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Eskimo Nell Dangerous Loose Block Reported 19-Oct-2015 At 12:25:12 PM kieranl

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On 19/10/2015 gfdonc wrote:
>I don't recall a loose block last time I did it. 2c, there you go.
>
>Yes that rap is a bit of a PITA and last time I was up there we walked
>down the gully rather than wait in the queue.
>At the risk of hijacking, is there now a rap escape down Lawrence? There
>are newish rings at the end of p2 that would be <60m from the ground but
>we didn't see a top station. Has the potential for being a better and
>safer option than the Eskimo Nell rap.
>
Those rings are to cater for the wildly popular Cow Crag - the name bestowed on a 20m arete on a 100m cliff by Ingvar and Gerry. A bit difficult to work out a straightforward way to approach them from above. I've rapped down just left of there for the climbs on the Western Desert but used a fixed rap rope because there are a series of ledges at the top. I have rapped from the Cow Crag anchors and it's OK but even abseiling the first pitch of Lawrence is quite unpleasant. I think there may also be some rap anchors on Forbidden Fruit, which may be easier to approach from above.