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The John Gaskins Appreciation Thread
May 09, 2009, 10:13:01 pm
Clearing out my hard drive I came across a few pics I had knocking about, so thought I'd share them with you.  There out on the web somewhere, but here they are collected together for the worship of Johnny G.

Enjoy :lol:




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 :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag: :shag:

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gaskins=legend :bow: :bow: :bow:

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A prilgrim on a pilgrimage..



legend.

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Ain't it the truth!

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I reckon some of that Gaskins magic rubbed off on Doylo when he touched the holds on Shadow Play - he did his route project on the Ormes last night (new F8a+ left of Masterclass).

You might call that a coincidence, I call it magic Gaskins energy!

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Don't suppose you could up load some of the best pics so we can see them for more than a second. Good thread

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Yeah, I'll trawl through stuff when I get home.
Any requests?

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Nice one:
At the heart of it all - fo sho
Kaizen
In fact most Woodwell stuff
Anything cool
Cheers

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Have you got a copy of God on VNB as well? I remember seeing a DMM poster with a picture of him on it, that was quite good.

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No, it used to be online somewhere but I've tried and failed to find it in the past.  Sorry.

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Outside of Silverdale


Darkness Before The Dawn  8a+
Glendasan, Wicklow





Brad's Arete SDS 
Eagle Tor





Atomic Playboy 8a+
Buthiers Piscine





Pillbox Wall 8a+/b
Great Orme





8Ball 8a+/b
Gardom's





Le Miroir des Vanités   8b
Cuvier Rempart





Not sure what this is but I seem to remember it's easier than 7c  :shrug:




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Silverdale 1- Fairy Steps


Axiom 7c+ (sitter 8a+)





Aeons
8a+





Aeon Prow 7c+





Walk Away SDS 8c


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Silverdale 2- Woodwell


At The Heart Of It All 8b+







Screaming Slave LH 7c





Cloning Technology 8a+





Some warm up or other





Anesthesia Reverse 8b+






Anesthesia 8b





Kaizen 8b





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Montage- Walk Away, Hubble, JG's head cropped from shot of him on Militia at Giggleswick






Silverdale 3


Shallow Groove 8a
Trowbarrow





Isla de Encanta 8b
Trowbarrow






Voodoo People 7b
Warton





Transgenic 8a
Hyning Wood




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Some more from the last time we did this:


Violent New Breed 9a+

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John Gaskins completed Violent New Breed (9a+, or 5.15a) at the G-Spot, in Gigleswick, England. Gaskins bolted the route in 1993 and worked on it for the following two summers; in 1995, he spent roughly 50 days traying to master it. 1996 looked to be the year of the redpoint, until Gaskins discovered that one of the holds, a subtly glued-back-on crimp, had been knocked off, with the words "Tut tut" chalked onto the crag, and lost interest. In 2000, he returned, and bested the move without the edge. In 2004, Gaskins redpointed the bouldery 20-foot line.


Wow Prow Project, Glenmacnass


Dice Project, Glenmacnass

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Awesome, more for the collection  :thumbsup:

I tried and failed to get the VNB pic, good work Man of Lists!!

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I'm fucking loving this thread, keep it coming...

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Presumably that's the "Un named 7b in Ireland" that won't link anymore on your old thread?

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Presumably that's the "Un named 7b in Ireland" that won't link anymore on your old thread?

Definitely looks like wicklow. Pretty sure its not Glendo. Could be Away From The Numbers in Lough Bray?
« Last Edit: May 13, 2009, 09:36:54 pm by chillax »

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Are there no video's of him crushing? Without video evidence he might just be holding on for the photo (I don't mean that, I am a true believer really). I just want video's of him to watch as I do my dead hangs....

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That would involve illegally ripping Stick It.....   :-\

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PRAISE G.


Thanks for putting the single shots up, the gif idea was pretty bollox.

Need to get a large version of the VNB pic, it is pure G magic....

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Thanks for putting the single shots up, the gif idea was pretty bollox.

It was to avoid having a full page of photos that would take ages to load.
Still a valuable G Worship idea though, just a shame you ain't got the dedication to appretiate it.
And you think Surfer Rosa is shit- hmmmm, I feel a non-believer walks amongst us!   :o

 

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