The Very Big and The Very Small Steve McClure will enlighten us during February on the secret of his success. Steve is one of the strongest and most committed climbers in the UK. Famous for pushing grades into new realms of difficulty he gives an insight into what it takes to succeed at the 9a grade and why the hell anyone would want to go to such extremes. First inspired by the Dawes slate masterpiece ‘The Very Big and The Very Small', Steve's focus shifted from trad to the hardest rock routes possible. Having recently packed in his job, Steve discusses how his motivation has moved on from the very small, super hard redpoints in Britain to long onsights in Europe, and more recently to the very big trad walls of Greenland.
· Sunday Feb 8th - Bristol Pear, Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6BJ
· Monday Feb 9th - Castle Climbing Centre, Greenlanes, London N4 2HA- nearest tube Manor House
· Tuesday Feb 10th - Welsh International Climbing Centre, Taff Bargoed, Trelewis, S.Wales CF46 6RD
· Wednesday Feb 11th - The Hen & Chicken, 210 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1JF
· Thursday Feb 12th - Hendre Hall, Aber Road, Talybont, nr Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 3YP
· Sunday Feb 15th - The Lescar Hotel, 303 Sharrow Vale Road (Hunters Bar), Sheffield S11 8ZF
· Monday Feb 16th - Jabez Clegg Beer Hall, 2 Portsmouth Street, Manchester M13 9GB
· Tuesday Feb 17th - The Adelphi Hotel, Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ
· Wednesday Feb 18th - Penrith Rugby Club, Winters Park, Penrith CA11 8RG
· Thursday Feb 19th - The Adventure Centre, South Plate Hill, Ratho, Edinburgh EH28 8AA
Each show will also feature:
- Grey Hairs And Gravity, a short docu-film by American film-maker Dave Vaughn
- From Gritstone to Greenland - Stunning photographs set to music by acclaimed photographer Nick Boden.
- A short Deep Water Soloing film by Mark Reeves - featuring Leo Houlding, Johnny Dawes and some very, very big falls.
- More stunning photographs, this time taken by a number of UK based women, again set to music.
- Competitions sponsored by Fat Face, Petzl, and POD.
Tickets cost £4.50 in advance and £5 on the door.
Shows start at 7.45pm.
Full details and ticket sales can be found at
heason.net
