One of my true hero's a climbing mathematician specialisng in complex analysis (my favourite area, proper magic). He ruminated that climbing has a special appeal to the human ape as it was a core survival strategy when our species lived in trees on the edges of the savana. So be a good climber together with that wonderfull feeling of being in "the flow" on a climb is a product of evolution.
I'm trying to think if there was a British equivalent to John Gill back in the fifties and can't come up with anyone. It's not until the eighties before I heard of anyone who was primarily a boulderer rather than a route climber.
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Great video!
(& I hope to god I can do a few pull-ups when I'm 82!)
Wonderfully modest and sensible!
One of my true hero's a climbing mathematician specialisng in complex analysis (my favourite area, proper magic). He ruminated that climbing has a special appeal to the human ape as it was a core survival strategy when our species lived in trees on the edges of the savana. So be a good climber together with that wonderfull feeling of being in "the flow" on a climb is a product of evolution.
I'm trying to think if there was a British equivalent to John Gill back in the fifties and can't come up with anyone. It's not until the eighties before I heard of anyone who was primarily a boulderer rather than a route climber.
Al Manson maybe but not until the early 70s.