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A German Adventure on the Orkney IslandsVideo

© Nicolas Altmaier

In August 2016 a team of German climbers visited Hoy. The group consisted of one of the best photographers and filmmakers of the German climbing scene, Nico Altmaier of VerticalAxis, Thomas 'Shorty' Tauporn with his wife Selina and Markus Urbanowski. After 19 hours of travel, they arrived on Mainland and from here travelled to their main objective: The Old Man of Hoy.


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23 Nov, 2017
Personally, I think I would have omitted the clip of them launching a massive boulder loose from the top of the cliff.
23 Nov, 2017
I guess they are trying to show how radical trad climbing is, but it is something that I did when I was up there as the thing was looming large over an intended route.
23 Nov, 2017
Speaking of looming blocks, there's one at the top of the Old Man Original Route P5 corner that I'm convinced is a (pretty bad) accident waiting to happen. You step on it to get back to the belay point. I also saw a shot in the film from the Needle - wonder if they got up it? Nice film, and good reminder of the place.
24 Nov, 2017
A very pretentious video.
24 Nov, 2017
Quite enjoyed that, thanks.
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