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It's clearly an advert for Five Ten trainers, but in this short video we see Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker in action at Millstone.
The video is definitely worth a watch though as Pete's one handed ascent of Technical Master was pretty cool, and Tom's ascent of London Wall was actually quite gripping!
Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=67899
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In reply to UKC News: I found this surprisingly dull, and mainly an extended advert for 5.10 trainers. Am I missing something?
In reply to t_stork: no it's an extended advert for 5:10. I enjoyed it though, a couple of lads having a giggle getting up stuff in trainers i may never get up in stickies
In reply to UKC News: Brilliant, hopefully it will encourage some strong inexperienced young climbers to get on it and take ground falls and hopefully suffer some nasty head injuries... Hurrah !!!
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In reply to muppetfilter: You can make that argument about any professional or very good climber putting out any video of hard stuff, bold stuff, hard bold stuff or soloing. why is different for this one?
In reply to puppythedog: Did you miss the bit about doing it in trainers .. It's in the title.
In reply to muppetfilter: No, I don't see why that is different to soloing, doing bold routes, choosing not to use you hands, wearing roller skates etc. If people can differentiate between stuff that others can do and they cannot up until this film with the wealth of videos out there of dangerous, bold routes, of soloing etc why can they suddenly not with someone wearing trainers?
In reply to UKC News:
Maybe the response here would be more positive if they'd just stuck to an insight packed interview with Steve McClure instead...
Maybe the response here would be more positive if they'd just stuck to an insight packed interview with Steve McClure instead...
In reply to UKC News: I don't agree with the whole "people will go try and hurt themselves" rubbish, I just didn't find it that interesting.
In reply to puppythedog: This is an advert being posted by UKC as News... You may be a little young to remember the perforated eardrums caused by Tango.
What this may do is lull the inexperienced into the thinking that "It can't be that bad a route as "X" did it in trainers" As an advertising product from 5.10 they and UKC should have a bit of responsibility for their content.
What this may do is lull the inexperienced into the thinking that "It can't be that bad a route as "X" did it in trainers" As an advertising product from 5.10 they and UKC should have a bit of responsibility for their content.
In reply to muppetfilter: Instead of asking you questions to see if I can get you to see it from my point of view I will just share my point of view. I think your response is a little bit over the top, unnecessary and quite baseless.
In reply to muppetfilter:
As an individual or a company, just how responsible are you or should you be for other people being massive cretins?
You're like a one-person nanny state gone wrong.
> (In reply to puppythedog) This is an advert being posted by UKC as News... You may be a little young to remember the perforated eardrums caused by Tango.
> What this may do is lull the inexperienced into the thinking that "It can't be that bad a route as "X" did it in trainers" As an advertising product from 5.10 they and UKC should have a bit of responsibility for their content.
> What this may do is lull the inexperienced into the thinking that "It can't be that bad a route as "X" did it in trainers" As an advertising product from 5.10 they and UKC should have a bit of responsibility for their content.
As an individual or a company, just how responsible are you or should you be for other people being massive cretins?
You're like a one-person nanny state gone wrong.
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In reply to UKC News:
List of routes done in guide tennies;
Hammer - Etive Slabs
Centurion - Carn Dearg
Very comfy ascent and descents!!
List of routes done in guide tennies;
Hammer - Etive Slabs
Centurion - Carn Dearg
Very comfy ascent and descents!!
In reply to muppetfilter:
Heaven help 'em if they accidentally saw a copy of Stone Monkey.
> What this may do is lull the inexperienced into the thinking that "It can't be that bad a route as "X" did it in trainers"
Heaven help 'em if they accidentally saw a copy of Stone Monkey.
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In reply to UKC News: Spurred on by this video I though I can do that, it looks really easy. So I soloed both routes in flippers and a tutu . The only ill effect I suffered was frostbitten nipples - I hold 5.10 solely responsible for my injury and wanna know what they are gonna do for goading me into such irresponsible behaviour!
Bloody brill video lads
Bloody brill video lads
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In reply to muppetfilter:
Surely you'd have to be pretty damn stupid to think that though.
It's like saying if you saw Bradley Wiggins do the Tour de France on a BMX then if must be easy and I'll go and try it...
