Crackstone Rib 

FA:  Menlove Edwards 1935 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.6 [details] Length:  3 pitches, 175 feet Views: 21 page views Submitted By: Chris Owen on Dec 24, 2007 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

An airy route with a totally photogenic second pitch.

1) 30ft 5.4. Climb the beginning of the crack to a ledge and belay on the left.

2) 80ft 5.6. Traverse a well marked path leftwards to the arete, then up the arete in a great position.

3) 65ft 5.4. A grrove on the right, then a corner to a traverse on the left wall, this to a thin crack and the top.

Location 

About in the middle of the crag below a steep crack (Ribstone Crack).

Protection 

Standard rack of nuts.