A long, low-ish (about 3 metres high), slightly leaning wall 40 metres up behind the Grooves Boulder kept Panton senior busy for a couple of evening visits, whilst he worked out a rather neat trio of new problems.

On the left side of the wall - about 3 metres in from the arete - an obvious low positive sidepull marks the sds position for Turning V3/4. A hard start leads quickly into a series of pockets and layaways that ease the transition onto the sloping top out.

Further right (about 4 metres in from the right arête) a positive sidepull/undercut hold in the low crack system provides a convenient sds; pull over the top to a sloping hold and power leftwards along the rising undercut crack/break to gain a good hold up left, and the top shortly after. This is Vernon G V5 (a right hand exit is also possible at V2).

Turning the Knife V6 links the start of Turning into a reverse of the crux section of Vernon G (two possible sequences), exiting rightwards as for the V2 exit mentioned above.

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