Jul 23 |

By James Pearson

From one extreme to another. Last trip it was raining, today it was roasting. It felt like the hottest day of the year and conditions on the wall were grim. I sorted out all of the gear placements and finalized my sequence but the individual moves felt as difficult as they ever had. Deciding to call off my attempt was a difficult decision, but when your life is on the line, you need to be 100% sure that what you are doing is the right thing.

Unfortunatley the forecast for tomorrow is much the same and so things are not looking great. I don’t know, English people just love to moan. Moan when its wet, moan when its hot, moan, moan, moan...

I think drastic measures may need to be used, unfortunately that means getting up really, really early. It’s a good job the route will be worth it.