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Neil Foster describes his reacquaintance with old friend Steve Bancroft as they climbed their first route together - Zulu Demente at Riglos - over 35 years after the pair first met...

Our introduction to the delights of Riglos hadn't gone according to plan. A freezing, cloudy November day deteriorated rapidly. Heavy, continuous rain swept in before the hotaches from our first route had fully subsided. It was only a single pitch 6a+ but it had felt slippery and desperate with numb fingers. Our designs on Fiesta before the week was out suddenly seemed very wide of the mark.

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Enjoyed that - good effort guys

Chris

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Nice one Neil and a great title. 

In reply to Misha:

Yep, agreed - having worked in a newspaper office where headline-writing is one of the great communal/collaborative tasks, that's a good one. I suppose in an ideal world the piece would have been about Simon Yates, but you can't have everything.

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Having seen Neil in his determined mode many times, I can confirm that this article contains zero artistic license I felt I was there... Looking forward to the Fiesta one!

In reply to UKC Articles: Great effort Neil!! Makes me want to get to Riglos even more now! 

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Lovely stuff, bonkers rock. Good to know talented people fumble clip too

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Nice piece. With spoilers 😉😂