In reply to John2:
> If climbing the Nose in 2 1/2 hours is your idea of pissing about, I can't imagine what your idea of getting on with it must be.
I don't think his point is that it's pissing about, it's just a strange thing to do if you've already climbed it in 2 1/2 hours and a few minutes...
But then climbing is a strange game!
This route sounds like it provided a real adventure, and the style it was climbed in just makes it better. Fine effort.