In reply to ste mac: Hello Steve,
I have now changed the wording of the news item, to be more clear.
Hanging on/falling on to a piece of gear is essentially an aid point, which is what I meant, but I have now made it very clear exactly what happened by stating:
"McClure came close to climbing the route on his first go after a brief abseil inspection, but he fell at the final hard bit. He pulled back on and climbed the rest of the route in one go - climbing the route with one fall."
I hope that clears this up.
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Many large routes throughout the world have been climbed with a fall and these are usually recorded as having an 'aid point', with additional notes describing that the aid point was a fall, as I did here, but I certainly didn't set out to confuse anyone.
Great effort on the route and gripping report.
Best,
Jack