The centre of the wall, christened Dobbin’s Blog assuming it’s new, is brilliant. E4 6c or V7/8 with a mean rockover to gain a distant ‘micro-hyphen.’ Johnny Brown nipped in for the first ascent.
actually we didnt do the combo arete problem from sitting so that could be yours.
Quality obscurity appearing thick and fast. Had a visit to Harland Edge yesterday, a couple of great little buttresses giving a bunch of quality easier highballs in a lovely, trackless and remote setting. Reuben visited somewhere called The rabbit Warren which looked sweey too in a pic. And earlier this year visited Leashw Brow, small and classy.
Quote from: grimer on October 23, 2007, 09:30:36 pmWe sniffed around Chatsworth a bit more after and found Beeley Hilltop - which is small ridge above beeley bridge (the hump back one with the traffic lights that the bikers so love) and found some okay quarried stuff & some much better natural Grit.That might be the rabbitt Warren that Ruben found thats marked on the OS map.Indeed it is one and the same place.Reuben, Clare, Andy Hutchinson & myself had a belting day up there yesterday. There are some hard micro routes that need a look still resembling Slipstones in amongst the quality lines already taken.The rock is sound & top notch chatsworth grit - anyone interested in a visit?CheersSi
We sniffed around Chatsworth a bit more after and found Beeley Hilltop - which is small ridge above beeley bridge (the hump back one with the traffic lights that the bikers so love) and found some okay quarried stuff & some much better natural Grit.That might be the rabbitt Warren that Ruben found thats marked on the OS map.
Quote from: Johnny Brown on October 23, 2007, 05:52:49 pmI could see this again.
Done a lot of the good bits up here a few years back - on the way to and from some better bits of grit past the hunting lodge/tower thing in the grounds of Chatsworth. Obviously access is pretty dodgy, but there is quite a bit of nice natural grit tucked away in the grounds of Chatsworth if you are prepared to do a bit of covert rummaging around (boulders and routes). I remember a particularly good 7a+ overhanging wall - if anybody wants the directions on how to find it and other nice bits of rock with iffy access, ask me next time you're down The Works and i'll give you the beta.There was also Big Als mega 7b on a nice block a ways further right from Gun buttress which I broke the starting hold on shortly after making the second ascent thus ruining it (for the 7b climber at least!) I still feel bad about this as it was an awesome problem.
Looking out from the pinnacle, there’s a small quarried bay down and left. Here lies an obvious tall arête bounding a gully/chimney, again well worth a star and V2ish. It’s obviously been done before as some serious digging had occurred to facilitate topping out.There is also a fingery traverse line across the buttress, about V4 and a strong natural line. We started sitting on the arête and went rightwards. This may well have been done before as well. Anyone know anything of these?
There was also Big Als mega 7b on a nice block a ways further right from Gun buttress which I broke the starting hold on shortly after making the second ascent thus ruining it (for the 7b climber at least!) I still feel bad about this as it was an awesome problem.
The Word is Jonny climbed "Despot" before Ben,,, I think this is credible, as he did say "He give the fucker 7A, Its Fucking 6B!!!",