Nare Head DWS

The deep water soloing of Cornwall's isolated Nare Head was discovered in July 2005, when the author spent nine days paddling a sea kayak from Sidmouth to Falmouth in search of fresh crags. Nare Head's climbing is actually found 1km east of Nare Head itself, and features mainly vertical walls offering technical climbing on small edges, mostly based around the aretes and walls of a sheltered, rectangular zawn. The zawn's entrance faces south-east, with the Black Tower getting light from dawn to mid-morning; the sun then swings around to bathe the Big Blue Face in sun from midday onwards. Nare Head's rock is of volcanic origin, and, although similar in appearance to some of the Lizard's rock, is actually known as Greenstone.


Order Climb Buttress Stars Grade
1
Rosen Traverse Rosen Bay 1 4a S1
2
Old Peculiar Rosen Bay 1 4c S1
3
Brahma Rosen Bay 1 6b S0
4
Bishop's Finger Rosen Bay 5a S0
5
Old Thumper Rosen Bay 2 6a S1
6
Old Jock's Tunnel Rosen Bay 3 6c+ S1
1
The Black Traverse The Black Tower 2 6c+ S0
2
Cafe Noir The Black Tower 1 6b+ S1
3
Night Shift The Black Tower 2 6b+ S1
4
Lemoria The Black Tower 3 6b S1
5
Dolphins Always Make Me Cry The Black Tower 2 6b+ S2
6
Su Doku The Black Tower 2 6c S2
1
Jean Reno The Big Blue Face 1 7a S0
2
Luc Besson The Big Blue Face 6a+ S0
3
Ong-Bak The Big Blue Face 2 7b+ S1
4
Link-up: Ong-Bak - Big Blue The Big Blue Face 7a S0
5
The Big Blue The Big Blue Face 2 6b+ S0
6
Carlo Varini The Big Blue Face 1 6c S2

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