[Stu Littlefair]

Absolutely brilliant. Haven't read better.

[benpritch]

Grimer you should do a compilation of all your writing in a book or something? Stunning writing/writer.

[Johnny Brown]

I was just thinking that the other day, Perrin has done enough books from his climbers columns. High time Red Roddy got a wider airing.

[Pitcairn]

That is brilliant.  I would definitely buy a book of Grimer's writing 

[SA Chris]

Likewise. I liked some of the non-climbing related stuff he used to put on UKC too, like the one about the guys microwaving their brains for a laugh.

[grimer]

Oh hey, thanks everyone  I can print them all off at work and flog it for a fiver.

[galpinos]

Add me to the list of people who'd buy a Grimer Compilation book.

[monkey boy]

Oh hey, thanks everyone  I can print them all off at work and flog it for a fiver.

Another failed business idea right there!!

No hankerings of North Wales?!

[Bonjoy]

Brilliant.  I'd buy said book

[JohnM]

Is there a link anywhere to Grimer's story about staying in a random eastern Europeans flat and freezing to death in a tent in Font (I think that's what it was about)!?

[stevej]

it's been republished on UKC; naturally they all found it horribly offensive.

As much as I hate linking there, there are some more here

[Dave Flanagan]

The weird wanking stories might broaden the appeal to other niches outside climbing.

[grimer]

Blush blush. Very kind of you all.

There's loads of good stuff around. I kinda imagine folks on here don't buy mags much but Climb comes through my door and I always find myself enjoying stuff in it. The last one had something by someone called Sarah Jane Dobner that I really liked.

But in case anyone hasn't seen this, this is mindblowing

http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13017-conquering-the-unknown-factors-david-graham

[205Chris]

I would definitely buy said book.

I really used to enjoy your BMC blog - link here for anyone who's not seen it.

Last blog entry Feb 2008 - time for an update 

[benpritch]

http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13017-conquering-the-unknown-factors-david-graham

DG article is amazing. I'd buy that book too.

[slackline]

DG article is amazing. I'd buy that book too.

Dave Graham Pro Blog @ Climber

Remember reading the last entry just after he'd done The Island, its more about discovering a state of mind (oh and he didn't get on with the French police).

[SA Chris]

There's loads of good stuff around. I kinda imagine folks on here don't buy mags much but Climb comes through my door and I always find myself enjoying stuff in it.

I buy it intermittently and am always impressed with the writing and photos, and actually read most of it. Which I haven't done since early OTE days.

[chris05]

  I came across it whilst wasting time at work, reading through a few of the blogs, didn't think it really stood out. However the Grimer article is great.

[Stubbs]

I have seen links to that article all over the internet. What is that people like about it? Seems like a fairly linear account of trying some problems with a few scatterings of unprofound introspection. What am I missing?

I like that it's an insight into the process and thoughts of the most prolific developers of hard boulders in the world at the top of his game.  I guess it would be less remarkable if he was talking about doing Brad Pit or 1,8,14, but he's talking about repeating an 8C and opening 3 8B's in a newly discovered bouldering area, on blocks which he's had the vision to see contain 3* hard problems.  I think that's pretty cool.

[slackline]

In that regards its a rehash of his "The Island" blog post further up, I found that quite interesting, less so the more recent one on 5.10 (could be down to the fact that I've been to Font but not the US locations though).

[lagerstarfish]

Blush blush. Very kind of you all.

perhaps you could publish that story you wrote about being caught by your parents with a pr0n mag?

had me chuckling for days

[ferret]

brilliant, did you ever get an answer from dean?

[slackline]

How to put people off visiting somewhere

[SA Chris]

I'm astounded. Scarpa refer to Percy as an Athlete.

[Tommy]

Grimer was the original reason why I bought climbing mags when I first started climbing - totally awesome then and still is now.

A Grimology question: When you wrote that article about different types of climber and one was called the "Bumbly", was that your coining of the term?