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Ben Cossey Sends the Wheel of Life 9-Oct-2011 At 9:45:45 PM Dave J

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On 9/10/2011 benjo wrote:
>Hey Dave,
>
>No, no one has done The Wheel via the Whimmelfriedhof finish as far as
>I know. I was going to head out that way but in the heat of the moment
>I thought I'd do it the original finish, like the other guys. It's more
>direct finishing as for Rave Heart anyway and the moves are awesome (the
>moves are awesome either way!). That bread loaf you come onto in the roof
>is amazing. I think finishing via Whimmel would be cool too, I think to
>claim two different problems (original & variant finish) because of it,
>after climbing The Wheel via the original finish though would be taking
>the piss, considering the difficulty of the climbing before that being
>as hard as it is and that the two finishes are certainly not different
>difficulty wise at all - they are both about V4/5. I think to do the Wheel
>is to climb out from the start of Xtreme Cool, finishing via either exit
>and standing on top. But yeah, a nice way to do it for sure...Rad.

Yeah....I think I remember Klem saying that was the way he'd originally been going to do Cave Rave and melted off a couple of times out there and then got through a third time and just went straight up. And I think Fred was taking the piss when he gave Eve Reve a name of its own. Not a different problem at all really but I reckon it would feel pretty grand yarding up those big pockets to finish. Bet it felt just fine finishing the other way too though.
>
>Oh, and I love your big puppet!!!

Thanks ... All I need now is a week or two of good weather between now and the frinj festival to learn how to make it work.