North West Face
Area | Sector | Pitches | FAGrade | Grade | Length | Bolts | Top | Setters | year |
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St Catherine | Banat NW Face | 9 | E1 5b | 6b+ | 500 | trad | Dave Lucas, Richard Sonnerdale | 2004 |
Abseil waterfall to base of waterfall and Scramble along up the black dyke i) Up to the L slanting overhang follow it to the end and belay 45m (4b) ii) Follow the obvious corner 60m (5a) iii) The offwidth to a big ledge 40m (5b) iv) A scrambly pitch following the line of least resistance up left then back right 50m (4c) v) From ledge up R to surmount huge block continue to L slanting wide flake crack and then ledge 40m (5b) vi) Big ledge traverse round L and up hollow stuff to 25 foot wideish crack 20m (4b) vii) Traverse L through tree then up slightly higher traverse line. Continue Traverse L to gain the gully belay up and left 30m (4b) viii) The ninja Pitch- Climb up and lefty to traverse along obvious line from the endof this leap across the void to safety. 25m (4c) ix) Scrambling remains