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TR: 'Murica Part 2:The Crowded highway to The Nose 29-Nov-2015 At 1:04:48 AM PeterW

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One of the regrets of my climbing career was never doing the Nose. Many (many!) years ago I got as close as humping our gear up to the base of the route, but my partner managed to slip a disc in his back in the effort, and that was the end of that!

Over the years since then I've read many reports of ascents of the Nose and seen many photos. The problem has been that so many of them talk about and show the same shots of the same iconic landmarks on the route. This blog is the first I've read that made it feel like I was there! It wasn't a report of a speed record attempt or an all free hyper-athlete ascent. It talked about climbing pitches at grades I climbed at. It talked about and showed some of the "ordinary" pitches on the route. It talked about interactions with other people on the face.

So all I can say is - Thanks!