As luck would have it, Dalan had already been considering his own attempt of the Evo this summer so we agreed to join forces and give it a try. Having joined me for the WURL, I knew Dalan enjoyed a good day of suffering as much as anyone I’ve met and I was excited about trying a more technical objective with him. I reached out to Dalan in July to propose the idea. Like many great climbing goals, I’m not sure exactly when the Evolution Traverse first came onto my radar, but with a few amazing traverses under my belt (namely the Cirque Traverse in 2018 and the Cathedral Traverse earlier this summer) and more and more of my focus shifting towards trad climbing and mountain running, I decided this was the summer to go for it. It’s a lost, or it’s kind of an ignored idea, the idea of magnificent failure rather than a mediocre success Peter Croft
