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The November day had dawned chilly and damp, the sun bundled in gray cloud banks. Now, in the early afternoon, the air has warmed only a few degrees, and a persistent mist slicks the limestone—horrid conditions for rock climbing. But I must try. I’ve spent three months training hard in the gym, torturing myself on a finger-strengthening device called a hangboard and doing weighted pull-ups like a maniac. I’ve gathered two friends to assist, and a drone will soon be sent aloft to capture what I have imagined, in my daydreams, as a triumphant romp to the top after nearly four years of trying to conquer this route and falling, falling, falling.The goal seems straightforward: I must scale a vertical rock face for about seventy…

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