[clearing throat]
"improbable"..."It didn't feel wet to the touch,"..."but all of the sudden your hands would pop, your foot would pop. You got spray on your face and body. It was like a swamp cooler."..."Winter is not the best time to project something in Yosemite,"..."Sierra storms can be brutal. One day we showed up, and there was 3-4 feet of snow. Tommy [Caldwell] and I had to shovel for six hours; Tommy went to the top, and I shoveled the entire base."..."pretty serious fall potential"..."I climbed it really fast. It was hard for me to hold each position because it was powerful, and the feet are bad in some spots. It forced me to climb from little opening to little opening in the crack. You're deadpointing to fingerlocks and always fighting a barn door."..."I had to work harder on this climb than on any other... I think I was a little stubborn on this one. Most anyone else would have left [because of the winter season and difficulty], but I think the shoveling helped my climbing. It makes your back strong."
--Beth Rodden
I guess I should quit my job and resume ditch digging to get into good climbing shape. Getting paid to be quoted about my climbing might help, too. Meanwhile, in Darfur...