> (In reply to puppythedog) ...lull the inexperienced into the thinking that "It can't be that bad a route as "X" did it in trainers"
Surely you'd have to be pretty damn stupid to think that though.
It's like saying if you saw Bradley Wiggins do the Tour de France on a BMX then if must be easy and I'll go and try it...
In reply to victim of mathematics:
+ 1, get a grip
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In reply to UKC News:
Wow great effort. It's actually the best vid I've seen of London wall in any style.
Wow great effort. It's actually the best vid I've seen of London wall in any style.
In reply to UKC News: I did think, oh I fancy a go at that now about both Nice video chaps.
In reply to UKC News: Just to bring the thread back onto climbing from the normal UKC nonsense.
It is impressive just what you can get up in a pair of approach shoes. Admittedly I wouldn't fancy leading anything to hard on trad because of the insecurity of the foot placements and the fact I'm a wimp. But trad-wise I've top roped in trainers nearly as hard as I've ever led on trad, although I was a fair bit more pumped in trainers.
Makes you wonder how much of rock shoe marketing is just hype, that constant quest for perfection in the shoe to push the limits of friction and performance that little bit further. Considering all the novice climbers you see at the wall in their downturned high performance shoes because they think it'll give them that slight edge on the pink V4 problem they have been projecting when really it makes little difference There may be something in it for the f9b / Font 8C climbers of the world but I reckon for most a bog standard pair of climbing shoes will get them up everything they'll ever likely do.
P.S. I also wear a pair high end downturned shoes, then normally complain when I can't do slabs.
It is impressive just what you can get up in a pair of approach shoes. Admittedly I wouldn't fancy leading anything to hard on trad because of the insecurity of the foot placements and the fact I'm a wimp. But trad-wise I've top roped in trainers nearly as hard as I've ever led on trad, although I was a fair bit more pumped in trainers.
Makes you wonder how much of rock shoe marketing is just hype, that constant quest for perfection in the shoe to push the limits of friction and performance that little bit further. Considering all the novice climbers you see at the wall in their downturned high performance shoes because they think it'll give them that slight edge on the pink V4 problem they have been projecting when really it makes little difference There may be something in it for the f9b / Font 8C climbers of the world but I reckon for most a bog standard pair of climbing shoes will get them up everything they'll ever likely do.
P.S. I also wear a pair high end downturned shoes, then normally complain when I can't do slabs.
In reply to James Malloch: Or Lance Armstrong doing it clean
In reply to Lord_ash2000: I think it just goes to show how good they are - I remember doing a route at Millstone in approach shoes - followed my mate up a pretty easy route and though this will be piss easy won't bother putting on my rock shoes - it made me realise that the rock shoes make a big difference (even with my shite footwork)
In reply to UKC News:
Reminds me of a time when some mates and I were faffing around on a F6c route and asked another friend at the crag (an 8b+ climber) to show us the beta. He tied in to the rope with a bowline on a bite and hiked the route in his approach shoes.
Reminds me of a time when some mates and I were faffing around on a F6c route and asked another friend at the crag (an 8b+ climber) to show us the beta. He tied in to the rope with a bowline on a bite and hiked the route in his approach shoes.
In reply to a lakeland climber:
Mojo, flip flops. Pincushion, wellies. Silly Arête, hush puppies.
This needs a separate thread...
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Mojo, flip flops. Pincushion, wellies. Silly Arête, hush puppies.
This needs a separate thread...
In reply to jon: Impressive!
I think you're right Jon but how can we beat Little Cham in boxing gloves and roller skates?
I think you're right Jon but how can we beat Little Cham in boxing gloves and roller skates?
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In reply to jon:
I was there that day you did Mojo in flip-flops. It wasn't the roof that impressed but the groove getting up there!
ALC
I was there that day you did Mojo in flip-flops. It wasn't the roof that impressed but the groove getting up there!
ALC
In reply to UKC News: Still better than the knackered EBs bancroft had on the FA.
In reply to a lakeland climber:
Or anything in Hanwags. Look at about seven minutes in, trying to re-climb Strawberries.
The hush puppies and wellies weren't me, though.
Or anything in Hanwags. Look at about seven minutes in, trying to re-climb Strawberries.
