A week after Hamish and I set the speed record on Troposphere, Jay and I went for some climbing at half way house. I lead and we went at a slow pace where I waited for him to sus out the crux sections. I made sure that I used microtraxions for safety. The 5 pitches took us 33 mins
After we ticked a great climb at halfway house called Barge Arse, Jay wanted to go for another run up Tropo. I was to lead again and we would use all of the traxions, which also allows me to skip a lot more clips. Jay said that he was aiming for 25 mins. I commented that he might be surprised. He was. With still much work to do, Jay became the 4th and final member of the main hardman team to go under 15 minutes. 14:55. Well done Jay.
Needless to say that Jay has now caught the speed bug and is talking about going under 10. I'm up for it when we next get a chance.
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