[Houdini]

Only a select few will have encountered The Axle. 


It is a legendary piece of North Walean training equipment used extensively during preparations for routes in the early 80's, routes such as Axle Attack on the Orme (which took it's name from the axle) and perhaps Raging Bull @ Hylldrem. 

The axle is from an old slate cart and was scavenged from the Dinorwig Quarries, by Haston/Kay/McGinley/the Mole (?).  It's freakin' heavy (solid iron, 3" by 1 yard long) and is damn near perfect for wrist curls.

Interest in the axle waned in the late 80's and 90's, but was revived by myself around late 2000.  Alas - the current whereabouts of the axle are a modern mystery - though it's possible it may now be in Pembrokeshire.



Have you encountered this piece of climbing history?  If so - what is your tale?

[grimer]

we once had a bag of JD's rock boots in the house that were going to be thrown out, including the boots he did Indian Face in. They were thrown out. I found the harness Ben Moon did Hubble in and wore it for a while and threw it out. I had Mallory's camera in my tweed pocket once. And threw it out.

I suppose a closer example would be the cragx ladder. Didn't it end up in Rivelin.

[Houdini]

Fooo-ooo-ooo-lish mortal!


The boots that did The Face would go for a song on e-bay.  I'm not sure to whom but...

[Bubba]

I think I've still got a pair of Jerry's Ninja Ones that were used on some famous ascent or other...problem is I can't remember what it was

[Jim]

Fooo-ooo-ooo-lish mortal!


The boots that did The Face would go for a song on e-bay.  I'm not sure to whom but...

Probably by andi_e and would have paid all of his life's savings for em. Grand total of £3.82 I believe

[Houdini]

Of all the bullshit threads I've started I was hoping this one would see more action.  A reply need not be axle-based - just any encounter with an item of climbing history (getting leathered with tc might qualify...).

Will Perrin made a beautiful mobile that used old pegs/rotted wires he had scavenged from many a Cilan Head session.  He knew which route each piece came from and had a scary tale in reply to each enquiry.  I miss you Will.

[webbo]

Of all the bullshit threads I've started I was hoping this one would see more action.  A reply need not be axle-based - just any encounter with an item of climbing history

what like my body.

[webbo]

Fooo-ooo-ooo-lish mortal!


The boots that did The Face would go for a song on e-bay.  I'm not sure to whom but...

Probably by andi_e and would have paid all of his life's savings for em. Grand total of £3.82 I believe

but only if dense had tried them on.

[tc]

Fooo-ooo-ooo-lish mortal!


The boots that did The Face would go for a song on e-bay.  I'm not sure to whom but...

I've got the Dawes' old size 3 Fires. Offers?

[grimer]

Yes. You can have my old size 10 Lace Ups too.

[tc]

Swop them for Mallory's camera?

[tc]

(getting leathered with tc might qualify...).

Bless you sir 

[Aussiegav]

i got a pair of daniel andrada's climbing shoes he was testing. they're a prototype.

[Houdini]

Ah yes, Daniel Andrada.


A charasmatic force of post-Dawesian magnitude.  A name flash burned into the minds of literally dozens of rockclimbers over the globe.

Hope you got 'em in a humidor. 



(I wonder, does Jerry have a fave pair of kex for hard ascents?  Would he recommend a jockstrap for immediate power-to-weight gains?  What did he wear on Renegade Master, CK or au natrel?) 

[superfurrymonkey]

I had a pair of JD`s ninjas he gave my girl friend, they could be knocking about at me mums come to think of it.

[Aussiegav]

i would not like JD and his ninjas knocking about my mum!!

[superfurrymonkey]

i would not like JD and his ninjas knocking about my mum!! shagging
   

[dobbin]

I had Ben Moon's toothbrush for a week once. I think he asked for it back.

[fatboySlimfast]

I think the crux jug of weedkiller is still at my in-laws, given to me for my 21st birthday by babbling Brookes

[Pantontino]

I've got a chunk of Roadrunner Cave sat on the floor of my office. And despite the fact that it was roasted at earth cracking temperatures, you can still see the ingrained chalk on the front edge where thousands of climbers (okay, more realistically, my good self, Nodder, CJD and a select few with a similarly retarded view of what constitues a quality bouldering venue) clung on by their tips.

I had a look in the cupboard, but there appears to be no rock star's smelly old rock shoes or rotting harnesses, and I've no idea where the infamous axle resides, although I got the Ray Kay/Pembroke reference.

[jfw]

gib has got the hold that fell off desert island arete!