Sinners Walls
| Sinners Walls | |
 Gary Gibson and Roy Thomas on Sin Bad, Sinners 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 | 51.564559, -4.304656 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 403 875 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.569301, -4.28840 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 415 880 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 1PP |
| Base Elevation | 23 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | North |
| Aspect | Rarely Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Mostly |
| Climbing Type | Normal |
| Seepage | Needs a short dry spell |
| Crags Within 400m | |
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Black Buttress, Calcite Bay, Carbon Slab, Evening Wall, Fat Lady Wall, Keel Buttress, Kitchen Corner, Lifebuoy Buttress, Platform Area, Poser Buttress, Retribution Wall, Sheepbone Wall, Silent Fright Buttress, Silent Walls, Sinister Sister Zawn, Sinners Walls, Trial Wall, Wedge Wall, Windy Buttress | |
| Sinners Walls | |
| Sport Grades | |
| <= 6a+ | 8 |
| 6b - 6c+ | 9 |
| 7a - 7b | 1 |
| >= 7b+ | 0 |
Contents
Tidal Status
non-tidal.
Bolting Policy
Retro bolting permitted with first ascentionists permission. New sport routes permitted, stainless bolts only.
Preamble
A varied collection of mostly interesting routes. Most of the routes here face north and whilst they are very pleasant on a hot summer's day, they can feel a little greasy in the winter.
Access
Access the far right upper short walls to the R of Silent Fright Buttress gained by walking below the aforementioned or descending well worn fisherpersons path.
Descents
All lower-offs
The Routes
- Devil May Care - Fr. 6c+
The side wall just R of the short arête. Long stretch off the pedestal. - Transgressor's Corner - Fr. 5
The slabby calcite lined corner. - Butcher's Slab - Fr. 6a
The slab on the right to same L.O. - Repentance Arête - Fr. 6b+
The right side of the slabs arête gained by a short traverse from the stepped corner.
There is a direct start to this route that goes at around 6c+. - Stepped corner - Fr. 6a
The stepped corner. - Sin Bin - Fr. 6a+
Fragile calcite scabs lead to a slab with a tricky to clip belay for the short. - Scintillate - Fr. 6a+
Layback flake joining previous after roof. - Forgiveness - Fr. 6b
Huge calcite crystals lead to steep flake, join previous after roof. - Father Confessor - Fr. 6a+
The pillar,deceptive, tricky final moves on sub optimal rock. - Sin Sear-Fr 4+
Corner crack, nice bridging. Belay can be gained WITHOUT USE OF LARGE JAMMED BLOCKS IN CHIMNEY. - Cynical- Fr 6b+
The faint red groove then a trying pull onto the upper wall. - Sinbad - Fr. 6b
- Sinus - Fr. 6b
- Synthesizer Slab - Fr. 6b *
- Devilment - Fr. 4
Short arête leading to pleasant stepped groove. - For Ye Who Has Sinned.... - Fr. 6c
- The Seven Deadly Sins - Fr. 6c+
Squeezed in eliminate using the first two clips of Wages of Sin, and then climbing via two non-stainless expansion bolts to the lower-off of For Ye Who Have Sinned. - Wages of Sin - Fr. 6c+ *
Below the square notch.12m. - Sinner Man - Fr. 7b
A final short problem.
First Ascents
Sinners Walls
- Devil May Care -
- Transgressor's Corner - R.Thomas G.Gibson, 05.05.2017
- Butcher's Slab - R.Thomas G.Gibson, 05.05.2017
- Repentance Arête - R.Thomas G.Gibson, 05.05.2017
- Stepped corner - R.Thomas G.Gibson, 05.05.2017
- Sin Bin - R.Thomas G.Gibson, 06.05.2017
- Scintillate - R.T
- Forgiveness - R.T Tim H 2017
- Father Confessor - R.Thomas G.Gibson, 06.05.2017
- Sin Sea - R.T Tim Hoddy june 2017
- Cynica - Roy Thomas Tim Hoddy april 2019
- Sinbad - G.Gibson R.Thomas, 06.05.2017
- Sinus - G.Gibson R.Thomas, 06.05.2017
- Synthesizer Slab - G.Gibson R.Thomas, 06.05.2017
- Devilment - Roy Thomas Tim Hoddy july 2017
- For Ye Who Has Sinned.... - G.Gibson R.Thomas, 06.05.2017
- The Seven Deadly Sins - G. Davis, M. Davis 17.07.2017
- Wages of Sin - A.Sharp 1988
- Sinner Man - G.Gibson 00.07.2017
Additional Photos
Gwyn Evans on Repentance, 6b+
