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Ozymandias trip report (on Supertopo)... 22-Mar-2017 At 10:12:40 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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Thanks for posting that link simey.
Given your love of aid climbing I'm not at all surprised by your jumping at the chance to do an iconic aid climb with one of the icons of Big Wall climbing.
Heh, heh, heh.

It was a good read that I found interesting in a number of ways; particularly the grading assessment of the individual pitches and thoughts about them by Mr Middendorf, ... that I gleaned as much from the photos, (particularly his topo), as the words he wrote.

Over on Supertopo 'Pass the Pitons' Pete said;
>A JUMAR?? Wow, you even have the brittle cast aluminum handle backed up with a sling.
Hmm.
I noted it was the 'newer' yellow Jumars in use, and although backed up from the shank, was not backed up from the top attachment eye, particularly in the style that the old grey (thinner construction) jumars actually do require of that tactic being applied to them...

_{Oh, and simey; given that Mr Middendorf is also one of my inspirational climbing heroes, could you please correct the spelling of his name in your post?

Ta ;-)}

As a side-note; it was also good to see Ben_E (one of our Chockstone members, and former Aussie resident USA expats, who has spent time on Ozymandias), contributing to that Supertopo thread!