In reply to Silum: >not looking at it from a distance.
Or more to the point close up with blinkers.
Redhead after all did preinspect and rehearse moves as well just not extensively as has become commonplace (Dawes also) so I am not sure the straightening influence of the top rope per se has as much to do with it as an individuals eye for a line and imagination.
No one could argue that Redhead doesn't have a fervent imagination.