Dave made it to the Monkey's mouth. It turned out that Rebecca could not follow Dave up the overhang, so he also had to rappel from the mouth and retreat from the climb.

Dave had more experience with aid climbing and showed me a technique to both extend my reach and use less strength. Dave and I returned the next day and I led the pitch into the mouth. The day was windy and cold, and there was no sun in the mouth to keep me warm. Furthermore, the mouth seemed to concentrate the wind. As Dave followed up to the mouth I got colder and colder. When he arrived at the mouth he offered to let me lead out of the mouth into the sun but I was so cold and shivering I felt I was in no condition to lead so he “leap-frogged” (which is the usual case in technical climbing) and lead to the summit. With an upper belay I was then confident enough to continue in spite of my shivering. On the sunny summit I was soon warm again.