Steve McClure climbing
The Bastard
(8c+) -
page 240
- at
Rubicon in Water-cum-Jolly. Photo Keith Sharples
The route follows the approximate line of an aid route by
Chris Craggs dubbed
Free That You Bastards
. This gauntlet
was picked up by the young Sheffield climbers of the
time who made several attempts to take up the challenge
resulting in initially
Zeke the Freak
to the left of the aid line
and finally
The Bastard
climbed by John Welford in 1995.
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Peak Limestone Climbing