In reply to UKC News:
Top stuff guys, a great achievement.
Purely out of curiosity, and not because I'm some armchair critic, how does this relate to the route Birthleft? What Damilano described as "the free version of Birthright". He says Birthleft takes a two-pitch variant to finish, so presumably this is above Twight/Backes' bivvy spot. This same top section was obviously climbed very quickly (given overall route time) and the report talks about "gloves off rock climbing on beautiful rock". Maybe an easier and better line was found than the A2 section reported by the first ascensionists, but then how would this trump Kiss's and Pellissier's free ascent of Birthleft? I'm just confused!
Tony