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#25 Re: Trad at Malham
May 09, 2011, 10:53:05 pm
...and Limehill and Midnight Cowboy are also awesome and not subject to the bird ban this year.

I've done Midnight, but Limehill's been on the list to go back for. Anyone with any knowledge on Wild West Hero?

How do Carnage and Carnage Left Hand compare in scariness/danger? And are the pitches they share above quite spicy as well?

Can't comment on the danger, but they don't share much climbing. They use the same aid/free move to climb out of the cave then LH goes left and Carnage goes up and slightly right.

when others have said polished, is there any chance of a benchmark of shinyness? Is it worse than say 'Darius' at High Tor?

Bottom of Wombat is as bad as some bits off Windy Ledge at Stoney, similar for large parts of Kirkby Wall and Junkyard Angel (the HVS someone mentioned a few posts back I think). There's a bit of polish on most routes, but not as bad as a lot of things I've done in the Peak. Haven't done Darius for ages, so can't really use that as a benchmark.

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#26 Re: Trad at Malham
May 10, 2011, 09:53:31 am
2. It is clearly better than the sport climbing.
Clearly extremely arguable.

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Best rock in the cove
Tufa and pockets around Dawn, Baboo etc, immaculate headwall on Zoolook, perfect crimping then tufa on Herbie.

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better lines
Maybe got something here though things like Yosemite Wall and L'Obsession have take some pretty good lines and the Groove is probably the best line in Yorkshire.

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more exposed.
Free and easy, never mind Breach of the Peace.

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#27 Re: Trad at Malham
May 10, 2011, 12:30:14 pm
How do Carnage and Carnage Left Hand compare in scariness/danger? And are the pitches they share above quite spicy as well?

Carnage has a bit of loose rock on the first pitch as well as bit of a run out.These days isn't carnage L/h easy E1 and Carnage solid E2 rather than both being HVS.

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#28 Re: Trad at Malham
May 10, 2011, 01:00:02 pm
Search me, I haven't done either. They've been on the list for a while though. Perhaps on a nice warm day this summer.

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#29 Re: Trad at Malham
May 11, 2011, 01:47:16 pm
several limestone crags dahn sarf definitely pass.


I presume you are talking Pembroke, Cheddar and bits of Swanage?

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#30 Re: Trad at Malham
May 11, 2011, 01:52:24 pm
Berry Head obviously.

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#31 Re: Trad at Malham
May 11, 2011, 04:35:55 pm
I think he means Choadleigh.

 

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