Nice. I don’t actually think any of the moves in this are that bad, but it’s intimidating and long. I reckon if you meditate at the rest spots and focus on breath work for the moves this climb becomes a lot easier. I ran it out quite a lot after the traverse but doing so really did make the crux feel quite easy. Probably would’ve freaked out if I stayed there to place gear. I also no longer have imposter syndrome about trad climbing because in my mind Pilot Error isn’t trad.
First half is pretty dialed now. Little bit of progress on the crux. Maybe would be good to top rope it to sus the holds at the end of the crux.
After the micro crimp for the right, there’s a better crimp further up for the left. Right foot is left and a bit up from the draw, left foot is a little bump just right of the chalky undercling. Can pull up from this position but doesn’t feel awesome. Kept snatching at the big chalky area and taking whips, not sure what part to grab.
Night time climb! Absorbing. Quite epic actually. Definitely the spookiest grade 11 climb I’ve done. Happy to call it a sandbag. Only placed cams cause nuts are silly little things.
#repeat Last climb of the trip before heading off to the Gramps. Still an excellent climb. I forgot how bad the belay placements are at the end of the 2nd pitch. Probably could do with some bolts here.
