Heidbanger
Heidbanger Starting up the second pitch Climbing stories are rubbish when they're rambling descriptions of each move and sequence. Unfortunately that’s more or less what this is. Sorry! The second pitch of Heidbanger is my first IX pitch lead, and the experience in poor conditions, covered in verglas and pummelled by spindrift felt pretty special to me. I write this as though Callum and I finished the route- which we didn’t. I don’t care too much for the third pitch. The second pitch lead felt like a new level of trad mixed climbing for me, and by writing this hopefully it’ll serve as a good memory in the future. Write up contains a lot of beta, you've been warned. I had walked up to the CIC the previous night feeling rather keen for a big day out. The young alpinist group and Tom as well as a handful of other non YAGs were staying in the hut. I had agreed to climb with Will (Rupp), however his exploits on Sioux Wall had left him rather shattered a...
