Route Number: 1128

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String of Pearls * *

Location: Bingorm West (Lough Barra)
Grade: HVS
Length: 255m

First ascent: D Agnew, F Delvin

Route Description:

This is a girdle traverse of the crag, rarely done and quite an undertaking. Only the general line is described here. Climb the first pitch of Mountjoy, or Lazarus. Cross the Delta Face to the top of pitch 4 of Larceny and continue across to the overhang at the top of pitch 5 of Tarquins Groove. Cross the broken gully of Risorgimento (Thin Gully) and descend to tree at the top of Pitch 3 of Surplomb Grise. Climb down Pitches 3 and 2 of Rule Britannia. Traverse right to top of Pitch 1 Ploughshare, which is then followed to top.

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