Ascensioni di Archimedes' Principle come Hang dog

Onsight P1. Scary/Dangerous clipping first bolt, couldn't reach it. Found this pitch technically as difficult as P2. 3 shots at P2, dogged first lap, fell off crux 2nd and 3rd go taking some big whips. Need a rest day as its 7 days on. Last shot, 1 fall at crux and clean to top. Rock climbing doesn't get better than this, one of the best routes I have ever climbed.

Lead the gear into the top half this time. Came off right at the top of the section with bad feet on my lead attempt. Better to leave the rope in the P1 gear for P2 - lighter to pull up when clipping.

Seconded it to clean the gear. None of the move are too hard but there is a lot of climbing. Still a bit beyond me.

P2: Tag teamed with Steve to lead the gear in. Best effort was 2 rests + a hang to experiment with the sequence to the arete.

2nd shot, 4-o'clock slump probably contributed to this failure. Oh well, a project for next time.

Pre-placed gear.

Totally amazing. Probably not the best wall to get on when you haven't climbed in 2 months. My feet were all over the place.

Close but no cigar… Placed all the bomber gear on the first burn taking a couple of big falls off the crux, kept the run out to the anchor spicy. Sadly my second shot wasn't to be when my foot slipped post crux, next time gadget. With climbs this good on the best rock who can complain about having to do a few more laps..

Do yourself a favour and stop dreaming about this route just go out there and tie in for the adventure.

One rest. Very pumped