slightly forward
of Outspan. Direct start at same grade but better. 7.
Cointreau (7a+) *** the right-hand side of the wall provides one of the classic
sandstone pitches of the area. Pockets and edges provide the holds, connecting
8.
The Cut E2 5c thin crack from ledges high on right 9. Blacker than Black
Wall (6c) desperate problem to right. Jump onto last BR for lower-off. The
next series of routes take a system of lower-level walls in front and to the right
of Cointreau. 10.
Branch Manager (6c) typical
of the walls, an extended boulder problem. 11.
Totally Stumped (6c) desperate
moves via vague scoop. 12.
Molybdenum Man (6c) * The excellent little arete.13. Ferndale Revisited
(7b) * desperate bouldering from bottom to top. 14.
Dusk (7a) * marginally easier than its left-hand neighbour, but getting harder
as holds disappear. Now stable at this grade, for now! 15.
I Came (6a+) * at last something easier angled. The left-hand side of the
slab and the short headwall, 16. He Sawed (5) the short, easier slab to
the right. 17.
I Conkered (6a+) first bolted line right of the chimney. 18. Bring Back
the Birch (5) single hard move past a BR. 19.
Under the Axe (6b) blunt rib and sharp vee groove. 20. No Barking up this
Tree (5) single hard move past BR. 21.
A Sight for Saw Eyes (6a+) dynamic start on side wall of corner. 22. Tragedy
E1 5a * splendid unprotected arete to right. There is a BB.
23. The Future Holds (7b) ** a complicated sequence with a trying finish.
24.
Narcissi E1 5b * along and very pleasant route taking the blunt rib of the
obvious slab via a shallow groove high up. A single PR shows the way but it would
benefit from more gear. 25.
Rising Sap (6a) **
a future sandstone classic at the grade and a very long pitch. It climbs the slab
to the right of Narcissi, always keeping to the line of BRs until a finish is
made up the obvious flying arete. The
walls now fizzle out for about 50m. There is no worthwhile climbingon this section
of cliff until a sharp arete is passed. Just right of this is a fine, right-facing
wall with two lines starting at the same point: 26. No Chips Round Here (7b) ** the steep wall just left of a thin crack, then move rightwards and finish direct on good holds. The original route, A Clip Round the Ear (7a+) * finished leftwards. 27.
Homebase E1 5b the obvious shallow arete twixt vegetation. To the right lies the Sport For All Wall, divided on its left-hand side by a small ledge. 28.
Slap Happy (6c+) the leftwards-trending crack. Step right to the BB. 29.
Sport for All (7b+) * the very thin 'blank' face to the right. 30.
Sporting Supplement (6b) * afine little pitch up the shallow scoop. 31.
Sunday Sport E3 5c the flake line with a PR. 32.
The Abdominal Showman (6c) the flake line just left of the corner. 33.
A Certain Peace (6b) * low level wall and arete. 34. Misadventure (7a)
** superb wall climbing to the right. 35. Jetlagged E4 6a * traditional diagonal crackline. 36.
The Theory and Practice of Glue Sniffing (6c+) Starts just left of corner,
then left-hand line from 2nd BR. 37.
Far Cry from Squamish (6c+) *
direct line left of corner. 38.
Sennapod Corner HVS 5a 39.
Whiter than White Wall (7a+) **
first line right of corner with one hard move. 40.
A Load of Rubbish E2 5b *
first series of cracks. 41.
Valleys Initiative (7a) *** the best in the quarry. Face climbing with a crux
finish. 42. Ain't as Efficial E3 5c second last crackline proves a little
dirty. 43. The Entrepreneur HVS 5a final crackline with a mossy start.
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