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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => Topic started by: grimer on November 15, 2006, 11:18:19 am
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I was speaking to Gabe Regan on the phone last night, and it occurred to me what a tick that is. (Incidentally he was telling me his story of doing the FA of Velvet Silence, totally on sight, back in the day. Out there.)
Other proud ticks include meeting Jim Moran in a pub in Glossop, doing a route on Fair Head with Catherine Destivelle, sharing a cup of tea with Wanda Rikiewitz, having Peter Harding give me a couple of his ancient karabiners, but the ultimate, crowning tick of all time
I once said hello to Warren Harding, and he nodded back at me.
That's a good hand.
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Shook hands with Alex Huber at Siurana.
Met Pedro Pons at Gandia.
Chatted with Simon Nadin and family at Olshoremore after watching from my surfboard while he (dw) soloed some brick hard stuff.
Best I can offer, although I climbed with a few of the South African hardcore very old school in the past.
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i once met scouse at the secret garden 8)
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jerry moffat stayed at my mums
shared a sleeping bag with gabe regan
had sex in ron fawcets kitchen
did'nt listen to wolfgang gullich have sex in rons living room.
al mansons best man
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Where was Ron during this orgy?
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A certain diminutive gritstoner ran his hand up the inside of my thigh onetime with a "Just checking to see if you're alright with that..."
I lost the hooped-earing not long after...
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I'm probably the Avid Merrion of climbing so still get excited about seeing stars at the crag even as a supposedly mature adult (any one else use the Power of Climbing as a tick list? No? Oh, ok) so when I was bouldering at the Tor once and Martin Atkinson asked me if I wanted to do a route I nearly cried into my trousers. I thought it was like having a kick around with George Best at Old Trafford.
Shared a belay with Catherine Destivel and Craig Smith belayed me on my hardest route (though I know him so that doesn't count). Various court orders prevent me getting to close to others!
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Where was Ron during this orgy?
By the backdoor?
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I once saw Seb Grieve at Froggatt. Also saw Norman Clacher crossing the street in Llandudno the other day!
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Biggest wad tick would either be DWS in Spain with Julian Lines or getting up incredibly hungover and then finding the afore mentioned "diminutive gritstoner" had crashed at ours for the night, had to be at Hathersage in 10 minutes for a course he was teaching but had no idea where he was or where he had left his car the night before. At least he didn't try and run his hand up my inner thigh - got away with that one. ;D
bluebrad
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Where was Ron during this orgy?
in bed.
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Another Ronside Force-it tick... and not actually mine to be honest.
A few years back I was up at Stanage bouldering one evening and my non-climbing (yet) girlfriend was sheltering from the elements in a sleeping bag (we were bivvying out that night) in a small alcove just round the corner from Hampers Hang (middle of the sloper traverse if I remember rightly). A fella with real big hands traversed round the corner, looking really smooth (like he'd done it before to be fair) until my prone girlfriend, wrapped in sleeping bag and resting on essential footholds caused him to finish his traverse and walk round her.
Ron was almost apologetic for Caryl causing him to break up his traverse.
Caryl was oblivious to the aura and magnificence of Ron (and unaware of the faux pas of interupting a problem).
I was a bit tongue tied... I'd finally met Ron and I was having to apologise for my girlfriend being in his way. Not the introduction I would have hoped for.
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A certain diminutive gritstoner ran his hand up the inside of my thigh onetime with a "Just checking to see if you're alright with that..."
Not much of a tick that - who hasn't been "encouraged" by that fine chappy??
Anyway, I once met famous climbing author "Niall Grimes" at some grotty quarry near Glasgow :lol:
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Jim Moran followed me on JR (the route, not the person) and he fell off. Did an E1 down Dovedale with Isabelle Patissier. Introduced Ellie Cheveux to British climbing by taking him to Long Wall down the Dale (didn't in fact realize who he was till half way there, had simply been told to pick some Swiss geezer up from Ben P's house). But I still remember with awe the first time Ron nodded and said 'aye'.
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Oh yeah, I once had a long conversation with Stevie Haston (he knew my mate that I was with), on the street in Chamonix, about the route Fidel Fiasco on the Aig Blatiere. I'd just climbed it and was singing the joys of its wonderful upper pitches. Haston too appeared to genuinely share my enthusiam for the route and waxed lyrical (as apparently does very well) about the thing. Seemed a really nice bloke.
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Being in a car crash with three 9a climbers...
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Being in a car crash with three 9a climbers...
Who were they then?
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Seemed a really nice bloke.
That's one way of putting it. You're right about Fidel Fiasco though, even if it isn't as good as the Brown/Whillans
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Anyway, I once met famous climbing author "Niall Grimes" at some grotty quarry near Glasgow :lol:
Not Auchinstarrys in your eyes?
A wee lad asked me "Who do you support, Rangers?"
I said No
A look of terror crossed his face
"No Celtic, no?"
Good ticks there, although the first time i read it i thought it said @Jerry Moffatt sahred my Mum.@
Good ticks too, Andy.
Although i still think my Warren Harding nod trumphs all
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The first time I saw Ron at the plantation I was spotting Justin Critchlow on Careless Torque. Ron came over, nodded to us, then went up NTBTA to the top and reversed it to the ground. As he put his trainers on Justin said: "Never mind Ron, you'll have that next go." We started giggling and he walked off looking distinctly unimpressed. :-[
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I was also once on the same ledge as Didier Raboutou. It's the fleeting little ones that feel more amazing. I have talked a lot with Marc le Menestrel, once went on a climbing trip with Ben, Jerry Malcolm, sean Myles, often climb with Boysen, interviewed Lynn Hill, but it's always the little ones that only last a moment that stick longer in the memory.
Ray Kay once gave me a lift when i was hitching!
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Sandrine Levet did my washing up.
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I agree, Warren Harding is a massive one, don't think anyone will beat that.
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Agreed. Wad point for grimer.
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I agree, Warren Harding is a massive one, don't think anyone will beat that.
My mate Mick Ryan shared a beer with Warren Harding and chatted to him for an hour or so.
Later Warren died and at his wake attended by Yvon Choiunard and Royal Robbins, at Roger Derryberry's place...Mick got thrown out for celebrating in the spirit of Harding.
He also told me about the time Tom Frost came round to Mick's house, brought him a set of his Sentinel nuts, they drank tea around the Viking table.
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who hasn't been "encouraged" etc..
Is that jealousy talking fiend? :whistle:
OK OK enough...
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Ray Kay once gave me a lift when i was hitching!
Pah! One time Ray Kay47 picked up a chair with the intention of cracking it over my head, thought better, threw it the length of a long living room, then shoved me so hard in the chest in some kinda aikido move that I flew (over a sofa) nearly the same distance as the chair. Hitch?! Pah!
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I was once re-assured by Ste Mac that it's all about getting the excuses in early in sport climbing. :bounce:
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Being in a car crash with three 9a climbers...
Who were they then?
I'm gonna guess at Markus Bendler, Buoux 8c and Killian Fischuber
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ok then round two.
watched willians beat my mate at arm wressling at al harris's.
forgot to mention that jim morran and simon horrox were also at my mums with jerry.
skinny dipping with louise shepard and kim carrigan
bouldering i't valley with john long
holding my hand over gabe regans mouth on his 21st to try and stop him puking on sir christian bonnington with little success
having to avoid regular golden showers when climbing with loiuse shepard as her party piece was having a piss on every hanging belay
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Wow webbo, that is a good hand.
The time I was barely acknowledged by The Batso, Chounard, Robbins and Frost were there too. Bit they just seemed like millionairre big shots, amazing characters all the same, but Harding looked like somebody just out of a caravan park on the outskirts of Treestump, Nebraska. Outshone the lot of them.
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Being in a car crash with three 9a climbers...
Who were they then?
I'm gonna guess at Markus Bendler, Buoux 8c and Killian Fischuber
I will go for Markus Bock, Frankenjura 9a, and Dai Koyomada.
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I'd forgotten I met Whillans once, in the climbing shop in Stoke. I remember it as a slightly unnerving experience.
Harding came up with a great line when, in his later years, having struggled on a easy route, he was heard to say that he'd 'have to climb a whole lot more. Or a whole lot less.' I know the feeling. He also called for red wine on his death bed!
I have to say this game is obviously much easier to play if you're an old bastard.
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On a similar note but a different plane, at Mammoth Mountain for a day boarding from Bishop. Getting a lift ticket and a guy with multicoloured hair down his back walks past and says Hi and smiles. Penny drops and I turn to my mate who says "Was that Glenn Plake?" :bow: A Legend indeed.
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Good thread. Memorable off top of my head:
1. Doing joes mantel with Joe Brown :bow:
2. Rescuing one of Jacky Godoffes crazy dogs from a slab of death
3. Sitting in bowl of vodka with Miko (the unknown 1-6-10 campus beast from poland)
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Climbing with Martin Boysen and Steve Bancroft at Brownstones on the day I did Pigswill for the first time- and burning off Boysen on his own eliminate!
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Me and Stu went to font for the weekend when we were at uni, and stayed in the Real Thing gite ("look Ben, Horses!) with Ben, Jerry and Sean Myles. We had Cauliflower Cheese for tea and watched a film with Killer Bees in it.
Not climbing related but I once nearly killed Steven Hawking on my bike at university. Although it might not have been that bad if I had hit him - he'd done all of his important work by then.
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Went camping with Hank and Ryan Pasquill when i was 5.
When Noddy asked Martin Boysen during a trip to Utah if he knew a guy called Calum from Manchester with an allotment, Martin replied "Yes".
I know Martin Dale (do you?)
I shook Al Phizakleas hand once.
I know A Dense Loners real name!! :o
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...and i went to Bancrofts house once.
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conrad anker bought me a pint.
of fosters.
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My trip to Font beats yours Ru. You might have been in the famous gite, but i was with Malcolm, and wile apart from that we were with the same people, I had much much less right to be with them than you.
