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We got to car park about 8.30 and actually paid for parking (ouch! we only had enough for 2pm in the afternoon) but figured
we would have to climb quickly :-).   We sorted out all the gear at the car and tried to take as little as possible (which still included two backpacks) and headed down the stairs..   Opps I forgot to mention Nat and Tove were worried about having to go to the toilet on a ledge so it was off to the ladies for the first time of the moring..

Just like Andrew and Belinda our legs were Jelly by the time we got down the bottom of the staircase. Nat legs were shaking
so much she could hardly walk.  We got to the base of the climb by about 9.15 and started climbing by 9.30..  Opps!  also this was the second toilet stop ;-)   I climbed the first too pitches which must of looked funny to Tove and Nat since both my legs were still shaking from the walkin.   We were climing in a group of three so the second climber always had the second rope attached as a tail which we used to belay the third climber on..  This seemed to work very well as we were making good progress..

To our supprise there were no sighs on any other climbers at this stage...  The climbing was fairly easy with good protection
on most of the pitches.   The only place I was unhappy with pro was on pitch number five where a Large Cam or Hex would
of made me feel confortable..  So i put but in a really badly over cammed cam for confidence and carried on to a couple of bolts...

Ptich number Six.. The chimney.   Not liking the idea of squeezing my way up this, is used a trick was I was shown my a guy that soloed passed me the last time I climbed this pitch.   Instead of starting up the chimney, go over the small overhand and onto the face until the chimney gets a little wider.   This worked well...

We stopped for lunch in the cave between the Second and third sister. Before long we were on Top of the second Sister.
We possed for a few Photos (10 or 12 :-) ) before we sat on top and enjoyed the view..

Two short abseils and a treverse and then we there back to the bridge.. I think we finshed up at 4.00 but Nat was our offical time keeper     so she may correct me here.  So 6 and a half hours in total..

To sum up, we all had a really good day.  Thanks to Tove and Nat whom made it a really enjoyable day..

Cheers,
        Geoff