On 6/06/2005 Robin wrote:
>Quite understandable that there is confusion. When editing the guide I
>had trouble working out where the two climbs crossed.
>
>The original description for poxbow (as included in the guide) is to start
>6m left of Oxbow, up 10m and right onto arete. Traverse right under bulge
>on monster jug then up.
>
>Now for Soxglo you start 2m left of Oxbow, that is 4m right of Poxbow.
> Soxglo goes up then diagonally left, crossing Poxbow. ie Poxbow starts
>left and finishes rioht, soxglow starts right and finishes left.
>
>There are any number of variants/combinations for the two climbs and it
>doesn't make sense to cross over the climbs. I start at the one point
>about 6m L of oxbow. I go up the buttress to crack then either right to
>ring bolt and finish as for Poxbow Gr 17 or I continue straight up corner/arete
>then right at scooped out section, about Gr 16. One good variant is to
>go up Poxbow to roof then traverse left under roof then finish up Soxglo
>(grade 20 approx) and another good variant is to pull straight up steep
>section above scooped out section at top of Soxglo, also about grade 20.
> There is another variant start in the Oxbow chimney that goes at about
>20.