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ARTICLE: The Pitfalls of the Peroni Supermodel

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UKC Articles 25 Oct 2018

Ahead of the launch of Nick Bullock's second book, Tides, at Kendal Mountain Festival, we share a chapter from the book in which Nick tells the tale of a weekend jaunt to the Cairngorms...

Ascents of the classic hard routes The Needle and The Citadel are made and the whole trip is a race against the clock with time pressure beating down harder than a spindrift avalanche.

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Harrison_Connie 25 Oct 2018

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This made me laugh - fun little story!

I've still to read Tides, it's been bumped up the list...

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Davros the Psyched 25 Oct 2018

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Nice article. Might be worth correcting the spellos before hitting print...

larger ==> lager

tenner ==> tenor

tehmarks 25 Oct 2018

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Just one good chapter from a brilliant book. Made for a great read while lounging around Ailefroide in June. Highly recommended!

mountainbagger 25 Oct 2018

In reply to Dom Connaway:

Tenner = high-pitched note

Tom Knowles 25 Oct 2018

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This chapter was put out 7 years ago...

https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/ukc/the_pitfalls_of_the_peroni_supermodel...

Any new chapters available?

Rob Greenwood - UKClimbing 25 Oct 2018

In reply to Tom Knowles:

You’ll have to buy the book

Sean Kelly 25 Oct 2018

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A great finish to the article with that last sentence. Brilliant!

fotoVUE 25 Oct 2018

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What a brilliant read.

TobyA 25 Oct 2018

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Has no one else mentioned that the conditions looked a bit thin?

Misha 25 Oct 2018

In reply to TobyA:

I was going to get on my high horse and say that but then I checked my own photos of Citadel and it wasn’t much whiter. It was also dark by the time we got to that giant flake. But then neither my partner on the day nor I were Peroni supermodels

The book is excellent, recommend getting it. A unique mix of humour, adventure and some fairly dark thoughts but, above all, honesty.

McHeath 26 Oct 2018

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Brilliant, Nick's use of language is just brilliant. Full of understatement in the best tradition, no pathos, no moralising about ethics; just wildly funny and alive.

Phil_Brock 26 Oct 2018

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Great story and the rest of the book is just as good. Highly recommend it to everyone!

tehmarks 26 Oct 2018

In reply to McHeath:

> just wildly funny and alive.

It took me a while to get over the 'sending' of whichever winter new route/pitch it was. Possibly the funniest two pages of writing I've ever read in a non-fiction book.