The hush puppies and wellies weren't me, though.
In reply to UKC News:
Nice video, Shame 5,10 shoes are so poor and there after sales service is even worse.. Had some of those trainers and after 2 months so sole started pealing away (wasnt climbing in them). Bought some Impact lows while on holiday and after 3-4 months the entire side of the shoe split. Contacted 5.10 asked if i could send the impacts back, they replied that the only way i could return them was to take them back to the original store i bought them from (over 500miles away) when i asked if i could return to them direct they flat out refused.
Nice video, Shame 5,10 shoes are so poor and there after sales service is even worse.. Had some of those trainers and after 2 months so sole started pealing away (wasnt climbing in them). Bought some Impact lows while on holiday and after 3-4 months the entire side of the shoe split. Contacted 5.10 asked if i could send the impacts back, they replied that the only way i could return them was to take them back to the original store i bought them from (over 500miles away) when i asked if i could return to them direct they flat out refused.
In reply to a lakeland climber:
There is a great anecdote about the Brat seconding Lord in trainers. I think he'd just belayed the first female ascent and didn't want to be out done!
Also did Al Phizacklea regularly solo MGC in his trainers to wind up people who had just failed on it?
I think Leo Holding and/or Tim Emment have climbed Right Wall in big boots.
Twid is supposed to have lead Left Wall in Scarpa Mantas in the rain.
There is a great anecdote about the Brat seconding Lord in trainers. I think he'd just belayed the first female ascent and didn't want to be out done!
Also did Al Phizacklea regularly solo MGC in his trainers to wind up people who had just failed on it?
I think Leo Holding and/or Tim Emment have climbed Right Wall in big boots.
Twid is supposed to have lead Left Wall in Scarpa Mantas in the rain.
In reply to pauldr: Build quality is certainly debatable, but if you're willing to post them back to 5.10 what's so bad about posting them back to the retailer you bought them from? Doesn't seem like an unreasonable request to me.
In reply to UKC News:
I used to have a pair of 5.10 approach shoes and they were great and I climbed quite a bit with them as the rubber felt so sticky, just like ordinary rock boots. The problem is that on more than one occasion I managed to climb myself into tricky situations, where I needed a more precise shoe for a particular move.
On one occasion, I was quite high up a slabby route when my only bit of gear popped out just as I was facing a tricky traverse across a slab that only had a tiny little pocket to get your toe in. It took me about 20 mins to build up the courage to go for it and it ended up in some desperate scratching to get to the safety of the tree that was growing on a ledge at the other end of the traverse.
That was the last time that I ever tried leading anything in trainers.
I used to have a pair of 5.10 approach shoes and they were great and I climbed quite a bit with them as the rubber felt so sticky, just like ordinary rock boots. The problem is that on more than one occasion I managed to climb myself into tricky situations, where I needed a more precise shoe for a particular move.
On one occasion, I was quite high up a slabby route when my only bit of gear popped out just as I was facing a tricky traverse across a slab that only had a tiny little pocket to get your toe in. It took me about 20 mins to build up the courage to go for it and it ended up in some desperate scratching to get to the safety of the tree that was growing on a ledge at the other end of the traverse.
That was the last time that I ever tried leading anything in trainers.
In reply to Tom Ripley Mountain Guide:
Someone practically sprinted past me up Right Wall while I was attempting to excavate my mates entire rack from Cemetry Gates. Apparently he made some comment about having to get a shift on as it was about to rain as he passed the ledge; didn't do my ego any good.
I've lead a few routes in a pair of Guide Tennies and they are fine on easy stuff but I'm not sure I'd fancy an E5 even if it was on my usual circuit!
Someone practically sprinted past me up Right Wall while I was attempting to excavate my mates entire rack from Cemetry Gates. Apparently he made some comment about having to get a shift on as it was about to rain as he passed the ledge; didn't do my ego any good.
I've lead a few routes in a pair of Guide Tennies and they are fine on easy stuff but I'm not sure I'd fancy an E5 even if it was on my usual circuit!
In reply to UKC News:
I climb quite a lot in 5.10 approach shoes, usually all my seconding and leading up to HVS, easily the best make for climbing in. Bloody handy in the alpine.
