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Where's Crock Wall? 21-Jun-2014 At 12:27:27 PM BA

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Ahh .. another Wall Of China ... and much confusion can now ensue. First up is the file I have, then a pile of Beta from the late Wade Stevens and there is a registry error that stops me from opening Corel Ventura to access the Update that Wade mentions. You can have this lot while I try and get Ventura to work.

WALL OF CHINA (PART 1)

Black Russian 20m 23/24
Start 20m left of the Echo Cave sign. A tricky reach dependent crux at the bolt brings easier but sustained climbing which gradually eases. Move slightly right, and then more easily up to finish. Simon Carter, Tony Keeble. February 1990

Year Of The Tiger 25m 18
The major corner crack in the right arête of the Well Hung face, 3m left of Black Russian. Take a #4 Camalot. Finish up the left crack above the overhang. Chris Baxter, Sophie Brown, Marcel Geelen. 13.9.97

Shogun 27m 19
Start 2m right of Well Hung. Follow right leaning diagonal seam and then to next break, Step 1m left, up 2m and then back into line and up. Campbell Mercer, Mike Woolridge. 30.12.97

Well Hung 27m 18
Beautiful wall climbing up the seam in the middle of the wall around left of Black Russian. From the big dead tree follow the seam. Veer up left on the low angled section to pull over the bulge for the steep conclusion. Stephen Hamilton, Chris Baxter. 14.4.90

Hu Flung Dung 23m 19
From top of highest pile of rocks against left side of wall 1½m left of Well Hung. Climb the seam and pocketed wall, veering slightly left to finish up the vague, juggy arête. Michael Hampton, Geoff Butcher. 26.11.94 (Repeated as Noble House by Mercer/Woolridge.)

China Crisis 25m 18
Start 1.5m left of Noble House at the thin crack. Up crack and wall above to finish through the "V" notch in the rooflet above. Mike Woolridge, Campbell Mercer. 30.12.97

Hung Low 27m 16
Start in the cleft immediately right of the ugly groove up the right side of the pinnacle (the left side is taken by Ming). Bridge up and pull across into the seam, which is climbed up the right arête of the groove. Finish up right over the final overhang. Stephen Hamilton, Chris Baxter. 14.4.90

Ming 28m 10
Starts at the right hand end where a detached block forms a step. 1. 10m. Climb the left hand edge of the block and belay on its top. 2. 10m. Lean across to the main wall and climb up to finish just left of the gully. Take care, as the summit blocks are loose. John McMahon, Peter Lindorff. Alt.Leads 9.10.68

Some confusion exists about the next couple of climbs.

Peking Duck 18m 19
Starts 2m right of Checkpoint Charlie off left side of block. Thin moves off block leads to BR, over bulge (crux) and straight up. Geoff Butcher, Mark Crisp. 27.4.96

Honkers 18m 18
May be a repeat of the next climb. Start 1.5m to the left of Checkpoint Charlie. Up on excellent pockets. Good pro. Campbell Mercer, Matt Walsh. 11.5.97

Checkpoint Charlie 18m 18
Start just at the end of the large boulders left of Ming. Pretty much straight up the black streak past a BR. Some slightly suspect rock near the top. Paul Bayne, Stuart Gardner, Simon Carter. 29.11.89

Tartrazine 18m 20
A bit of hyperactivity will help! Start as for Sacred Ground. Clip the BR on that route then head up right across the black streak and up the centre of the small orange wall on the right of the black streak. Campbell Mercer, Matt Walsh. 11.5.97

**Sacred Ground 25m 22
Excellent, strenuous wall climbing with excellent pro. Start at the black streak left of Checkpoint Charlie. Up to a BR and up on pockets left of the streak, then up the steep wall left of the black groove. Matthew Brooks, Daniel Brooks. 12.1.91

Sprung 25m 21
Named after an incident during the first ascent. Starts 2m left of Sacred Ground. Follow pockets and 4 BRs up wall to easier ground. David Singleton and Rebecca Butcher. January 1995

Blue Sky Mining 18m 23
Start 25m left of Checkpoint Charlie. A very well protected wall that offers excellent pocket pulling. Up past 4 BRs. Simon Carter. February 1990

Kung Fu 23m 12
On the left hand end of The Wall Of China are two descent gullies with a chimney on their right. Beside this there are three cracks close together. Kung Fu is the one on the right. Mike March, Terry Brooks, Iain Sedgman. 15.9.73

Rickshaw 23m 13
The crack left of Kung Fu. Mike March, Iain Sedgman. 15.9.73

The Good Soldier Schweik 23m 21
Start at a roof capped corner immediately left of Fire Dragon. A deceptively steep crack and wall leads to a large ledge followed by a short wall behind. Simon Barnaby, Stuart Gardner. 29.11.89

Fire Dragon 23m 16
The crack left of Rickshaw. Mike March, Iain Sedgman, Terry Brooks. 15.9.73