In reply to UKC News:
I saw Ian Parnell at a supermarket in Aberdeen yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person and congratulated him on his climbng last weekend, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifty snickers in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be busy and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the snickers and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any RFID 'interference',” and then turned around and winked at me. After she scanned each candy bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by saying 'STANDBY' really loudly.
He got to his car outside, opened the door and then just slumped against his car and cried for a minute or so, dropping snickers everywhere.
On the 18th and 19th October Red Bull hosted the 'White Cliffs' drytooling event on the chalk cliffs of the Isle of Wight. Ten of the world's best ice and alpine climbers speed-climbed their way to the top of the 400ft cliff.
