Gfrew… How so is the climbing rubbish? They’ve only slackened the head agle a degree, increased the ett, reach and seat angle and reduced the chainstays- which will only help things when pointing up.
Is it the moving of the bottom link? Or was the shock not set up for you?
Just my opinion, the front was lifting all the time and made climbing a bit of a nightmare especially if it got technical, also suffered from a lot of pedal strikes.