Epilogue

Chapter 4 of A Tale of Two E1s

Having a reputation for doing things out of order in my climbing life (I climbed HVS before I climbed VS for example), climbing Seams the Same meant that I had now onsighted E1 before I had onsighted HVS and before I had climbed F5+ clean. I guess the same things that helped me to get up Seams the Same led me to onsight HVS, F5+, F6a and F6a+ shortly afterwards.

However, E1 felt pretty easy and accordingly I haven’t tried another one since. I have however failed one E2 5c (Holy, Holy, Holy), have a list of others to try (including Psychotherapy, Last Tango in Paris and Pull my Daisy – what’s that? there are rock types other than slate? surely not!) and am now seriously contemplating an E3 6a route (Goose Creature). I guess the cycle is starting again and I hope that I can remember the things that got me this far. On the bright side, I’ve now also sent V5, so surely UK 5c/6a can’t be that hard can it?