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Hi I'm Russ,

My aim is to do an ethnographic study on an elite group of boulderers in the Peak District area. The idea is that i will personally hang out and climb with your group whether it be at your favourate boulder sport on grit or limestone or even at the works.
I will hopefully get some video footage of all of your climbing styles and will undertake a few interviews. There will also be the odd questionnaire for you to fill in.
I myself am a keen climber so hopefully it will be a good way for me to meet new friends and have a climb. It's not all work!!

(I must state though that I am certainly not a 7a climber, sorry)

I'd be super grateful for this to go ahead so please get in touch if you think it'd be a laugh. I'll give you all the video footage and buy you all a few beers in return.

There, unfortunately will be a disclaimer for all the people I study to sign and hope that's cool.

Thanks and hope to get a few responses.

Russ.

In reply to RusseyB:

I think you may be better off asking on the other channel if you haven't already.

In reply to RusseyB: Hi. May be able to help but based a little further north (Kendal), am often in the peak however. Pm me the details if I can be of help,

Sam.

In reply to RusseyB:

i think you need to re-define what you think is an elite level of bouldering.

If you mean Eng 7a then you're spot on.

Font 7A on the otherhand is a warm-up for someone in the elite level.

Even Font 8A isn't "elite" IMHO

In reply to ally smith:

It's all in the eye of the beholder!

If I'm around I'll happily do it, but I'm based down south near the big smoke... But I am aiming to be up there a lot more...

In reply to RusseyB:

I can I just hang around for the beers

In reply to ally smith:

Sounds like you are "in"!

In reply to trouserburp:

The fact i think 8A is attainable for me, whilst being weak as the proverbial kitten (albeit a dodgy cave link-up) would certainly point to it not being an elite level.