This morning I took a little survey of reviews on SummitPost and Mountain Project. Here is everyone else’s assessment of what I personally would describe as, uh, the most terrifying thing I’ve ever done.
- “I was disappointed. Fairly easy climbing and over-bolted.”
- “Missed a bunch of bolts on two or three of the pitches, but didn’t need them.”
- “Non-strenuous great fun for overweight geriatrics.”
- “You can focus on your feet and not worry about the spacing between the bolts.”
- “Super easy climbing, great as an intro to slab or to run up at the end of the day.”
Meanwhile, in my world, the route is over-bolted only in the sense that I wouldn’t have tired to lead it in the first place were it not bolted at all. And I can’t imagine I’ll live to be an overweight geriatric when I’m Elvis-legged on a 5.7, negotiating frantically with lizard-brain: Do not start crying, I protest, you’ll get the slab wet and then you’re definitely going to fall.
Seriously, I hate this sport. Who wants to go next weekend?
e.alia.salim 