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2. Rescuing one of Jacky Godoffes crazy dogs from a slab of death
I only met Jacky this afternoon, but only Percy's dog was about. Does JG need his dogs with him for the full tick? ;)
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It would be a white lie to say I "met" Jacky Godoffe in the forest but I would say I have ticked him... One day at Isatis, pearson and I weren't climbing so we decided to just prick around and hide from the people we were with and run around stealing things in close proximity from them, whilst remaining under the shadow of ninja like stealth. This required hiding in the tops of trees and digging ourselves into the ground under piles of leaves... anyway, we were running around in our ninja like manner when I happened to see a man walking towards me in the distance with some dogs. I clocked him and immediately (in my best ninja run) ran away and dived into a small hole between the ground and a boulder and buried myself in (with my feet most likely still exposed). Well, Jacky then walked by me whilst I was in this hole and I lay there thinking... what the fuck has just happened. I have just ran away from Jacky Godoffe (one of my hero's) and have hidden in a hole. Who knows what he thought...
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I once offered big ron my mat incase he fell off the slap up on dope on a slope. :oops:
i didnt know who he was and was trying to be helpful.
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Got told to just 'try a bit harder' by Ste Mac whilst on one of his probs at the Castle.
Smoked a fattie at the base of El Cap with Scott Burke (although I not sure if he really counts as a wad).
Often have a chat with some of the Aussie wads (Garth Miller, Sharik Walker, Chris Webb etc) when out and about.
And not from me, but my girlfriend elbowed Frank Black in the ribs after the last Pixies gig at Brixton when he tried to push past her to get a drink at the after party.
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went for a curry with ben moon on sunday night, he copied me and had a chicken tikka jalfrezi.
did a fred nicole problem in rocklands spotted by fred and his girlfriend.
got a belay from dave graham at ceuse.
got made porridge by andy parkin in a mountain hut under cerro torre.
went to font with huffy!
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Anyway, I once met famous climbing author "Niall Grimes" at some grotty quarry near Glasgow :lol:
Not Auchinstarrys in your eyes?
Yup, and stole a young Irish lad off you to go climbing with the next day.
Thing is....living in Sheffield, even uber-punters get to meet or even interact with wads of various waddiness. So it has to be narrowed down a bit to the ones that are most fun:
Meeting Zippy on the Needle at Rivelin, shortly before my approach shoes were stolen and I had to go to the Norfolk Arms in socks.
Grimer at Auchinstarry.
Burning Seb Grieve off on one problem at the Foundry bouldering comp (yes I know it's easy, Seb is weak....well I'm weaker!).
Getting amused encouragement bellowed across at me by Kiwi 18' 6" mutant Seb Thingymajiggy when I was pumped out of my bollox on a sport crag near Christchurch (I did it, but only with the extra psyche).
Getting my hair fondled by a certain diminutive gritstone master.
Sleeping a few nights on Grant Farquar's floor with various uni people.
Chatting to Bob Smith and John Earl at Back Bowden. Casual, but proper wads.
Passing up Keen Youth's toothbrush when he dropped it whilst abbing down Equilibrium, and getting encouraged trying (and failing on) The Knock by unclemullet (neither of whom recognised me as someone who had been in an almighty flaming row with them on UKC...).
Going mushroom picking with a variety of V11 / E7-9 wads, lol.
Surviving meeting Dense.
....it's all good ;)
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Getting my hair fondled by a certain diminutive gritstone master.
Lies! You have no hair, baldilocks :P
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Not climbing, but John Savisant, Fred the Butcher off Coronation Street, squeezed both my nipples.
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Another non climbing one, I got shouted at by Janet Street Porter once for pissing on her car on my way home after a night on the lash. I got a bit worried as I thought Normski was come down in his towelling robe and bash me.
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I have no worthwhile climbing ones, and am particularly in awe of the Harding and Chevaeux ones, and very jealous of the Levet one.
However on a non climbing tip, I have played pool with Keith Richards, which takes some beating.
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Wads to Duma! So, along with being old, living in Sheff makes it easy. These need to get unusual. This doesn't count but playing scrabble with the kids the other day we had to use the back of scoresheets from matches against Ben in the 1990s. Children thought we should put them on ebay. And Andi, whatever you think may have happened, you categorically didn't burn off Martin.
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However on a non climbing tip, I have played pool with Keith Richards, which takes some beating.
Does it get beaten by taking 3/4 of Boney M water skiing? On a randomness level if nothing else.
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Accidentally called Carol Vodmann a 'mare' to her face :oops:
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Shooting pool with Keef definitely beats skiing with Boney M. But beating Boney M with a Ski definitely beats shooting pool with Keef.
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dossing in the dirt at font with steve bancroft,choe brooks and chris addy trying to get moving after a heavy night on the red wine.most of which had reappeared in a pile next to steve.
when john claude droyer god father of french free climbing turns up complete with blonde could be a model girlfriend to invite us to go climbing.
bouldering at the original leeds wall with alan austin and pete livesy.
having a fight with steve bancroft.
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You kicked him in, right?
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I think webbo's collection cumulatively matches Harding.
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dunno about wads, but when i first met westie at a house party in brudenell mount,
me(whispering to gib): look at that guy,what is he wearing?is he sponsored by prana or something? (wearing full matching beanie, t-shirt, trousers, gap toothed smile ensemble)
gib: yes
me: oh
:oops:
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having a fight with paul reeve (foundry owner) under two tier, through the nettle fields...unfortunately he was also my lift home.... no waddage - he deserved it though :thumbsup:
having a coffee with jarvis cocker at sheff train station cafe; nice bloke
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Lots of good Jarv stories, many times backstage to drink champers etc.
But one that sticks in my mind at the moment is turning up outside a party in London in mid 90s at the height of Britpop.
Jarv DJing downstairs, blokes from Blur inside, Justine from Elastica on the door.
Loads of blaggers outside trying to get in. Me and Mrs Dolly turn up and in my best Sheffield accent I say to Justine "Alright I'm Dolly, Jarv said there was a party here or something ?"
Justine says "Oh Hello, Jarvis said you'd probably turn up, in you come"
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Used to regularly take drugs with Pat King.
Booked Bubba and FatBoySlimfast to DeeJay at a massive rave at the Foundry.
Got kidnapped by aforementioned diminutive gritstoner and taken to Chatsworth where had to hold ropes whilst hard and dangerous climbs were attempted. Had never before (or since) belayed anyone on anything trad. Diminutive gritstoner almost died.
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Wow, it's all coming out. My Harding ace is starting to buckle under the sheer mass of Webbo wad bombardment, and i suspect he has a lot more where they came from. Dare i say it, being old gives an advantage, but being very old gives a massive advantage. ;)
And the Keith Richards and Boney M ticks are pretty up there too.
I went to Andy Popp's wedding and he went to mine. That would impress a Leek man.
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went for a chinese with sharma once in france and got stoned with dave graham using a potato.
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went for a chinese with sharma once in france and got stoned with dave graham using a potato.
:shag:
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I suspect anyone who went to Ceuse between 2002 and 2003 got stoned with Dave Graham didn't they?
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non climbing one but it still dates from the stoneage.
being evicted from a club in leeds after the american climber who we were showing the sights to.tied kevin rowlands{pre dexys} shoelaces together while he was singing.
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I suspect anyone who went to Ceuse between 2002 and 2003 got stoned with Dave Graham didn't they?
yes but did they use a potato?
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Fair one. I don't remember him honouring our visit by cracking out the root vegetables.
Boring, boring Rizlas. :yawn:
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ive met ron fawcett each time ive been at the peak, usually at the spot where friction was best.
i said "hey ciao ciao!!!!" very loud waving my hand to a perplexed edlinger in annot.
stole ben moons place in the queue to the bar at the foundry.
spotted mauro calibani (quickly) repeating one problem of mine in sassofortino.
got my van pulled out of the mud from christian core (not using his car, just pushing)
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Tom Baker had a bath at my house.
Ok, technically not my house, but my mum's house (I was pretty young). But I reckon it's still a pretty good tick.
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i met paul mitchell when he was still paul kirk.
i like this it makes me go all cathertic.
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Why did he change surname?
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Hero worship?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/JamesKirkTiberious.jpg)
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Why did he change surname?
something to do with hating his dad.i think mitchel is his mothers maiden name.
or maybe he wanted avoid any links with brother john. :whistle:
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Armwrestled Shadow from gladiators in alton towers (told i'm i want interested in his signature)
I did ok for about 5 seconds then lost but i should be awarded the victory on grounds of doping
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Was dossing at Avon Bogs in 1983? when Martin Atkinson and Andy Pollitt had all their stuff nicked. Lent Andy £1 for a phone call, tea and a burger (quality) and helped scout round for the gear. I never got the quid back so may be time to write it off! Also when Simon Nadin walked into my brothers kitchen in 1986, my baby daughter greeted the great man by puking violently at him. Don't think he was impressed.
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I made Bernd Zangel run away in horror when I started getting undressed to get in the shower at the Rocklands campsite. (He was using the ladies cos the mens was flooded).
I had loads of layers on, it having snowed, and it would have taken ages before I got to flesh - he still ran away sharpish!
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I once won a game of Wembley penalties that involved Ben Moon and Ben Pritchard.
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...went for a chinese sharma & got dave graham a potato.
I've smoked an apple with Shamra (potatos are so peasant-ish) then watched him suave an Italian Goddess (sweet 16) as I spasticatedly slithered into an alpine river - unable to behold her minxitude...
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I once chatted to Si O'Conor in Trowbarrow quarry... he didn't climb.
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I once chatted to Si O'Conor in Trowbarrow quarry... he didn't climb.
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surely greg takes the grand prize for that rare sighting?.
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I was once awarded a gold one of these (http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/nostalgiamanila/toys/yoyo_super_spinner.jpg) (which you were entitled too if you were lucky enough to find a gold G on the inside of your old-style Coke ring pull) by Timmy Mallett in the Arndale centre Morecambe. 8)
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I once smoked a bilberry with Geoff Capes!
