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In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

Roughly my age...........

Mitch

In reply to paul mitchell:

Ha,Ha, and your around 7* something as well..

In reply to paul mitchell:



Older than me then.

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

What programme was it?
Quite fancy seeing a bit of Wharncliffe on the telly.

In reply to deacondeacon:



The Michael Portillo railway thing on BBC2.

In reply to The New NickB:

Yes that was it!

In reply to The New NickB:

Portillos Progress?

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

Must have been a hard paper round...... A bit less than that I think.

In reply to DerwentDiluted:

He did OK until the belay when he used his knees, said never again. Alpha crack?

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:


I hear he said it felt about F6a.

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:
It all depends on how old you are when you start .. I've also been climbing since the 70's (1971) but am still only 61 (just). I think you will find Graham is quite a bit less than 69/70 yrs old, but he posts on here so I'm sure he will put you right if he wants to. Lets just say one of the younger members of the FRCC ...

In reply to Ray Sharples:

Yes same here only I am older than you and Graham seems to always been out there apart from my early years climbing.

We thought he looked really good, that is what sparked and argument.

Don't worry Graham if you see this, age does not matter as long as you are doing what you love!

Stu

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:


That's 'cos he is!

Mick

In reply to deacondeacon:

It's series 8 episode 8 : Chapeltown to Doncaster, shown on 11th Jan 17 so it's on iplayer

From Chapeltown, Michael heads to Wharncliffe Crags, where he plucks up courage to follow in the terrifying footholds of the Victorian daredevil who made rock climbing a sport.

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:


Graham will be distraught. I'm guessing late 50s.

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

I concur, used to work with him and late 50's is correct.... poor guy. Still climbs way harder than I ever will.

Nice little segment in the programme, always good to see some true grit on TV.