Porthcawl - Impossible Arete Area

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Description

Tucked away in a narrow zawn between the Frozen Wave Area and Box Bay, this wall contains a number of good problems.

Problems:

1. V1 Start beneath the arete, and climb directly up on good holds.
2. no2 V3
3. Swell V4 Reach up to sometimes-damp holds, then make a powerful move up to good holds in the mid-height break. From here a superb move using the obvious sidepull/undercut leads to the top.
4. Swole V3 Start as for ‘Swell’. Traverse right after gaining the slots before finishing as for ‘Sorry Limpet’.
5. Clampdown f7a/V6 Sit start, left hand good side pull, right hand low break. Powerful move to gain pockets via sloper, finishing as for Swell. FA Rhys Allen 28/04/2024
6. L'arete Possible Extension (f7B / V8) Sit start 3 metres left of stand lh good side pull right low break gain pockets and use backhand pinch to gain original start position. Adds abit of pump into the mix. Liam Fyfe 2014
7. Sorry Limpet V2 Standing start with left hand in sidepull/pinch and right hand on top of fin. Move up to break and throw for the top. FA Dave Wakley 28/04/2024
8. Limpet mine V4/f6B A right to left traverse of the mid height break from the starting holds of "Le possible arête", finishing up the arête on the left. Tricky leaving the pinch and the last move to the jug on the arête. FA. Martyn Richards 29/Jun/2014
9. L'arete Possible (f7A+ / V7) Former impossible arete project. Start matched on flatty left of obvious jug, slap your way up to gain some amazing fontesque slopers (sans friction) to find jugs back from lip. The plinth right of obvious jug is obviously out and jumping to top from jug is called als dyno v1. You gotta climb the amazing feature tick!!!! FA Liam Fyfe 2014
10. Als Dyno (f5+ / V2) Right of l'arete possible, starts matched on obvious jug leading to a tricky jump and catch top. Again plinth to right is out !!!!! FA Alex Mannion 2014

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