Windy Buttress
| Windy Buttress | |
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| Rock Type | Quarried Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Sport |
| Approach Time | 25 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Rhossili |
| Local Area | Rhossili Sea Level Crags |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.564384, -4.304897 |
| 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 | 25 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | North 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
Just up the slope from Sinners Walls.Take care with steep fragile rock on big jugs.
Loose Rock! You should note that this is Gower and these are new routes. Whilst there has clearly been efforts made to clean the routes, there is bound to be loose rock for some time yet. Loose rock, when dislodged from either the crag face or from the foot of the crag, may fall and injure others. Climbers are asked to be considerate of other groups and individuals in the vicinity, e.g. coasteerers, fisherman, beachgoers, etc., and be exceedingly careful when climbing above others. Please Take Care!
Access
Descents
The Routes
- Blow Me Down (thar) - Fr. 6b+
More delights,cash crisis means stick clipping high first bolt above crunchy start. Kindly a pre drilled 10mm hole is there so feel free...... - Tha'r She Blows - Fr. 6b+ *
Steep start in centre of wall. Central shared belay. Low in the grade. - A Stiff Blow - Fr. 6a
Fragile crack to start then over steep bulge. - Blow Up - Fr. 5+
Easy steps lead to steepening,taking care with crunchy rock,will improve with traffic,but lots of bolts to compensate.
First Ascents
- Blow Me Down (thar) - R.Thomas Tim Hoddy
- Tha'r She Blows - R.Thomas Tim Hoddy 19.08.2017
- A Stiff Blow - R. Thomas, G. Ashmore 29.09.2017
- Blow Up - R. Thomas, G. Ashmore 29.09.2017
