06 August 2011

Cosmic Ecology

Cosmic Ecology
What a wonderful puzzle it is getting off the ground!
(Trad grade 14, Southwest Barrenjoey, Sydney, NSW)


Our 1st time climb at "Cosmic Ecology." This route was fun for me, but not for Anna who freaked out in case of swinging out and being scraped off.
It is physically grade 14 but mentally it is more than that.
If she were in the middle of the rope, and were belayed by Heaven and Earth which means, not only being belayed by top belay, but also by bottom belay, she could perform better.
The Heaven and Earth belay will give her an additional feeling of being secured to avoid swinging out much if she have to.

Additionally as a lead climber, I could have had added an another protection between Red and Green cams.