Houdini - Is Shamra some sort of ligger who pimps his way round the euro circuit pretending to be Sharma? Or is he more like a mummified Sharma wrapped in bandages in a Thundercats way?
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Actually, it's my little joke. ;D
But yes, I think more the Thundercats (wrapped in tattered PrAna kit) and minions, plenny minions. Y'know like Bumm-ra The Ever Rimming... Sorry about that...
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I once appeared on Going Live, saturday morn bbc1 show presented by Pip Schofield/sara Greene. I appeared in a sketch with the legendary Trev and Simon doing a sketch at Olympia on the climbing wall i help to build for a competition in the early 90's. Alas fame was fleeting and I was relegated to only a bit part, holding the rope. I was usurped by Ukbs only acting/wall building/comp demi god GraemeA who got a speaking role!
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I'm a member of WAC-a-day, after I got on the science section of the programme after writing a letter to Carol Vorderman to ask her the difference between Nuclear Fusion and Nuclear Fision, I was eight.
I saw Jarvis Cocker at Lindesfarne after proclaiming to the misses that all the people hanging around waiting for the tide to cover the causeway were losers.
I have a letter and a birthday present from Patrick Moore.
I've been interviewed by John Craven.
Bob Smith and John Earl at Bowden and Kyloe.
I once met Morell at Almscliff, he told about how he had originally cleaned of Morells Wall as it used to be covered in hanging grass.
I've had a stone kicked onto me (accidentally, I'm sure) at Craig Doris by Pat Littlejohn, I was proud of my bruise.
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Was working in my uncle's scenery-making industrial unit in an outer area of Stavanger, Norway a few years back. Totally bored, I looked out of the window to see Steve Mclure walking into the adjoining climbing wall building with an army of adoring Norwegian fans. Pretty funny really, as I had popped in earlier to buy a hat when the woman goes "We have a famous climber coming later. If you are from England you might have heard of him. Steve Mclure is his name." I thought she was just on acid or something as she was a bit weird, but obviously she was telling the truth.
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Headbutting Leo in front of assorted stars like Elie Chevieux
Get Bonners to call me back at midnight about the transcript from his speech to HM in May 2003 even though he was flying to India very early the next morning (he sent the transcript)
Bob Smith and John Earl giving me respect at Ratho WC 2003 (I was still in awe of them as they were gods when I was a young 'un)
Doing HVS's with Ben in 2001 (or maybe 2002), he hadn't led a trad route for years and was a tad unsure of his nuts. Watching the faces of the SLC locals as it dawned on them who was leading (and shaking a bit) was fantastic
Head butting Gav Ellis on his stag do (bit of a theme here). I know Gav has never been a real wad but thought you'd appreciate it.
First time I ever met a certain stubble encrusted superstar of the 80's and 90's he had some eating implements sticking in a gas fire, his first word's to me ever were 'do you want one'.
Out drinking Pete Kirton, he crashed and needed waking to catch a train, I woke him with his fave, a glass of JD.
At a comp back in 1999 telling Sharma to start climbing and watch him run to the wall and jump on, he thought he would be disqualified.
Kidnapping Big Frank after a Birmingham comp and 'forcing' him to have a 'rollie'
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Headbutting Leo in front of assorted stars like Elie Chevieux
Do tell Graeme!?
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I was usurped by Ukbs only acting/wall building/comp demi god GraemeA who got a speaking role!
Speaking yes but also squeeking a bit as I seem to remember there was a bit more slack than I expected. And at the same comp I beat Jerry in the Body Fat Measurement, ie I had less, the man was not happy and went on a 6 month starvation diet so he could have have less fat than anyone ever. Unfortunately he forgot about fellow competitor, Skinny Vinny (where is he now)
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This is all rather depressing seeing andy popp deal out his wad ticks because my one and only wad tick is him!
Met him briefly at Pex one fine morn and didnt realise he was pretty awesome until his name jumped off the page while reading preposterous tales. He was tres friendly.
It doesnt really count but Tim Emmett gave a lecture at my school.
Oh and I met Pekkie (dont know real name) and some other guy and Steve Boot. Not real wads but Steve has a route named after him.
Hopefully if I go to Sheff Uni then I will rack up my fair share of wads.
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Skinny Vinny (where is he now)
Still in and around Bradford, now mad keen mtb'er and married person. Dont know of his body fat measurements now but do remember at that comp audible gasps of shock of how skinny he was!
On the subject of Mr popp, found this in the gallery courtesy of big al
(http://ukbouldering.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10317/rubicon2.jpg)
Obviously himself in full beaver tail rasta mode, but Chris Wright with back to camera, Neil Travers next and i do believe Chris Gore as well
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And Chris Wright (back to camera), Dave Turner next to Chris Gore. Who else though.
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Ah, a Danny Brooks hiding in there I suspect.
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before he was famous peter andre did some gigs in schools. cos i was a prefect i acted as a 'bouncer' during his lunchtime gig and he brushed against me as he walked past on the way out. that meant a lot. i still get a woodie to this day.
"ooooohhhhhhhho ooooooooohhhhhhhhh ooooooooohhhhhhhhh mysterious cofe i want to brush against youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu". damn straight peter. damn muthafucking straight.
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Been a bit of talk about Body Mass Index. I dunno if I can rival the greats but Im pretty thin.
BMI = 18.2 :-\
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Been a bit of talk about Body Mass Index. I dunno if I can rival the greats but Im pretty thin.
BMI = 18.2 :-\
I have never been anything approaching a great climber but I have always been one of the greatest skinny cunts. Being a skinny cunt is, in itself no big deal.
Here endeth the sermon. Must get back to writing risk assessments :'(
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Do tell Graeme!?
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You had to be there ;D
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Course Im not a great climber. Just wonderin. I am proud of skinnyness. Not many people who double as a xylophone.
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Sure Ant mentioned something years back about taking Mr Moon out in a game of five a side and it getting close to a kickoff. Did there used to be regular games? This could have course been a joke.
Seriously though, that headbutt mullarkey has got me interested!?
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kyloe out back in the day watching bob and tommy smith start to panic as john syrett in formed them he'd nearly managed to climb the then unclimbed line of first born.
being at stoney cafe when rons team of al evans and geoff birtles realised gabe regans team were heading to raven tor and participating in the race to crag as they both thought they had the same new route in mind.
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Andy Popp's Northunberland stag do extravaganza in the company of Dawes - Paul Pritchard, Nick Dixon, George Smith, Waddy, Wainwright.....Grimer! (pretty sure Mr. Popp didn't know who the fuck I was).
Shagging someone elses wife in Andy Kirkpatricks attic.
John Bachar at Raven Tor.
Wedged in the no hands rest of Cry of Despair wearing Lazers, watching Fabien french dude (8c+ wad who was killed in a car crash in the mid 1990's) belayed by Liv Sanson (or however you spell her name) falling off the sloper move at the top of Rapid City on-sight in the first pair of Lace ups I'd seen in action and thinking, 'why is he wearing those shit 5.10s?' . He'd just flashed Powerplant with an egyptian about 10 mins before.
Meeting Dawes in the Leadmill and watching him take his clothes off on the dance floor to reaveal a black lycra Borat style wrestling outfit.
Watching Bransby wobble up Time for Tea at Millstone when he was about 10 years old, and my gobby mate taking the piss out of him for being a sport climber. Said Gobby mate gave up climbing some years ago. Said Bransby didn't.
Watching Leo solo Demon Rib and Velvet Silence, both on-sight, when he was 14, spotted by John Allen.
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...being refused service in the Chequers with Neil Travers, Chris Wright, Nige Prestige, Mike Lea and Bill Hine for looking too scruffy. The shot of Nige on Strapadictomy in On Peak Rock was taken that day.
Going to Pyjama Jump dressed as a woman with Chris Wright.
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Been a bit of talk about Body Mass Index. I dunno if I can rival the greats but Im pretty thin.
BMI = 18.2 :-\
I have never been anything approaching a great climber but I have always been one of the greatest skinny cunts. Being a skinny cunt is, in itself no big deal.
Here endeth the sermon. Must get back to writing risk assessments :'(
speaking as a fellow skinny bastard I agree.... BMI=17 (average weight 9 3/4 stone, height 6'3") but more of an affliction than anything. Recently found that whereas in heavier days (i.e 11 stone) I used to be able to do sets of ~30 chin-ups and 70 press-ups I can now only do about a third of those numbers. Seem to have lost a lot of plain brawny strength that I hadn't really noticed due to improvements in technique and finger power.... Also have developed Reynaulds-esque circulation problems in my fingers which I suspect may be related. I think an emergency pie-eating diet may be required but I am wary about just eating a lot in case I just get lardy without regaining the strength.
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I once smoked a bilberry with Geoff Capes!
Once saw him in his pyjamas and dressing gown, there was a night time fire alarm in a hotel in Stratford we were both staying at (seperately).
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I once smoked a bilberry with Geoff Capes!
Once saw him in his pyjamas and dressing gown, there was a night time fire alarm in a hotel in Stratford we were both staying at (seperately).
:-\
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I once smoked a bilberry with Geoff Capes!
Once saw him in his pyjamas and dressing gown, there was a night time fire alarm in a hotel in Stratford we were both staying at (seperately).
he bought my aunt's house....
(think this is getting a bit off topic :whistle:)
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I once smoked a bilberry with Geoff Capes!
Once saw him in his pyjamas and dressing gown, there was a night time fire alarm in a hotel in Stratford we were both staying at (seperately).
he bought my aunt's house....
(think this is getting a bit off topic :whistle:)
I sat on his knee when I was a very little boy.
Nothing dodgy I'm afraid. It was at some event called superschools, when sporting "stars" visited schools and inspired the kids. Well he certainly inspired me to become an athlete... I've been dragging trucks and lifting barrels ever since.
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I beat Kurt Albert in an arm wrestling contest - raah!
