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Arcteryx Lakeland RevivalFri Night Vid

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This week's Friday Night Video features our very own Advertising Manager Rob Greenwood getting more than a bit "damp" in the name of reviving a foliage-infested Lakeland trad route. Climbing, or perhaps more appropriately - swimming - up Sergeant's Crag Gully (Winter) (III), Rob enjoys an organic experience on a climb which is "in best condition when wet..."

"Climbers should have a good, robust sense of humour and if that route doesn't bring out a pretty strong sense of humour towards what you're doing then I don't know what will really."

Dynoing for grassy ledges, squirming up slimy corners and doing a fair bit of gardening, Rob is correct in his statement that climbing a gully in such conditions is "not like any of the problems down the wall."

Read more about the Arc'teryx Lakeland Revival here.

With thanks to Arc'teryx


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12 Sep, 2015
Excellent. Almost like an episode of Coast!
12 Sep, 2015
There will be queue's forming for that today!
12 Sep, 2015
Quality mountain rock, pfffffff ;) Excellent !
12 Sep, 2015
Are the grommets in Rob's rucksac designed to let water drain out of the bottom?
12 Sep, 2015
I have actually done it twice. Once on a winters afternoon, finishing in the dark and getting bombed by a falling sheep near the top, and once on a very wet day in the summer. It's a great adventure, I keep recommending it to other folks but no-one seems to take me up on it. Old fashioned gully climbs are good fun, you just need to be competent at about two grades harder than that given in the guide, and then ditch the guide once there and follow your nose as it will not resemble the description at all. John
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