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24 April 2015, 8:18 pm

The Unknown Stones will be with you soon…



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More problems at Aked’s Clough
25 April 2015, 10:05 pm

Paul and Ben Clarke have climbed some new problems on the right hand side of Aked’s Clough, including the inevitable and classic traverse! An updated topo to follow.



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Rowantree Topo Update
31 May 2015, 5:07 pm

A new topo is available – note printing instructions



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Pike Stones now online
31 May 2015, 9:51 pm

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The guide for Pike Stones is now online, complete with the latest additions from John Hunt.

 



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Birchshow Full Topo
1 June 2015, 6:02 pm

The gem that is Birchshow (some call it Wham) is fully documented



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Sutton and Yeadon
8 June 2015, 1:40 pm

These mighty crags are now online for your delectation.



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Long Crag Barden Fell
12 June 2015, 5:08 pm

All of the edge/boulders now included.

 



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Crag Summary info and Rivock Edge
17 June 2015, 10:04 pm

The crag summary page is now updated with a map and summary table.

Rivock Edge in Airedale is now also online.



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Fox Crag and Gate House Crag
24 June 2015, 2:34 pm

Fox Crag and Gate House Crag are up and, I must say, they look absolutely gorgeous. I wonder what’s in the woods next to Gate House..?



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Crag page updates
25 June 2015, 8:12 pm

Each crag page now has a blurb and in some cases a photo attached. This should make it easier to get a feel for the character of each crag before clicking through.



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The Satellite Boulder is now online
26 June 2015, 12:53 pm

Tom Peckitt’s excellent topo for the Satellite Boulder is now available in the Wharfedale section, with Tom’s kind permission. Looks incredibly cool! Can’t wait to check the place out!



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Sigsworth Crags now online
28 June 2015, 9:45 am

The really quite special Sigsworth Crags are now up. If you head up and have any action photos or topo photos we can use then please do let us know!



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Far Crag – new problems
28 June 2015, 5:52 pm

On the blocks to the left of the Main Wall are some nice new problems courtesy of Denis Gleeson and Helen Soutar. Such is the popularity of the crag they were repeated almost immediately by Dave Musgrove’s Pensioner Elite Squadron.

Enjoy!



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[webbo]

I think this is a crag discovered by Mike Grey about 5 plus years ago. It looks like a place he took me and Andy Swan to, there was a few things in the 7s. On that undercut bouldered the second one in the topo, there was a hard right to left traverse if its the same place.
There was a load of stuff down a ravine and up the other side.

[andy_e]

Big Fran also told me Swanny had done a load of 7s at this place. Keep up the good work in the face of the retroclaimers though... 

On a similar note, there's a sitter to an arete that Andy Crome did at around 7A at Rowantree. Not sure how that ties into things, but he did it ages ago.

[Will Hunt]

Thanks guys. Retro claims are fine (unless it's one of my "new" things  ) but without full information it is difficult to include them (there are a number of arêtes at Rowantree which could have 7A sitters). We're keen to make the guides as up to date as possible so if you do have new information or problems to add then please send it to unknownstones@gmail.com
That way the relevant crag author can pick it up. I've never been to Far Crag or Rowantree so can't really picture what you're trying to describe very well.
I'll make Clarkey aware of these posts and hopefully he can get in touch with Swanny but please do drop details into the email inbox. Particularly keen to hear about problems in the 7s as the grade pyramid of US is quite bottom heavy. It's not that there isn't climbing to be done in the high 7s, it's just that we're all punters!

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Spirit of Kinder now online
29 June 2015, 8:46 pm

Something special for budding esoterica lovers to scratch their heads over. The guide (or clues!) for Spirit of Kinder are now online. A great climb, and a wonderful poem from Ruth Snowden. Keep it secret, keep it safe…



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Hood Crag
30 June 2015, 11:19 am

Butch new traverse from Nathaniel Larsson. It has already stopped at least one aspirant.

Who is feeling strong enough for the full lip traverse? Maybe need to wait for the autumn!



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[webbo]

Mike Grey is the one you need to get in touch as he developed these places, he then took Swanny when he done most things. He did lots of things at Roundhill further a long from the stuff in the Yorkshire grit guide and also down in Arnagill he did a lot of stuff.
He would go running and find these places.

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Farncarl Crag Added
4 July 2015, 2:20 pm

Small but conveniently placed. Try an evening bouldering and a pint in Appletreewick.



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[andy_e]

Fuck's sake! Have you got hold of my Google Earth file with crags to check out listed in it?

[B0405413]

I wouldn't worry, Fancarl crag is utter crap.

[Will Hunt]

Not overly psyched for Fancarl myself...

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West Chevin
7 July 2015, 4:36 pm

Although highlights appear in the YG guide West Chevin provides a useful dry weather hit for Leeds based boulderers looking for shelter from the wind or sun. A full script has been included for those elves that love being in the woods.



