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NEWS: FRI NIGHT VID: Reflections on Everest + Oli Lyon

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UKC News 03 May 2013

This week we have a Friday Night double bill. First up it's Everest...

Here's an interesting video from National Geographic reflecting on the past 50 years on Everest. Large queues and even larger sums of money, is that how we should treat one of the most amazing places on Earth?

And moving on from Everest, back to our world of rock, chalk, tight shoes, friends and fun, we have Oli Lyon...

Watch this video for a snapshot of what, to us, climbing is all about. Go Oli!

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68035

thermal_t 03 May 2013

In reply to UKC News: It's so much more enjoyable to watch someone climb a crack like that, than watch Honnold effortlessly breeze his way up!

Robert Durran 04 May 2013

In reply to thermal_t:

> (In reply to UKC News) It's so much more enjoyable to watch someone climb a crack like that, than watch Honnold effortlessly breeze his way up!

Yes, a bit easier to relate to! Excellent; so good that I would have more than happily watched for a few more minutes rather than put up with the slightly annoying editing.