Gara delivers another classic hiding in plain sight. Felt impossible at first and slowly unlocked the micro beta. Had a bunch of 'ok one last go's, mincing up my right thumb and then stoked to send it when I was thrashed and thought I was going backwards
Cleaned this up and tried it a bit, but ran out of skin and time. Linked all but the last big move. It's a great little savage line, would be better if I thought the holds were going to stay on. Feels like it should go at around 5 or 6 with good crimping conditions
I did the start to this a new way about 1m left, left hand on the high curved gaston, right right step and then beastly press through. I did the move but couldn't then link it to the top. Did the normal way
We tried super-gluing our finger tips which seemed to work pretty well consider how many attempts we had and didn't rage quit after the 3rd attempt. Its been yonks since I've been on this, I re-figured out how to hold the left crimp, the right is still fairly painful.
Another day another Darma. Felt okay on the crimps with tape for about two attempts then tape just became a hindrance. No tape felt good for about five more attempts which is all it took to put a hole in my middle finger. Right foot kept popping. I need Scotty to sort me out some edges. I'll be back.
I pulled on so I guess that counts as an attempt. Gonna need some cooler weather before trying this again. Also some funky sounds coming from the left crimp...that's a worry
Second attempt at this climb, this time night climbing with headlamps which was an awesome experience. I had both feet up at the mantle stage before peeling off backwards again. I was this close. Next time!!
