FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEO - Arc'teryx Lakeland Revival

Rob Greenwood UKC

29th August, 2014

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This week's Friday Night Video is a celebration of Arc'teryx's Lakeland Revival initiative.

With a lot of routes in the Lakes not getting climbed enough, Arc'teryx wanted to remind people that the climbing here is still some of the best in the UK. With the help of local shops, Needle Sports and The Climbers Shop, Arc'teryx put together a list of 50 classic routes that need reviving.

With stunning camera work from Nick Brown, as well as entertaining footage of Ryan Pasquil and Katy Whittaker getting in and amongst the cleaning themselves, it will hopefully encourage you to get off the beaten track a bit this weekend.

For more information about the Lakeland Revival click here.

Katy Whittaker Arc'teryx and Five Ten

Ryan Pasquil Arc'teryx and Boreal

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foxjerk

29 Aug, 2014

Shouldn't they be wearing helmets in a BMC sponsored video about rarely climbed routes that need cleaning because they haven't been climbed in a while?

3leggeddog

30 Aug, 2014

Off the beaten track, far east raven???? And the helmet was on the wrong head. You have just cleaned a neglected route and lead wearing a helmet whilst your belayer stands below un protected. How about a climbing revival where we keep advertising and commercial interests away from our crags. I am having a grumpy day but stuff like this really gets my goat. No I do not want a free chalk bag

john arran

30 Aug, 2014

Surely they can wear helmets if they want to - just like any of us? Anything else would be the BMC dictating to climbers how they should be climbing - something I would be very careful about advocating, however clear-cut a situation may appear at first glance to a climber from a particular background. Did anyone get hit on the head?... Thought not.

Jon Stewart

30 Aug, 2014

Lovely, entertaining video. But I'm not quite sure it's doing its job from the 'marketing' Lakes routes perspective! I'm not so certain *these* routes are some of the best in the UK after watching. The closest we got to praise for the actual routes climbed was "err, yeah, it was umm worthwhile" - and watching top climbers bottle out of filthy E4s onto filthy E1s because the approach (to a valley crag) was so demoralising there was no time to clean the route...classic stuff, but might struggle to top the nominations for "most inspirational climbing video"...

Bob

30 Aug, 2014

Agreed. It might have been better if they'd cleaned Nagasaki Grooves beforehand and then filmed an ascent of it. It does have holds and gear in it BTW.

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