Begehungen in Wintour's Leap

Good gear below. Not so good gear up high. Still a good line overall.

Better and scarier than the other VSs. The hand traverse gets the blood flowing even if its within your grade

P1 only

alt leads with lydia - linked p1 and p2

Battled with the off-width.

Led P1, thin but very nice moves

Nails for VS but an amazing route

Lead P1

First pitch is a bit awkward, specially to lead it. Second I found it a bit harder that the first but better protected with really big cams. Second first, lead second.

"Bold and sustained" the guide book said. It was not lying! A couple of the moves seem more difficult than they are but good holds do materialize.

The climb is somewhat enhanced by the Peregrine falcons swooping noisily about. On this particular ascent they kindly left a dead mouse close to the end of the first pitch.

Nice and Chill line

Not many cracks this sustained in the area. Wouldnt standup to the jamming in some places, but good for a fix.

Used this to get out instead of going back up the easy way. It was a ramble with loose rock. Simul climbed, felt like a sketch solo.

Led odds. Stiff at E1.

I led odds. Predominantly on peg runners.

Hard and often psychological. The climbing is nice and reasonably protected.

Followed this one. Really nice, equal difficulty to white feather, but maybe better protected.

In drizzle the first pitch was hell. Muddy, slippery and uninspiring. The second, however has lovely moves on solid rock, can be runout, but its all there.

Nice route, not an obvious line, but it all fits.

Follows obvious corner cracks. Could do with some cleaning, and there is actually less gear than you expect. Second pitch was lovely.

A great line with some great movement, seperated by some choss and vegetation. I still think the crux is the one stopper move in the second pitch

A great line with some great movement, seperated by some choss and vegetation

alt leads with ted. Great route with not much gear on P2 but some welcome pegs!

Neat intro to multipitching

Lovely route with enough tricky moves on each pitch to keep it interesting. Would say VS due to the big runouts but pegs and micro placements are there in the most difficult sections! Led both pitches

alt leads with lydia

last pitch only after climbing left hand route

alt leads with george