He definitely went back for the redpoint then? I daresay a lot have tried it, but doing an ascent that conforms to valley ethics is a fair bit tougher.
if this was referring to my dabblings, no i haven't (not yet!). In my opinion, I think that gunning for the onsight (like Leo did) and falling off once or twice is more impressive than most of the ascents which rely on extensive pre practice, and the HUGE benefits of having someone do all your hauling etc. Bransby and Patchs' effort was phenominal as well. It is so much harder to do things like this with the travel, and the pressure of a trip, over nipping up every weekend from San Francisco.
For the record, i went up trying to onsight every pitch, (with a bit of beta from some Ozzy mates, and Ivo) leading everything above about 10b, and doing my share of the hauling. fell on a few pitches, and did not rp them, or do the 3 (?) pitches which avoid the headwall. All this is me getting round to my real reason for posting, which is to say
NICE ONE to hazel, what a brilliant effort, and a brilliant looking route. What's next??
