Black Wall

Black Wall
Black Wall, Rhossili
Rock Type	Natural Carboniferous Limestone
Climbing Style	Sport
Approach Time	20 minutes
Area	Gower
Sub Area	Rhossili
Local Area	Rhossili Sea Level Crags
Geodata
WGS-84 Location	51.569264, -4.294105
OS Grid Ref.	SS 411 880
WGS-84 Parking Location	51.569301, -4.28840
GR Parking Location	SS 415 880
Parking Postcode	SA3 1PP
Base Elevation	2 metres (Other)
General Info
Faces Direction	North
Aspect	Rarely Sunny
Wind Sheltered	Seldomly
Climbing Type	Normal
Seepage	Quick drying
Tidal
Before/After Low Tide	2.5 hours (See Note)
Crags Within 600m
Black Buttress, Black Wall, Castaway Cove, Keel Buttress, Lifebuoy Buttress, Mermaid Wall, Retribution Wall, Seamen Wall, Sheepbone Wall, Shipwreck Cove, Sinister Sister Zawn, Trial Wall, Wedge Wall

Tidal Status

3 hours before/after low tide.

Preamble

The short wall off the beach just before the shipwreck in the cove; strangely enough it's black.

Access

This is the first climbing area you come to when approaching the Sea-Level crags from the beach.

Descents

Lower-off.

The Routes

Black Wall

The short wall off the beach just before the shipwreck in the cove,strangely enough it's black.

1. Thieving Parasites - Fr. 6a
   Boulder up the barnacles easier above.
   
   
2. Wittle Thieving Lankers - Fr. 5
   Shares belay with previous,take a rock 7 if you are of a nervous disposition.
   
   
3. Fats Waller - Fr. 7a
   Technical groove.
   
   
4. Route With Two Pockets - Fr. 7b
   Big moves!
   
   
5. Black Adder - Fr. 6b+
   Small then bigger holds.
   
   
6. This ain't Pretty - Fr. 6c+
   
   
7. Strongbow Flyer - Fr. 6a+
   Tricky start.
   
   
8. Rum Thieves - Fr. 6a+
   A better route.
   
   

First Ascents

1. Thieving Parasites - R.Thomas 00.05.2014
2. Wittle Thieving Lankers - R.Thomas 00.05.2014
3. Fats Waller -
4. Route With Two Pockets -
5. Black Adder -
6. This ain't Pretty -
7. Strongbow Flyer -
8. Rum Thieves -