I climb quite a lot in 5.10 approach shoes, usually all my seconding and leading up to HVS, easily the best make for climbing in. Bloody handy in the alpine.
In reply to Tom Ripley Mountain Guide:
Re the Al Phizacklea tail about MGC. What he'd do was turn up at the crag, put his sack down, announce loudly "Eh up! that looks good! Wonder what it is?" then solo MGC
To add to the list - I've seen someone do Flashdance on the slate in trainers. Scary.
ALC
Re the Al Phizacklea tail about MGC. What he'd do was turn up at the crag, put his sack down, announce loudly "Eh up! that looks good! Wonder what it is?" then solo MGC
To add to the list - I've seen someone do Flashdance on the slate in trainers. Scary.
ALC
In reply to jon:
Ah, forgot the link. Watch the sketchy footwork on Strawberries, then even more impressively on The Prow: youtube.com/watch?v=yKc_LkFJrGI&
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> Or anything in Hanwags. Look at about seven minutes in, trying to re-climb Strawberries.
Ah, forgot the link. Watch the sketchy footwork on Strawberries, then even more impressively on The Prow: youtube.com/watch?v=yKc_LkFJrGI&
In reply to UKC News: Check out the beta on that!
In reply to a lakeland climber:
That's impressive.
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In reply to UKC News: A really interesting vid of the wall climb ruined by the constant switching from close to long shots. Just wish I was half as good a climber as these guys but they have been let down by poor editing.
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In reply to jon:
Talk about hamming it up on The Prow with all the puffing and panting! Telling how he photogenicly hangs on one hand near the top not remotely pumped (and forgetting its supposed to look like a struggle to the punters)!
Good old Ron, my hero in my late youth, I did Body Machine under his watchful gaze and encouragement!
The Grimpeur
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> Ah, forgot the link. Watch the sketchy footwork on Strawberries, then even more impressively on The Prow: youtube.com/watch?v=yKc_LkFJrGI&
Talk about hamming it up on The Prow with all the puffing and panting! Telling how he photogenicly hangs on one hand near the top not remotely pumped (and forgetting its supposed to look like a struggle to the punters)!
Good old Ron, my hero in my late youth, I did Body Machine under his watchful gaze and encouragement!
The Grimpeur
In reply to Tom Ripley Mountain Guide:
He probably just wanted to piss her off; he was not called the brat for no reason. He once soloed down an E4 at Pass of Ballater in trainers while I was gearing (and psyching) up to lead it. Bastard - a talented one though.....
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> There is a great anecdote about the Brat seconding Lord in trainers. I think he'd just belayed the first female ascent and didn't want to be out done!
He probably just wanted to piss her off; he was not called the brat for no reason. He once soloed down an E4 at Pass of Ballater in trainers while I was gearing (and psyching) up to lead it. Bastard - a talented one though.....
In reply to UKC News: I don't think it's as impressive/difficult as they make out in the video. They are dam good shoes with very sticky rubber, so long as a route doesn't rely on tiny edging and is more about smearing why not do it in the 5.10 approach shoes. My feet swelled up a couple of years ago and I did all of my climbing in them for a while including the Old Man of Hoy. I found them as good as my knackered old rock shoes, but much more comfy.
Might have made a better advert if it featured someone normal doing something normal and finding it ok, but less exciting!
Might have made a better advert if it featured someone normal doing something normal and finding it ok, but less exciting!
In reply to muppetfilter:
You really are a muppet.
> (In reply to UKC News) Brilliant, hopefully it will encourage some strong inexperienced young climbers to get on it and take ground falls and hopefully suffer some nasty head injuries... Hurrah !!!
You really are a muppet.
In reply to ablackett: It would be interesting to see how these 5.10 'sticky' trainers compare to a pair of old EB's held together with gaffa tape, like what a lot of us old farts used to climb in
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In reply to UKC News:
I don't think i've ever actually seen a video of London Wall all the way to the top.. they usually fall off and give up. For this reason alone I think it's a pretty good video.
I don't think i've ever actually seen a video of London Wall all the way to the top.. they usually fall off and give up. For this reason alone I think it's a pretty good video.
