Evening Wall
| Evening Wall | |
| Rock Type | Natural Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Trad |
| Approach Time | 30 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Rhossili |
| Local Area | Rhossili Sea Level Crags |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.565597, -4.303813 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 404 877 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.569301, -4.28840 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 415 880 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 1PP |
| Base Elevation | 0 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | North West |
| Aspect | Never Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Seldomly |
| Climbing Type | Normal |
| Seepage | |
| Tidal | |
| Before/After Low Tide | 0.5 hours (See Note) |
| Crags Within 400m | |
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Black Buttress, Calcite Bay, Carbon Slab, Evening Wall, Fat Lady Wall, Keel Buttress, Kitchen Corner, Lifebuoy Buttress, Mermaid Wall, Platform Area, Poser Buttress, Retribution Wall, Sheepbone Wall, Silent Fright Buttress, Silent Walls, Sinister Sister Zawn, Sinners Walls, Trial Wall, Wedge Wall, Windy Buttress | |
Contents
Tidal Status
0.5 hours before/after low tide.
Bolting Policy
No bolting.
Preamble
The first climb starts from the beach or when the sea is in can be reached by belaying from the large ledge on the right and stepping down a couple of meters to a high tide mark ledge. Either way you gain a small ledge 2m below a wide crack. The best belay is 30m up the bank!
Access
60m south-west of Sinister Sister Zawn is a yellow wall with a distinctive calcite patch and a large ledge at half-height to the right.
Descents
The Routes
- Hey Mr Blue Sky - E1,5b
Cimb the wide crack to pass the ledge on the right. An awkward move gains the chockstone. Pull up onto the headwall and over the bulge, In place of the old peg, a nut can be used in a crack to the right to protect the friable finishing moves. 18m. - Banana Split - E2,5c
Start at the large ledge at half-height on the right. Post rock fall this route offers technical climbing with no protection at all until a nut can be placed where the old peg was at 8m (shared with previous route). Ascend the groove on the left side of the ledge until a hard move gains the upper wall. Move right, making thin moves to finish directly. 12m.
First Ascents
- Hey Mr Blue Sky - L.Davies, P.Bruten, P.Thomas 09.06.1986
- Banana Split - P.Bruten, L.Davies 00.00.1986
