Little Block

Little Block
Rock Type	Natural Carboniferous Limestone
Climbing Style	Trad
Approach Time	20 minutes
Area	Gower
Sub Area	Rhossili
Local Area	Fall Bay to Mewslade
Geodata
WGS-84 Location
OS Grid Ref.
WGS-84 Parking Location
GR Parking Location
Base Elevation	metres
General Info
Faces Direction
Aspect	Sunny
Wind Sheltered	Never
Climbing Type	Normal
Seepage	Never
Tidal
Before/After Low Tide	3.0 hours (See Note)

TIDAL STATUS

3 hours either side of low water (left) to non-tidal (right).

BOLTING POLICY

No bolting.

PREAMBLE

This is the buttress between Hairy Dog Wall and Yellow Wall

ACCESS

Traverse down and right (west) from the footpath across broken rock (behind which is High Chimney Gully) to gain Great Boulder Cove.

DESCENTS

Descent from Little Block is by scrambling down the groove to the right.

THE ROUTES

1. West Edge 12m HS,4a
   Climb the left arête of the south (seaward) face.
   
   
2. Centre Crack 12m D
   The left side of the seaward face.
   
   
3. South Wall 12m D
   The centre of the seaward face, above a spike.
   
   
4. Red Corner 10m D
   The red diedre to the right.
   
   
5. Centre Corner 10m D *
   The prominent groove in the centre of the east face.
   
   
6. Wall Climb 10m HD
   The groove right again.
   
   
7. Overhang Crack 10m D
   A vague loose groove to the right of the arête.
   
   

First Ascents

1. J.Talbot 00.00.1964
   
2. J.Talbot 00.00.1964
   
3. J.Talbot 00.00.1964
   
4. J.Talbot 00.00.1964
   
5. J.Talbot 00.00.1964
   
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7. J.Talbot 00.00.1964