In reply to UKC News: Now to see somebody do it barefoot?
In reply to snoop6060:
I think you're right there!!!
What a great video, by the way
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I think you're right there!!!
What a great video, by the way
Hi fellow climbers, is anyone else trying to track down the soundtrack? I cant find that anywhere??? Any advice/pointers greatly appreciated. 😉
In reply to Frogger: I feel the Love ;0)
Funny that those that are most offended by my point are the late teen/ early twenties low E grade leaders.... Possibly those most easily swayed and at risk of what I described above.
Funny that those that are most offended by my point are the late teen/ early twenties low E grade leaders.... Possibly those most easily swayed and at risk of what I described above.
In reply to muppetfilter: I'm thirty ya muppet and quite capable of deciding for myself what to do. No I'm off to solo London Wall in my New Balance running shoes, it looks easy and fun!
In reply to muppetfilter: but I am wearing well so I'll let you off for thinking that all the reasoned arguments i was trying to make are a product of being in my early twenties and therefore automatically stupid.
In reply to jon:
Gah!!! My eyes!!! Too many crotch shots!
Pete
PS Wire brush, eh? Cheers Ron, must try that...
> Ah, forgot the link. Watch the sketchy footwork on Strawberries, then even more impressively on The Prow: youtube.com/watch?v=yKc_LkFJrGI&
Gah!!! My eyes!!! Too many crotch shots!
Pete
PS Wire brush, eh? Cheers Ron, must try that...
In reply to UKC News: So... why is it called London Wall?
In reply to Scottmeister: I've been looking for the last track on the video. Tried searching in loads of places but can't find it
Which one are you looking for?
Which one are you looking for?
In reply to Flashman:
Lots of Millstone routes have a London theme.
> (In reply to UKC News) So... why is it called London Wall?
Lots of Millstone routes have a London theme.
In reply to muppetfilter:
So WRONG yet again.
Please stick to the general nannying at which you excel
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> Funny that those that are most offended by my point are the late teen/ early twenties low E grade leaders.... Possibly those most easily swayed and at risk of what I described above.
So WRONG yet again.
Please stick to the general nannying at which you excel
In reply to Blue Straggler:
I've done Black Hawk Hell crack with nothing on but some sling backs and a hard. Wasn't soloing though - I'm not mad
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> Yeah but what have they done on unquarried grit?
I've done Black Hawk Hell crack with nothing on but some sling backs and a hard. Wasn't soloing though - I'm not mad
In reply to Blue Straggler: I know this post was tongue in cheek. If the Roaches are not quarried Pete has done 'the hardest move on Grit' with A Little Peculiar'.
In reply to UKC News:
Rubbish!
JD was soling Wellington Crack in his trainers years ago (long before 5tennies), up and down!
Rubbish!
JD was soling Wellington Crack in his trainers years ago (long before 5tennies), up and down!
In reply to a lakeland climber:
Top trump could be Johnny Dawes doing Indian Face in a pair of Guide Tennies. Admitedly on TR but still 7b+ climbing!
Top trump could be Johnny Dawes doing Indian Face in a pair of Guide Tennies. Admitedly on TR but still 7b+ climbing!
In reply to UKC News:
One for the anoraks - Who did the first and second routes which introduced a London theme to new routes at Millstone?
Good quiz question "Name all the London themed routes at Millstone edge"
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One for the anoraks - Who did the first and second routes which introduced a London theme to new routes at Millstone?
Good quiz question "Name all the London themed routes at Millstone edge"
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In reply to 7b forever:
There's a pic on here somewhere of Gaz Parry climbing an 8a in Guide Tennies.
I've onsighted 6b+ in trainers ( not technical approach shoes ). It's surprising what you can get up in them.
There's a pic on here somewhere of Gaz Parry climbing an 8a in Guide Tennies.
I've onsighted 6b+ in trainers ( not technical approach shoes ). It's surprising what you can get up in them.
In reply to UKC News:
Groovy socks!
Groovy socks!
In reply to Flashman:
Another London Street name like a lot of the Millstone Routes https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=London+Wall,+City+of+London,+London,+Unite...
> (In reply to UKC News) So... why is it called London Wall?
