Fri Night Vid Em - A profile of Emilie Pellerin
This week's Friday Night Video is a profile of Emilie Pellerin, a Canadian climber and one of only a handful of women to have climbed 5.14 trad. The film takes a glance at Emilie's 'dirtbag life,' her natural ability, and attempts to pu...
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One of the best climbing / outdoors vids out there. The kayaking is the best bit
"It was scary, I wasn't in control, and it really really hurt" - Or something along those lines
Can I put a request out for Upside Down North Wales if anyone knows where to watch it. Haven't been able to find it since SteepEdge closed down
Good news.. Upside Down is coming to BMC YouTube pretty soon, so hang in there
The belaying for Liquid Amber!
Yeah was thinking the same thing. Was it common to lead belay with a munter hitch back then?
I think maybe she was German, so in that case, yes. However the belay device de rigueur at that time in the UK was a fig 8 with the rope passed through the 8 but then simply clipped into the krab, not passed around the the device itself. Sounds dodgy, doesn't it, but I can't remember any accidents with it. I used it myself for years but quickly switched to a Grigri when they appeared.