Posted by Harry Worsnop on March 19, 2006 at 14:24:01:
Route: Antarctic Monkeys
Length: 220m?
Grade: II/III
Crag: Lingmell (North East)
Climbers: Harry Worsnop and Matthew Balmer
Date climbed: 17/03/2006
Description: This route takes the gully line North of Straight Gill and South of the ridge with a prominent pinnacle at one third height.
Climb easily up the widening gully to a small amphitheatre with a corner on its right. Avoid this corner by climbing turf on the left, then traverse back right into the main gully. Climb easily until the gully forks. Take the left fork up steepening turf, then onto steepening ice until the gully widens near the top. Follow broken ground to the plateau.
Direct Start: Once in the small amhpitheatre climb the icey corner direct. III/IV (depending on level of icing). H Worsnop 17/03/2006
This route was climbed solo, so the length is a bit of a rough guess!
The climb would become slightly easier if banked out with snow.
This route may well have been climbed before but we couldn't find any record of it.