In reply to Webster:
> not to criticise but just wondering, how is it ground up if the gear is already in? do they pull the ropes but leave the gear in after each attempt?
Yes that's right. Someone goes up on the initial onsight go, falls off, they pull the ropes and the next climber goes up. They then fall off, maybe a bit higher, lower off and they pull the ropes. Repeat this process until summit ridge is gained and medals are presented in local bar.
This is how a lot of people go cragging and that's what happened here. They could have abbed the line and stripped the gear each time, that would've been a better style of ascent but it would have taken forrrreevvvveerrrrrrr and not much fun.
Great effort by both, espcially so for Ryan as he's been nursing a fractured rib for weeks now.