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The Eternity - 17??????? 6-Feb-2006 At 5:51:41 PM jrc

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Mike you are older than you are admitting. The 'meet' was Easter 73 not 74. Fun time. Law, Lew & Cais were each impressive. I'm sure that bong got used once in every Tasmanian climb too.

Managed to haul myself up YC in Sep 75. Little fall at the thin bit at the top (thanks Martin for holding me & RR & (the late) Hughie for encouraging comments). For what it's worth I thought it was harder than any Frog 17 I'd done a fortnight before; harder than Amen Corner too which I did the day before. I don't remember fighting with dirt either; there was plenty of room to get the hand in (& in any case that's just the first bit).
These days, 15kg heavier, I don't think I'd go near Amen but I'd still do Eternity - pitch 1 - by whatever name or grade.