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#6900 Re: YYFY!!!
July 19, 2018, 12:52:15 pm
... but I’d love to hear more about your Caveman and Flaming Drambuie solos, Dave?

Ahem...

There was comprehensive coverage of the Caveman solo, together with some remarkable images, in Rock Notes at the time - based on converstations with the protagonist himself...

Ahem!

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#6901 Re: YYFY!!!
July 19, 2018, 01:06:46 pm
I just did a pull-up for the first time since my accident.  :dance1:

Good work. I wadded you for that but put an incomprehensible reason in because I'm a fat-handed twat.

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#6902 Re: YYFY!!!
July 19, 2018, 01:21:58 pm
I just did a pull-up for the first time since my accident.  :dance1:

What Accident?
I must have missed it.
I hope this indicates full recovery is imminent and that sequalae are limited to cool stories at parties.  :punk:

Edit:

Ooofff! Just found the details in the serious injury thread!
Bloody hell mate, that’s an impressive pull up!
« Last Edit: July 19, 2018, 01:29:28 pm by Oldmanmatt »

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#6903 Re: YYFY!!!
July 19, 2018, 02:18:00 pm
... but I’d love to hear more about your Caveman and Flaming Drambuie solos, Dave?

Ahem...

There was comprehensive coverage of the Caveman solo, together with some remarkable images, in Rock Notes at the time - based on converstations with the protagonist himself...

Ahem!

Neil

What we really need is the Rock Notes online archive. Have you got any or would it all need scanning?

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#6904 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 01:32:37 am
I can remember some lovely days joint soloing..

True moments those indeed Andy! So enjoyable, and memorable, and a great pleasure to climb with you  ;D


"There was comprehensive coverage .. in Rock Notes at the time.."

Rock Notes was always a very high quality column Neil.  :2thumbsup: Thank you.

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#6905 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 01:38:51 am
I just did a pull-up for the first time since my accident.  :dance1:

Proper YYFY!  :2thumbsup:

That must be such a reassuring line to reach/cross, and surely much better progress from there.

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#6906 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 12:44:12 pm

What we really need is the Rock Notes online archive. Have you got any or would it all need scanning?

I've got all the mags, but no scans I'm afraid.

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#6907 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 02:12:18 pm
Hmm, how many years did you do - 20? 250 odd columns? Not too big a job... no text files on a hard drive anywhere?

Just noticed rock archivist seems to have disappeared too.  :(

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#6908 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 04:19:49 pm
Woke up to another perfect 80 something degree day, pedalled my cruiser to the beach, swam in the ocean, bought fresh bread for breakfast on the way home. Yass!

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#6909 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 04:32:34 pm
Woke up to another perfect 80 something degree day, pedalled my cruiser to the beach, swam in the ocean, bought fresh bread for breakfast on the way home. Yass!

For those of us that work in Centigrade, that sounds like Hell...

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#6910 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 07:53:25 pm
Woke up to another perfect 80 something degree day, pedalled my cruiser to the beach, swam in the ocean, bought fresh bread for breakfast on the way home. Yass!

Back in Runcorn for the summer?

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#6911 Re: YYFY!!!
July 20, 2018, 08:27:22 pm
Woke up to another perfect 80 something degree day, pedalled my cruiser to the beach, swam in the ocean, bought fresh bread for breakfast on the way home. Yass!

Back in Runcorn for the summer?

If you took a dip at Runcorn I think you'd dissolve.

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#6912 Re: YYFY!!!
July 22, 2018, 06:03:50 pm
Unleashed the first 8th grade route for 4 years, and my first of the grade in't Peak. Not bad for an ex-ex-ex-ex-climber  :punk:

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#6913 Re: YYFY!!!
July 22, 2018, 08:25:10 pm
Awesome day out at Lulworth today - repeated some of the usual favourites, did Crazy Notion (7a+, shares a lot with Animal Magnetism but onsight on the new ground), and then ticked off Gates of Greyskull!

