Ferndale Right Hand

Ferndale RH topo

1. The Loony Left E3 6a

2. $perm Bank (6b)
The left centre of the pillar via a groove with a tricky finish taken right of left

3. Eurotrash (6a) ★★
The excellent front face of the pillar on jugs

4. Totally Auburn (6b)
The unusual right arête taken on its left side via a jug and sly heel-hook

5. Balancing Blondine (6a)
Centre of slab to tricky finale

6. Turf Accountancy (5)
Right-hand side of slab. Poor

7. Rhondda Born, Rhondda Bred (6b)
The centre of the face to the right of the large oak tree

8. Anteater’s arête (5+)
The long arête is good but has a tricky clip

Ferndale RH topo

1. Phogey’s Wall (7a) ★★
The steep left-hand side of the wall gives excellent technical face climbing. Take care with the low flake

2. Physical Presents (7b)
moves left out of the next route to a series of long moves to regain that route

3. By Appointment Only (6c+) ★★
The groove moving leftwards above the roof with poor footholds and then on large spaced jugs

4. Nine Green Bottles (6b+) ★★
A fine pitch with spaced holds and some extending final moves

5. Oral Challenge (6b+) *★ the vertical wall on layaways before a tricky rising traverse into the next route

6. Prick test (6b)
The blackened wall with a short corner above half height

7. Gojira (5+)
The open corner finishing via the sharp arête above

8. One Size Fits All (7a)
The centre of the wall on small incut holds

9. Hypnothighs (6a+)
A tricky sequence into a small corner finish via a corner above the grassy ledge

10. Project

11. La Digue (6c)
The wall left of the thin crack moving right and back left to finish

12. Sea Shells on the Seychelles E1 5b ★★
The superb thin crack. May need cleaning from adjacent routes

13. Gregoires Island Lodge (6a+)
The right-hand wall