Route Comment: The Killing Fields

A correction to Martin Crook’s correction: there definitely was at least one peg on The Killing Fields, because I removed it in 2022 (and still have it). It was completely hidden within a tuft of grass, and the flake that it was in had worked loose and came off with little persuasion. I thought I remembered identifying where a second peg had been a bit higher from a rust mark, but I’m not certain of this now. The route seemed extremely bold for the grade without pegs, and a bit unattractive for a *** offering. A bit of historical intrigue if the peg(s?) weren’t placed by the first ascentionists?