(Grimer I'm sure he was with us also for a few days on the aforementioned Wad trip to Font back in 'day...)
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Going round to see Diminutive Gritstone Legend and him answering the door naked and with a semi. Still at least the equally legendary Gritstone Phallus was no where to be seen.
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just remembered this one....met wolfgang gullich in a Nuremberg climbing shop in '91. He appeared as i did a rather insipid one armer(read vaguely pulling up and wobbling a bit) on a sling. he smiled and commented that i was strong(he had a slight wry smile i would add!).......
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havin a beer in the rock with mr nadin
come on grimer what about your week in spain with the leek lads,and surviving.
you did share a bed with dave :shag:
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the strong girl once got hit on by that strong american lass of el cap fame - Hill is it? She turned her down cos she didnt want to lez up.
I oncwe had a go on a cigarette which my mate scabbed of toyah battersbea.
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More on the Nadin front: I made the tights he did Thing on a Spring in. Check the guide photo, I made those! Crap mind, never sold any.
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More on the Nadin front: I made the tights he did Thing on a Spring in. Check the guide photo, I made those! Crap mind, never sold any.
I'd buy some... :whistle:
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I'll check the old fabric box, then. What size does sir need? Might still have some fetching shiny blue, that was oddly never used. Does Sir want the arse pre-ripped?
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if theyre tight on your arms they will fit his legs
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Met Pete Chadwick and Ewan McCallum today. Noice blokes.
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Met Pete Chadwick and Ewan McCallum today
I know in these reality show obsessed times the idea of celebrity has been devalued to the point of meaninglessness, is climbing going the same way with the definition of wad? ;D
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just a little non climbing one,
trained with linford christie in 1993. he burn't me off over the 100 and gave me 15metres start. he was still doing his warm ups too....
he then completely demoralised me the next day in the weights.. doing 10 reps of high box step ups with the weight i was doing power lifts on....
he's a fountain of knowledge when it comes to training though, learnt loads over the week
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Met Pete Chadwick and Ewan McCallum today
I know in these reality show obsessed times the idea of celebrity has been devalued to the point of meaninglessness, is climbing going the same way with the definition of wad? ;D
One mans punter belayer is another mans wad. Local legends (sort of).
I did meet Mark Hounslea once though.
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My ticks are:
I shared a pint a few years ago with Pete Kirton during which time he told me that he didn't name his Vienna problem after the song by 80's electro crooners Ultravox which apparently everyone said he did, and he waxed lyrical about doing Original Route and Debauchery. My wife used to work with him and still sees his wife on the wards in Sheffield, but then I guess anyone who works in sheffield mental health services will also know him too.
I asked Ron if he'd seen my jumper which I'd left lying around somewhere at the plantation.
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Pete Chadwick is a bit of a legend, he's been climbing at a good level for longer than most. 30 years is it Pete! ;)
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I don't think its quite 30 as he'd have to have started at 10. I think I've got a couple of years on him - but this starting to turn into a cocktalk thread (who's been climbing longest) merged with the four quiet Yorkshiremen (back in my day E5 MEANT E5)
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I met Andy Popp once, he's cooooooooooooool :whistle:
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Not any more
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Paddy Ashdown gave me a lift when I was hitching to college once. He was driving a shagged out brown Escort with the stereo ripped out. And to make matters worse he didin't drive on the left, nor did he drive on the rightt, but, somewhere in the middle...
...that last bit is not true, he was a very safe driver.
John Dunne refused to be weighed when I was doing some uni project.
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Pete Chadwick is a bit of a legend, he's been climbing at a good level for longer than most
Indeed he is and has and I hope my comments didn't sound too churlish, an off the cuff quip that probably sounded better in my head than on the page, certainly no slight intended on someone who I do think is a bit of legend
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I briefly met John the "Vermin" Sherman in Font as he was staying at the same place as us and we left our beer for him.
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at the yorkshire dales triathlon.i stopped mike hardings commentry dead when i stripped naked on the bike to run transition.
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You reckon it was out of awe or pity?
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after a 1000 metres in a sub 10 degree lake followed by 42 of the hilliest miles you could find in this country.what do you reckon. :(
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As mentioned in another thread, got told to "Not eat so much son" by Doug Scott as I failed on Picnic Sarcastic.
Olympic triple jumping leg end Johnathon Edwards visits my shop a bit. Nice bloke.
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Most unique climbing thing I've seen was probably watching Pat Littlejohn falling off due to loose rock, and landing upside down. At the time he was trying to convince a sceptical international meet of the rock quality.
Best climbing tick though, (the afore-mentioned being hit-on by Lynn Hill I am assured is not an unusual experience) was having Big Ron ask me for beta at the Plantation. Get in.
Bez once crossed a pub to tell me I should be a rock star - made much funnier by the fact that all my mates were in bands and I was the tone-deaf one. I started to tell him how I had no musical ability and then remembered who I was talking to.
Celebrity-wise I think Cowboyhat could easily win this...
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Best climbing tick though, (the afore-mentioned being hit-on by Lynn Hill I am assured is not an unusual experience) was having Big Ron ask me for beta at the Plantation. Get in.
You sure he wasn't hitting on you? :-*
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Diminutive Gritstone Legend only asked me if my friend was gay. Which makes me a complete munter judging by the rest of the thread.
Went shopping for tights with Wolfgang Gullich. He bought the red and white striped pair he wore in the photo of him soloing Weedkiller.
Whet shopping for funk LPs with John Allen. He bought some Graham Central Station.
Had a non-violent difference of opinion about rap bolting with John Bachar.
Shagged by female Everest summiteer when this was quite a big deal. Summiting Everest that is.
Ate scones with tc in Sheffield Uni refectory.
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I got a blowjob off that isabelle patissier once. think i might have been dreaming though...
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I have to watch Sandrine Levet get changed out her sweaty climbing keks every time she wins at Birmingham. Anti-doping rules means that I can't let her out of my sight. It's a job that has no end of volunteers but I couldn't trust others not to look away :whistle:
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I got a blowjob off that isabelle patissier once. think i might have been dreaming though...
Are you sure that wasn't a blowjob off a patissier who called himself Isabelle? (real name Claude le Pouf?)
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>>have to watch Sandrine Levet get changed out her sweaty climbing keks every time she wins at Birmingham. Anti-doping rules means that I can't let her out of my sight. It's a job that has no end of volunteers but I couldn't trust others not to look away
You said it was my turn to do that!
On a similar vein (ahem) Sandrinne gave me a hug when she won the bouldering at Birmingham in 2001!
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no, his chocolate eclair is quite a different prospect...
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I was once sat in a pub in Manchester with my wife. She gets up from her seat and disappears off to the toilet, at which point Sean Ryder taps me on the shoulder and asks me if the vacant seat is taken.
Pathetic, I know.
On the Lynne Hill tip, one day in the early 90s when I was at Volx the aforementioned Gav Ellis fell off some 8a and had a proper tantrum, shouting at the top of his loud geordie voice: "Fuckin' 'ell, I'm climbin' like a fuckin' woman!!"
Lynne happened to be cruising up a neighbouring 7c+ at the time, and realising his gaffe, poor old Gav squirmed in the uncomfortable silence as he was slowly lowered to the deck. :oops:
(we all looked on sn**gering, of course)
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Any Sean Ryder tick is a tick worth having, I reckon. Man is a genius.
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Jerry Gore once asked me for beta on Freeborn Man at Swanage!
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Font Trip 2000 ish
Dragged a pissed Chris Davies into some french girls flat and watched in dissapointment as he started dribbling on the floor and we got kicked out :pissed:
Got into fisticuffs with big Malky after he'd had a couple of whiskies and I told his guests to gtfk out of my seat when they came to visit our gite :'(
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I once met Roy Castle.
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Thought I would revive this topic with the news that I saw Andy Kirkpatrick on Pete's Eats today. Seemed to be tapping away at a laptop which was probably the best plan of action for the she-hite weather.
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Must've been cold up there, Will.
Have one of those new-fangled waterproof jobbies did he?
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waterproof jobbies
I hear these are causing havoc down the sewerage works.
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I got steaming drunk at a christmas party at Nat Allen's house back when I was 15 or 16.
Our parents left us kids to it upstairs so i helped myself to a couple of bottles of vino and a few cans of ale to make sure!! :pissed:
Twas a messy xmas day in my house I tell thee!
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i met louis theroux on saturday night. regardez moi.
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Was he doing a programme on Shwingers?
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Parties in Llanberis back in the day with the Pritchard, Wainwright, Dawes etc and Glenn Robbins (leather cap-wearing Aussie photographer). Occasional meetings with Martin Boysen and many days spent in the company of our own Andy Popp (he'll deny wad status of course).
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Glen's you biggest scorer there Jez. I've got a tick in that box myself.
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Glen's you biggest scorer there Jez. I've got a tick in that box myself.
Did you only get a tick in the box Grimer?
I once mistook Dame Margot Fonteyn for a shop assistant and asked her to serve me.
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Well, it looked like a tick, although it might have been a crab.
Not to downplay your wad status, Andy, just rewarding Glen's hard-to-tick-ness.
And Dame Margot is a great tick.
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I get a Glenn Robbins tick too - lovely bloke. My joke was pretty poor but thinking about it I'm not even sure Glenn was gay - despite never being without a peaked leather cap and multiple piercings.
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I used to work for Martin Atkinson at Wild Country... got a bollocking off him once for a mistake I made on a cam repair :spank:
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i met louis theroux on saturday night. regardez moi.
My mate from Eyam is Theroux' doppleganger.. He made an appearance as Louis in one of those daft UKC 'Famous People Who Climb ?' threads following a Saturday with me at The Roaches.
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I've been headbutted by Graeme Alderson..
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I've been headbutted by Graeme Alderson..
who hasn't?
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I've been headbutted by Graeme Alderson..
who hasn't?
Well Leo Houlding has.
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Leo aged 17 3/4 shortly before being butted
(http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~chinhow/butthead.jpg)
Funny ha ha.
