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What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 07, 2018, 10:11:18 am
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/ukc/lakeland_summer_round-up-693879?v=1

Anyone know what is being alluded to on the other channel in relation to the first ascent of Dramarama at Tilberthwaite.


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#1 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 07, 2018, 05:20:54 pm
Looks like it’s now had posts removed by Alan James

 
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Alan James - UKC and UKH -  on 18:35 Sat
Can we keep this one on positive stuff about some great ascents in the Lakes. Please keep other speculation and stories elsewhere, away from UKC.

Thanks

Alan

Could he mean here?  :lol:

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#2 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 10:08:11 am
Well there is a chance of having a clear and positive discussion about contentious issues on here....

I think some clarity and explicitness would be good. The initially "popcorny" posts about hold reinforcement on the Signs Of The Devil thread turned into a good acknowledgement of the issue and some useful information sharing. Better these things aren't swept under the carpet.

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#3 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 11:02:43 am
The thing is most of us have no idea what the issue is nor what is being swept under the carpet (or not)!

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#4 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 12:41:06 pm
Aye, that's the problem. A few people dropped useless hints about seriously dodgy / damaging tactics (rock damage? plant clearance? what?) on UKC but the posts got deleted any no-one is saying any more. It's not exactly going to educate people or highlight stuff to be avoided is it....

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#5 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 12:49:32 pm
Looks like it’s now had posts removed by Alan James

 
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Alan James - UKC and UKH -  on 18:35 Sat
Can we keep this one on positive stuff about some great ascents in the Lakes. Please keep other speculation and stories elsewhere, away from UKC.

Thanks

Alan

Could he mean here?  :lol:

If so, I think he's right. UKC is not the place to have a initiated discussion about contentious subjects in climbing – UKB is much better for that, since many on here actually climb.

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#6 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 01:26:56 pm
I heard that the arete in question was hand carved in a collaboration between Andy Goldsworthy and Neil Gresham. Its potential first ascent by a young female headpointer, and The Process behind this, was being filmed for a new climbing movie called Brexit Rock, highlighting the wonderful opportunities available in our country, and the lack of any need to travel abroad, ever.

Young Birkett, ignorant of all the above, was driving down Yewdale one day and thought he spotted a stranded Herdy at the to top of the arete. Rather than looking for a path round the back, he followed the chalky clues, only to realise what he had mistaken for a sheep was in fact a few locks of Dave Pickford's hair.

I've been waiting for Lincoln to comment, he's not usually shy about spreading a bit of gossip!

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#7 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 02:27:08 pm
It also went quiet on the Obsession thread when Pete Gunn? said the lady in question had avoided the crux’s on both her   Armathwaite headpoints.

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#8 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 07:45:47 pm
I've been waiting for Lincoln to comment, he's not usually shy about spreading a bit of gossip!

 :ang:

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#9 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 08:00:01 pm
It also went quiet on the Obsession thread when Pete Gunn? said the lady in question had avoided the crux’s on both her   Armathwaite headpoints.

How do you avoid the crux on a route? Are these eliminates?

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#10 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 08:25:17 pm
I don’t think so. I think it was a case of moving right into a slightly easier route climbing that for a few moves then moving back left, rather than going direct.

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#11 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 08:33:55 pm
To be fair to the lass, as uninteresting as highballpoints of sub-cutting-edge routes are, there's very little easier on that entire bloody slab, I've been in the area many times and climbed several adjacent routes and it is a lonely and sketchy place to be.

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#12 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 10:41:21 pm
Its potential first ascent by a young female headpointer, and The Process behind this, was being filmed for a new climbing movie called Brexit Rock

Huh, you should break out the camera and get filming, there’s Potential for a ‘people’s choice’ award at Kendal in that idea surely? Although I’d prefer to see something about a guru like boulderer sat on a cowpat strewn piece of earth under demon wall roof, contemplating his navel for at least 5 years 😉

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#13 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 10:47:28 pm
Although I’d prefer to see something about a guru like boulderer sat on a cowpat strewn piece of earth under demon wall roof, contemplating his navel for at least 5 years 😉

Sounds like something that would have to be shot on grainy 8mm, silent movie style with intertitle cards espousing the meaningless of life  ;D

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#14 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 09, 2018, 10:50:14 pm
It would be a great piece if it wasn’t all so utterly pointless

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#15 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 07:54:51 am
Although I’d prefer to see something about a guru like boulderer sat on a cowpat strewn piece of earth under demon wall roof, contemplating his navel for at least 5 years 😉

Sounds like something that would have to be shot on grainy 8mm, silent movie style with intertitle cards espousing the meaningless of life  ;D

I'd go for a Seventh Seal vibe; accentuate the bleakness of t'cliff (not difficult really), some portentous dialogue, a feeling of utter hopelessness and the inevitability of failure...  "Grit have mercy on us, because we are weak and ignorant and have insufficient core".  If you need someone to portray Death give me a shout - I'm already pretty cadaverous so it'll cut down on make-up costs.

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#16 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 08:05:50 am
so #nofilter then? ;)

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#17 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 10:27:42 am
So what happened at tilberthwaite then?

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#18 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 10:30:40 am
Is it something to do with R-Man's tripod?

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#19 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 10:48:13 am
So what happened at tilberthwaite then?

Yeah - someone spill the beans. Even by UKB standards this thread is obscure and cliquey!

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#20 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 11:43:59 am
So what happened at tilberthwaite then?

Yeah - someone spill the beans. Even by UKB standards this thread is obscure and cliquey!

This is a thread?
Not some sort of mass Tourettes?

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#21 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 12:10:17 pm
So what happened at tilberthwaite then?

Yeah - someone spill the beans. Even by UKB standards this thread is obscure and cliquey!

This is a thread?
Not some sort of mass Tourettes?

I believe the correct collective noun for Tourette’s is a parliament :)

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#22 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 12:33:12 pm
Was Greshy involved mate?

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#23 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 01:47:10 pm
To be fair, you don't need Times Crossword level deciphering skill to make sense of most of Teestub's post. The unknown still for me (having no knowledge of this thing other than this thread and the UKC thread) is to what extent WB et al were aware of the 'preparation', people involved and intended 'use' for the route before he went and climbed it....
Teestub's post suggests they knew nothing but think I saw something to the contrary (before it got censored) on UKC.
what relation is Will to Dave out of interest?

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#24 Re: What happened at Tilberwaite?
October 10, 2018, 02:11:58 pm
My post is entirely a work of fiction, I have no knowledge of the comings or goings involved at all.

It does look good though, good effort from Cal going ground up.


 

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