Silent Walls

Silent Walls
Rock Type	Quarried Carboniferous Limestone
Climbing Style	Sport
Approach Time	25 minutes
Area	Gower
Sub Area	Rhossili
Local Area	Rhossili Upper Crags
Geodata
WGS-84 Location	51.565321, -4.303461
OS Grid Ref.	SS 404 876
WGS-84 Parking Location	51.569301, -4.28840
GR Parking Location	SS 415 880
Parking Postcode	SA3 1PP
Base Elevation	12 metres (Other)
General Info
Faces Direction	North West
Aspect	Partially Sunny
Wind Sheltered	Seldomly
Climbing Type	Normal
Seepage	Quick drying
Crags Within 400m
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

Silent Walls
Sport Grades
<= 6a+	3
6b - 6c+	4
7a - 7b	0
>= 7b+	0

Tidal Status

non-tidal.

Preamble

Short corner and slab.

Descents

All lower-offs.

The Routes

Silent Walls

1. Nick's Corner - VS, 5a
   Trad corner.
   
   
2. OK Squire - Fr. 6a
   Right of corner.
   
   
3. Freeloaders Arête - Fr. 6a+
   Arête then L to shared belay.
   
   Up the grass slope on the right is a sombre wall to the left of the arête of Silent Fright Buttress.
   
   
4. It's Oh So Quiet - Fr. 6b+ *
   Excellent arête just L of a grubby corner. Reachy start.
   
   
5. Noisiness - Fr. 6b
   Good bridging up the corner.
   
   
6. Bedlam - Fr. 6b
   Crack moving left to a steeper section.
   
   
7. White Noise - Fr. 6c+ ***
   Pick of the bunch. Left side of arête. Excellent.
   
   

First Ascents

Silent Walls

1. Nick's Corner - Nick O'Neil, R.Thomas 01.06.2017
2. OK Squire - R.Thomas, Nick 01.06.2017
3. Freeloaders Arête - R.Thomas, Nick 01.06.2017
4. It's Oh So Quiet - G.G R.T
5. Noisiness -
6. Bedlam -
7. White Noise = G.G'

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