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The Breck really is the ultimate urban adventure- brilliantly technical face climbing on steep slabs, vertical faces and slightly overhanging walls- located in parkland that has great views over the Wirral, the Dee estuary and North Wales. The climbing includes micro-routes or boulder problems, technical traverses up to 20 metres long but only two metres from a soft grassy landing, and highball boulder problems protectable with top ropes or the ubiquitous climbers' lilos. Despite the urban setting, the flowering heathland, the ripening blackberries and the sparrowhawks remind those receptive that the distinction between nature and unnature is merely social construction. It is easy to forget that the crag is only minutes away from Birkenhead and Liverpool although the local youths often do their best to keep the romantic's feet firmly in the present- a brilliant postmodern scenario.

Follow this link for footage of recent attempts at one hard route... http://youtube.com/watch?v=mU83-uCosfA.
Thankfully, The Breck is undergoing something of a resurgence partially as a result of the work done during the wet summer of 2007, and also due to the looming new Sandstone guide. In the meantime this resource has been set up in order to address the issues described in New Developments, and to encourage people to visit and share in the delights of one of the most consistently technically demanding outside climbing venues the area!
PLEA PLEA PLEA PLEA PLEA

There's a lot of discussion going on elsewhere (see links) and there is a danger that the information this contains could be lost- so please will anyone with further information have a good look at the guide and keep it updated, or if you can't be bothered, drop me a line (SilveryFox) and we'll try and sort something out.

View of the Wirral and N Wales

The view from the approach path to the Granny Rock



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gd303uk Topos 0 May 12 2010, 5:34 AM EDT by gd303uk
Thread started: May 12 2010, 5:34 AM EDT  Watch
is there a page with all the topos and routes on, where we can just see the route description and see the topo, at the moment its seems all ove the place. I know i am probaly missing something.
Or Should i wait for the Book, ? ;)
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gd303uk Adding Photos, 1 May 12 2010, 5:14 AM EDT by gd303uk
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is there an easy way to add photo's,
its a bit of a mess about having to resize them and get them up.
is there a way to do it as we upload etc,
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Gary_b There is also a Facebook Page 0 Jun 20 2009, 6:20 AM EDT by Gary_b
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http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=20733733642&ref=ts
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