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BAPTIST Severe 4a 140m

First Ascent – I. McCabe, J. Shanks, J. Dyble. July 2006.

Start at the centre of the slabs on the left of the buttress to the right of Trapist, at a vertical trap dyke that is crossed by the obvious low diagonal trap dyke at a height of 2 metres.

Pitch 1.

Climb diagonally leftward along an obvious line, scant protection, to belay below an overhang. 20m

Pitch 2.

Move right round the overhang and easily up slabs and short walls heading for the ragged notch above. Belay on the grassy terrace above. 30m

Pitch 3.

Initially follow the trap line over the bulge, then move left towards the skyline, then back right to climb a steep cracked wall to a hanging slab. Belay below a triangular overlap. 45m

Pitch 4.

Move left round triangular overlap, then climb easily in the groove line, surmounting a steep little wall by a prominent crack on the way to the top. 45m