Located close to Marston Green train station (GPS Coordinates). The wall of the railway bridge arch provides some surprisingly good (and very crimpy) boulder problems. The rail running horizontally at 4.3m height provides an ideal finish.
Stays in condition all year round and can be climbed in the rain as long as its not too windy. Can see sunshine from mid afternoon. Be prepared to field questions from the friendly and inquisitive locals.
Stays in condition all year round and can be climbed in the rain as long as its not too windy. Can see sunshine from mid afternoon. Be prepared to field questions from the friendly and inquisitive locals.
Robo (6B+) - The left of the two central lines, passing the dark protruding brick with your right hand.
Open Your Mind (6B) - The right hand central line. Pass the dark protruding brick with your left hand. The sit start is slightly harder (6B+)
Cloud Nine (7A) - Gain the opposing sidepulls and dyno past 2m of blank wall to the finish. First ascent made in 2019 and renamed Cloud Nine.
Vandalism (7A+) - Sit start below the starting hold of Cloud Nine with your right hand on the toothy crimp and your left hand on either of the two lower protrusions. From here stand up and go up with your left hand, then bump into the starting hold of Cloud Nine, then continue up Cloud Nine.
Like a Pro (6B) - Gain the sidepull pocket with the left hand then through the crimps to the finish.
My Future is Fragile (6B) - The right-most line passing a vertical pocket.
There are two project lines left of Robo. The traverses of the wall are also projects.
Open Your Mind (6B) - The right hand central line. Pass the dark protruding brick with your left hand. The sit start is slightly harder (6B+)
Cloud Nine (7A) - Gain the opposing sidepulls and dyno past 2m of blank wall to the finish. First ascent made in 2019 and renamed Cloud Nine.
Vandalism (7A+) - Sit start below the starting hold of Cloud Nine with your right hand on the toothy crimp and your left hand on either of the two lower protrusions. From here stand up and go up with your left hand, then bump into the starting hold of Cloud Nine, then continue up Cloud Nine.
Like a Pro (6B) - Gain the sidepull pocket with the left hand then through the crimps to the finish.
My Future is Fragile (6B) - The right-most line passing a vertical pocket.
There are two project lines left of Robo. The traverses of the wall are also projects.
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Even on a weekday, two minutes after you have arrived in the middle of a completely empty crag, someone from Birmingham comes and sits at the bottom of your route and asks if you're going to be finished soon. At this point every climb becomes an eliminate, you are having to pretend so many things aren't there.
- Fawcett on Rock, R. Fawcett and J. Beatty (1987)