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What is he wearing on his feet? They look like EB's, but I don't think those came out until 1969.
John Stainforth - 20/Dec/20
Surely they're PAs which predated EBs?
Great photo as always, Tony. Shibboleth has been on my list to do for years... sadly, it could well remain there.
jon - 20/Dec/20
Great photo as always, Tony. Shibboleth has been on my list to do for years... sadly, it could well remain there.
First time the SMC used the E grade was in the 1978 journal. I think the first of their guide books to use E grades would have been Glencoe about 1981.
Colin Moody - 20/Dec/20
Hi again gentlemen. Many thanks for your comments... I have checked the year printed on the original Kodak slide "May 1966". The rock shoes are PA's.
Thanks to Colin for correcting the year Scotland began using the E grade.
Tony Marr - 22/Dec/20
Thanks to Colin for correcting the year Scotland began using the E grade.
Guerdon Grooves was enjoyable but, not without interest...protection was spaced and sparse, mainly slings over spikes [no wires or cams in those days]. The other main issue in those days was that the top grade in Scotland was VS, so you were never sure if the route was just VS or actually Extreme / E2 etc. [It wasn't until 1976, that the SMC eventually used the English "E" grade system in their guide books...we all breathed a sigh of relief!
PS. Ken returned in 1967 to climb Shibboleth.