the best climbing venues in the British Isles, and is compared to Stanage for the scale of routes, particularly at E-grade. Fair Head is noted for the variation in its climbing sections from the westerly-facing sea-cliff walls like the Rathlin Wall, to the cold dark mountain-like north faces of White Lightning Amphitheatre and Grey Man's Path, which have been compared to Clogwyn Du'r Arddu. Climbing author David Flanagan called it "the jewel in the crown of Irish climbing". Climbing ranked Above and Beyond (E6 6b) in its top-5 E6-grade climbs, and Born to Run E4 (6a, 5c, 5c) in its top-5 E4-grade climbs, in the Brish Isles. Layout Fair Head is one of the largest rock climbing crags in the British Isles, stretching to over 5-kilometers. The individual sections can have a very different feel and character, ranging from dry westerly faces to cold dark northerly faces. The main sectors (and subsectors) are (east to west): Small Crag is a 10–20m high sector with almost 70 climbs, most of which are at VS to HVS grade, which stretches for 1-kilometre above a forested hillside; the difficulty of access means that abseiling in is recommended. Together with infestations of midges, this makes the sector unpopular, in spite of the quality of climbing. Further east is the small The Middle Crag with a handful of 20–25m E1 climbs accessed by abseil from in-situ stakes. Main Crag is 3-kilometers long, 100m tall, with several sub-sections (see below). While many routes are accessed by long abseil (up to 100m), there are two descent gullies at either end, but 3-kilometres apart, the "Grey Man's Path Gully" (east end) and "Ballycastle Descent Gully" (west end). Binnagapple Area has 30 routes on clean lichen-free rock (as it absorbs the early-morning sun) but is less frequented as most routes are graded E2 to E4, and it requires a long abseil for access; it has some of the best-regarded multi-pitch E-grade routes, Toby Jug (E1 5a, 5b), Hurricane (E2 5b, 5b), and Sandpiper (E2 5c, 5a), and extremes like Track of the Cat (E4 6a) and The Dark Side (E8 6c). Grey Man's Path has almost 30 routes but is less popular, despite its easier access via the gully, as the cliff is windy and the rock slow to dry; the section is noted for Burn Up (HVS 5a, 5a), described as the "hall of fame HVS of the