so never try easier climbs?
Just how long do you want to consolidate HVS?
I was rubbish.
Webbo - I'm sure that happens, sometimes it's just about finding the right partner and jumping on stuff. But this is more a question of getting stumped on easier routes, not succeeding on harder ones...
fail on it
Ah right, sorry for the confusion - I meant fail to get up it, I normally downclimb to the ground.
Yeah by the sound of things you're confusing "failing on" with "giving up on".
Puts a different complexion on the question as it IS a purely psychological one if this is the case. You're thinking "this should feel easy as I can climb x many grades harder" and so when it starts feeling hard you think "this can't be right" and give up. I often have to look at why I am failing on something which I know I can do and realise that it's simply a case of trying harder. When something's at your limit the default setting is that of trying really fucking hard anyway so you don't have to make the conscious effort.Yup, it is psychological, that's what I was trying to describe. You've worded it better than me, especially the last sentence Now what to do about it. Although just 'trying harder' could well do it...
Failing on *is* giving up on in my book.