Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Erin and I climbed the Grand Wall 5.11a while in Squamish. It went well except after the Sword Pitch (where the following film was made). I read the guidebook description wrong and linked three pitches rather then two as I had planned. I ran out of rope with twenty feet to the belay anchor and Erin was forced to simul climb. The good thing is that Erin was bold enough to climb onwards despite not being able to see or hear me to know if she was on belay. The other thing that contributed to our safety was
that one of the pitches that I had linked was an aid pitch, so there was a dozen or more bolts clipped between us. Next time I will read the guidebook more carefully.

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