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Favourite Victorian climbs 28-Jun-2002 At 1:44:02 PM The Blond Gecko

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Have to agree that Tannin is great. Only thing is, on the trip I did it on, I had only led on natural gear twice. I managed to pull it off with two rests and one hell of a pump when I topped out. Absolutely beautiful line though. I also agree with Resignation - that was one hell of a day out, and the feeling going through that slight overhang, 50 m off the deck (and rather wet at the time) was just mad. Rope drag's a killer, though. I know I did D Minor, but can't for the life of me remember it.
On this trip I also did my first ever trad fall. I decided to take on Little Thor (12m 20), and peeled off while trying to get a wire into the undercling about 8 m up. Ended up about a metre off the ground, hanging of a #2 rock. Funny thing is, after that I was actually quite a bit happier on runout sections (who can forget that first slab on Auto da Fe - 40-odd metres with four pieces of gear).
Ahh, memories!

Tristan
"On climb, belay when ready"