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Testpieces at the grade 18-Jun-2003 At 2:29:24 PM (removed)

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Firstly, thanks everyone for their input ...

Some comments from the last couple of posts (and these are just my opinions, so take them all with a grain of salt)
Bard pitches 3-4 (combined) is the best 12 going around IMO. First two pitches are crud and the last one is average, but that shouldn't take away from the experience in the middle of the climb.
Morfydd is given 20 in Louise's guide and I thought it was pretty stiff when I did it.
Two Tribes is a pretty average route, there's gotta be a better 24 out there.
The Rack would favour good jammers significantly. I don't think Eurydice is soft touch.
Punks is 31 in Selected climbs, ruling it out of 32 consideration
There's gotta be 5 25's at Araps that see significantly more ascents than Diazepam that are equally as good or better (HAGF, Debutante's, Henre Bolte, Spasm, Trojan - come to think of it, 25 has gotta be THE grade to climb at Araps if you add in Aftermath, Low Down, Flashing Blade, No Exit, Ride Like The Wind, Station To Station, Tjuringa and Cliffhanger) even if they are all easier
Dunno how many people are doing Sirocco either as good as it looks.
PCL is definitely soft-touch for 27. I think Angular's the go there ...
Note, I'm still not happy with 15, 19, 24, 30, 32+