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Saturday 1 August 2015

Nice and Eastby does it

Friday 31st July

Given the inevitable traffic issues needed to stay away from main holiday routes and avoid the incoming weather front from the west so opted for...
Eastby
A new venue - although re-visiting after last years wash out when had a look before bailing to Brimham. Overall good for a day but a rather mixed bag, and descents very problematic with a lot of overgrown steepness, abseil the order of the day - as we realised after numerous fern fested wanderings to get back to base.
Eastby Buttress VD               (NB)
The Nose S4a                       (AT)
Scoop and Crack S4a           (NB)
Pillar Rib VS 4c                    (AT)
Eastby Groove S4a               (NB,AT,NB)






Eastby Buttress

A megga classic

Pillar Rib follows the LH cracks and sky line


Making some cheeky moves across the Gorilla-impersonating Nose (S 4a)

Protection disappears entirely between the start and the finishing moves


NB tempted by this....
Scoop and Crack S 4a

All good except for the wild off width finish!

© xusa, UKC




Hmm...

Need more lard for this one




Very user friendly base camp complete with dining table and racking bench


Pillar Rib
VS 4c
Crux moves coming
Original image
© Nick Beckett UKC


The best way down!

Eastby Groove (S4a) to finish in two bracken packed soil filled and somewhat adventurous pitches (starts lower left and goes up the other side of the buttress)





LR
Eastby Groove S 4a
Pillar Buttress VS 4c
Eastby Buttress VD
Scoop and Crack S 4a
The Nose S 4a


Called in at Kilnsey en route home
PB in action earlier in the week on new route at about 8a or something bonkers
Somewhere over the Rainbow
© Rob Greenwood - UKC, Jul 2015












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