6th go or so, knocking out a few more moves each time, and today the lower bit all went ok and suddenly I was staring the “slap at the top of the crag” move in the face. Hardest/highest DWS to date, feels like a bit of a milestone, and I realised afterwards it’s also the first 7b+ I’ve done since becoming a dad...  :icon_beerchug:

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#6914 Re: YYFY!!!
July 23, 2018, 09:53:02 am
Awesome day out at Lulworth today - repeated some of the usual favourites, did Crazy Notion (7a+, shares a lot with Animal Magnetism but onsight on the new ground), and then ticked off Gates of Greyskull!

6th go or so, knocking out a few more moves each time, and today the lower bit all went ok and suddenly I was staring the “slap at the top of the crag” move in the face. Hardest/highest DWS to date, feels like a bit of a milestone, and I realised afterwards it’s also the first 7b+ I’ve done since becoming a dad...  :icon_beerchug:

Awesome! What a feeling it is to get that last hold, nothing like it

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#6915 Re: YYFY!!!
July 23, 2018, 10:23:09 am
Unleashed the first 8th grade route for 4 years, and my first of the grade in't Peak. Not bad for an ex-ex-ex-ex-climber  :punk:

Brilliant work Andy, given other traveilles.

What was the route BTW? Are you still around in the Peak?

Dave.

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#6916 Re: YYFY!!!
July 23, 2018, 10:56:40 am
There's a clue in there somewhere....

I'm planning to climb lots in't peak this year.

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#6917 Re: YYFY!!!
July 23, 2018, 12:20:38 pm
There's a clue in there somewhere....

I'm planning to climb lots in't peak this year.

So there is! A very fine one to do.  :punk:

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#6918 Re: YYFY!!!
July 23, 2018, 12:32:46 pm
Awesome day out at Lulworth today - repeated some of the usual favourites, did Crazy Notion (7a+, shares a lot with Animal Magnetism but onsight on the new ground), and then ticked off Gates of Greyskull!

6th go or so, knocking out a few more moves each time, and today the lower bit all went ok and suddenly I was staring the “slap at the top of the crag” move in the face. Hardest/highest DWS to date, feels like a bit of a milestone, and I realised afterwards it’s also the first 7b+ I’ve done since becoming a dad...  :icon_beerchug:

Awesome! What a feeling it is to get that last hold, nothing like it

Brilliant isn't it. That, plus ticking a load of classics I hadn't done, was basically my season goal, so with hopefully months of season left to come I need to sort out what's coming next  :)

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#6919 Re: YYFY!!!
August 08, 2018, 05:13:00 pm
Advanced Training. Finally.  :dance1:

I fell off the last move 6 times or so back in 2016. Didn't get on it at all last year not that I didn't want to. This year's attempts were barely getting off the ground until Si showed me the secret foot beta that Matt had already shown me back in the day :oops:

I know its only a bit of rock but fuck me I felt quite emotional at the end. Cool problem I reckon. Should get more attention.

Actual send is at 1:40. Apols for the potty language.



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#6920 Re: YYFY!!!
August 08, 2018, 09:14:24 pm
 :great:  :2thumbsup:
Well done, Murph. It's been an emotional journey. The clip captures it perfectly.
Hallelujah, now you can turn that strength into crushing some different bits of rock!

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#6921 Re: YYFY!!!
August 08, 2018, 09:35:49 pm
Yes mate! Bloody fine effort!

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#6922 Re: YYFY!!!
August 09, 2018, 08:10:05 am
Thanks chaps. It was quite a journey. Am enjoying the moment. Probably the last time I’ll jump 2 or 3 grades at once  ;D

And welcome to the forum Tony  :wave:

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#6923 Re: YYFY!!!
August 09, 2018, 09:23:44 am
Good effort, you made it look really easy on the send!

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#6924 Re: YYFY!!!
August 09, 2018, 12:24:33 pm
Thanks Andy - it was really easy in the end. Had the top totally wired so once I had thae second hold there was no doubt. Sort of floated up on autopilot!

 

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