Grid Iron Wall

Grid Iron Wall topo

There are two routes right of the main section of wall gained by scrambling up onto a higher ledge system.

49 and Counting (6a)
Is the right-hand line and Coming of Age (6a) the left-hand.

1. Bah, Bah Black Sheep (6a+)
Easier line on right-hand side of wall. Start at slightly higher ledge system.

2. Up the Spout (6b)
Good and straightforward climbing to a tricky final/reach directly above the last BR. Now extended up arête above ledge.

3. Humpty Dumpty (6c+) ★★
Pleasant face climbing squeezed onto the very right-hand edge of the wall. Easy start to open face via faint crack high up.

4. Hickory Dickory Dock (7a) ★★
Better on the upper wall. Easy ground to ledge. Difficult moves through right-hand of slim overlap, then thin crack to the top.

5. Incy Wincy Spider (7a+) ★★
Right-hand of two hard routes through overlap demarcated by a BR on the lip. Hard moves to and through the overlap. Steadier above. 70m required.

6. Pew, Pew, Barney, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub (7a+) ★★
Left-hand through overlap and again excellent. A long reach to and through the overlap helps. 70m rope required.

7. Grid Iron (6c) ★★
Original of wall and still its best? Centre of lower wall, then face with zig zag crack and excellent wall above. 70m required.

8. Curfew (6b+) ★★
Superb sustained face climbing from just left of Grid Iron at half-height. 70m required.

9. A Night Torchlight Parade (6b+) ★★
New direct line taking lower wall to ledge and fine upper wall. Can be used to start: 70m required.

10. Gaza Stripper (6b) ★★
Thin crack system from half-height ledge. Excellent climbing, gained by the lower half taken by The Stringlers 70m required.

11. The Stringlers (6a)
Straightforward climbing up the open corner/groove line.

12. A Night on the Town (6c+)
The wall to the left from the same half-height ledge. Good climbing but only as a last resort when you’ve ticked everything. New start added on lower wall. 70m required.

13. Sack the Strugglers (6c)
Pleasant climbing via a blunt, tricky rib and easier overlaps.

14. Smack the Juggler (6b+)
The right-hand side of wall via thin crack to ledge. Face on left with tricky finish. Has a new extension finish via the wall and arête at the same grade.

15. Jack the Smuggler (6c+)
Centre of wall by technical moves from half-height. Sustained and excellent. Rebolted to give a safer proposition.

16. Strawberry Tubin (7a+)
A long fine route with some hard moves just below half-height and fingery throughout. Unfortunately has a poor start.