In reply to Al Evans:
One of the biggests regrets of my long climbing career is missing out on what would probably have been the second ascent of this route. EWD had written out the description of the route, literally on the back of a fag packet, for me and a couple of mates while we were chatting with him in the Padarn a few days after the first ascent. We had already done Wen so we had some idea of what was in store.
We abbed in and did the first two pitches but bottled out of the main course and finished up Wen. We just could not believe that it went where it did. When I did it a few months later, after being let in on the secret, I could have kicked myself.
The other big regret was not doing the first free ascent of Regent Street at Millstone. Terry King beat us to it by just a few minutes. Two fantasic routes that any climber would be proud to have his name associated with.
Al
