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Fri Ni Vid - Double Bill - UK Special E5 and 8b+

© Rob Matheson
In this week's Friday night vid double bill we have a totally TRAD experience from Lakeland trad climber Rob Matheson on the bold wall climb of R'n'S Special (E5) at Raven Crag Langdale.

What we like about this video is Rob's commentary. This is a very British video of a very British route. Although it is over a decade since I climbed R'n'S Special myself, (and thought it was more like E6...) Rob's video brought back memories of 'keyholing' a small nut in to a pocket, and generally being pretty terrified all the way across this scary traverse! Thanks for the video Rob!

And secondly we have an interview with Martin 'Basher' Atkinson about his classic hard route Mecca - The Midlife Crisis (8b+) at Raven Tor. Martin talks about Livesey and Fawcett and how he started climbing and of course about Mecca - one of the most sought after hard sport ticks in the UK. Big thanks go to Alexander Char for this vid.


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28 Jun, 2013
Cheers for these vids I enjoyed both of them, great to see Rob Matheson still climbing E5 as a pensioner and an interesting interview with Basher.
29 Jun, 2013
Excellent! I was particularly interested in Basher's interview. Some great lines there: 'those long 8a's... they're not very hard are they?' Classic! I was climbing on Raven Tor when Basher finally did Mecca, but does anyone know the exact date in 1988 - my old Peak Limestone Rockfax simply says 9/88? I think I've narrowed it down to 28 September...?
29 Jun, 2013
On R'n'S Special he talks about an old "golo" that he clips, is this a type of piton?
29 Jun, 2013
Gollot. An old type of bolt.
30 Jun, 2013
great vid....i'm curious how they equipped the early sport routes in the UK....was it ground up or by abseil?
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