Route Number: 530

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Confrontation

Location: Lough Belshade (Blaeberry Buttress)
Grade: VS 4c
Length: 36m

First ascent: P Mallon, D Stelfox, S Wheeler (14/7/85)

Route Description:

VS.4b,4c Start as for Folly Wolly Doodle. 1) Up the right edge of the buttress as for Folly Wolly Doodle until ledge where it steps right to grass. Continue delicately up edge of slab to grass ledge and corner on left. 2) An awkward move up and then left leads to good ledge. Continue up cracks in the wall above to the top. Belay is a long way back.

Comments

Alan Blair - 29/04/2008
Good climbing apart from the finish to the first pitch which is a bit dirty. this makes it exciting as there is no gear there-abouts