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Main Area

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About Main Area:

Some of the best sea-cliff climbing in Fife with nice veiws of Edinburgh. Abseil may be required during high tide. This link may be usfull (http://www.ybw.com/weather/)
As this is a sea cliff the rock may be loose and may break off. also the state of the protection may change. all routes are trad requring a full trad rack there are no fixed anchors at the top.
The Routes are listed from west to east (left to right) along the crag and there is a diagram for the crag. the Grade is given in the title because some of these routes can be misleading if given in the yds system (anyway the brit system is better <:P >)
A word of advice; the British system (basically) tells you about the quality of the pro on the route. A route with a high adjective (the letters like (VS E2 etc) grade and a low technical grade (the number) are scary mostly due to the reason that they are hard to protect. Whereas other routes that have low adjective grades and high technical grades are not as scary mainly because they are easier to protect. If in doubt see
http://www.immortal.net.au/climbing
/resources/training/grade2.html
There is also a star rating given which tells you about the quality of the route and has nothing to do with the pro. Three star routes are better than no star routes however that is not to say that the no star routes are not worth climbing
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Rock Type: Volcanic
Type of Climbing: Trad
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Routes

SequenceSequence numbers indicate the left (L) to right (R) order of the routes. Rating Route Difficulty Ascents
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 00. Cutglass Corner (S) 5.6 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 00. Doo'cot wall (VD) 5.4 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 01. Fish Head Arete (VD) 5.4 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 02. Fish head wall (VD) 5.4 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 03. Ugh* (HS) 5.7 3
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 04. Sacrilege (VS 5a) 5.9 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 05. Eech (VS 4c) 5.8 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 06. Squirrel Slabs* (VS 5a) 5.9 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 07. Weasel Wall (E2 5c) 5.10d 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 08. Cranium Crack** (VS 4c) 5.8 2
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 09. Conquistador Crack* (VS 5a) 5.8 0
1 Average Rating = 4.00/5 10. The Groper (HVS 5a) 5.9 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 11. Stomach Ache* (S) 5.6 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 12. The Beast* (HS 4c) 5.8 2
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 13. Gismo (VS 4c) 5.8 0
1 Average Rating = 5.00/5 14. Pain Pillar*** (VS 4c) 5.8 3
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 15. Gaucho** (HVS 5a) 5.10a 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 16. Psylocibie (E2 5a) 5.9 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 17. Rebels groove (VS 4c) 5.8 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 18. Saki* (VS 4c) 5.8 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 19. Slack Alice (HS) 5.6 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 20. Brutus (HS) 5.7 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 21. Torment (HS) 5.7 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 22. The Dwarf (HVS 5a) 5.9 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 23. Guano** (HVS 5a) 5.9 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 24. Ganja (S) 5.6 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 25. The chimney (VD) 5.4 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 26. Chimney Arête (VD) 5.5 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 27. Asinine** (VS 5a) 5.9 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 28. The Arete* (E1 5b) 5.10a 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 29. The Lilly** (S) 5.5 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 30. Gunga din* (S) 5.6 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 31. Crusader (HS) 5.7 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 32. Saracen* (VS 4c) 5.8 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 33. Toerag's wall* (s) 5.8 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 34. Diptera (VS 4c) 5.8 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 35. Escalator* (VD) 5.4 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 36. Tink (S) 5.6 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 37. Hallelujah Wall* (HS) 5.7 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 38. The Whang* (VD) 5.4 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 39. Flake and Wall* (S) 5.5 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 40. Shadow Corner (S) 5.6 0
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 41. Destiny groove* (S) 5.5 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 42. Urmi* (VS 4c) 5.8 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 43. Maureen (S) 5.5 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 44. Welly Wall (vd) 5.5 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 46. Eureka* (Vs 5a) 5.9 1
1 Average Rating = 0.00/5 47.Where are you (E2 5b) 5.10b 0
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