The Tors

Some good middle grade climbs are to be found on this small crag, including the classic ***Nudity 20. The harder routes are serious propositions with little pro and the odd loose or brittle hold.

Climbing Notes

All but two of the routes require gear to lead them, and getting a belay at the top can require serious amounts of extension. For those wishing to top-rope, it's an easy scramble up the back.
Generally belays are on blocks on the top ledge and descents at either end or over the back. There is a bolted belay for Mirage/Collateral Damage/Cat's Cradle.
An Abseil anchor is installed, above and right of Nudity.
The Feb 22nd Earthquake shifted rocks around on the top of the crag, BE CAREFULL ABOUT WHAT YOU USE FOR ANCHORS ON THE TOP!!
Unfortunately a few climbs were destroyed around and including "Future Legend".

History

In 1970 the great developer Ross Gooder produced Smaug 19, and the excellent **Hotlegs 17. 1973 saw exploration by Lindsay Main and Exposition 17. Then in 1977, new-arrival John Allen did the superb classic ***Nudity 20 which had been cleaned by Main. John also added *Future Legend 19. Over the next few years, these two were the main contributors, Main's best routes being Cat's Cradle 21 and Mirage 20. In a short burst of activity in 1979, John Allen added *Moss Gard 22. The crag was then left alone, considered by most to be worked out, until Tony Ward-Holmes added the desperate Someone Else's Girl 27 in 1993, being the first purely bolt protected route on the crag. Joe Arts then followed on and bolted Bulgy Bowels and Progressive Aging in 1994 and Lindsay Main added Collateral Damage 21 in 1996.