Repeat. Clean TRS lap for fitness. Probably prouder than the original Subliminal, but shares too much of the same climbing to usurp its classic status.
First go today placing the draws (I'd previously fallen off the traversecrux), as a giant link from the Castaway belay (something I'd wanted to try and achieve) rather than rebelaying below the arete... With some strategic long-runners, rope-drag was negligible, and I actually think that this elevates the quality of the route, rather than doing it as separate pitches. The traverse was fun and cruisy today (weird that I found it so hard last time?) and I dawdled (and enjoyed) the arête crux as well... I'd thoroughly recommend climbing this route as a giant pitch from the castaway belay.
Enjoyable climbing in its own right, but not even CLOSE to holding a candle to the original Subliminal. The 12m of new climbing that this encompasses (5m of which is in the boulder-problem traverse extension), would only be "good" in it's own right, but this route earns "very good" by riding the coat-tails of the original megaclassic "Subliminal" (95% of which this route climbs). The original route start is far superior, and with less cocking around. The V2 extension to the traverse is okay (making that pitch 22/23), but very bouldery, and both Gerry and I fell off at the last bolt... him: trying to put the draw on, Me: trying to take the draw off. Seems about 30cm too high. The 7m new climbing before rejoining subliminal is easier, humdrum climbing on inferior rock, more cruxy than the original start, and super-duper-contrived. Stick with the original Subliminal, kids.
