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EVE

Grade VS - 4c 4b
Length 50m
Location Shepherds Crag, Borrowdale, Lake District
Rock Granite
Attitude West
First Climbed W. Peascod, B, Blake, 11 August 1951
Approach The crag is on the east side of the valley between the Ladore hotel, and the Borrowdale hotel. Roughly 5km from Keswick. The farm below the crag has opened a small car park for the crag. This is not sign posted, it is simply the next yard after passing the crag, while traveling away from Keswick. The farm has also opened a small cafe in a barn. From the car park it is simply a minutes stroll up to the crag behind.

If the car park is full, there is very limited space available on the road, then you will need to park in the car park 1.5 km north.

Eve is in the middle of the crag, on the highest buttress. There is a fallen tree near its base, blocking the path. Brown slab is far to the left and Chamonix buttress is far on the right. 

Description
1) 14m. Start left of the lowest point of the buttress, above a cracked block. About 15m right of a deep groove. Go up the slab right, until a crack leads to a ledge and spike belay.

1b) 13m, 4c. Better start by taking the first pitch of Adam, the corner crack to the right. It is quite a steep jamming crack, to the same spike and block belay.
2) 21m, 4c. Continue up the groove, until you can step left to the edge. There is a hidden jug round the arete. Traverse very delicately across the slab, there is no gear. At the far end of the slab, beneath an overhang, is a small recess for the belay. The belay uses some decent nuts placed quite high up.
3) 15m, 4b. Go up to the overhang, then follow the crack round to the right, and to the top. It is steep, but has massive jugs all the way to the finish, pic above.
Notes The climb was the fourth in Peascod's series of climbs named after famous women. The others were, Cleopatra, Delilah, Eve, and Jezebel. The other reason he called it Eve was that a barmaid in the local Scafell Hotel, who was also called Eve, gave him a free pint.

Apparently becoming unstuck on the second pitch can have fatal consequences.