[shark]

25m. A hybrid pitch which borrows the brutal start of Castellan to gain the hanging pocketed rib on its right.

1. 25m Climb Castellan for 8m (7b!) to a bridging rest. Move right onto the rib. Sustained pocket climbing past four bolts leads to a peg on Hot Gossip. Stretch left to clip a final bolt and climb past the peg until a move left gains a bolt belay.

Handy hints. 1.Best climbed on two ropes and then jettisoning one of the ropes at the bridging rest to eliminate drag. 2. A couple of bolts in the roof to the left can be optionally stick-clipped (or aided) to additionally protect the initial moves of Castellan. 3. Most of the gear can be pre-placed if abseiling down from the easily accessed Castellan tree belay at the top of the crag.

Simon Lee and Nick Conway (also redpointed) 05/Aug/2016

[Paul B]

Come on sell your route; embed the photo!

It looks good.

[nai]

He's posted it in Power Club:
 
http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,27328.msg530587.html#msg530587

[shark]

Come on sell your route; embed the photo!

It looks good.

Undoubtedly the finest route in the Peak: No seepage, No crowds, No bad parking, No condensation, No Ring Ouzels, No Housemartins, More exposed than Sirplum, More photogenic than Flying Buttress Direct, Kneebars that would make Barrows weep with Joy followed by the best pocket climbing this side of the Channel featuring the World's finest mono. A gift at the grade with an Extreme Rock tick thrown in for free. Get in there now before it gets polished.   

Big Cigar by TheUKBShark, on Flickr

[shark]

Do you like my pitch Paul?