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Telemachus 27-Apr-2010 At 9:05:22 AM cruze

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Apologies to all those in the general vicinity of Telemachus on Saturday. They were my childish whimperings. You see after riding out two passing showers anchored to the wall I found myself in a position of extreme rope drag on the upper red wall traverse of Telemachus which meant that reaching the right hand arete and continuing on was, as a French friend of mine once described it, "like dragging an elephant". It wasn't until I compared the old and new guides that I noticed that the new guide shows it finishing up Electra rather than traversing the red wall. Simey, or anyone else, is this because of rope drag or is Electra where the original line finished? I thought that I had managed drag well to that point. Anyway fantastic route and the red wall traverse is definitely a highlight. All up it felt like two Lemmingtons with a nice steep juggy arete finish.