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The Hybrid 100m IV,5*

Makes use of the diagonal fault. Start as for The Message and climb the obvious diagonal stepped fault for a pitch. Continue up and left as for The Melting Pot to the ledge system below the top wall. Move awkwardly up right to a higher ledge or traverse out right at a lower level to gain the front face and go left and up to the big ledge. This is the crux. Finish up the top pitch of The Message.

The Message 90m IV,6***

A Cunningham and W Todd, 23 January 1986

A good, popular and well-scarred route which takes the deepest groove in the centre of the face right of diagonal fault. Start at the top of a large bay right of the lowest rocks and climb the stepped diagonal fault until the deep corner can be gained. Climb a short wall into the corner (this can be difficult) and follow the corner to the top, then go left then up to the upper ledge. Climb the right-facing corner to a bulge, then swing left onto the edge to climb cracked slabs to the top. Alternatively, climb the crack in the slab to its right.