Added by Rick Riding on May 24, 2011 at 8:49 — 2 Comments
Does this picture of Dorsal arête ring any bells with any of the marks who had green ropes on that day.......
http://blog.westcoast-mountainguides.co.uk/?p=2035
Rick
Added by Rick Riding on February 8, 2011 at 23:21 — 1 Comment
If point Five was just another Grade 5 gully climb, we all would have climbed it long ago.
The amount of folk law and mythology surrounding the climb builds an image in your mind which bares little relation to reality. The reason it takes so many people so long to achieve this tick has nothing to do with difficulty or conditions. Its actually in climbable condition pretty often but getting all the components to come together…
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At team of six went down to Wales today for a MOB introductory winter climbing session. Colin, Keith, Derek and Myself being the more experienced members were going to show Lee and Geoff the ropes on some easy gully climbs....a nice mountaineering day out.
Things started well. Geoff and I intended to do Tower Gully, a nice grade I/II , as a starter. I wasn't sure how much Geoff had done or how he was going to handle the conditions. Of course in the true tradition of the MOB…
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Inspired by some of the climbing videos I've been watching on tinternet, I thought I'd have a go at recording a day out myself. Its maybe not quite got the drama of leo Holding on El Cap, or the grunting of Chris Sharma, but Derek does do a little muttering to himself...and some steady climbing in adverse conditions. ( it also features some goats!)
If you watch carefully you can see Dereks , quite understandable, reaction to seeing the camera in my hand ( where the rope…
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Check out the Steve House footage. I think even I would want two hands on the rope from my belayer on this ground! Just shows what kind of footage you can get filming yourselves though...must try harder!
http://www.andy-kirkpatrick.com/blog/view/cayesh_the_calling
and here is my latest effort. Not quite in the same league! ( video of Mark " House" Davies)
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Hi
Stumbled across this guy on youtube. He does some great videos showing basic climbing set ups and answering questions. Well worth a look even for those with a lot of experience, some good tips !
http://www.youtube.com/user/mikebarter387#p/a/8D9710F1DA39CFE5/0/3VXfrIAgpG0
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Some info on Kalymnos for those considering Daves trip.
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