Great Links Tor, Dartmoor

Submitted by: Barry Clarke
Crag: Great Links Tor (p 236)
Date of ascent: 10/08/2017
Climbers: BJ Clarke (solo)

Falconry

Length/grade/stars: 8m S

Start location:

Looking east from the Fox and Hounds car park a pinnacle buttress is clearly seen on the skyline (named as Arms Tor on the OS Landranger map!). Approach as for Great Links Tor, taking approximately 20 minutes. On the main block of the pinnacle buttress facing the car park are two, short, disjointed cracks; start here.

Pitch descriptions:

4b Climb the cracks and teeter onto the sloping shelf. Gain the prow from the right and follow it to the top.

Hollow Earth

Length/grade/stars: 7m VD

Start location:

Start 8 metres right of Falconry.

Pitch descriptions:

Climb the wall and pull through the upper bulge via the hollow flakes.

Armadillo

Length/grade/stars: 9m HS

Start location:

Nine metres right of Hollow Earth is a higher wall crowned by a neb on its right. Start below the centre of the wall.

Pitch descriptions:

4c Move up then rightwards across the wall, before finishing up the neb.