Reading the Rock

Article on the discipline of studying the route before, during and after a climb. This guy says: " Look > try to understand > try to climb > try to understand > look some more > and so on
This is the way for steady technique gains."

A story with photos of this same guy climbing a very difficult route in Scotland is here. 

I like this quote from that article:

"The weather is notoriously bad, year-round, and in summer the midges burrow into the ears and eyes, forcing climbers to wear head nets and gloves."