Fitness matters.

Skill matters.

But good judgment is often the most valuable safety tool you carry.

Choosing to turn around isn't admitting defeat. It's investing in every adventure that comes after this one.

Some projects take strength. Others just demand that you stop doing the wrong thing.

I finally managed to put together an ascent of Cradle Robber (V8) in the Magic Kingdom area of the N Wall Boulders on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish. It was one of those crisp June days where the granite felt sticky, the clouds were mostly elsewhere, and there was one less excuse for not sending.