The Yosemite Falls Wall had never been free climbed, nor had most of the aid routes even been repeated. Nico had rapped the wall once from the top, and identified where his new free route would go. He had only worked the last crux pitch, a mere hundred feet from the top, and the first few pitches. He felt ready for a complete ground up reconnaissance, what he needed now was a good partner. All the qualified climbers he tried to recruit up to this point had turned him down. I put my hands out like a balance and weighted the options. “I’ll go,” I finally said.

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