In reply to Alastair Lee:
> (In reply to Tom_Harding) didn't think it'd be long before somebody pipped up with some uninformed opinion... There's no doubt about it that the Belgians are one of the strongest big walling teams going and what they did on Baffin was amazing. But making such a crass observation deserves a little treatment. The Belgians were there in July and had some of the best weather in years 'too hot to climb in the sun, no clouds for three weeks', we past them on the way out in August and as they left the weather turned (it was uncanny). We got hammered by the weather 'too cold to get out the sleeping bags, subzero the whole time we were on the wall'... plus a zillion other factors like we were on a north face they were on the SW face, we were making a film etc, so we had very different experiences and regardless its not a competition. Might be an idea to get a few facts on board before posting these sweeping statements. What Leo and Stanley achieved on that north face was nothing short of extraordinary.
Sorry man, but that whole overly-defensive post reeks of sour grapes and excuses, excuses, excuses. No doubt your team did the best with what was available, but it might be an idea to shed some chips from your shoulder before posting such "that not fair mister" replies. Luck was always giong to be a major factor in either of these undertakings. Sounds like your team didn't get much, tough but hardly surprising.