Last week Alun Evans described how, if you have the desire, you can climb harder. A motivating tale that described how he went from leading HVS to E4 in a year.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=184
This week, Steve Mead, who started climbing in 2002, describes preparing for an ascent of Yosemite's Nose route, 3,000ft of unforgiving El Cap granite, and then climbing it.
If you have an ambition to climb El Cap, you will find Steve's story essential reading. If you don't have any ambition to climb the Nose, you soon will have.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=143