Must stress that the kind of climbing we’ve been doing is at a very average level, although that doesn’t stop some of the climbs being major classics when quality and not absolute difficulty is the determining factor there. So I was particularly pleased to get Shangri-la (which also appears to be Angus’s standout ‘highlight’ day) because it’s a classic I’ve coveted for years, and a good steep one when I’m habitually more comfortable on slabs (like Spartan, which I’ve done twice before) and needing to take on the steep stuff more.

Might add that I’ve relaxed the blog discussion settings a little and copied Richie’s comments on the books to the relevant post. :-)