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Headbutting Leo in front of assorted stars like Elie Chevieux
Head butting Gav Ellis on his stag do (bit of a theme here). I know Gav has never been a real wad but thought you'd appreciate it.
Leo aged 17 3/4 shortly before being butted
(http://i17.tinypic.com/85ay64j.jpg)
Gav holding his face shortly after being butted? (Worth posting just to drag up the Arsolo van picture again....)
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So who are the famous 4.
I reckon (L to R) Gresh, Pud, Gav and Smythe
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Lifted from the Old Skool pics thread............
Here's a few more:
(http://www.northwalesbouldering.com/upload/gallery/Buoux%20campsite%2091%20560(1).jpg)
Regulation shaved haircuts in front of the Biffa van on the Buoux campsite in winter of '90/'91 (l-r: John Boyle, Rob Wilson, Gav Ellis and Craig Devonshire)
........I'd have guessed at Smythe for Craig D too.
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I'm sure that last time I spoke to Rob Wilson, he was seeing Stevie Hastons daughter - surley a wadish tick (for bravery). Was it RW who was seeing The Mayor of Buoux's daughter at some point? Minor wad point?
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Rob's given Hastons' daughter a good seeing-to at least thrice, largers :whistle:
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Rob's given Hastons' daughter a good seeing-to at least thrice, largers :whistle:
Are you saying that he has 3 children? Congratulations Rob from a very out of touch Rob :thumbsup:
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Harmony, Melody, and the youngest Cacophony.
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Was it RW who was seeing The Mayor of Buoux's daughter at some point? Minor wad point?
I thought that was John Rettie...
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yeah, it was john.
about the same time as the arsolo van was resident in the buoux campsite for a couple of months...
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Ben Moon once rang me to tell me that the credit card details I'd used on his website were no good. Does that count?
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That is good as Grimer's article about climbing with Ben....
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Was it RW who was seeing The Mayor of Buoux's daughter at some point? Minor wad point?
I remember that when all the Brits left Buoux and went to the Verdon she came along. I think I've got a photo of her holding a weird insect somewhere.
Seems like a lifetime away - I suppose it was...(drifts off in wistful reverie)
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Was going to say that this thread is turning into a stroll down memory lane...........so while we're at it (and on the subject of wad ticks)........
In 1990 Smythe managed to find out that there were no British entrants to the Briancon Masters competition, an invite only thing for about 25 of the top boys (& birds) in the World. I think Ben, Jerry and Simon Nadin had been invited but couldn't be arsed.
Somehow he managed to persuade the organisers that it would be a good idea to let us enter (we were both 16) as up and coming young British climbers so a few weeks later there we were at the opening dinner, drinking wine with the best competition climbers on the planet as they wondered who the fuck we were. :alky:
Needless to say we didn't exactly tear the place up in the comp but isolation was class. Two kids bouldering with Legrand, Lombard, Petit, Yuji, Jibe, Ellie Chevieux etc etc we had a right laugh especially Yuji thinking it was a good idea to do vicious mono cross through moves in warm up for a competition and nearly fucking his fingers (he went on to piss the comp IIRC). It was also the first time that I realised these lads weren't super human as I could hold my own with them bouldering (there was the little matter of them all being able to climb just as hard after 40 odd moves :-[).
As proper wad ticks go the best moment was probably when we went back to the complimentary hotel before the final and as we walked down the corridor to our room a (half asleep) Francois Legrand came stumbling out of his room dressed only in a pair of brown Y fronts.
It was a surreal and top few days. 8)
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did the y-fronts look like they had always been brown, or were they ones that he had coloured brown himself?
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Not that I inspected them that closely but I don't think it was a case of staining (unlike Jerry's shorts........ :whistle:).
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Saw the Earl yesterday at Caley. Didnt know who he was at first but saw his blog today. Shame I missed him on High Fidelity. Waddage to him!
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Belayed Bransby senior in Frankenjura. He had removed his trousers to reveal an enormous pair of brown Y-fronts to climb in and my mate had to shove him by said under garments past the initial moves. We and an army of Japanese cried with mirth as a red faced and very young Ben looked on.
Ignored by John Dunne in Freyer. We merrily got pissed in the Cafe Chamonix while he sat on his own in the campsite... the twat.
Bumped into Paul Pritchard when completely off my tits. My mate who had been to his lecture said that I made a complete cunt of myself.
Tricky Dicky off Eastenders and Bruce Foxton drink in my local.
One of my mates chinned Bobby Gillespie.
Another chinned the lead singer of Doctor and the Medics.
My sister got presented a £5 book token by Bernard Breslow for a Britain in Bloom competition and I was there. She cheated because my dad did the out-line!
Jason Myers once said "fuck ...he's strong" about me.
A fun filled life. You'd be amazed, but I've done other stuff as well.
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I have like everyone else met the diminutive gritstone god, but he did not deign to stroke my hair or inner thigh, I can only hope!
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Ignored by John Dunne in Freyer. We merrily got pissed in the Cafe Chamonix while he sat on his own in the campsite... the twat.
:lol:
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Belayed Bransby senior in Frankenjura. He had removed his trousers to reveal an enormous pair of brown Y-fronts to climb in and my mate had to shove him by said under garments past the initial moves. We and an army of Japanese cried with mirth as a red faced and very young Ben looked on.
I don't remember this although it does sound exactly like him. One time, when staying in a hotel, after repeatedly asking the people in the room next door to be quiet he walked down to reception to complain about the noise completely naked (no towel, nothing)
At the time of the Frankenjura trip brown Y-fronts were probably a better look than the trousers he would have been wearing - some of them used to put Pollits collection to shame (home made by my mum as he couldn't find any bright enough)
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went for a hopeful session at trowbarrow on sunday. Most stuff was wet so headed back after an hour or so but drove past mr john gaskins, re-tierd bouldering hero running down the road between warton and silverdale. would like to see this man start bouldering again. Always liked his low profile no fuss approach to climbing!
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Has he really given up bouldering? I thought he just took a while off to climb full time, then went back to fitting it in like the rest of us?
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saw dave graham in the liverpool tate a few weeks ago, studying a nice bridget riley, and stood behind phil oakey in the sandwhich queue the other day :)
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Has he really given up bouldering? I thought he just took a while off to climb full time, then went back to fitting it in like the rest of us?
Was mentioned in one of Pantontino's articles about South Lakes lime a while back, in Climber I presume. The upshot was that it was definitely on the back burner compared to running and life in general.
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Ben
I seem to remember some weird trousers and the crag was Grun Holle, but it was the Ys that stand out! He seemed a top bloke and was proud as punch that you were burning us all off.
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saw dave graham in the liverpool tate a few weeks ago
Are you referring to the scouse DJ Dave Graham or Dave Graham Dave Graham?
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Are you referring to the scouse DJ Dave Graham or Dave Graham Dave Graham?
Surely the DJ, he's the real wad tick for all top scals. ;)
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I once asked johnny dawes if he thought lycra would ever make a comeback on the climbing scene, he said he didn't think people had the legs for it nowadays, too true.
Walked past renee zelwegrrergggerreeerrr dressed up in full garb as miss potter when they were filming in the lakes she was wearing a surprising amount of makeup.
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Are you referring to the scouse DJ Dave Graham or Dave Graham Dave Graham?
Surely the DJ, he's the real wad tick for all top scals. ;)
I'm really intrigued. I can't imagine yelps of sick, rad and psyche would go down too well in the tate?
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I'm really intrigued. I can't imagine yelps of sick, rad and psyche would go down too well in the tate?
Get it right Monolith. SYKE!. :whistle:
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I once asked johnny dawes if he thought lycra would ever make a comeback on the climbing scene, he said he didn't think people had the legs for it nowadays, too true.
Dennis Gray once complemented me on the way my legs looked - sticking out of skimpy running shorts, not lycra.
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Dennis Gray once complemented me on the way my legs looked - sticking out of skimpy running shorts, not lycra.
did this not scare you or even scar you.
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were you a young boy at the time?
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Fortunately I was old enough and confident enough to have a laugh with him about it. They were nicely tanned legs, honed from a long summer in the Alps. Still looked shit in Ron Hills though.
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Are you referring to the scouse DJ Dave Graham or Dave Graham Dave Graham?
unfortunately it was dave graham dave graham - he did look interested too, although not as animated as he is at the crag (seem to recall he is from an artistic family)
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i made dave graham cough out his broccoli when discussing sexual exploits...
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Is that a euphemism?
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was it "giving the dog a bath"?
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i made dave graham cough out his sexual exploits
saltbeef, you bully
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God knows why Davey G lad was in Liiiipooooooool liiiiiiiiiiiike. Shudda gis a ring n shit. Wudda fuckin takin im down da dispensary likkkkkkkkkke. Shut the teeeeeeerwaaaaaat right zowwwwwwn.
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At last monolith has started posting in the manner that he speaks.
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What, like Jamie Carragher?
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You fuckkkkin prixxxxxxxxx. Found dat Davey G lad down the rallah trynah nick me projects. Fuckin terwaaaated im the soft art luvin sheite.
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I had a swimming lesson from David Wilkie in abvout 1982 and recently met Matthew Corbett on a plane on the way to Switzerland. I once saw a very cained Ronnie Wood checking in to 1st class at Heathrow. Does Sean Bean count?
Siobhans wad ticks are somewhat more impressive: Being directed by Woody Allen directing a movie scene involving a boat row with and then fighting Hugh Jackman (v.nice guy apparently) whilst doubling Scarlet Johansen (whom she met beforehand). The list goes on.......
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theres probably a great innuendo-based gag there about "doubling Scarlet Johansen". bring a friend etc.
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God knows why Davey G lad was in Liiiipooooooool liiiiiiiiiiiike
on his way to pex, i'd say
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on his way to pex, i'd say
That was my worry. Thank goodness I got my long term Pex eliminate project done at the weekend. I'm sure Graham would have been after it...
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maybe he'd read andy f's recommendation on that other thread.
