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[Yorkshire][Yeadon Crag][Various][6B-7A/+]
February 01, 2017, 12:24:17 pm
Recent developments at Yeadon from various people. There is an up to date topo here:
https://unknownstones.com/yeadon/

Starting with the Low Roof, Huw Goodall added a new straight up on the left side of the roof - Straight Outta Pateley (7A). Paul Clarke added a left to right traverse called Power By The Hour (6C+/7A) that gets very pumpy indeed towards the end! This also provides a really good link up start for the existing straight ups on the roof. Linking into SoP is 7A (Pateley Power) and linking into Battle Royale is 7A also (Power Royale). These grades could be complete cock. Power Royale, for instance, might be 7A+? Who knows?
Huw capped it all off by completing a completely horrendous out-and-back traverse - starting up Power By The Hour to the junction with Battle Royale, before traversing all the way back left again to the horrific double-fist-jam-press finish of Western Fists. He graded it at 7A, presumably as some sort of sick joke. That one's called Bounce By The Ounce.

Moving on to the other buttresses. The Rock Waves top level has a techy 6B slab mantel on its very left hand end called Looks Easy. Palming down with your left, thumb press on your right. Thin feet smears. Glorious.

Tom Peckitt's unnamed roof problem, which we have taken to calling The Thread, has been confirmed as being excellent quality, though the tall can get a cheeky toe drag at the back of the roof which knocks the grade down significantly. If you're short it's probably still 7A/+?

We also climbed a new 6C (though some thought it harder) on the wall left of Our Chapel. Pull on using a two finger pocket and slap up to a sloping rail. Match it and do a pull up on it before grabbing the top. This is called United Hates.

 

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