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PITCH 14KICKIN’ ITA rigid seat (belay seat, bosun’s chair, boogieboard) to relax on is a luxury, especially for thefollower, who may be inactive for hours at a timewhile the leader ascends. After a rope length isclimbed by the leader, the follower surrendersthe seat and clips it onto the haul bag so theleader can use it after hauling and organizing.enough food to sustain us for, probably, a month. Threejumbo haul bags swallowed most of our stuff; a coupleof the bags trailed bulky items durable enough to survivethe 2000-foot scrape to the steep, upper third of the wall.Slower traffic keep righteousIt should be noted that a large portion of the big wallclimbing community would consider our style of ascenteither questionable or stupid. Why would we needlesslyspend two-plusweeks on thismoderate route? WhyPITCH 28 would we not fix ahigh point in advance,thus save untoldhauling effort? Whywould we deliberatelyshun the stand-bymountaineeringadage “speed issafety”? What gallthis pedestrian teamwould have toBODY ARMORSturdy boots, knee pads and work gloves aretypical attire for all but the most graceful ormasochistic wall climber. These specialized bootssport a steel shank that enables reasonablycomfortable all-day standing in slings. The poorlyconstructed toe rands, however, disintegrated inonly several days’ climbing.