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A video of Neil Mawson's crunching ground-fall from Meshuga (E9), with a reflective interview on hard and dangerous trad climbing.

"At the time I didn't think that my fall off Meshuga had affected me that much but looking back it definitely did..."

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In reply to UKC News:

Nasty fall but not as nasty as the M people soundtrack. Who's bright idea was that!!

In reply to Formerly Known as Pylon King:

Class comment.

In reply to UKC News:
PLease someone tell me he is not leading with a low stretch rope and it's an Edelrid Cobra or something similar? (white dynamic rope).

In reply to creag: Its pretty unlikely.

In reply to Alex Thompson:

Indeed, that did make me laugh!

In reply to creag: lets give him the benefit of the doubt, if he's climbing E9 he probably knows that static rope is best avoided.

on topic - It's refreshing to hear a sensible and honest opinion regarding dangerous trad.

In reply to Alex Thompson:


I thought the soundtrack was good - Neil taking the piss out of himself in a way.

"Just who do you think you are" "Take it like a man" etc etc

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In reply to Enty:

Yeh, the soundtrack was great I thought.

Seeing as there was a lot of chat about grade, I'm interested to know if he thinks Meshuga is soft for E9 or not, seeing as it's 'only' 7c and 2 people have fallen off and been ok? Obviously it's insecure and perhaps the 2 people have just been very lucky. Interesting to ponder though...

In reply to franksnb:
"lets give him the benefit of the doubt, if he's climbing E9 he probably knows that static rope is best avoided"

Some E7 climbers don't seem to know, but maybe they are just lucky

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In reply to UKC News:
Didn't Mike Weeks take the same fall as well as Gresham?

In reply to Enty:

Oh yeah, it was a piss take, sorry thought it was serious! doh!!

In reply to John Mcshea: Mike Weeks took a near ground fall off Harder, Faster...don't think he fell off (or indeed tried) Meshuga.

In reply to Franco Cookson: If memory serves Tom de Gay opined that Meshuga was 'hard E8' after making the 3rd or 4th ascent...he was the first person to stick in that low gear to protect the slap around the corner and he thought it would hold.

In reply to Peter Walker: Thanks, that makes sense.

In reply to UKC News:

When i edited the footage 6 years ago i selected the track purely for the line: 'so who do you think you are, stop acting like some kind of star'.

In reply to Peter Walker:
Luckily speedy Tim Emmett save Mike from decking out with a fast sprint down the hill. Tim pre-practiced the run a few times, just in case. It was pretty gripping none the less. It was even more gripping when Jean-minh took the fall off Gaia though. With Mike the trajectory took him straight into the cave as long as Tim took in enough rope but Jean-minh was straight into the arete.

Watching Neil hit the deck on the vid though is sickening - even when you know he's alright!

In reply to Paul Twomey:

My camera filmed that too! It misted over and Mike managed to reverse a move before dropping. Glad i'm out that scene these days, stressful!

In reply to Paul Twomey:
I was actually quite annoyed that they left the footage in when I first watched Committed. I found it pretty upsetting, haven't watched that section again.

In reply to UKC News:

I blame those Black Rocks blackeners - the routes clearly been resprayed.

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