Loose Boulder at Stanage :: Heaven Crack

Just a quick message to let people know that there is a loose boulder at the top of Heaven Crack and adjacent to Hell Crack, at Stanage Edge. "The offender" is pictured to the left.

This boulder is directly at the top of Heaven Crack and is in a good position to belay from. It shows wear from being used repeatedly for belays, but when pulled in a specific direction topples towards the edge.

It appears that this boulder may have been responsible, in part, for the following incidents at Stanage in recent weeks:

http://www.edalemrt.co.uk/cgi-bin/createIncidentMap.cgi?mapMode=Year&mapYear=2010 Incidents 32 and 44

http://www.edalemrt.co.uk/cgi-bin/createIncidentMap.cgi?mapMode=Year&mapYear=2009 Incident 23

Climbing has inherent risks and we all make judgments on belays all the time, but this boulder seems intent on fooling as many of us as possible.

Full discussion at http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=404705