The first ascent details given in the Borrowdale guide are incorrect. The first ascent was made by B Smith and K Perry in Spring 1970. The route name refers to the amount of excavation needed prior to the ascent.
Areas
- Borrowdale
- Aaron Crags
- Allen Crags
- Black Crag
- Bleak How
- Christmas Crag
- Dalt Quarry
- Dovenest Slabs
- Falcon Crag - Upper Crag
- Gillercombe
- Glaciated Slab
- Goat Crag North
- Gowder Crag
- Greatend Crag
- Heron Crags
- Hind Crag
- Paper crag
- Quayfoot Buttress
- Raven Crag
- Shepherd's Crag
- Steel Knotts
- Woden's Face
- Woof Stones
- Buttermere
- Coppermines
- Dow Crag
- Duddon Valley
- Eastern Crags
- Eden Valley
- Ennerdale
- Eskdale
- Gable
- Langdale
- Newlands
- Scafell & Wasdale
- Slate
- South Lakes
- St Bees
- Western Outcrops
- Winter Climbs
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Further to that, Brian Smith says it was in May that they climbed it.