In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
> Have to confess I'm baffled by this new 'single pitch' thing. If you can do one pitch, you can do two. You just repeat exactly the same procedure as on the first pitch. Only real difference is you only have to come down a descent route once for two pitches.
Me too, my best guess is it is yet another label to be exploited commercially.
You can now furnish yourself with trad, sport, winter and aid harnesses. The next logical step is a multi pitch harness and multipitch specific trousers, shirt and shreddies.
It was much simpler when we just went climbing