In reply to Bruce Hooker:
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> Well that's b*ggered my plans then.... I've been gathering scaffolding poles for a new Anglo-Irish attempt on the N side for years... another three hundred clips and we would have been set! Damn those pesky reds, the age limit has put an end to my dream!
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Likewise. I've bought a telescopic ladder and was planning to experiment with it at Froggatt in the Three Pebble Slab Area. I've got the first 4 sections which reach 6m. I was about to write to the Mt Everest Foundation for an expedition grant to purchase the remaining 1333 sections and advice on where to recruit porters experienced in carrying ladder sections?
If these pesky Chinese are prepared to relent on the upper age limit, I've discovered that Chairman Mao lived to 82 years old when he was still capable of waving his little book, maybe we could mount a combined expedition whereby I could balance my extended ladder off your scaffolding?
That way are transport logistics would be solved as we could each take less? Are you interested in persuing this?