LANCASHIRE ROCK

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Cocktail Walls - Right

  • 25 - Dry Cane

    Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1974
    Rating: 0

    Start four metres to the right of the dirty corner at the right-hand end of the crag, and climb the wall behind.

  • 26 - Gordon`s

    Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    The first crack on the right wall of the dirty corner.

  • 27 - EKU 28

    Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1985
    Rating: 1

    Two metres right, climb the thin crack then finish leftwards.

  • 28 - Coke

    Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    A poor route that starts from EKU 28 and then follows an obvious rising traverse which leads to a finish up Bacardi.

  • 29 - Bacardi

    Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    The next, more prominent, crack.

  • 30 - Pasty Man

    Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 0

    The wall between Bacardi and Pedestal Crack.

  • 31 - Pedestal Crack

    Grade: | First Ascent: (Pre-1970)
    Rating: 0

    The aptly-named wide crack.

  • 32 - Daiquiri

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    One metre right again climb the crack and wall.

  • 33 - Mild

    Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    From three metres up Cider follow an obvious traverse line leftwards, eventually finishing up Bacardi.

  • 34 - Cider

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    Six metres right of the pedestal climb a groove.

  • 35 - Bitter

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1971
    Rating: 0

    From the start of Cider follow a right-leading line to the top.

  • 35a - The Lancashire Levitators

    Grade: 6a | First Ascent: ?
    Rating: 0

    An interesting low-level traverse starts from the triangular slab which faces the quarry entrance, and continues to the final route. Never more than half a metre from off the ground, protection is difficult to arrange for the second man.