User Comments
Excellent, love the red wooly socks and the EB's, this must have been taken quite a while ago?
Al Evans - 27/Sep/09
It was quite a while ago. In fact, it was November 22, 1975. Red was the in color for socks in those days, but I recall there was a brief fad for blue ones. Those EBs are somewhere in the attic.
Jan Witkowski - 27/Sep/09
I'm considering this for my wish list but these photo's have put me off! I'm comfortable at the grade but not very brave! Look at his rack, no cams!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheeky - 23/Jan/11
Cams? Cams? What are cams?!
Jan Witkowski - 23/Jan/11
Never mind cams! Isn't that one of those Whillans nutcracker harnesses?
mcdougal - 19/Mar/11
It is indeed a Whillans harness, the height climbing cool at the time. If you look at the photo of me on Grottle at Swanage, you can see that 10 years earlier I am tied on to the rope using a large screw gate Stubai. What you can't see is the hemp waist line.
Fortunatel;y, i never had to test the nut-cracking efficiency of the harness.
Jan Witkowski - 19/Mar/11
Fortunatel;y, i never had to test the nut-cracking efficiency of the harness.