Heathcliff-The Rift

Bryan in February 2006 on The Rift (Grade 19) 55m three pitches of Sport climbing (rings) Start 10m left of block and 5m right of the ferny crack. The first picth is a left trending slab with some balance moves midway. Pitch 2 is awesome and the crux of the three. P3 can be joined with the last 4 bolts of 14 carrot gold if you want to top out. 1. (20m 18) Up the slab trending right and then steeper to anchor. (7 ring bolts + 2 ring bolt anchor) 2. (20m 19) Up the wall to anchor at ledge. (9 ring bolts + 2 ring bolt anchor) 3. (15m 19) Up the arête climbing on both left and right sides, past slab moves (crux) to anchor. (7 ring bolts + 2 ring bolt anchor)

All that's left, when we are done
are two numbers, one old and one young
one marks the day that we arrived
and the other how long we managed to survive
The longer the better you may surmise
yet length is no real measure of paradise
When we are gone all seems contained
in these magical numbers which we retained
therefore watch out and count you shall not
the years that race by us in formidable trot
for all that matters is the here and now
and not those damn numbers they will judge us on

For Bryan