[Jaspersharpe]

Hoey for Santa?

Or is it Richie Brooks?

[andy popp]

Might be on to something there. Was Plantpot right?

Dammit, I'm meant to be working!

[ianv]

 Yep, Richie brooks, chris plant, Todd skinner are the three santas.

[Johnny Brown]

I think the Arthur Dolphin clips are also in Best Forgotten Art, haven't found it online yet.

Sounds right.

Knew he'd posted it somewhere.



Bit slow on that Demon wall descent tho tbh.

[Wood FT]

Wow

[mrjonathanr]

027 is the 7c direct above no man's land's traverse? Is it Neil Foster

[fatdoc]

shit... i work me tits off for 15 hrs and miss the best thread of the year

karma Ian...

[lagerstarfish]

Yep, Richie brooks, chris plant, Todd skinner are the three santas.

I know it looks a lot like Babbling Brooks, but in that photo it looks like his mouth is not moving - are you sure it's him?

[ianv]

 027 is not Neil Foster.
Any one recognise the Ginge on the right on 026?

[Nibile]

what did the Russian bring?

[ianv]

what did the Russian bring?

Cut down wellies to climb in and a pair of binoculars.

[Jaspersharpe]

027 is not Neil Foster.
Any one recognise the Ginge on the right on 026?

Godoffe?

[ianv]

Pics not identified were:

23 Ghersen
19 Spanish guy who came 4th
26 Simon, Mark Leach, Ghersen, Thibal, Godoffe, Duboc
14 Simon on Dresden
6   Basher
5   Dave Turner
9   Dave Barrell
27 Craig Smith

[Jaspersharpe]

 Can't believe I didn't spot Dave Turner. Obvious now I know!

Was going to guess Cage Des Orchides for the Dresden one. Close and both amazing routes.

[GraemeA]

Pics not identified were:

23 Ghersen
19 Spanish guy who came 4th
26 Simon, Mark Leach, Ghersen, Thibal, Godoffe, Duboc
14 Simon on Dresden
6   Basher
5   Dave Turner
9   Dave Barrell
27 Craig Smith

Some blasts from the past there Ian. Fatty Barrell, what happened to him?

Spanish guy looks like Carlos Brasces (sp?), was he in the final Ian?

You should have been at the BMC Peak Area quiz last year Ian, you would have got the answer to "Name all the BRits in the final of Leeds '89" - I don't think many got it right 

[ianv]

 Fatty Barrell, what happened to him?

Allegedly he got religion from his wife and  joined some quasi sect. 

[Percy B]

19 - Carles Brasco (who seems to have been separated at birth with Leo Sayer...)

[mrjonathanr]

Spanish guy looks like Carlos Brasces (sp?), was he in the final Ian?

I think it's Carles Brasco. I once asked a Spanish lad at Buoux if he (Carles, who was climbing) was Spanish?
 'Oh no!' quoth he...                  ... '!Es Catalan!'

edit Great minds Percy, you posted while I was typing. btw Couldn't you just turn round and tell Graeme, or do you only communicate by t'internet?

[Percy B]

I'm at home, and Graeme is never allowed into my house unless he is carried a pre-determined quantity of wine. The rest of the time, t'internet is by far the safest way of dealing with an Alderson (until some boffin develops a way of transmitting a headbutt through the world wide web - at which point we're all doomed).

[GraemeA]

(until some boffin develops a way of transmitting a headbutt through the world wide web - at which point we're all doomed).

There is an iPhone App that delivers a decent head butt. It automatically turns the vibrate up to 11 so when you answer your phone it starts ramming the iPhone into the side of your head. I downloaded it onto your phone yesterday. It's not technically a head butt in my book as that should always be delivered to the forehad but it'll do for the moment 

[mrjonathanr]

until some boffin develops a way of transmitting a headbutt through the world wide web - at which point we're all doomed.

Quite, the effects could be far-reaching. I'd have to mark all my Glaswegian contacts as spam for example, it'd be far too risky.

edit: I'm going to stop posting now. Or learn to touch-type.

[Jaspersharpe]

We'd just have to pray that stevie didn't start posting on here again.

[slackline]

Old picture of Alex Huber on La Rambla

[SA Chris]

What is the statuatory time limitation before old school classification is attained? That feels a bit too recent for comfort, was it 1995 or so?

[tomtom]

What is the statuatory time limitation before old school classification is attained? That feels a bit too recent for comfort, was it 1995 or so?

95 is a bit recent, but the Lycra makes it defo old school IMHO..

Maybe instead of a date limit (e.g. 20 years) there should be a more elastic criteria (excuse the pun) such as Either..
1. Lycra (bright colour)
2. Smoking a tab mid route
3. Dreadlocks/mullet
4. ninja's / Eb's / lasers / vectors (maybe)
5. No bouldering mat - towell/manky rag.