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New problem at Yeadon Crag
20 July 2015, 1:18 pm

A new problem has been added to the Prune Buttress at Yeadon. The Arkenstone follows a technical start into an easier but spicy finish at Font 7A+. The guide has been updated and is available for download.

This begs the question, which will be the next project line to be done on The Prune? There’s more to go at, but the difficulty can only go up from here!

Will Hunt on The Arkenstone (Font 7A+)



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Carncliff Top and Upper Earl’s Seat
20 July 2015, 4:50 pm

An updated guide to this summer spot. Great for a bit of shade and some quick hits.

Note the Project Alert at Earl Seat Main Crag for the strong and brave among you!!



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Two new areas near Air Scar.
21 July 2015, 8:56 am

Two newly recorded areas near Air Scar (see page 382 of Vol.1, YMC, 2012).



Air Scar Upper is above the main crag – there is more to discover here.  Rowan Tree Crag is a lone boulder which has been used as a boundary stone on the plateau south of the main areas.

 



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Some extra problems at the mighty Baildon Bank.
21 July 2015, 9:28 am

Entering this quarry transports you away from a hub of the industrial revolution and feels like real wild bouldering.

Approach as for Baildon Bank – see the YMC guides. The boulder is the lower quarry below the great soaring lines such as Anne of Cleaves.  The Pipe Boulder is the obvious block on the left (looking in) – it had a metal pipe under it.

Five good problems which combine well with the other quality offerings at Baildon Bank.

 



John Hunt on Fresh Prince of Bail Aire   6b (Photo by Dave Musgrove).



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Lanshaw Rocks (Grub Stones)
21 July 2015, 9:54 am

A circuit of mostly easier problems on clean rock with good landings.  Set on a lovely spot high on the beautiful Ilkley Moor.  There are numerous possible approaches and the crag combines well with a walk on the Moor.

 

Above: “The Devil” – one of the carvings to be found on the rocks.  There are other mythic creatures to find at the crag.



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Full details for Panorama Rocks, Ilkley.
21 July 2015, 10:53 am

This venue was mentioned in the latest YMC guide; the full topo is now online.



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[Will Hunt]

I can only surmise that the summer holidays have begun and that John has figured out how to use WordPress!

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Trundle Stones – a nice kids’ circuit near Ilkley.
21 July 2015, 10:33 pm

A really nice kids’ circuit on the flanks of Beamsley Beacon.





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[andy_e]

Why do none of the blog posts actually provide a link to the relevant page?

[Will Hunt]

Because that would make it too easy and we are utterly incompetent interneters.
 

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White Wells Pinnacle – a boulder with its own tearoom and bathhouse!
22 July 2015, 9:09 am

A nice little boulder near the popular White Wells bathhouse and tearoom on Ilkley Moor.

Ideal for family walks; you can even get an all-terrain buggy up there.  There is some good easier stuff for small kids nearby.

This guide is an updated version of the 2007 topo that appeared on Yorkshiregrit.com.

 



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The three Burley crags are online.
22 July 2015, 4:41 pm

Burley Crags

Three crags high on Burley Moor (the Burley Woodhead/Burley-in-Wharfedale section of the mighty Rombold’s Moor):  Coldstone Beck Crag, Stead Crag East and Stead Crag West.

Paul Farish recalls climbing here in the 1970s or ’80s – John Syrett has also been linked to these crags.

Mostly bouldering but a few brave routes thrown in.



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Woofa Bank added to the Burley Crags page.
27 July 2015, 11:43 am

Woofa Bank



Paul Clarke on Grand Flake.

One excellent boulder, amidst heaps of little ones, on the skyline above the Stead Crags.

Good for a quick hit in its own right; this would combine well with the other Burley Moor Crags or could be combined with a wider circuit also taking in Lanshaw Rocks (Grub Stones).



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Thruscross Beach
29 July 2015, 6:33 pm

Not deep-water soloing but you do get to climb beside the reservoir.  This has to rank as a pretty unique experience for Yorkshire.

Thruscross Beach

Thruscross was a major find showcased in the original Wild Bouldering – this little boulder doesn’t really compare but the setting qualifies it as really wild.  This bloc only reveals its true extent when the reservoir water is very low.

Please note the usual warnings about fatally cold reservoir water apply.  Be careful and have fun.



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Hoodstorth
29 July 2015, 7:07 pm

A new problem added to this steady circuit by the Norvills.



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Lords Seat and White Crag additions
20 August 2015, 2:50 pm

Some good additions from Dave Musgrove & Co especially at Lords Seat. Dave says they are well worth the walk and at amenable grades.



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Dale Head Rocks
20 August 2015, 3:43 pm

Worth checking out if you like your problems less than overhanging and high. This area has been climbed on for years but now documented.



