Hi, Andy P here in Melbourne, Australia.
Please pardon the indulgence but I found a stack of old VHS tapes and thought better to share for a laugh than throw in the skip. There's enough for maybe half a dozen short clips - of varying quality.
Here are the first two.
I met you in Buoux in 82 and you offered to take us bouldering! You were racing up Right Wall in March 82 with snow around on the hills behind. I was on Cemetery Gates and you traversed over and asked to borrow some slings for some spikes!
Yes gazzerM54. Diary tells me 27th March '82. It was wet at the top and you kindly lent me a sling as I didn't have one. Seems I got a top rope to go up & place it but then down climbed to the Girdle Ledge, untied, pulled rope down and led it... Memories. Golden!
Cheers,
AP.
Ta Rob, that route's called Savor the Flavor. Best thing I ever did at Arapiles...
Thanks Stu, that looks like The Rumble in the Jungle ?? Last route I ever put up before emmigrating. Nope, never been back - and can't until someone invents an outdoor smoking area for jumbo jets. Haven't climbed since 5th May 1992.
Cheers,
Andy.
In reply to VHAS: Hi again Stu.
If it is (and I think it is) 'Rumble' it would be anywhere between Wed 28th June and Fri 11th Aug 1989 when I did it. it suffered from seepage so I had trips to Cornwall, Freyr, the Frankenjura and Buoux between first & last days.
Hope that helps.
Andy.
Ha Ha! Excellent question Graham.
Only four people TRULY know the answer to that question. They are: Andy Boorman, the two intrepid/courageous/mad chaps at Vertebrate Publishing and - for the time being, myself!
Indeed, the 'tell-all' is due out early next year - complete with gory details...
Sorry, couldn't let that opportunity slip hey?
Cheers,
Andy.
Good news about the bio book. For many of us you've been an enigmatic part of our climbing history. That photo of you on Rats in a Rage has always been captivating - partly 'How did he get to there?' but mainly 'Where the hell are the holds on the next bit?'
Looking forward to the book! Andy was such an iconic climber of the 80's and early 90's. Bernard Newman's picture of him on the second ascent of The Bells, The Bells! is still one of the best images of that era!
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