I played this level again in an effort to clean up my graph (it was my worst ranked level at 62). It took me a total of 1388 tries - not too bad compared to what I've spent on other levels, but it felt more like 13,000!
Has anyone else witnessed the frustration of an inadvertent reset on this level? The 5-way on my Treo 755 is so close to the screen that when I press the up button, the phone sometimes thinks I tapped the bottom of the screen (which brings up the tutor on this level).
My graph has more detail now, since it shows increments of 2 instead of 5. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about my new worst ranked level (52-shelf).