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Does seem a pretty weird sighting. Andy's more likely to have acted as an intercontinental psyche magnet attracting Dave against his wish ;) Get within 200 miles of Andy and you're psyched for anything I swear.
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Get within 200 miles of Andy and you're psyched for anything I swear.
Not quite "anything" in my case. Maybe you're more open-minded than me.
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its prob about 70 miles from shef to liverpool and i've never been psyched to go back to pex
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Merseyside needs a crag lawyer a la Panton/Orme combo.
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Merseyside needs a crag
you said it
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A wonderful appropriation of the quoting system, well done young man ;)
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band wagon jumping...
Merseyside needs a crag lawyer
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Jane Fonda cuddled me.
(albeit when I was only a few months old - but then that puts her at her at ~35 around the time of Barbarella).
OK - cuddle might be an exageration - I think she probably went "ahhh cuchi cuchi coo" and stroked my cheek, still gave me a hard on I bet.
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Doing 60+ round the wrong side of a bend in Provence with a Johnny, Sean, Ben M. the day of Maginot Line and Chris P.Power wriggles all over the road confirmed we'd nearly escaped death (there was a lorry, you see...). Unfortunately the Brat survived.
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I met 80s mega-alpinist Thierry 'Turbo' Renault at a party in Buxton and he said he remembered seeing me in Chamonix the previous season - obviously a complete fib
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I sat in the pub on Thursday with Andy Popp, Grimer, Pete Chadwick, Ben F, Mark Hounslea, Al Williams, Nige and Ewan McCallum (sp?).
;)
Good craic all round I think.
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I've met Will Hunt at Pex a fair few times.
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I sat in the pub on Thursday with Andy Popp, Grimer, Pete Chadwick, Ben F, Mark Hounslea, Al Williams, Nige and Ewan McCallum (sp?).
;)
Good craic all round I think.
Scraping the barrel there :P
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And such as the power iof the web is, Will, you're probably more famous than any of us :)
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And such as the power of the web is, Will, you're probably more famous than any of us :)
Quite. Who are you anyway? You remind me of some dodgy bloke who hangs out in a Formule1 carpark.
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I find you meet a higher class of individual in those special places.
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The exception proves the rule I suppose.
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Here we see a very lucky, young Twid getting the chance to join a mountaineering legend at the top of the Walker Spur
(http://jknujknu1.googlepages.com/Picture008.jpg)
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Ah, yes. Here we see that thin bloke from Barnsley, Andy Cave, on his awesome wad-tick of a day whilst he is lowered into the Cosmiques Couloir by The Mighty Lagers. The idea was to get some good photos for Cavey's sponsors, but his supermodel body doesn't show off mountaineering clothing at its best.
We did have a lovely descent though :thumbsup: thick crust that broke with aggressive turns and proper soft underneath.
(http://jknujknu1.googlepages.com/Picture009.jpg)
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Cubby, Schipol airport this afternoon. Pleasingly random.
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Hm, not sure how I missed this thread. I think I've got a few that can hold their own:
- I have various hexes that used to belong to Don Whillans (we almost bought his house off his Widow when I moved to N Wales as a kid).
- Got spotted by my childhood hero Ben Moon once in Parisella's when I was about 14; I never pulled so hard in my life.
More recently:
- Whilst climbing in the Buttermilks earlier this year with my daughter, we ran into Alex Honnold under Go Granny Go, who claimed he was there 'to learn how to boulder'.
- Most old skool wad tick: I seem to regularly bump into Eric Beck in The Happies. I think he likes to go and do a circuit there around 6pm every night.
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oh, and once watched Paul Piana do The Pain, The Pain It Hurts so Good round the Orme.
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While moving between boulders at Portlethen I rounded a corner to find Dave Mac a not stone throw away, full-on view of him taking a wizz. He was, and still is, the pinncale of my inspiration so I was instanlty dazed and couldn't quite take in what I was seeing. Head-down, keep on walking.
5mins later he crushed and downgraded Kayla
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A couple of years ago I was trying to hitch back to Sheffield from Calver, when a beat up Vauxhall came skidding to halt and Jonny Dawes poked his head out of the window and said "I hope you're not a nervous passenger!". Nice guy, and a quick journey home!
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I got some good techno ticks when I was friendly with the orbit crew: Met Afrika Bambatta at the Love Parade, Sven Vath paid my bar tab at the Omen, Marco Zaffarano told me about his Ketamine experiences and West Bam offered me some crack :o
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While moving between boulders at Portlethen I rounded a corner to find Dave Mac a not stone throw away, full-on view of him taking a wizz. He was, and still is, the pinncale of my inspiration so I was instanlty dazed and couldn't quite take in what I was seeing. Head-down, keep on walking.
5mins later he crushed and downgraded Kayla
How big was his dick?
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While moving between boulders at Portlethen I rounded a corner to find Dave Mac a not stone throw away, full-on view of him taking a wizz. He was, and still is, the pinncale of my inspiration so I was instanlty dazed and couldn't quite take in what I was seeing. Head-down, keep on walking.
5mins later he crushed and downgraded Kayla
How big was his dick?
Doylo, the Paxman of UKB asking the questions we need to know
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Only just discovered this thread.
I was at Manchester Uni at the same time as Johnny so saw him in the bar regularly, but had forgotten, until I recently dug my old copy of Paul Williams Snowdonia Guide out of a box in an attic, that I actually did a route with him: seconded him up the Plum at Tremadog in pouring rain in February '84, apparently.
On another wet weekend in Wales, was en route from Pete's to Eric's and gave Andy Pollitt & Basher a lift on their way to try Strawberries.
And to top it all, if my sciatica attack (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,20869.0.html) clears up in time, next weekend I'm going climbing in the Frankenjura with the brother of the president of the BMC!
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Oh, and last summer in Zillertal purchased aspirin the the pharmacy belonging to Luggi Rieser, who isn't well known outside the German-speaking world but damn well ought to be: trad 8a+ ground-up on the Marmolada in the 80s, for example. True Wad.
Just down the road from Peter Habeler's office too.
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A few months ago I belayed a mate who dropped his flesh tube/tunnel (http://www.arka-shop.co.uk/acatalog/ear-stretching-kits.html#Types) on Simon Nadin. Bit of an esoteric tick.
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for a minute i thought a flesh tube was one of those things single men have for whacking their johnson inside.
was good to see m boyson and rab at the roaches today.anyone who has got stuck on trango is a real climber
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While moving between boulders at Portlethen I rounded a corner to find Dave Mac a not stone throw away, full-on view of him taking a wizz. He was, and still is, the pinncale of my inspiration so I was instanlty dazed and couldn't quite take in what I was seeing. Head-down, keep on walking.
5mins later he crushed and downgraded Kayla
How big was his dick?
I just shat my pants. Have some wad.
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Went shopping for tights with Wolfgang Gullich. He bought the red and white striped pair he wore in the photo of him soloing Weedkiller.
It's a tiny world really. Back in '85 I was asked to pick up some lycras for Herr Gullich when I was down in Melbourne working one week. They were also red & white striped:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3073/3057993873_04f41a3ecb_z.jpg?zz=1)
He was doing those laps on Power, Corruption & Lies on my rope as well IIRC!
Also bouldered with Stefan Glowacz at Arapiles in '86, got beta from John Bachar on a route at Joshua Tree and was laughed at by Lynn Hill & friend while making a rather undignified retreat from some 5.11 roof in Eldorado Canyon (trousers split as I pulled around the lip..... :-[)
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I was dropped by Peter Croft whilst out climbing with Lynn Hill. Turns out he wasn't so used to sport climbing ;D
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Thought this thread might be worth reviving given the success of the "non climbing wad ticks" thread at the moment...
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A few years ago I topped out Grim Wall Direct at tremadog to find Alex Megos and strong german crew sat at the top watching Felix Neumarker latch the finishing hold on strawberries. Megos shouts "felix, teak thee farl" and he jumps off and ends up somewhere near the belayer..
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Did someone say Megos?
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i met louis theroux on saturday night. regardez moi.
My mate from Eyam is Theroux' doppleganger.. He made an appearance as Louis in one of those daft UKC 'Famous People Who Climb ?' threads following a Saturday with me at The Roaches.
Who's that then? Didn't know I had two.
(Soz, quite funny looking back through this thread... and remembering watching Wild at Heart with Glen Robbins in a small cottage in N Wales. When I was 16)
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Got high with Dave Graham in Magic Wood and beat his girlfriend at Fifa 8)
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Nothing will ever beat sitting outside at the cafe on evening at Travellers Rest in Rocklands, only to have Fred Nicole majestically appear out of the darkness while this was playing over the speakers:
http://youtu.be/rTFUM4Uh_6Y?t=158
It brought a tear to all of our eyes.
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Have a few for this:
Chatted (up) to Sasha Digiulian in Ceuse as I was belaying my mate dogging the shit out of a 6b on toprope...
Said hello to Adam Ondra as he walked the other way in Slovenia, he replied by looking away :slap:
Jonny Dawes came up to me in Burbage inspecting definitive 5.12 and asked me if I had any pads to try it with him. I ran off to grab pads, he was gone when I returned :'(
Fell off an E1 finger crack in Millstone and inverted with a shriek. Tom Randall ran round the corner and asked if I was ok...
Not sure if I have any more...
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Johnny Dawes walking back from Burbage S: "Are you going CLIMBING? What's it like? Do you get very high?" Everyone stayed in character for a good 2 or 3 minute chat and went on our way.
Kim Carrigan gave me a pair of the world's stiffest boots in a hut in Capel Curig. Wore them for ages and then swapped feet and wore them out again the wrong way round.
Inventing slacklining on a car park chain in Font and making a passing Grimer laugh
Royal Robbins flogging pants in a Vermont gear shop
Johnny Dawes being gifted Prof Popp's project in Harmer's Wood. He sold me a book. And a DVD.
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Which Harmer's route was that?
