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Where Angels Fear to Tread - bloody epic 21-Nov-2012 At 11:11:02 PM Ben_E

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+1 on dreading the parallel offwidths section just before the scrambling at the top; it makes the rest of the climb seem quite civilized in comparison.

The first time I did it I cunningly made sure Bones got to that lead that pitch (not entirely true... neither of us had done the climb before or had any idea of the horror that was coming).

I went to do Angels again just last weekend making it clear to my climbing partner that they were going to lead that pitch. In the event we didn't even make it to the base of the climb as they were feeling sick on the approach (well, that was their story, anyway, but they did go a funny color and burp a lot to back it up).

Not sure that counts as an epic, but the climb certainly has a sense of gravitas well in excess of its grade! Still, I'm up for doing it again.