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Damo95: /* Black Wall. */

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Black Wall.

Damo95: /* Morning Wall. */

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Morning Wall.

Damo95: /* Morning Wall. */

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Morning Wall.

Damo95: /* Black Wall. */

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Black Wall.

Damo95: /* Black Wall. */

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Black Wall.

Damo95: /* Black Wall. */

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Black Wall.

Damo95: /* Grey Wall. */

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Grey Wall.

Damo95: /* Grey Wall. */

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Grey Wall.

Barry watts: /* Tooreen */

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Tooreen

Huwj1: /* Morning Wall. */

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Morning Wall.

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 Details: followed red dots in image below. Started at the corner between Morning Wall and Black Wall, going up the steps before traversing left and then up to finish.
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 Details: followed red dots in image below. Started at the corner between Morning Wall and Black Wall, going up the steps before traversing left and then up to finish.
-[[File:Screenshot 20251205 213013.jpg|600px|frame|left|'''The Black Steps''']]
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 '''The Black Cleft.''' 		S<br>G. Moss H. Herzman L. Convery 7/6/2005.<br>Start just right of The Obvious Flake. Move across right into the cleft and climb it direct.
 '''The Black Sheep.''' 		VS 4c<br>G. Moss H. Herzman L. Convery 8/6/2005<br>Start from the wide platform to the right of The Black Cleft, below an undercut, fist-wide crack. Climb the crack to a sloping ledge. Climb the thin crack sloping up right and step around right to finish.
 '''Barnacle Bay'''                S<br>J. Reville, J. Byrne, G. Moss 16/07/2011.<br>Start 2m R of The Black Sheep, below a sloping ledge. Difficult move gain the ledge. Continue straight up on good holds, finishing just R of the Black Sheep.

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	A = The Black Sheep VS 4c.		A = The Black Sheep VS 4c.
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		+	'''The Black Steps''' D <br>D Collins & G O'Sullivan Nov 2025 <br>probably climbed before so the names provisional. <br>Originally thought this was the black arete route but when I looked at the picture above (the guy climbing in a yellow jacket), it seems to be a different line. Open to correction though.
		+	Details: followed red dots in image below. Started at the corner between Morning Wall and Black Wall, going up the steps before traversing left and then up to finish.
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		+	[[File:Screenshot 20251205 213013.jpg\|600px\|frame\|left\|'''The Black Steps''']]

	===Morning Wall.===		===Morning Wall.===

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+'''Lamb to the Slaughter*''' VD <br>D Collins & G O SUllivan Nov 2025. <br>*Probable repeat, name provisional. <br>Route roughly follows the next main vertical crack to the left of 1a Wooly Minded. Probably climbed previously but wanted to add it here for reference.  Climbed a left facing corner into a shallow recess, then moved left onto a horizontal crack on the face and stepped up. Small mantel over the top to finish. Protection isn't great for the top out.
 Grade: VD or S.
+<br>1a '''Wooly Minded.''' Diff. G.Moss. C. McGovern. 10/7/22
 Start just R of the cone shaped pool, below a L facing corner. Climb the corner and the pocketed wall above.
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 The next climb (Ursulas Biscuit) tackles the left-facing corner that starts halfway up the grey slab and just left of the overhang. The climb culminates in an open-book corner with a good crack
 '''Ursula's Bisket.''' 		S<br>H. Herzman G. Moss L. Convery 8/6/2005<br>Start on the ramp, R of Cathy and below the slanting left-facing corner and just left of the overhang at half height.. Climb the groove and the open-book corner above.

