The Climbers - Bonington, Mummery and Tweed.Fri Night Vid

11th August, 2017

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Our Friday Night Video this week, is a recreation of Alfred Mummery's classic climb of the Grépon in 1881. Chris Bonington is the star, along with woolen socks, old boots and a lot of tweed...

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Pedro50

11 Aug, 2017

Shannon Tweed? I'll be watching!

JTM

11 Aug, 2017

If I remember correctly they got stuck up there as the bad weather came in preventing the heli coming for them. They did manage to descend under their own steam which must have been interesting considering the clothing and the ice axes which were straight out of the museum and insured for thousands of francs. Not that that was very much... The best bit must have been Bonington being shepherded down by French guides!

JTM

11 Aug, 2017

If you look at the close ups you can make out Bonington's harness under his tweeds. I've done the Charmoz Grépon Traverse and it's harder than that. Can't remember if I climbed the Mummery Crack in boots or rockshoes, though. Charmoz-Grépon Traverse (D+ 6b)

The Climbers - Bonington, Mummery and Tweed.Fri Night Vid

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