[Stubbs]

Quite into that selective focus action, bet it will look great in the final cut on a big screen, wonder if it's an expensive lense or less expensive post production?

[benpritch]

Quite into that selective focus action, bet it will look great in the final cut on a big screen, wonder if it's an expensive lense or less expensive post production?

is magic bullet looks - swing tilt. $399

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/store/all/magic-bullet-looks/

[Stubbs]

is magic bullet looks - swing tilt. $399

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/store/all/magic-bullet-looks/

Nice, is that what you used on the videos of Ty in font to get the colour effects, or did you just use a filter?

[MorganW]

Has anyone climbed at the Brand? I'm v unlikely to go there but I like my esoteria and it looks intriguing.

one guy has logged it on UKC:

http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/showlog.html?id=47476

based on his other ascents, seems like a bit of a stretch to ticking an E8.

[Stubbs]

Why? You can see from the logbook that he toproped it several times before he went for it, said it was about Fr7c and has done several sport RP's near this sttandard.

[Jaspersharpe]

Yeah he worked it for a month or so by the looks of things. Said he found some more gear and reckoned E7 was more appropriate. There are photos of him on it too!

[andy popp]

I was only wondering what the place was like.

[BenF]

I was only wondering what the place was like.

If someone has actually been climbing there in recent years, I fear that it would not be esoteric enough for you Andy.   

[Fiend]

Obviously I've climbed at the Brand, twice. It's quite nice, certainly one of Leicestershire's better and chic-er venues. The location in the outskirts of a country house garden can be very pleasant, I saw kingfishers there one time.

Mango is as good a short VS as anything anywhere. Sailaway (E0) is a classic jamming test but doesn't feel entirely attached to the parent rock. I'm keen to go back and try the low extremes on the left at some point. Branded looks ace in that video, I wish I'd posted the link myself last week.

[MorganW]

Why? You can see from the logbook that he toproped it several times before he went for it, said it was about Fr7c and has done several sport RP's near this sttandard.

i'm not dissing him.....based on a very quick look it seemed there was not much in the 7b/c range or E3-6 range.  If i was to try and headpoint an E7/8 that is the sort of foundation I would want to have.....and lot's of it (mainly because i'm a wuss).

[El Mocho]

I nearly climbed at the Brand but only had about 30 mins so went to the quarry in the middle of the village just north west from there which I really enjoyed. Spent about 20 mins trying an overhanging flared chimney - maybe the hardest thing like this I have tried.

Went to a granite quarry above a lake near the motorway first (soloed some E2 up the back wall) and then finished the day at Lawrencefield so got a 3 rock type in a day tick!

[Johnny Brown]

You're like a Boone Speed for the noughties.

[Fiend]

I nearly climbed at the Brand but only had about 30 mins so went to the quarry in the middle of the village just north west from there which I really enjoyed.

Forest Rock. Sorcerer E1 5b *** is really good there, very substantial for a small crag.

Spent about 20 mins trying an overhanging flared chimney - maybe the hardest thing like this I have tried.

Sounds like the alternative start to Saucy E3 5c **, which Cider Nut did on a top-rope (you're supposed to start hugging the right rib).

Went to a granite quarry above a lake near the motorway first (soloed some E2 up the back wall)

Plain Sailing E2 5c ***, a great little route and better than most things at Lawrencefield

[Drew]

Quite into that selective focus action, bet it will look great in the final cut on a big screen, wonder if it's an expensive lense or less expensive post production?

I quite like it, when it's done well (Ste Mac on Hubble), but when the climber tops out into blurred frame, I don't like it. I reckon it's just a tilted lens.

[Will Hunt]

I've been eyeing up The Brand for a while. Name the time and I'm there.

Out of interest how deep is the water at the bottom? Is Branded et al essentially safe just not done as a DWS?

[Fiend]

Can't remember but I wouldn't rely on it. The house owners might be somewhat disapproving of flamboyant splashdowns in their lake.

[dhwsa]

Plain Sailing E2 5c ***, a great little route and better than most things at Lawrencefield

I thought that Plain Sailing was a little short lived and was put off by the old bolt! But those few moves where pretty good.  The eight foot fence was fun aswell!

I've been eyeing up The Brand for a while. Name the time and I'm there.

Out of interest how deep is the water at the bottom? Is Branded et al essentially safe just not done as a DWS?

Potentially could DWS the routes from maybe Rhythm Collision to around Branded...with parts which apparently vary from mega deep to shallow where the water conceals the jagged slate beneath. Have a swim and check it out!!  But I guess the routes do tend to get into fairly 'high' DWS territory being around 17m, also over flat calm (but in the case of Branded it's all over by 12m). 

By the way there are now around double the routes that are on the Leicester guide website. 

[ejected]

The water beneath Rurp the Wild Berserk has nasty looking boulders in it, you can see them in the winter when the water is clearer. Halfway up the slab of Rurp you can see there is a change in the colour of the rock. It looks like there was once an overlap that spanned accross the slab that has at some point detached from the wall. This explains the large boulders that are now in the water below the slab. The arete of Branded comes out over the line where you would expect some of the rock to have fallen, so could be very dangerous.

[andy popp]

Shock horror - Ondra fails on stuff!

[namnok]

some good ones here if no one's seen b4....esp the 8a.nu pish take

http://www.reelrocktour.com/#/contest/

[Jaspersharpe]

Shock horror - Ondra fails on stuff!

Fucking punter.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Teaser vid of Leo and friends on their recent project

[Fiend]

Shock horror - Ondra fails on stuff!

Fucking punter.

I wish more of *my* bad days involved very nearly flashing F8b+s....!!

Nice video.

[Doylo]

Trailer for Big Ups new film, looks pretty suave.

And a slightly less professional but hopefully still interesting effort from me from a few years back.

[rjtrials]

Thanks Doylo,  been waiting a long time to see that Action Directe vid...