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haha funny thread,
Playing guitar with some Belgians in Camp 4, turned out to be Sean Villanova & Nico Favresse
Watching some kid cruise Left Wall, turned out to be Megos
Turning up at my friends house, turned out she was living with Dawes, spent all afternoon doing a jigsaw with him. Next time I saw him, he made me belay him.
Bridwell in a Joshua Tree campsite. What a guy
My friend had a good one, he was asleep on Awahnee Ledge on the Leaning Tower. Was woken up by Honnold 'dropping in' from above & they spent a few days together whilst he was working on Wet Lycra Nightmare
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Grimer is now a wad tick. Brilliant.
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Which Harmer's route was that?
What became The Dark Ark - not your route left of the corner ...which looks blummin impressive
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Don't be fooled. The wall left of the corner is just one conditions dependent move and not as sustained as The Dark Ark.
I thought Andy did the FA of TDA?
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Don't be fooled. The wall left of the corner is just one conditions dependent move and not as sustained as The Dark Ark.
I thought Andy did the FA of TDA?
I'm fairly sure that JD didnt do any of the Harmers projects Andy was working on....
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Grimer is now a wad tick. Brilliant.
In that case - I'm a climber in one of the crag pics in Boulder Britain. That's me hungover, sporting a pink / turquoise stripy polo shirt on a 3+ warmup at Caley by Otley Wall.
Also, at the Broadfield playing pool downstairs before the Jerry Ape Index lecture. Leaning over table and lining up my shot I looked down the cue to see the man himself stood there glancing round the room looking for someone. I shanked the shot.
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Oh now, forget I mentioned anything :)
Yes, Andy was being very generous with his project ...and subsequently did it himself AFAIK. I'll get me Helly.
JD did have his mobile shop in his sac though.
EDIT - can you punter yourself?
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JD did have his mobile shop in his sac though.
like one of Santa's little helpers - nice image
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JD did have his mobile shop in his sac though.
I don't want to hear anything about Johnny's sac thanks.
EDIT - too quick lagers
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I'm fairly sure that JD didnt do any of the Harmers projects Andy was working on....
Andy was being very generous with his project ...and subsequently did it himself AFAIK.
I'm sure the man himself will see this at some point and clear up this confusion!
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I was recently in Verdon to arrange some business details, with lots of spare time but no climbing partner.
While driving to la palud for a selfbelay session, I pick up a random hitchhiker.
Happens to be 9a/freerider/desert 5.13 climber (verified)
We go straight to escalés and we both get spanked by the most sandbagged 7a+ on the planet!!! :D
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The other day, I fell off my warmup with Dani Andrada belaying and a full film crew audience :'(
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I'm fairly sure that JD didnt do any of the Harmers projects Andy was working on....
Andy was being very generous with his project ...and subsequently did it himself AFAIK.
I'm sure the man himself will see this at some point and clear up this confusion!
After I first cleaned TDA I, for some unknown reason, told Johnny he could have first dibs. But then when he broke his leg I thought blow that for a game of soldiers and did it myself.
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A few years back I was celebrating in the Vaynol arms with my mates, having done my first and second E1's (terrifying, I actually skipped the HVS grade). Jonny Dawes walks up to me and tries to sell me a signed copy of his book and his DVD. I had no idea who he was at the time and told him I had no money.
Last year nearly fell off the 2nd pitch crux of Grim Wall Direct while Nick Bullock had the biggest fall I've ever seen trying Strawberries. Our ropes got stuck on the abseil and his belayer shouted up at him to free our ropes (he didn't hear :( )
Toprope soloing on the southern sandstone a few years back and a bunch of 'old' guys borrowed my guidebook. They take turns looking at all of the pictures and it turns out they're the actual authors. One of them gave me a belay by holding my rope in his bare hands and I actually fell off my project. I was shitting myself! He held me and made it look easy
Got a 'well done mate' from Callum Muskett after climbing Left Wall a few weeks back :great:
Sat two tables down from Caff in the pub on Lundy. He's tiny!
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Sat two tables down from Caff in the pub on Lundy. He's tiny!
He's bigger when you're sat on the table next to him.
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Sat two tables down from Caff in the pub on Lundy. He's tiny!
Ah, reminded me of one more! Caff taught me to trad climb on a plas y Benin course. What great to climb with a legendary climber for four days. Had to lump it with Andy Turner on day five [emoji16]
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I got recognized as that bloke who posts bouldering videos on two consecutive days at the weekend
in Yorkshire
maybe I should put all my vids onto DVD and try selling them at the crag?
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maybe I should put all my vids onto DVD and try selling them at the crag?
Thats what was on the DVD's JD was trying to flog in the Vaynol...
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Double wad tick at Fairhead - both times Honnolded!
First one was belaying on The Mask (a great fun and low in the grade E5). Some guy was standing on the adjacent promontory taking some photos of us. I waved. His mate wandered over and gave us a thumbs up. The mate was Honnold!
A couple of days later we were a bit trashed from 4 days non-stop climbing so decided to have a "lazy day" top-roping the bold, but not strenuous, - E6 Hell's Kitchen Arete. After a few goes and a check of the gear we both decided to have a cheeky headpoint. Graham went first, then I did the deed after him. Just as I was belaying Graham up for a second time to strip my gear, Alex popped round the corner and asked what we were on:
AH: "Hey, what's that, it looks kinda fun"
Me: "Hell's Kitchen Arete, it's great, and now it's clean and chalked. You should do it"
AH: "awesome, yeah, that's a 5 or a 6 isn't it"
ME: [thinking huh, 5 or 6??] "ah, yeah, E6 but we top roped it first"
Later that day he apparently onsighted it (on a rope) before doing his soloing thing on The Complete Scream.
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AH: "awesome, yeah, that's a 5 or a 6 isn't it"
Because saying the letter E in front of a number takes a lot of effort?
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Nah, he just didn't have a clue!
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Wad tick in Magic. After bashing my head on a rock, receiving first aid outside Bodhi Lounge. Dave Graham: "Hey man, do you mind if I take a film of the gore?" Never saw it appear on social media :whatever:
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Wad tick in Magic. After bashing my head on a rock, receiving first aid outside Bodhi Lounge. Dave Graham: "Hey man, do you mind if I take a film of the gore?" Never saw it appear on social media :whatever:
Jesus. You've become an exhibit in DG's private gore fetish cabinet. Do you feel used?
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"How'd it feel??"
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Would have been perfect if you were next to him in the cue..
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Chalk that one up to experience.
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Would have been perfect if you were next to him in the cue..
Give him a break
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Would have been perfect if you were next to him in the cue..
Give him a break
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If he worked for Hermes delivering parcels, he could give you one for seven.
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If he worked for Hermes delivering parcels, he could give you one for seven.
You framed that perfectly.
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Give it a rest.
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Glad to see you guys don't baulk at making the odd pun.
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Got dropped by Peter Croft once. Round a corner, near a bolt so lots of drag... he paid rope out at first till it all started accelerating.
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Long Black?
/too late?
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Long Black?
/too late?
Best of the lot. You guys need to take a break though.
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Now a proper was tick would be to be sat next to Terry Nutkins in a Costa.
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Now a proper was tick would be to be sat next to Terry Nutkins in a Costa.
Ive climbed next to him....
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Long Black?
/too late?
Did you have it in a mug or did you go for a pot instead?
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Surely he should go here
http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php?topic=6509.125
unless he's chalked up (sorry) an impressive ticklist in his later years.
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Surely he should go here
http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php?topic=6509.125 (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php?topic=6509.125)
unless he's chalked up (sorry) an impressive ticklist in his later years.
Good point - I knew there was a thread for this!
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Good thread, I've got a few more:
Met Steve Mcclure in Spain and ended up climbing with him for the day, I was pretty star-struck at the time. Later that year I moved up to Sheffield and see him at the Climbing Works party dancing hypnotically on a podium, can't for the life of me imagine why... I wander over to him and try to say hello when after about 10 seconds a female member of his entourage barks at me: 'JUST LET THE MAN DANCE!' I scurried off after that :'(
Again at the works, was wandering over with some mates in Super Mario fancy dress for the CWIF. Megos jumps out of a car and asks if he can take our photo. Last we ever heard of that... :???:
In Pete's Eats a couple of years ago trying to find a table I see some seats next to John Redhead and a mate of his. I asked him 'can we sit here please?' He replied: 'I dunno, CAN You???' mind-blowing stuff... we just sat down.
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Flailing hopelessly on the comp wall at Boulderwelt today, only to turn round and see Jacky Godoffe watching from the bar. :'(
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Non-climbing, but I sat next to Terry Griffiths in Costa yesterday.
Slightly :offtopic:
About 20 years ago i beat Dean Reynolds (former world no. 8) twice in a row at pool. Best 2 games I ever played by quite a margin. He played a mate after making an 8 ball clearance, show boating the black in off 4 cushions!
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My minor claim to fame is that I'm a regular contributor to the page "Meme-Theoretic: Theoretical Physics Memes".
Take from that what you will.
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Confining myself to this decade, and with recent events in mind, I’m nominating Ueli Steck and Alex Honnold gatecrashing my 50th birthday party.
Venue was The Block ledge, 2000’ up the Salathe Wall. We were on a very non-speedy ascent and by day 4 were knackered, woke late, so chose to chill for the whole day. A cool spot to celebrate the start of my sixth decade. This delay meant missing the flight home but that’s another story.
To that point we had had the route completely to ourselves but suddenly parties started to appear. One pair were moving particularly efficiently and they turned out to be Steck and Honnold. Pleasantries were exchanged - Honnold chatty, exchanging beta; Steck more reserved - and off they went.
Around three hours later they reappeared, abseiling back down the route. They were both completely relaxed, neither bothering clipping the belay as they pulled their ropes and set up the next abseil. It was just a day out cragging.
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I once met Jack Longland (of Javelin Blade, Longland's Climb etc. fame). Strangely, if I remember correctly, this took place at the Foundry.
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Nice one Duncan.
