Grinshill First Ascents
The 1995 guidebook did not include a first ascent list for Grinshill. I have now put one together for this web update and if you have any further information (or corrections) I would be pleased to hear from you.
Details are unknown for the following routes and first ascents are therefore considered to be traditional:
One Lump? Or Two? Tate, Lyle, Rolling Pin, Whisk, Corner Climb, Evensong, Morning Wall, Dawn Corner, Ramp, Cockles, Muscles, Cave Route, Pillar Climb, Ladder Crack, Laddered Lycra, Pocket Route and Sidelines.
Mid 1960's : Tony Booth and friends were known to have been active at Grinshill at this time. It is likely that routes such as Black Wall and Main Wall were climbed during this period.
1980's : Nick Postlethwaite and friends visited Grinshill. Routes climbed include : The Pancake, Jam, Cream, Grip, Thompson Twins, Two Finger Gesture, Main Overhang, Main Eliminate, Nibbles, Stiches, Soles and White Tower.
Black Arete : Doug Kerr solo : 12/01/1986
Wall Climb, Central Groove : Doug Kerr solo : 03/10/1986
Badder, Malady, Tom Tom, Tom Tit : Doug Kerr solo : 11/10/1986
Bad : Doug Kerr solo : 17/10/1986
Caesar's Palace (almost certainly done before) : Doug Kerr solo : 17/10/1986
Brutus (possibly done before) : Doug Kerr solo : 17/10/1986
1980's : Details are unknown for the following routes : The Nebuliser, Sugar Baby Love, Tin Tin, Shiver Me Timbers, Grinshill Without Oxygen.
1988 : Rock Climbs In The West Midlands published.
1989-1993 : Regular visits to Grinshill were made by a group of local climbers including A. Laurence, E. Smith, J. Jones, P. Brayne and B. Humphries. A variety of routes were discovered and rediscovered, including Mothercare, Caught In The Act, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Indifference of Opinion, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Clare Has Wings, Bleed With The Moon, Captain Haddock, Snowy, Midnight Madness, Sands Of Time, Utter Nutter and One Minute to Glory.
Fillo (NL) : Peter Moulam : 29/08/1993
Black Looks (NL) : Doug Kerr : 29/08/1993
Tea Time (NL) : Doug Kerr : 29/08/1993
Tart (NL) : Steve Adderley : 29/08/1993
Sugar Bullets : Roger Lanchbury : 10/10/1993
Sugar Magnolia : Roger Lanchbury : 10/10/1993
Sweetie : Roger Lanchbury : 10/10/1993
Clare Has Wings : Roger Lanchbury (first lead) : 10/10/1993
Sugar Plum Hairy : Roger Lanchbury : 10/10/1993
Justin (NL) : Doug Kerr : 10/10/1993
Spin On This : Roger Lanchbury : 17/10/1993
Twenty Five Ways To Eat Fish (NL) : Steve Adderley 24/10/1993
Spotted Dick (NL) :
Steve Adderley : 24/10/1993
Drive (NL) : Doug Kerr : 24/10/1993
Mr Creosote : Doug Kerr : 24/10/1993
Queen Of The Slipstream (NL) : Doug Kerr : 30/10/1993
1995 : West Midlands Rock published.
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