"Can you help me hang a whale from Stanage?", asked Dave. "Of course", I replied, "I love hanging whales and I can't think of anywhere better than Stanage to hang one". A couple of weeks later a group of around 10 of us, armed with ladders, birch tree tripods and loads of old ropes, were assembled at Stanage to hang Dave Clay's whale from Flying Buttress, writes Alan James.