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NEW ARTICLE: Competitions - A Personal Journey by Rhys Dobbs

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 Jack Geldard 05 Mar 2008
Forum User Rhys Dobbs is 24 years old and is in the Royal Air Force. He has been climbing for just two years. He recently faced his fears and pursued his dream by entering the Ice Climbing World Cup. Here he gives us an honest insight in to his two year journey that culminated in a gripping entry to the competition in Italy.

Competition day arrived, those same terrifying emotions that I felt in the Scottish Masters flooded back, I felt sick with the prospect of climbing in front of 2000 sets of eyes, yet elated because I had come so far in my short climbing career. The sense of being lost returned to me...

Read More: http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=844
 CJD 06 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor:

wow - brilliant, really motivating article. Nice one Rhys!
R_Dobbs 06 Mar 2008
In reply to CJD: Thank you guys, hopefully it is the first of many.
OP Jack Geldard 07 Mar 2008
In reply to R_Dobbs: I liked it too.

Thanks Rhys, and good luck with any more comps!

Best,

Jack
 centurion05 07 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor:

nice one buddy, it reminds me when we were walking up to aonach mor and you were explaining why and how you came about going to the worlds. Hope you manage Stirling bridge, don't let and f*cker get to you, climb what you want and when you want and in whatever style you want.

Reference the ice team, i'm up for it buddy.

Centurion05
 Morgan Woods 07 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor:

cool article....and he has a nice set of picks as well.
 Toby S 07 Mar 2008
In reply to R_Dobbs:

Enjoyed that, thanks. Very inspirational.
rginns 07 Mar 2008
In reply to R_Dobbs: I really enjoyed reading this article, it really is inspiring and makes you think that anything is possible.

Excellent stuff, this is exactly the sort of article I wan to be reading
gingermonkey 08 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor:

Awesome! Nice to know you can do it if you try!

GM

PS. What boots are you wearing in the photo??
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor:

What does D11 mean?

jcm
 Morgan Woods 10 Mar 2008
In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

It's 11 on the dry tooling (ie D) scale...perhaps comparable to M11.
 RocknRoll 10 Mar 2008
Well done, you must have put a mighty amount of training in to it. I like your refernces to the psychological dimension and learning about yourself. Most of all its cool because of how far you travelled in such a short time.
OP Jack Geldard 10 Mar 2008
In reply to RocknRoll: It's a great piece isn't it. Just honest. No bells, no whistles, just honest - which really comes through.

I enjoyed it.

Jack
 Ander 11 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor:

I noticed he's too scared to wear his uniform
 Lemony 11 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor: I like this piece a lot, missed it first time around!
In reply to Morgan Woods:

'kinell. There's a D scale?? And where does this operate, pray?

jcm
 Morgan Woods 11 Mar 2008
In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

err dry tooling crags....like stanage.
 Andy S 28 Mar 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor: Very real and inspiring.
 atlantis 02 Apr 2008
In reply to R_Dobbs: Congratulations Rhys!

I was in the Royal Air Force myself. I am sure you have done them proud.

Are you in RAFMA by any chance?


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