In reply to Michael Hood:
Yes 'he' did after numerous letters to the magazines and apolgised profusely. I shan't name names but it wasn't JR.
Martin Boysen had led the route at E3 sometime earlier - stepping off a lower limb so by cutting down the only visible tree around for miles to add two hard moves caused a major stir. I did the 3rd ascent and was appalled TBH.
If young Callum (who I respect enormously as a climber) did a little research he may well be enlightened - and I'm in no way 'bashing' the youngstar. Ignorance is indeed bliss sometimes.
No hand saws in Ogwen huh.
Cheers,
Andy.
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