LANCASHIRE ROCK

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Jimmy Nip Buttress

  • 116 - Powerage

    Grade: 6b | First Ascent: -1992
    Rating: 1

    Start on the left and climb up trending right to a jug and runnerin Jimmy Nip, then move back left to a peg and one last strenuous pull for the break, then traverse off. A more direct, but more artificial variation is possible at 6c.

  • 117 - Jimmy Nip

    Grade: 6a | First Ascent: -1983
    Rating: 1

    Climb the deep crack in the centre of the buttress to the break, then step right to finish.

  • 118 - Titanosaurus

    Grade: 6b | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 0

    The thin crescent-shaped crack in the small buttress 10 metres to the right.