Bacon Hole
From South Wales Climbing Wiki
| Bacon Hole | |
 Bacon Hole | |
| Rock Type | Natural Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Sport |
| Approach Time | 30 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Heatherslade to Pwll Du |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.561947, -4.078282 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 560 868 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.566835, -4.087865 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 553 873 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 2DH |
| Base Elevation | 12 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | South West |
| Aspect | Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Seldomly |
| Climbing Type | |
| Seepage | |
| Crags Within 600m | |
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Bacon Hole, Bosco's Den Area, Bowen's Parlour, Bucketland, Golden Wall, Marble Arch, Minchen Hole, Pantheon, Prawn Zawn, Quartz Corner | |
| BMC RAD | |
| RAD Notice/Restriction | Bacon Hole@BMC RAD |
TIDAL STATUS
Non-tidal.
BOLTING POLICY
No bolting.
ACCESS
Climbing is banned at this massive cave crag.
However, see http://www.swbg.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Bacon_Hole#Access_agreement_between_BMC_.26_NT for details of the latest agreement.
In the centre of this monster cave is a seam running right from the back to the front. This has been aided to at least mid way as Gogs 30m A3/4 (P.Hadley, R.Scheer, F.Hipper, J.Jellicoe, D.Beatty 31.05.1999)
DESCENTS
Bolted lower offs installed
THE ROUTES
- Jackoff Batman Fr 8a?****
Roof crack - Lickin The Rare Lichen Fr 7c+**?
The left side of roof
Quartz Corner is just down the ramp a few metres R. (east).
