Our group of eight splits up with individual guides. Christian and Karl wander off to climb with Lawrence. The theme for the day is "exposure".

The day begins with a warm-up on an easy two-pitch climb. Lawrence introduces twin rope technique, leading on two 8.6mm ropes. Christian and Karl follow simultaneously, separated from each other by a short but safe distance. Lawrence belays both using a Gi-Gi.
	On the second pitch, Lawrence demonstrates "runout". Do you see a clip in between? We don't. He's in for a looooooong fall with road rash. Now we understand the Screamer right off the belay. He later tells us that the abundance of chickenheads is easily protected as needed. We guess Lawrence doesn't need.
From the top, Christian and Karl simulrap down to Lawrence. Weights are compared and the "euro death knot" is viewed with a frown. Back on the ground, our team hems and haws then heads over to Buzzard Book, a five pitch sustained 5.8. The binoculars come out and Lawrence scopes out the "LT variation" (guess who LT is). The first pitch is a challenge and we wisely nod at each other after deciding the first ascenscionists were sandbagging.
	A sea of chickenheads greets us at the top of the first pitch. Tunnels, mushrooms, a crazy quiltwork of fantastic shapes sculpted out of granite. The day is warm. The climbers carry on... more...