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The crag was discovered in the nineteen fifties by Nev Hannaby after a tip off from a fellow coal worker. Nev lived a short walk from the crag, which rapidly became the Wednesday evening venue for the 'Crag Lough Group' of Nev, Albert Rosher, Eric Rayson and Geoff Oliver. Many of the classic lines were done at this time and named, but the details are now stored in Nev's memory banks. The Mangler, climbed by Nev, was called Causey Crack and another one of Nev's lines, Telstar, was The Corner.
Activity continued in sporadic bursts, with Bob and Tommy Smith launching their careers with The Dangler in the late 1960's, Karl Telfer adding Sandman in the mid 70's and in the early 1980's the Perplexity and Mauler roofs were cracked by Paul Linfoot and George Haydon respectively.
First Ascent List| 1950ish |  | Telstar Crack, S | Nev Hannaby | | | Originally called "The Corner", this ascentfinished on the right. | | 1950ish | | The Mangler, HVS 5a | Nev Hannaby | | | Originally called Causey Crack | | 1970ish | | The Haunt, VS 5a | Ed Thompson Jnr | | | Solo | | 1970ish | | Sandman, E3 5c | Karl Telfer | | 1971ish | | Direct start, 4c | Alan Stark | | | Possibly done before | | 1980ish | | A Means To An End, VS 4c | , S. Murphy | | 1980ish | | Telstar Direct, MVS 4c | Simon Gee, L. Ogle | | 1980ish | | The Mauler Roof, E5 6b | George Haydon | | 1980ish | | Xenon, E1 5b | Paul Linfoot | | 1 August 1981 | | Perplexity, E5 6c | Paul Linfoot | | | Paul straightened out the route the following year | | 22 August 2009 | | Unbreakable, E6 6c | Peter Holder |
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