In reply to Ciaranunderscoretolan:
Don't feel too bad about it. When I were a lad, I failed on a Hard Diff and yes, I took some ribbing for it. Decades passed, the world changed and aforesaid route mysteriously became Hard Severe. And then, about a decade ago, three other dudes also failed on it. One climbed E5, one E7 and one E9. They got toproped off it (yup!) and found the whole business hilarious.
Which puts your antics (and mine) in perspective. Funny old game, climbing.
Mick