On 29/03/2006 uwhp510 wrote:
>I think that leaving a few surprises in store by leaving out the danger
>icons is the go.
>
>On a trip to araps a couple of years ago, I was very pleased to flash
>Dispatched, having looked at it in awe when climbing Thunder Crack for
>a while. The next day, after perusing the guidebook I found another Mark
>Moorhead 23, which was Open Season. I had a vague idea that Open Season
>was a bit of an undertaking, but I figured that Dispatched probably was
>as well (it was 24 in Louise's guide right?) so I jumped on in. The first
>pitch went alright, but about 5m into the second pitch with only one questionable
>a wee way wire beneath my feet and unable to downclimb, I fell (and the
>wire held). This was a memorable experience that I still look back on
>with as much fondness as having done despatched, but I probably wouldn't
>have had a go if the description included "23+++ XXX+ ".
...and you probably would be looking back on this memorable experience in a different light had that 'wee wire' pulled - and you'd decked into the Judgement Day traverse line.
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