| Rocky Tom |
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| This guide was compiled by Mick Berry and Stu Bowling, descriptions are designed to be used in conjunction with 'Craglets' climbing guide. The shaded areas on the diagrams indicate the main holds. The numbers denote the start and finish of each problem. The Menagerie is 100m or so downhill from the Excalibur buttress towards the farm. The Ark is 50m or so down and right from the base of Lone Tower. It faces down the hill. |
| The Ark |
| 1 V? L-r traverse along lip to finish up 4 or 6 2 V3 Sit start on slopers below large jug at chest height. Up to jug and up onto slab. 3 V4 Sit start on two-handed edge. Up past slopers to good hold over lip. Pull onto slab. 4 V4/5 Start 3m right of 3 on good holds at head height. Dyno for lip then pull onto slab and into groove. 5 V? Start as for 4. Traverse right to finish as for 7. 6 V? Start as for 4. Dyno to lip, traverse right along lip to finish as for 7. 7 V4/5 Start 2m right and down from 4 on lip of low overhang. Up past small holds to better holds then right and up to finish on slab. |
| The Menagerie Front |
| 1 V0 Orang-Utan - Undercling to large slot then straight up and onto slab. 2 V? Start at small edges above head height 1m right of 1. Straight up on small holds to finish right of 1. No holds on 1. 3 V? Sit start into 2 to finish as for 2. 4 V6/7 Arete behind tree from sitting start. 5 V5 Achey Breaky Flakey - Start as for 1, then left to flake,dyno for top. |
| The Menagerie Side |
| 5 V3/4 Sit start with feet on hanging pedestal. Pull-up for small edges dyno for good holds and pull onto slab. 6 V4 Start as for 5. Traverse right to incut edges, up to large slot then up onto slab. 7 V3 Start as for 5. As for 5. To good holds below lip. Traverse lip of slab right to finish as for 6. 8 V3/4 start as for 9. Finish as for 6. 9 V4 Traverse right staying as low as possible. Dyno to finish as for 6. |
| Seams Roof |
| 1 Start on huge hold at rear left of roof. Climb out to lip then right past holds on Seams Direct (climb) to large jug. Move down and right to finish on Slavery (climb) 2 The reverse of 1. Starting form Slavery (climb). Quite different to 1. 3 Start on holds just right of 1. Move right then straight out to lip along thin crack. Jump off or finish as for 1. 4 Start as for 3. Traverse right at a lower level than 1 past underclings to small holds. Dyno to large jug on 1 to finish. 5 Start on undercling at rear of roof. Move out to small holds to finish as for 4. Keep feet well of the cave floor on problems 4 and 5. They should be on the white rock. |
| Guide Compiled by Mick Berry and Stu Bowling |
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