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Route Number: 1454

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To Be Continued......

Location: Poisoned Glen (The Castle)
Grade: HVS 4c
Length: 58m

First ascent: Iain Miller (Gri_Gri Solo) 27/09/07

Route Description:

Start directly below the center of Porcullis wall, immediatly to the left of the large white slab at base of main face.

1 38m 4c Climb the left facing corner to a heather stance, trend right and climb right facing arch to another heather stance. Climb the shallow left facing corner, continue, trending back left to another shallow left facing corner. Belay.

2 20m 4c Climb corner to a superb flake and pull up on to a micro stance at base on a knobbly gearless slab. Tip toe and smear up slab and up through the heather band to the center of the base of Portcullis Wall.

Portcullis Wall looks, Ahem, a bit harder, TO BE CONTINUED!

To Be Continued

Comments

Iain Miller - 30/09/2007
Red line shows the route described and circled is the solo clown, having abbed and stripped gear from pitch 2, taken a "king swing" on the wee cams in the Portcullis Wall belay.