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2-Nov-2007 At 3:56:12 PM Stefan Karpiniec

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OK, as I was the only other person present (apart from Henry) when he repeated Albatross at Lowdina, here's the story as best I remember it.

Henry spent quite an amount of time at about, slightly above and slightly below the spot you can see Roark in if you follow the link in the post two before this one. I was both belaying and taking pictures with Henry's camera (unfortunately I'd run out of film at Coles Bay).

Eventually he "went for it" and took a fall. The conversation between us was (more or less):

Henry: "What did I fall that far for?"
Me: "Do you want me to take pictures or not?"

following which he pulled his rope through, got on with it and got up it.

I asked him if he thought it was 23 and he (somewhat grudgingly it seemed) admitted that it might be. I got the impression that he was a little annoyed at having taken a fall while getting up it.

Stefan