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820:"Johnny Dawes and the Story of Indian Face: the UK's First E9 Climb"
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The Black Cliff: The history of rock climbing on
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mountain. Clogwyn Du'r Arddu is considered to be one of the best
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316:[ˈklɔɡwɨ̞nˈdɨːrˈarðɨ̞]
170:up to 300 metres (980 ft)
73:Location of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
27:Cliff and climbing area, Wales
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738:"Clogwyn Du'r Arddu - Cloggy"
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630:History of rock climbing
936:Climbing areas of Wales
765:Williams, Paul (1989).
703:American Alpine Journal
613:Clogwyn railway station
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378:Peter Bailey Williams
665:"Clogwyn Du'r Arddu"
564:North Wales Classics
469:John Menlove Edwards
329:traditional climbing
312:Welsh pronunciation:
161:Traditional climbing
921:Cliffs of Snowdonia
499:Margins of the Mind
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767:Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
742:PlanetMountain.com
736:Hobley, Nicholas.
578:North Wales Climbs
308:Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
181:mostly multi-pitch
141:53.0792°N 4.0939°W
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916:Cliffs of Gwynedd
892:Crag Guide (2022)
882:Crag Guide (2022)
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247:Indian Face
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119:Coordinates
900:Categories
880:UKClimbing
747:12 January
714:15 January
674:10 January
636:References
492:in 1983),
449:The Corner
427:1930, and
425:Great Slab
296:Great Slab
272:White Slab
260:Great Wall
129:53°04′45″N
911:Llanberis
831:9 January
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437:Joe Brown
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342:Llanberis
336:Structure
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198:Rock type
132:4°05′38″W
100:Llanberis
86:Snowdonia
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607:See also
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321:rhyolite
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