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Al Evans 04 Jan 2015

Great article on Stoney by Geoff Birtles, part one here;

Stoney Part 1 live tonight at
http://smhccg.org/

stp 04 Jan 2015

In reply to Al Evans:

Umm, don't mean to be critical but when an article starts:

"Stoney Middleton’s crags are without doubt home to some of the hardest climbs in the world... " I can't help but compare Windy ledge or Garage Buttress to Oliana and Flatanger.

Some other articles are vaguely interesting. I imagine more will be added as time goes on.

OP Al Evans 04 Jan 2015

In reply to stp:

Wow, how to take a negative view of what promises to be an accurate and intriguing article.

llanberis36 04 Jan 2015

In reply to Al Evans:

I agree Al

Looking really good

With regard to hardest climbs in the world, surely he is talking about minus ten.................still cant climb that in any style....

paul_in_cumbria 04 Jan 2015

In reply to Al Evans:

Nice Article by Geoff, thanks Al. Looking forward to the next part.
It's my nearest crag now, about 10 minutes walk across the fields.
I reckon some of the later eliminates on Tom's Roof are still up there with the hardest..

stp 05 Jan 2015

In reply to Al Evans:

It's the very first sentence and it's so totally wrong, such an absurd statement, that it's laughable. To pass it by uncritically seems like not having read it at all.

Scrump 05 Jan 2015

In reply to paul_in_cumbria:

Quintessence being a good example of that.

BlownAway 06 Jan 2015

In reply to stp:

Hi Steve

That particular section clearly doesn't form part of Geoff's historical piece, and comes from an unrelated section of the site.

Phil

MattDTC 06 Jan 2015

In reply to Al Evans:

For those interested, this is a better link to the whole climbing history section;

http://smhccg.org/rock-climbing/