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High Crag (Stump Cross)
31 August 2015, 6:20 pm

Some great looking additions from Kim and Will Buck.  We will add a mini-topo in due course but to be going on with Kim reports: “The crag was really well covered by Malcolm Townsley in the new Yorkshire Grit Guide Volume 1 – all the numbers relate to that.  The little blocks on the left have loads of easy warm-up/kids problems which can be left for people to re-discover for themselves.  The arete of ‘The Prayers of a Fish’ (8) is a really good highball at around Font 6b ish – Will  on-sight soloed it on it’s left hand side – around E2 6a/b  The other new problems are: 12A: ‘Legal High’ Font 6B to 6C – sit start to Ship of the Desert 15A: ‘Stumped’ Font 7A+/7B – Lip traverse starting as for 12A and finishing up the right arete (Two Feet Dyno) without touching the foot block 15B: ‘Kim’s Crimps’ Font 6B/6B+ – Direct up side wall L of 16 from a sitter. Quite reachy/morpho. 19A: ‘Cross’ Font 6Cish – From a sit start at 15B, slap rightwards to better holds and traverse with hands below the top to a long stretch for the top of the right arete (19 – Billy the Fish) up which it finishes. Nice moves throughout. There’s also an extended, low/lying down start to one of the roof problems (13 or 14) that Will did at about Font 6C.”  Check out the video at  (vimeo.com/108669212)



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[fatneck]

Hi chaps, loving your work....

Any chance of a map-with-pins-in kind of arrangement? Would make crag location considerably easier for those of us not so familiar with the wilds of Yorkshire but who like to visit fairly frequently.

Thanks...

[Will Hunt]

Ta, Si. Is this what you're after? You should see a google map with a coloured pin for each crag. The colour relates to the area the crag is in. If you click the pin, you should get a link to the crag page. There's also a summary table which gives a breakdown of walk in times, aspects, and spread of grades.
http://unknownstones.com/crag-summary/

[fatneck]

Perfect Will! Many thanks 

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Thieves Moss
20 September 2015, 7:57 pm

A great little limestone crag on the flanks of Ingleborough. The rock is like Malham’s finest (not the rubbish on the bolt routes but the  good ones on the wings).



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Rylestone new additions
21 September 2015, 8:11 pm

Two areas of this long edge recently developed by Dave Musgrove and friends. Well worth the walk!





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Rylstone new additions
21 September 2015, 8:11 pm

Rylstone – new additions

Two areas of this long edge recently developed by Dave Musgrove and friends. Well worth the walk!





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Rivock Edge Wood Clearance.
16 October 2015, 6:16 am

The front face L-R: Mametz 3, Polygon Sitter 5, Polygon 4, High Wood 3. The good boulder is behind the remaining trees on the crest of the hill on the left. The wall of Crimp Imp 6a and the arête, Delville 6b+.  Both sit starts. The plantation covering the western half of Rivock Edge has been felled. Paul Farish and I visited these boulders a few years ago and climbed on the right hand group (just over the wall from the good Rivock Boulders covered on this site and in the YMC guide).  We weren’t impressed enough to record anything and the tree clearance hasn’t really made this area anymore appealing.

However, the western most clump of boulders on the skyline yielded one really decent square block among a lot of shorter rocks. The names are inspired by the desolation left by the logging operations, so reminiscent of the shattered woods of the Great War.

This area does not seem to be officially on Access Land.



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Crimple Beck Crag
20 October 2015, 6:05 pm

The strangest crag in Yorkshire?  The bouldering on the sandstone below the limestone at Crimple Beck is now online.

http://Crimple Beck Crag

 





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St Ives
30 October 2015, 7:52 pm

Bingleybleau has landed. A huge thanks to Russell Bowman and friends who have painstakingly unearthed, brushed, developed, and documented a large number of problems at a real span of grades in the heart of Airedale. Quick drying, on excellent rock, and just in time for the winter season!



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Sigsworth Update
2 November 2015, 10:34 am

A couple of new additions on the Bill and Ben boulders this weekend from the in-house team including a good sloper traverse.



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Lund Stones
9 November 2015, 5:07 pm

A new venue on the moor north of Gate House. Not extensive but with some great roof action and a few projects that need sorting. Needs dry weather.

 



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Jobseeker’s Party Block
30 November 2015, 12:06 pm

Looking for a new challenge? Check out this new boulder near halifax – topo courtesy of Jordan Buys.

http://unknownstones.com/jobseekers-party-boulder/

 



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Cow Close
30 January 2016, 4:22 pm

Pete Jackson on a new Cow Close problem.  A rare bright, dry and windless day for this January (16/1/2016).

Several good new problems were recorded.

The full topo to follow.



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[Will Hunt]

Hello Mods, is there a way of fixing this so that it continues to update with the news posts from the site?