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June 13, 2003, 01:59:37 pm
Ben Heason has soloed End Of The Affair.

Yeah you heard me right. Read it and weap:

http://www.8a.nu/eng/index.shtml

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#1 BOLDering
June 13, 2003, 02:05:58 pm
Holy Shit!

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#2 BOLDering
June 13, 2003, 02:07:16 pm
the man is unstoppable - effort.

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#3 BOLDering
June 16, 2003, 11:41:48 am
Why are none of the other uk sites printing this as news? Weird.

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#4 BOLDering
June 16, 2003, 11:43:19 am
Quote from: "Bubba"
Why are none of the other uk sites printing this as news? Weird.


because Ben, being Ben, wouldnt want to publicise it....

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#5 BOLDering
June 16, 2003, 11:46:45 am
I see....8a.nu seem to have a damn good news network - they know everything.

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#6 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:11:17 pm
'because Ben, being Ben, wouldnt want to publicise it....'

I take it this is tongue in cheek.....

Or perhaps we can expect another letter in OTE about how wonderful climbing is ( if you flash E7).

Wonder what he did with the harness he got? Couldn't OTE have given it to someyouth who's not sponsored?

Do we know what style he did it in?
I had considered a solo had the potential to be safer - from the last move you could jump rightwards. With a rope on you go back round the corner, maybe catching the ledge, before decking. Ouch.

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#7 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:14:32 pm
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'because Ben, being Ben, wouldnt want to publicise it....'

I take it this is tongue in cheek.....

Or perhaps we can expect another letter in OTE about how wonderful climbing is ( if you flash E7).

Wonder what he did with the harness he got? Couldn't OTE have given it to someyouth who's not sponsored?


No it wasnt....

Have you ever spoke to him? Modest as they come!

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#8 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:19:50 pm
But that letter to ote was a complete joke.If that's not self publisising then I don't know what is!
I also consider this not to be a newsworthy item.
Ben has led this route before. He obviously ratesthe route as an awesome bit of climbing and understandably wanted to climb it again. It's well within his ability, he realises that the gear is of minimal use so solos it. I ain't that impressed.

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#9 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:21:59 pm
yeah but you can be modest in person and still work the publicity machine. Lets face it, most of ben's ascents appear on one website or another within day/hours of them happening, and at the end of the day he's playing the sponsorship game like everyone else in his shoes.

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#10 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:25:54 pm
You misunderstand my dear G...I ain't having a go at Mr. Heason, just saying that the letter in ote was a travesty.
Also that I ain't impressed with with the news.

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#11 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:26:26 pm
I agree, John Dunne is modest and down to earth when you talk to him, but he knows how to self publicise.

Nothing wrong with it, if you want to make a living out of climbing, then you have to play the game, even if you're mellow yourself.

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#12 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:28:15 pm
What was the letter like - I never saw it?

I suppose the first solo of a major grit route is news, but perhaps just no earth-shaking news....

Ooooh yeah!!! I get the 6000th post!!

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#13 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:31:36 pm
scouse I was replying to the Maniac In Black a few posts higher, not to your goodself. ANyway I'd already read your post on cocktalk (i see you'te doing the old "2-birds-1-stone" trick). You're probably right, him soloing that is only like you or I soloing summert like the Brush Off.....

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#14 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 03:41:54 pm
Ha! Good work on that thread lads  :D

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#15 BOLDering
June 17, 2003, 05:18:48 pm
If he did it recently the crap conditions make it fairly impressive.

Hardly in the same league as Ben Tetler tho.

 

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