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 ===Grey Wall.===
 climbs have been added since the sketch below was created (1a, 1b and 1c).
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-a Wooly Minded. Diff. G.Moss. C. McGovern. 10/7/22
+a '''Wooly Minded.''' Diff. G.Moss. C. McGovern. 10/7/22
 Start just R of the cone shaped pool, below a L facing corner. Climb the corner and the pocketed wall above.
-b Cathy.  Diff.   C. McG. G. M. 10/7/22      Start 3m R of Wooly Minded, below a white patch and corner on the wall above. Climb the corner and the pocketed wall above, pull and finish up over the small overhang on good holds.
+b '''Cathy''' Diff.   C. McG. G. M. 10/7/22      Start 3m R of Wooly Minded, below a white patch and corner on the wall above. Climb the corner and the pocketed wall above, pull and finish up over the small overhang on good holds.
-The next climb tackles the left-facing corner that starts halfway up the grey slab and just left of the overhang. The climb culminates in an open-book corner with a good crack
+The next climb (Ursulas Biscuit) tackles the left-facing corner that starts halfway up the grey slab and just left of the overhang. The climb culminates in an open-book corner with a good crack
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 '''Ursula's Bisket.''' 		S<br>H. Herzman G. Moss L. Convery 8/6/2005<br>Start on the ramp, R of Cathy and below the slanting left-facing corner and just left of the overhang at half height.. Climb the groove and the open-book corner above.
-c Wool Gathering.  V. Diff. G.M. C. McG. 10/7/22. Start below the ramp and R of Ursula's Bisket.  Move up and climb the edge just R of the corner to a ledge below a small overhang. Take the overhang direct and finish on good holds.
+c '''Wool Gathering.  V. Diff'''. G.M. C. McG. 10/7/22. Start below the ramp and R of Ursula's Bisket.  Move up and climb the edge just R of the corner to a ledge below a small overhang. Take the overhang direct and finish on good holds.
 '''Sheep May Safely Graze.''' 	HVS 5a<br>G. Moss H. Herzman L. Convery 8/6/2005<br>Start about 3m right of Ursula's Bisket and just right of the overhang, directly beneath a thin crack running up the lower two-thirds of the grey face. Climb to a small ledge and make fingery moves up the crack to better holds. Step right and finish direct. Low in the grade, small wires useful.

