Hard Rock Routes List
Here is the routes list from the first edition of Hard Rock, XS grades have been given their modern equivalents:
|
Area/Crag
|
Route
|
Grade
|
Comments
|
| SCOTLAND | |||
| Carnmore | Dragon | HVS | |
| Gob | VS | Now HVS | |
| Creag an Dubh Loch | King Rat | HVS | Now free E1 |
| Goliath | HVS | ||
| Shelter Stone | The Needle | E1 | |
| Carn Dearg, Ben Nevis | Centurion | HVS | |
| The Bat | E2 | ||
| Aonach Dubh | Trapeze | E1 | Now HVS |
| Yo-Yo | E1 | ||
| Creag a' Bhancair | Carnivore | E2 | Direct Finish. Aided Finish now free at E4 |
| Buchaille Etive Mor | Shibboleth | E2 | |
| Raven's Gully | VS | ||
| Trilleachan Slabs | Swastika | HVS | Now goes free at E2 but out of character |
| Hoy | The Old Man | HVS | Now graded E1 |
| Blaven | The Great Prow | VS | |
| Strone Ulladale | The Scoop | A4 | Goes free at E7 |
| Arran | South Ridge Direct | VS | |
| THE LAKE DISTRICT | |||
| Scafell | Central Buttress | HVS | Chockstone
has fallen out - now E3 Alternative up front of Flake - E1 |
| Ichabod | E2 | ||
| Esk Buttress | Central Pillar | E2 | |
| Heron Crag | Gormenghast | HVS | Now E1 |
| Gable | Engineers' Slabs | VS | |
| Goat Crag | Praying Mantis | HVS | Now E1 |
| Gimmer | The Crack | VS | |
| Kipling Groove | HVS | ||
| Deer Bield | Deer Bield Buttress | E1 | The entire Buttress has collapsed |
| Raven Crag, Thirlmere | Totalitarian | E1 | Will go in next edition to to replace DBB. |
| Castle Rock | North Crag Eliminate | E1 | |
| Dove Crag | Extol | E2 | |
| WALES | |||
| Gogarth | Gogarth | HVS | Now E1 |
| Big Groove | E2 | Now E3 | |
| A Dream of White Horses | HVS | ||
| Mousetrap | HVS | Now E2 | |
| Llech Ddu | The Groove | E1 | |
| Dinas Cromlech | Cenotaph Corner | E1 | |
| Dinas Mot | Diagonal | HVS | |
| Cryn Las | The Grooves | E1 | |
| Clogwyn du'r Arddu | Great Slab/Bow-Shaped Slab | VS | |
| Vember | E1 | ||
| Great Wall | E1 Aid | Now E4 free | |
| White Slab | HVS | Now E1 | |
| Slanting Slab | E2 Aid | Goes free at 6a | |
| Castell Cidwm | Dwm | HVS Aid | Goes Free at E4 |
| Tremadog | Vector | E2 | |
| PENNINE & PEAK | |||
| Almscliff | NW Girdle | HVS | Now E1 |
| Kilnsey | Main Overhang | A3 | Goes free at E8 |
| Mallam | Carnage | HVS | Now E1, goes free at E2 |
| Stanage | Right Unconquerable | HVS | |
| Froggatt | Valkyrie | HVS | |
| Curbar | Elder Crack | E1 | Now E2 |
| Cratcliffe | Suicide Wall | HVS | |
| Chee Tor | Chee Tor Girdle | VS | |
| Plum Buttress | Sirplum | HVS | Now E1 |
| High Tor | Debauchery | HVS | Now E1 free |
| Stoney Middleton | Alcasan | HVS | Now free at E2 but out of character |
| SOUTH-WEST | |||
| Avon Gorge | Malbogies | HVS | Now E1 free |
| Cheddar Gorge | Coronation Street | HVS | Now E1 |
| Berry Head | Moonraker | HVS | |
| Chair Ladder | Bishop's Rib | HVS | Now E1 following a rockfall |
| Bosigran | Bow Wall | E2 | |
| Suicide Wall | HVS Aid | Now free at E1 | |
| IRELAND | |||
| Spillikin Ridge | Glendalough | E2 | Will be added to next edition. |