This week's Friday Night Video is from UKC regular David Linnett. The short clip features Johnny Dawes climbing the Roaches classic No match for climb id:16057,"Chalkstorm", although in Johnny's modern style: hands-free.

David introduces the film for us:

Here's a wee video about the original and inimitable Stone Monkey, Johnny Dawes and his attempt to try a hands-free "walk" up the Roaches lower tier classic called Chalkstorm on a scorching hot day last summer in the Peak District. Chalkstorm is often the source of a good argument in the pub about its grade but most folks seem to think that a normal trad ascent, without a side runner, is worth E3 5c. I'm not sure what grade you could give this but perhaps Johnny could come up with his own "walking" grading system! So if a VDiff is a Wk 1, perhaps this would be graded Wk 8...

Anyway featuring aerial footage of one of the greatest gritstone crags with one of the UK's greatest ever climbers sit back and marvel at some Jedi balance, ninja footwork and magician movement!