I led the aid pitch up to the mouth. The red rope is hanging straight down, illustrating the overhang above the belay point as one approaches the mouth.

The reach to the last bolt to gain access to the mouth was too far for me. This meant I could not complete the climb AND I had to climb down to retrieve the slings and carabiners. I left one sling and carabiner at the top so I had an upper belay for the down-climb. As I descended, the upper belay was pulling me out from the face due to the overhang; as I removed the lowest point of protection I lost my grip and went swinging back over the abyss– it felt like this. My belayer had the presence of mind to lower me just enough on the return swing so I landed on the belay ledge next to him where I was able to grab the anchor and avoid a repeat swing.