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 A = The Obvious Flake S. B = Ursula's Bisket S.
-'''The Obvious Flake.''' 		S.<br>L. Convery H. Herzman G. Moss 7/6/2005<br>Start from a ledge at the bottom of a left-facing corner 2m to the right of Sheep May Safely Graze There is a prominent left-facing flake at the top of the corner. Climb the corner to the flake, up over this and continue more easily to the top.
+'''The Obvious Flake.''' 		S.<br>L. Convery H. Herzman G. Moss 7/6/2005.<br>Start from a ledge at the bottom of a left-facing corner 2m to the right of Sheep May Safely Graze There is a prominent left-facing flake at the top of the corner. Climb the corner to the flake, up over this and continue more easily to the top.
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-'''The Black Cleft.''' 		S<br>G. Moss H. Herzman L. Convery 7/6/2005<br>Start just right of The Obvious Flake. Move across right into the cleft and climb it direct.
+'''The Black Cleft.''' 		S<br>G. Moss H. Herzman L. Convery 7/6/2005.<br>Start just right of The Obvious Flake. Move across right into the cleft and climb it direct.
 '''The Black Sheep.''' 		VS 4c<br>G. Moss H. Herzman L. Convery 8/6/2005<br>Start from the wide platform to the right of The Black Cleft, below an undercut, fist-wide crack. Climb the crack to a sloping ledge. Climb the thin crack sloping up right and step around right to finish.
-'''Tortoise Full o' Rigor Mortis''' HVS 5a<br>Duggan, R. Julienne, H. 08/2010<br>Climbs the thin finger crack to the left of The Black Sheep. Climb this to a ledge, and fix protection below small roof above. Climb the roof direct, topping out on good holds.
+'''Tortoise Full o' Rigor Mortis''' HVS 5a<br>Duggan, R. Julienne, H. 08/2010.<br>Climbs the thin finger crack to the left of The Black Sheep. Climb this to a ledge, and fix protection below small roof above. Climb the roof direct, topping out on good holds.
-'''Barnacle Bay'''                S<br>J. Reville, J. Byrne, G. Moss 16/07/2011<br>Start 2m R of The Black Sheep, below a sloping ledge. Difficult move gain the ledge. Continue straight up on good holds, finishing just R of the Black Sheep.<br>
+'''Barnacle Bay'''                S<br>J. Reville, J. Byrne, G. Moss 16/07/2011.<br>Start 2m R of The Black Sheep, below a sloping ledge. Difficult move gain the ledge. Continue straight up on good holds, finishing just R of the Black Sheep.
 '''Purple Lamb'''               VS 4c<br>J Bergin, L Storey  May 2012.
-Start one meter right of Barnacle Bay, below a horizontal ledge. Mantleshelf with difficulty to gain this and continue straight to top of cliff on good but small holds - good protection.<br>
+Start one meter right of Barnacle Bay, below a horizontal ledge. Mantleshelf with difficulty to gain this and continue straight to top of cliff on good but small holds - good protection.
 '''The Black Arete.''' 		VD<br>L. Convery H. Herzman G. Moss 8/6/2005<br>Start from the wide platform, several m. right of The Black Sheep, at the foot of the arete sloping up left. Climb the arete.
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 '''Morning Pool'''              E1 5b
-Elliot John, H John 15/06/2025. Start at a shallow L facing undercut corner 7 m right of morning sun above a rock pool. The crack in the corner is sufficiently wide to place some gear and provide a hold low down, but narrows with bold hard moves from the ground until a ledge is reached. Easier climbing follows straight up from the ledge to the top.
+Elliot John, H John 15/06/2025. Start at a shallow L facing undercut corner 7m right of morning sun above a rock pool. The crack in the corner is sufficiently wide to place some gear and provide a hold low down, but narrows with bold hard moves from the ground until a ledge is reached. Easier climbing follows straight up from the ledge to the top.
-'''Dark Corner'''                S.<br>G. Moss, J. Byrne, J. Reville 16/07/2011.
+'''Dark Corner'''                S.<br>G. Moss, J. Byrne, J. Reville 16/07/2011. Start at the foot of the black, L-facing corner 10 m R of Morning Sun.
 Climb the corner, move L to a ledge and continue straight up.<br>
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-'''Morning Drink'''             V.Diff.<br>J. Byrne, J. Reville 16/07/2011<br>Start almost 2m R of Dark Corner, below a short shallow crack. Move up over ledges to trend R over pock-marked rock.
+'''Morning Drink'''             V.Diff.<br>J. Byrne, J. Reville 16/07/2011.<br>Start almost 2m R of Dark Corner, below a short shallow crack. Move up over ledges to trend R over pock-marked rock.
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 '''Reville’s Edge''' 12m VS
-Barry Watts, Gerry Galligan, 29/6/2018
+Barry Watts, Gerry Galligan, 29/6/2018.
 Climb the wall just right of the left arete.
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 '''Specks in Space''' 12m HVS
-Gerry Galligan, Barry Watts, 29/6/2018
+Gerry Galligan, Barry Watts, 29/6/2018.
 Climb the cracks 2m to the right of the crack in the centre of the wall. Delicate, technical moves in the upper half.
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 and this one is above the remains of a stone wall that runs up from the southern end of the last field. The crag, which is split in two, stacked one behind the other, is distinguished by the numerous white quartzite streaks.
-'''Mizzen View.''' 		HVS 5a<br>G. Moss H. Herzman 9/8/2005<br>Start from a boulder below the narrow, tapering left face of the lower crag. Awkward holds lead to the overhang, step left and back right and move up to belay on the arete.
+'''Mizzen View.''' 		HVS 5a<br>G. Moss H. Herzman 9/8/2005.<br>Start from a boulder below the narrow, tapering left face of the lower crag. Awkward holds lead to the overhang, step left and back right and move up to belay on the arete.
-'''Anniversary.''' 		HS 4b<br>H. Herzman G. Moss 9/8/2005<br>Start a little right of Mizzen View, at the left-hand end of a quartzy crack slanting up right. across the face. Climb the crack and, when it fades, finish up steeply to gain the arete. Move right, step across and climb the right-hand edge of the back wall.
+'''Anniversary.''' 		HS 4b<br>H. Herzman G. Moss 9/8/2005.<br>Start a little right of Mizzen View, at the left-hand end of a quartzy crack slanting up right. across the face. Climb the crack and, when it fades, finish up steeply to gain the arete. Move right, step across and climb the right-hand edge of the back wall.
 '''Thin Crack''' 		VS 4c<br>G. Moss, H. Herzman, 9/8/2005.<br>Start below the thin vertical crack near the right-hand end of the face. Climb the crack over two overhanging sections and continue steeply to the arete. Move a little left., step across and climb the back wall.