In reply to mick o the north:
> (In reply to Simon Lee) May be in the book but i have a great memory of him turning up at Pen Trwyn late in the day after hitching from Sheffield ... we pointed him to LPT where they were trying the recently added Statement of Youth . Within an hour he had repeated it...
My memory (which can be defective!) of the day was that Jerry and Andy went on Statement in the morning, bolt to bolting their way up - which seemed quite naughty at the time - how times change! As I recall, Jerry wanted to come back later on, for what we'd now term the redpoint. As he couldn't be arsed bringing his sac to and fro, he left it attached to something (the first bolt?) We took the piss out of him, maintaining that it would get soaked by the incoming tide. I think he realised he might have made a faux pas but his pride wouldn't allow him to remove it.
As it happened, the tide was gentle and the sac didn't get soaked - jammy sod! He came back that evening and did Statement. Brilliant effort, as Ben was reputed to have spent 7 or 8 days on it (which was also a brilliant and futuristic effort). Instead of staying to watch history in the making, we had, of course, gone to the pub.
And that's all I can remember...
Mick