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Dutch/Austrian husband and wife team, Jorg Verhoeven and Katha Saurwein, recently visited the UK to sample some gritstone trad and bouldering. Unfortunately, the inclement British weather lived up to its reputation and prevented the pair from ticking all of our classics (phew!) but they managed to squeeze in a good number of different crags and routes nonetheless.

We got in touch with Jorg and Katha to find out what their intentions were and what they got done between the showers...

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In reply to UKC News:

Glad he isn't belaying me....just sayin!

In reply to UKC News:

Nice. I like their bluntness regarding the British weather. Regarding a future trip, I do hope they prioritise Hoy over Dumbarton!

And that's got to be one of the best Not to be Taken Away photos I've seen.

In reply to Michael Gordon:

It always makes me chuckle that international climbers get so excited over dumby, I know it has some of the best hard trad climbs in the world though I'd probably rather climb just about anywhere else in scotland! We've got so much to offer in the mountains and on the sea cliffs and everyone seems to make a bee line for an industrial estate just outside glasgow!

All this said, I'd love to climb chemin de fer one day!