That reminds me of my first day on The Nose (age 19). On one of the early pitches before Sickle there's a pendulum/lower out from the belay (for the second). I had yet to master the art of aid climbing (first aid route) and was seconding the first block. Anyway, I'm on the belay and about to lower out when who appears from below but Hans Florine and Steve Schneider. We exchange brief hellos as, anxious to get a move on and out of their way, I literally cut loose from the belay and am catapulted across the wall. Luckily I don't slam into anything. Schneider dryly calls up "wow, that's the fastest pendulum I've ever seen!"* I am very :-[.
This was the year after I'd been introduced to Peter Croft, who was working in Tuolumne. I had my sights set on the Bachar-Yerian and asked Croft how it was? To my surprise he revealed that he's never led it, as it was a face route. After our ascent, Croft bought us a crate of beer, not realising we were under the legal drinking age. The Rangers removed it from our campsite anyway, as we'd left it lying around for a beer to drink.
*Rich K who posts on here sometimes met Schneider at Smith Rocks and tells a funny story of Schneider dogging To Bolt or similar and shouting down to Rich on a couple of occasions variously "hey man, those noxious fumes are putting me off" (Rich was smoking) and "hey, can you quit that chitter chat".
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I met Peter Croft on the campsite in Apt. He seemed as nice and humble as you'd expect. That was also the first time I met Grimer. The very first thing he did was to try and completely sandbag me, the bastard.
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Confining myself to this decade, and with recent events in mind, I’m nominating Ueli Steck and Alex Honnold gatecrashing my 50th birthday party.
Reminds me, Lisa Rands and Wills Young gatecrashed my birthday party in Bishop. Well not really, Mick Ryan invited them round to where we were staying.
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Confining myself to this decade, and with recent events in mind, I’m nominating Ueli Steck and Alex Honnold gatecrashing my 50th birthday party.
Not similarly confining myself, I hope they were suitably impressed at encountering a former NIAD record holder.
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Confining myself to this decade, and with recent events in mind, I’m nominating Ueli Steck and Alex Honnold gatecrashing my 50th birthday party.
Not similarly confining myself, I hope they were suitably impressed at encountering a former NIAD record holder.
Honnold said "you'll be mentioned in my book". ;)
More name-dropping, from 1984:
I belayed Alan Watts on an early ascent of The Phoenix (https://www.mountainproject.com/v/the-phoenix/105875268). The deal was he would lend me 40 'biners for a wall rack in exchange for a day holding his ropes. The route was supposedly the hardest crack in Yosemite (and therefore the world). He'd tried it the previous year, struggled, and expected a prolonged siege.
Watts was a prime-mover in introducing top-down bolting and redpointing to the US (http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/alan-watts-climbing-interview.html) against considerable opposition. Watching him climb was an eye-opener, I'd never come across such professionalism before. At that time climbers, particularly Brits., liked to see themselves as above that sort of thing. To be cool you had to succeed without really trying. Alan had a topo of the route with every gear placement and jam individually described ("left hand, middle two fingers, thumb down") and he double-checked them all on the abseil down. It turned out to be a great deal for me: he fired it first go.
If I had had any sense all I'd have learned from this and immediately embraced redpointing. Of course I didn’t.
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Confining myself to this decade, and with recent events in mind, I’m nominating Ueli Steck and Alex Honnold gatecrashing my 50th birthday party.
Not similarly confining myself, I hope they were suitably impressed at encountering a former NIAD record holder.
Honnold said "you'll be mentioned in my book". ;)
More name-dropping, from 1984:
I belayed Alan Watts on an early ascent of The Phoenix (https://www.mountainproject.com/v/the-phoenix/105875268). The deal was he would lend me 40 'biners for a wall rack in exchange for a day holding his ropes. The route was supposedly the hardest crack in Yosemite (and therefore the world). He'd tried it the previous year, struggled, and expected a prolonged siege.
Watts was a prime-mover in introducing top-down bolting and redpointing to the US (http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/alan-watts-climbing-interview.html) against considerable opposition. Watching him climb was an eye-opener, I'd never come across such professionalism before. At that time climbers, particularly Brits., liked to see themselves as above that sort of thing. To be cool you had to succeed without really trying. Alan had a topo of the route with every gear placement and jam individually described ("left hand, middle two fingers, thumb down") and he double-checked them all on the abseil down. It turned out to be a great deal for me: he fired it first go.
If I had had any sense all I'd have learned from this and immediately embraced redpointing. Of course I didn’t.
Great story. That said, being 1984, Jerry had probably already flashed it.
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Jim Perrin just liked a post of mine on Facebook! (I've never Jim, strangely, which is why this feels slightly amazing)
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Last Saturday I was climbing at Chapel Head Scar. Dave Birkett and Mary and their sprog were there also.
I've admired Dave's rock climbing since about the time I started. When the rain set in and it was time for home, I'm embarrassed to say that I was completely star struck when he deigned to speak to us as we left. What wisdom would the great man impart?
"You lads leaving already? You'll never improve with these half days at the crag, you know! You'll never improve!"
Bittersweet.
:'( :lol:
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Bet they left 2 min after you ;)
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Jim Perrin just liked a post of mine on Facebook! (I've never Jim, strangely, which is why this feels slightly amazing)
I somehow ended up friends on FB with Jim, we bonded over left wing politics!
I've been on a good run with the wad ticks, in March got the double tick in Margalef, both Tommy and Ondra were at the crag. Tommy was super friendly, we had a chat with him and his lad Fitz
The crowning glory though was this weekend gone, where along with Mina, Hazel, Maddy and Michaela I dressed in a lycra onesy as part of a mermaid-themed flashmob for a wedding. On reflection maybe that isn't the sort of thing to readily admit to....
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Chatted to Dave Graham again in Rocklands. Remembered me as "the one who smashed his head" from Magic Wood :2thumbsup:
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He singled me out of the audience at a talk he gave at the Lescar and asked that I stand up then asked that I apologise for assuming that Joe Brown had placed the chockstone on Right Eliminate.
Given everybody assumed that, he should have asked the whole audience to stand up and do the same.
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along with Mina, Hazel, Maddy and Michaela I dressed in a lycra onesy as part of a mermaid-themed flashmob for a wedding. On reflection maybe that isn't the sort of thing to readily admit to....
Photos or it never happened.
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He singled me out of the audience at a talk he gave at the Lescar and asked that I stand up then asked that I apologise for assuming that Joe Brown had placed the chockstone on Right Eliminate.
Given everybody assumed that, he should have asked the whole audience to stand up and do the same.
See - that's what happens when you call someone a Helsard...
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Who did place it then?
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along with Mina, Hazel, Maddy and Michaela I dressed in a lycra onesy as part of a mermaid-themed flashmob for a wedding. On reflection maybe that isn't the sort of thing to readily admit to....
One of these mer"maids" is not like the others ...
Apologies if you are in fact Daniela M
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Jakob Schubert watched me attempting Out of Balance yesterday to get beta for his flash. Had Gabri Moroni's pad and Alex Khazanov spotting too. Obviously I fucked it up that go...
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Who did place it then?
No idea. There were three and Paul Mitchell took out two. I recall seeing it in this state and it looked ridiculous. There is a vague reference to a controversial chockstone or chockstones made by Mick Fowler in his piece in Extreme Rock. I intend asking him what he knows whenever get to meet him (he is a BMC patron).
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I remember reading about this worm-can back in OTE letters years ago. One of the letters started out "Simon Lee? Who he?" which pops into my head every time I see your name now.
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(he is a BMC patron ising wanker).
By the sounds of it.
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Er, I think Shark was referring to Saint Mick (Piolet d'or & Bar etc etc) at this point.
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Ah OK, as you were.
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Shared a circuit board with La Pooch at Boulderwelt this afternoon. Wonder what she's in Bavaria for? Autumn campaign on AD, one can fondly hope.
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I had a good old chat to Big Ron in a dream last night. He was a bus conductor. I can't remember where the bus was going.
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Stanage I reckon.
Excellent dream anyway! Hope you're well Andy
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Cheese before bed?
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Stanage I reckon.
Has to be odds on, doesn't it? Or maybe the X23, a bus that used to ply a regular route across the Peak, from Stoke to Sheffield, and that could drop you within walking distance of much of the best climbing in the region: all of Staffordshire grit, the central limestone and the eastern edges. Best bus service ever.
Shark, re: your wad point. Yes, we were on a bus, the bus was going somewhere, and Ron was wearing a uniform and carrying a ticket machine (do these even still exist?).
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Working on the buses was briefly a popular job amongst Sheffield climbers in the late 70s/early 80s. POD, Strappo, some of the Stokes’ brothers and, I think, others were drivers or conductors. The keen could fit a half day climbing between split shifts. Sadly, I don’t think Ron was ever one of them.
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Bet he doesn't look a million miles from Blakey from "On The Busses" these days, maybe that's where the train (bus) of thought in your dream was going.
Isn't there a dreams thread somewhere?
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Neil Bentley once took me down a cave. Not sure why
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I dreamed about Ron Hill, I wonder if the two Ron’s have ever met in a dream?
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(https://iv1.lisimg.com/image/9699661/600full-the-two-ronnies----------------------------------%281971--1987%29-screenshot.jpg)
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Sadly, I don’t think Ron was ever one of them.
Could someone double-check next time they see him? Ta.
As to Blakey, that calls for someone's photoshop skills.
And Bravo! Cheque.
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I think Ron’s employment history probably could be written on the back of a postage stamp. :lol:
However I was a bus conductor for the West Yorkshire road car company at the same time as Mark S’s uncle Pete.
Paid for a trip to the states in 1979.
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Working on the buses was briefly a popular job amongst Sheffield climbers in the late 70s/early 80s. POD, Strappo, some of the Stokes’ brothers and, I think, others were drivers or conductors. The keen could fit a half day climbing between split shifts. Sadly, I don’t think Ron was ever one of them.
Chris Gore was a bus driver too