80s Birth of Extreme Part Two has all the juicy climbing moments: Gogarth (25 minutes) follows Johnny Dawes and Paul Pritchard on such classics as Hardback Thesaurus - the first British E7 onsight (or is that ground-up?) first ascent. Some first ascents, and some tasty falls from some of Gogarth's best known routes. Strone Ulladale again joins Johnny Dawes, and Paul Pritchard, but this time they are joined by Bob Drury, and Crispin Waddy, for 30 minutes of new routing in the Hebrides. Buoux 8c. 25 minutes. History was made! Agincourt - The world's first 8c - Ben Moon waving the flag for British climbing! Also includes Johnny Dawes, and the original strong-man Jerry Moffat on fine form. The first 8a in the UK, was on Welsh soil. Statement of Youth, was a groundbreaking climb when Ben Moon first topped out at Lower Pen Trwyn. 5 minutes of the man himself, doing his thing. Another first, Liquid Ambar was the first 8c in the UK. 5 more LPT devoted minutes, with Jerry Moffat showing what he's made of. To close, we have an absolute classic. Hubble, was first climbed by Ben Moon, and it was the world's first 8c+. A short, sharp route at Raven Tor, with extremely hard climbing. Ben Moon on absolute top form. 5 minutes.
I think maybe she was German, so in that case, yes. However the belay device de rigueur at that time in the UK was a fig 8 with the rope passed through the 8 but then simply clipped into the krab, not passed around the the device itself. Sounds dodgy, doesn't it, but I can't remember any accidents with it. I used it myself for years but quickly switched to a Grigri when they appeared.
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One of the best climbing / outdoors vids out there. The kayaking is the best bit
"It was scary, I wasn't in control, and it really really hurt" - Or something along those lines
Can I put a request out for Upside Down North Wales if anyone knows where to watch it. Haven't been able to find it since SteepEdge closed down
Good news.. Upside Down is coming to BMC YouTube pretty soon, so hang in there
The belaying for Liquid Amber!
Yeah was thinking the same thing. Was it common to lead belay with a munter hitch back then?
I think maybe she was German, so in that case, yes. However the belay device de rigueur at that time in the UK was a fig 8 with the rope passed through the 8 but then simply clipped into the krab, not passed around the the device itself. Sounds dodgy, doesn't it, but I can't remember any accidents with it. I used it myself for years but quickly switched to a Grigri when they appeared.