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Buffalo Aidfest - 21 & 22 November 2015. 27-Nov-2015 At 8:37:59 PM miguel75

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On 25/11/2015 One Day Hero wrote:
>So, has Mikey done Ozy yet? I believe there was an agreement in a pub a
>couple of years ago that if he doesn't hurry up and climb the thing with
>his l.d.s. mate, he's going to have to climb it with me.......including
>sharing a portaledge and spending the entire time answering difficult questions
>about his faith.
>
>???

Alas Damo, Ozy has been attempted twice with a 0 from 2 average, same as for Lord Gumtree.

During this LG attempt I was feeling pretty uninspired when reaching the top of pitch two and while I'd climbed the first 3 pitches fairly easily a year earlier, I wasn't feeling good at all about this attempt. At the time I couldn't effectively communicate my concerns to Phil and he was good enough to take me at my word. After a little cajoling and name calling the decission was made to bail, and so bail we did. The good thing about climbing with Phil is he likes to climb, as he puts it, the "lazy way"! He's too lazy to carry too much gear which is pretty fun. From memory we climbed Angels with 8 pieces of gear. For others that's probably ok though I would usually take a double rack to 6:) This "lazy way" also makes retreat physically easier, though mentally nothing about it was easy. I was bummed to once again let Phil down climbing wise and bummed with my own inability to push through the difficulties. With a family of my own, I realise these weekends away are a fairly complex and expensive undertaking, both time wise and financially...

The evening after bailing I was pretty happy to give big walling away as the cost in time away from the family and money wasn't really making much sense to me but after talking to my wife and having a good nights sleep I woke up feeling rather bouyed. I have decided I'm done with trying to climb big walls, until next time.

I reckon next time I decide to climb a big wall I'll do it in a way that I feel comfortable with. I really like Phil's fast and light approach though will likely aim to do whichever climb is decided on, in 2 days. I reckon this will give me plenty of time to deal with the heeby-jeebys if/when they creep up on me.

So Damo, if you're up for it, I'm game; including the questions:) Probably early next year...