FREEDOM

VS 4b, 4c / 30 metres

Film: 42 minutes

 

A Wye Valley limestone classic - giving two pitches of interesting, varied climbing, with an effort required for success.

Reward is a belay looking out over the snaking River Wye, with peregrine falcons wheeling overhead.

Freedom (and Wintour’s Leap which it ascends) lies at the heart of the stunning Lancaut Nature Reserve, where climbing access is dependent on a few rules being followed, so:

No camping, starting fires, nor littering; and don’t damage any vegetation!

Keep an eye out for dormice. One ate my sandwiches!!

LOCATION

Fly Wall

Wintour’s Leap

Woodcroft Quarry

Nr. Woodcroft

Gloucestershire

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ROUTE SPECS

  • Grade: VS 4b, 4c

  • Length: 30 metres

  • Pitches: 2

  • Rock: Carboniferous Limestone

  • First Ascent: I. Ballard, G. Jarvis, P. Henessy - 12th December, 1967

FILM CHAPTERS

  1. Trailer

  2. Pitch 1: Opening Moves

  3. Wobbly Block Wall

  4. Belay

  5. Pitch 2: Opening Moves

  6. Steepening Groove & Wild Moves

  7. Summit Crack

  8. Summit Belay

  9. Getting There

Duration: 42 minutes

OFFLINE RUCKSACK

  • Extensive Topos from filmed climb.

  • Start Point details.

  • Location info.

  • Open online: Download for use offline (most phones).

 

FREEDOM PACK

  • Full Length Online Film: 42 minutes

  • Rack Used in Filmed Ascent

  • Directions

  • Offline Rucksack