Pwll Ddu Bay Topo

1. Swept Away (6a+)
Grubby left-hand line .

2. Clean Up (6a)
Leftwards line.

3. Ashes to Ashes (6c) ★★
Long shallow groove line.

4. Decades Apart (6c) ★★
Line of cracks up leaning wall.

5. Fort for Three E5 6b (7b) ★
A single very technical move with difficult clips and off-balance climbing. Fingery.

6. Chimera (7c) ★★
Desperate continuation.

7. Senser part 1 (7b+) ★★
Short, sharp shock treatment. Snatchy climbing for the fingery crux.

Senser part 2 (7c+) ★★★
The first claimed 8a in South East Wales but now 7c+. Sustained with a bad sixth clip. A magnificent sustained effort.

8. Jezebel (7a+) ★★
An excellent introduction to the harder sport climbs. Easily up the groove with a fine, reachy finish.

9. Crock Block (6c) ★
Steep and relatively juggy.

10. Old Slapper (7a+)
A hideous little route with a desperate and very trying start.

11. Skedaddle (7a+)
Desperate snatchy climbing.

12. The Flight of Icarus (6c) ★★
The prominent layback crack.

13. St Elmo’s Fire (6a+)
Links left across the wall from the next route.

14. Cat Nap (6a+)
The groove above.

15. Power Nap (7a)
Technical climbing with a single bolt belay.

16. Snooze Control (5+)
Leads into a short groove high up. The groove above is dirty.

17. Sleep Easy (7b)
hard high up since loss of hold.

18. R.E.M. Sleep (5+)
Leads into a groove with a thread.

19. White Slider (6a+)
The cleaned slab slinking rightwards.

20. Project

21. Miami Vice (6b+)
Start from the right (6c direct) onto the slabby face.

22. Coronal Discharge (6a+)
Gains a square-cut niche.

23. Wakey Wakey (6a)
Deceptively difficult climbing.

24. Sleep Over (5)
The final wall on the right.