The Roaches (Staffordshire Mar ’11): Very Far Boulders

Problems 2-7 BMC Roaches definitive guide 2009. The obvious problem up the middle of the slab is 'Two Pocket Slab' V2 (5C)

Classic bouldering in solitude away from the crowds on the lower/upper tiers. Lovely pink-tinged gritstone with brilliant friction, sharp edges and no polish!

Sends

  • Rounded Arete VO- (4b)
  • Open Groove VO+ (5b)
  • Two Pocket Slab V2 (5c)
  • Wall and Rib VO- (4b)
  • Leek Hills V4 (6a)

Bouldering team from Liverpool on 'Two Pocket Slab'

The Roaches Upper Tier: climber on the roof of the Joe Brown Uber Classic 'The Sloth' from the 1950s