Another London Street name like a lot of the Millstone Routes https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=London+Wall,+City+of+London,+London,+Unite...
In reply to muppetfilter:
Eh? Even by your own low standards that's nonsensical tosh.
Your post wasn't offensive, just idiotic. Go away, read some Sartre, and stop worrying about everything. I'd suggest you must work in health and safety, but the only person I know who does is well-balanced and has a perfectly sensible attitude to risk and responsibility. Unlike you.
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> Funny that those that are most offended by my point are the late teen/ early twenties low E grade leaders.... Possibly those most easily swayed and at risk of what I described above.
Eh? Even by your own low standards that's nonsensical tosh.
Your post wasn't offensive, just idiotic. Go away, read some Sartre, and stop worrying about everything. I'd suggest you must work in health and safety, but the only person I know who does is well-balanced and has a perfectly sensible attitude to risk and responsibility. Unlike you.
I believe Chris Gore did London Wall in trainers back in the 80's - don't recollect if it was a lead or second ...
In reply to simes303: thanks dude, got the app on my phone so just need to shazam it off me laptop! Thanks again for the tip!
In reply to muppetfilter:
The real problem is that neither of them were wearing a Hi-Viz vest. I agree that a website like UKC should ensure that any climbers shown in its videos are wearing appropriate safety equipment.
> (In reply to puppythedog) Did you miss the bit about doing it in trainers .. It's in the title.
The real problem is that neither of them were wearing a Hi-Viz vest. I agree that a website like UKC should ensure that any climbers shown in its videos are wearing appropriate safety equipment.
In reply to Darron: Would have been but he returned to the thread to re-stoke the fire. 5/10
In reply to UKC News: Impressive - tennies (attached to suitably talented feet) climb great... but are not always so great on steep, boggy grassy approaches
In reply to Mike Raine:
I don't think anyone is suggesting that its groundbreaking.
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> JD was soling Wellington Crack in his trainers years ago (long before 5tennies), up and down!
I don't think anyone is suggesting that its groundbreaking.
In reply to UKC News: nice video. thanks to UKC for sticking it up.
great climbing but incredibly annoying choppy footage.
In reply to UKC News:
Loved the video. Not exactly earth-shattering as a global climbing accomplishment, whereas a barefoot F8b solo definitely is:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=60048
Just saying. Let's keep some perspective.
Loved the video. Not exactly earth-shattering as a global climbing accomplishment, whereas a barefoot F8b solo definitely is:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=60048
Just saying. Let's keep some perspective.
In reply to gritstoner:
But who are you saying it to?
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> Just saying. Let's keep some perspective.
But who are you saying it to?
In reply to UKC News:
Firstly, the video was shocking, appalling editing and painful to watch.
Secondly, are we talking about 5.10 'trainers', or 5.10 Guide Tennies which have sticky dotty soles and are designed for climbing in?
Firstly, the video was shocking, appalling editing and painful to watch.
Secondly, are we talking about 5.10 'trainers', or 5.10 Guide Tennies which have sticky dotty soles and are designed for climbing in?
In reply to UKC News:
I soloed 'Low man easy way' at Almscliffe once in black fake leather plastic school shoes, I know I was being irresponsible and it may have encouraged others to bunk off school...but hey, it was the seventies.
Pete
I soloed 'Low man easy way' at Almscliffe once in black fake leather plastic school shoes, I know I was being irresponsible and it may have encouraged others to bunk off school...but hey, it was the seventies.
Pete
In reply to jon:
And don't forget that Harris followed the first ascent of Zuckator in winkle pickers
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And don't forget that Harris followed the first ascent of Zuckator in winkle pickers
In reply to Goucho:
yeah climbing were 'arder back in the day.
> (In reply to ablackett) It would be interesting to see how these 5.10 'sticky' trainers compare to a pair of old EB's held together with gaffa tape, like what a lot of us old farts used to climb in
yeah climbing were 'arder back in the day.
In reply to Morgan Woods:
I think the phrase you're looking for is
"EB's? Luxury! We used to dream of having EB's held together with gaffa tape..."
I think the phrase you're looking for is
"EB's? Luxury! We used to dream of having EB's held together with gaffa tape..."
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