Lifebuoy Buttress
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| Lifebuoy Buttress | |
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| Rock Type | Quarried Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Trad/Sport |
| Approach Time | |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Rhossili |
| Local Area | Rhossili Upper Crags |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.566113, -4.301817 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 405 877 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.569301, -4.28840 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 415 880 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 1PP |
| Base Elevation | 10 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | West |
| Aspect | Partially Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Seldomly |
| Climbing Type | Normal |
| Seepage | Quick drying |
| Crags Within 400m | |
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Contents
Tidal Status
non-tidal.
Bolting Policy
Preamble
Access
Descents
The Routes
- The Axe 14m E1,5a
The left hand arête. - Blockbuster 14m Fr 5+.
The wall 3m right of The Axe. Climb from ledge to ledge parallel with the arête, finishing up a short scoop. PRs missing. - Hatchet Man Fr. 6b+
The wall, direct, left of the stepped corner. - Pulpit 14m HVS,5a
Not a route to preach about! Climb a stepped corner 9m right of Blockbuster to a pulpit, move left and up a smooth curving crack for 1m then left and up a wall into a scoop to the top. - Crunch 24m VS,4c
Some 6m right of Pulpit is a corner with a grassy ledge. Climb this and the central crack in the upper buttress.
First Ascents
- The Axe - T.Penning, A.Sharp & J.Harwood 26.05.1985
- Blockbuster - N.Williams & P.Williams 00.00.1978
- Hatchet Man - R.Thomas & Ed Rees 00.05.2011
- Pulpit - N.Williams & P.Williams 00.00.1978
G.Evans & J.Bullock Direct 00.00.1982 - Crunch - A.Tyas, J.Pratt, G.Evans 00.00.1981
