Poser Buttress

Poser Buttress
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	51.564773, -4.304904
OS Grid Ref.	SS 403 876
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	West
Aspect	Partially Sunny
Wind Sheltered	Seldomly
Climbing Type	Normal
Seepage	Quick drying
Tidal
Before/After Low Tide	0.5 hours (See Note)
Crags Within 600m
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, Seamen Wall, Sheepbone Wall, Silent Fright Buttress, Silent Walls, Sinister Sister Zawn, Sinners Walls, Tears Point, Trial Wall, Wedge Wall, Windy Buttress

Tidal Status

1 hour either side of low tide.

Bolting Policy

No bolting.

Preamble

Some good crack lines.

A deep square-cut zawn 30m on from the Platform Area with a smooth south-facing wall containing four cracks. These are gained by abseil from a hanging stance.

Access

Usually by abseil but start is possible from the beach.

The Routes

North Wall

Poser Buttress North Wall

1. Normal Service VS,4b
   The most seaward crack. 20m.
   
   
2. Splash Landing HVS,5a
   The next crack to the right (landwards). 20m.
   
   
3. Dicky Five Stones E3,5c *
   Good. From the mooring ring, climb the wall between Splash Landing and The Poser. 20m.
   
   
4. The Poser E1,5b **
   The third crack right from the sea. Good. 20m.
   
   
5. Burning Rubber E2,5b
   The fourth crack. 20m
   
   

South Wall

1. Chlorophyll Corner 15m VS,4c
   Climb a corner crack opposite Burning Rubber, near the back of the gully.
   
   
2. Lobster Song 15m E2,5b
   Start directly up the arête right of Chlorophyll Corner, swing left and climb the slab, TR.
   
   
3. Cincinatti Kid 15m VS,4c
   The crack just round the arête right of Chlorophyll Corner, in a narrow wall facing out of the gully.
   
   

First Ascents

North Wall

1. Normal Service - A.Sharp, J.Harwood 05.12.1981
2. Splash Landing - A.Sharp, J.Harwood 05.12.1981
3. Dicky Five Stones - A.Sharp, P.Lewis 00.00.1990
4. The Poser - T.Penning, A.Sharp, J.Harwood 23.05.1982
5. Burning Rubber - T.Penning, A.Sharp, J.Harwood 23.05.1982

South Wall

1. Chlorophyll Corner - T.Penning, A.Sharp, D.Hillier 27.06.1982
2. Lobster Song - L.Davies 00.00.1988
3. Cincinatti Kid - T.Penning, D.Hillier, A.Sharp 27.06.1981