In reply to Sandstone Stickman:
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> Just to give you a realistic answer to your question about freeing pitches. Despite regularly climbing E2 on all uk rock types, I was amazed at just how hard it was to free climb on the Nose. The weight of a heavy lead lead, plus haul line, extreme wind, large rack, constant transistion between aid and free meant I ended up aiding significantly more than originally planned.
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I'd go as far as saying to free climb smoothly through say The Stovelegs you need to be a steady E3/4 leader and be a solid crack climber too.
Same for some of the other classic pitches like Pancake Flake and the section on the Boot after the bolts.
I even found the Texas Flake nails and that is mandatory free.
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