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3 climbing segments in film - Slate, Cloggy and Gogarth - but can anyone name the routes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01l9z10/a-year-in-the-wild-1-snowdoni...

In reply to Owen W-G:

Conan, The Axe and The Dervish

In reply to Owen W-G:

Thanks for that, well worth a watch.

In reply to Owen W-G:

Beautiful cinematography. Thank you for sharing.

In reply to Owen W-G:

BBC iPlayer only works in the UK
Sorry, it’s due to rights issues.

;-(

In reply to Owen W-G:

Really great. Thanks for sharing.

In reply to Doug:
Although it is always possible to find ways round for the determined.

In reply to Owen W-G:
No one talks about climbing in the same way as JD - pure genius and three lovely bits of film.

In reply to Doug:




HOLA!

In reply to Owen W-G:

I think the Dervish is a mix of two routes?

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

Is it even the same cliff?

In reply to Owen W-G:

Great link, thanks. Particularly enjoyed his take on Cloggy: "you're trying to stay alive, trying to get a tiny wire into a crack, and you've got Thomas the Tank trundling up behind you".

In reply to Bulls Crack:


It's the 7b+ to the right of fools good

In reply to Owen W-G:

I wonder if anyone can set me right on this, at about 36 minutes there a lady (Elizabeth) climbing, her top rope is a single black colour, I always thought that if a rope is a single colour (ie just black or white) it is a static rope, is this true? is she being top roped on a static rope?

In reply to DreadyCraig:
No, Beal do solid black Jokers. I can think of several other single-colour ropes that are definitely dynamic.

In reply to Owen W-G:

Excellent! Appreciate that. JD is just absolute wonderful to listen too.

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

The Sun (E3 5c)

Hi there

I tried to private message you, but I got a bounce back. Anyway, from your log book it looks like you were climbing at Rhoscolyn last weekend. I was there too and I set up a camera on the opposite headland. I got a load of pictures (albeit fairly distant) of you guys climbing a pretty cool route. I have not checked out which one, but it might have been the Sun. Anyway message me if you'd like me to send them over.

In reply to Dan Arkle:


Well that would be fantastic if ,,, somebody could ,,,

In reply to DreadyCraig:

I don't know why you got dislikes for that, it was a reasonable question. Most static (ie semi static) ropes are black or white, but some dynamic ropes are too.

Also, static ropes can be very useful for toproping. With a bottom rope set-up on a 30m pitch, the stretch and give is just perfect, whereas a dynamic rope would give many metres of stretch, making it dangerous near the ground.

The downside is that if you have a crap belayer and let slack into the system it can give a dangerous jolt, use with care.

AP, just Google it!

In reply to Dan Arkle:


Agreed. And just for the record, it wasn't me guv!

In reply to inspiration_needed:

Brill thanks. Have PMd you. Let me know if that didn't work.