攀登 in North West as Tick 或 First ascent

Hard start off the ground. Declined to follow AJ's harder line at the flake.

Lack of tip skin or strength or something meant I couldn't stick on one crack hold after placing gear, had to devise a sequence in from very slightly left. It's all over after that. Ran it all the way to the top with stupendous rope drag.

Linked 1-2 on doubles, taking LH line on P2.

Parked myself in the start of Mr Chicken, which looks fairly do-able and may be on the list now.

Really rather slick and greasy now, much more than I remember.

Onsight because way way off route on previous attempt.

Not badly runout and really good, don't avoid it. Double ropes help. I have no memory of this pitch.

Lovely finger crack to a great shady belay spot.

Jonno climbed the 6m to jetty at top of chimney, ie the original P2.

Quite absorbing, worthwhile. Handy rap-off on double ropes.

Been a long time, quite different from what I remembered. Shallow but good #3 or so nut at crux.

Started up Siren P1 by mistake and linked it into P2 of this at about 58m total and considerable rope drag...

A bit too far right for Jonno and an unexpected tumbling backwards fall. Seconded the same line and the move is part of Creon at about grade 16.