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This week's Friday Night Video takes us part way up Helvellyn, where Aidan Roberts is attempting to make the first ascent of Britain's hardest boulder to date, Spots of Time, 9A.

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Watched this earlier in the week. Nice bit of telly. 

When clicking on the log book entry I love the f9a appears to be the hardest grade on the scale. Those that consider it harder will need to vote for easy Diff.

(I also consider my level of being impressed and inspired off the scale hence the irreverent reply)

Really enjoyed that, a fascinating insight into cutting edge bouldering.

Reminiscent of Burden of Dreams (as viewed from my armchair).

Excellent… enjoyed that.

Lovely little film. I really liked the apt borrowing from local lad Wordsworth for the name of the climb. Does anyone know if The Return of the Birds is also an allusion?

he said on the podcast that Arrival of the Birds was a piece of orchestral music, 

youtube.com/watch?v=H9gFLkNdHvA&

Thanks! I missed that. It turns out that a bit of searching would have told me- it’s the music used at the end of The Theory of Everything, the film about Stephen Hawking. So maybe not quite as thought-provoking as Spots of Time.