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Crag Lough (High Shield Crag)
1  West Chimney 8m M  
2  West Corner 11m S  
3  Wall and Crack 11m D  
4  Fifth Avenue 11m D  
5  Face Route 15m S  
6  Original Route 15m S  
7  Route Three 18m VS 5a 
Albert Rosher, Geoff Oliver (1955ish)
8  Intermediate Treatment 17m E2 5c 
Callum Phillips, Steve Lude (1979ish)
9  Route One 18m HVS 5a 
Tony Moulam (1945ish)
(With Alf Mullan)
10  Route Two 20m VD  
11  Impossible Slab 20m E3 5c 
12  Impossible Buttress Obverse 17m HVS 5a 
13  Pinnacle Crack 7m D  
14  Bracket 15m VD  
15  Pinnacle Face 14m VS 4c  
16  Pinnacle Face Obverse 8m S  
18  Hadrian's Buttress 17m S  
19  Hadrian's Rib 17m VS 4c 
20  Hadrian's Chimney 17m S  
Marcus Beresford Heywood (1907)
(Originally called "Bloody Crack")
21  Hadrian's East 20m VD  *
22  Crescent Climb 18m VD  
23  Hadrian's Highway 17m S  
24  Hadrian's Necklace 35m MVS 4b 
25  Ash Tree Wall 15m S  
26  Amendment VD  
27  Evasion Groove 26m HVS 5a 
28  Tarzan 26m VD  
29  Easy Picking 10m HVS 5b 
30  Tarzan's Mate 26m VD  
Marcus Beresford Heywood (1907)
(Details of this ascent come from the Climbers Club Journal of February 1912. The route has been tentatively identified from poor diagrams. See jere)
31  Cheetah Traverse S  
32  Jane 26m MVS 4c 
Tony Griffiths, Mick Harris & Nick Prior (1981)
33  Belfry Buttress 23m S  
34  Sinister Corner 23m S  
35  Jezebel Direct 23m MVS 4b 
36  Jezebel 23m D  
37  Hara Kiri 17m HS 4b 
38  Wooden Tops 15m E1 5b 
Bob Smith, Tommy Smith (4 June 1981)
39  Spot the Dog 15m HVS 5b 
Bob Smith, Tommy Smith (4 June 1981)
40  Raven's Ar? 15m E1 5b 
41  Raven's Tower 15m MVS 4b 
42  Crescent Cracks 15m VS 5a 
Albert Rosher, Geoff Oliver (1955ish)
(And Frank Carroll + Don Laws)
43  Sweet Violets Bitter Almonds 22m D  
A. Hedgecock, D. Brown (1979ish)
44  The Central Girdle of Crag Lough 90m MVS 4c 
45  Dexterity 22m S  
46  Why Not 23m VS 5a 
Albert Rosher, Geoff Oliver (1955ish)
((With Frank Carroll and Don Laws))
47  Why Not Direct 23m HVS 5b 
48  Chariot Race 17m E3 5c 
Jeff Lamb (1979ish)
49  Block Chimney 17m D  
Andy Frazier
(With Phil Bains, Ian Applegarth)
50  Ben Hur 17m E1 5c 
51  Block Chimney Super Direct 18m HVS 5a 
52  Naissance 10m VD  
53  Catherine 20m VS 4c 
54  Deep Gully M  
55  Centurion's Crack 11m S  
Tony Moulam (1955ish)
(With T P Snell, Gosman and others)
56  Praetor 15m VD  
57  Doomsday Crack 17m HS 4b 
58  Gargoyle 20m HVS 5b 
59  Punch Line 20m HS 4b 
60  Back Alley 20m D  
61  Trapezium 22m D  
62  Waterloo 40m HS 4b 
63  Spuggies Gully 25m VD  
64  Abseil Wall 17m VS 5a 
65  Broken Ash Buttress 27m VD  
66  Sombrero 17m S  
67  Chimney and Mantelshelf 17m D  
68  Castor 7m D  
69  Y Climb 15m HVS 5a 
Albert Rosher, Geoff Oliver
(with Frank Carroll and Don Laws)
70  Crystal 21m HVS 5a 
71  Grad's Groove 21m MVS 4b 
Brian Cooke, Bob Conn (1945ish)
72  Brutus 21m HVS 5b 
Tony Marr, Ken Jackson (19 August 1978)
73  Neglect 25m HVS 5a 
Nev Hannaby (1960ish)
74  Right Organ Pipe 27m HS  
Tony Moulam (1945ish)
(with T P Snell, Gosman and other locals)
75  Central Organ Pipe 27m HS  
76  Left Organ Pipe 25m HVS 5a 
Tony Moulam (1945ish)
(with T P Snell, Gosman and other locals)
77  Midnight Watch 27m HVS 5a 
78  Bisector 27m S  
79  Impossible Wall 27m E4 6b 
Jeff Lamb (1970ish)
80  Great Chimney 27m HS  
Marcus Beresford Heywood (1907ish)
81  Main Wall 34m HS  
Marcus Beresford Heywood (1907ish)
82  Main Wall Route Two 34m VS 5a 
83  The Girdle Traverse 58m VS 5a 
Brian Cooke (1947)
(Assumed to be Brian, as he wrote the route up in the first NMC newsletter here )
84  Main Wall Link 34m HS 5a 
85  Botany Crack 20m S  
86  Stephenson's Rocket 23m E4 5c 
Bob Smith, Tommy Smith (5 May 1980)
87  Overhanging Chimney 20m VS 5a 
88  Treetop Buttress 20m MS  
89  Sciatica 20m VS 4c 
Albert Rosher, Geoff Oliver (1950ish)
90  High Level Girdle Traverse 83m VS 5a 
91  Treetop Grooves 20m S  
92  Sensitol 22m E1 5b 
93  Titus 17m VD  
94  Helix 17m S  
Tony Moulam (1945ish)
(With T P Snell, Gosman and other locals)
95  Helix Direct 25m HVS 5a 
Steve Lude, Callum Phillips (1979ish)
  God Lives Under Water 34m E2 5b 
Mark Savage, Neil Anderson (1 April 1999)
96  Julia 17m VD  
97  East Central Chimney 20m VD  
98  Whinstone Churchill 17m E2 5b 
John Earl, Bob Hutchinson (1976)
99  The Stone Warrior 17m E1 5b 
Tony Moulam (1945ish)
(With T P Snell, Gosman and other locals)
100  Hoozit's Crack 13m S  
101  Oversight 13m MVS 4c 
102  Poker Chimney 13m VD  
103  Ivy Tower 15m VD