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Title: Andy Kirkp
Post by: psychomansam on January 27, 2013, 09:39:47 am

Andrew Kirkpatrick
7 hours ago via HootSuite
Finished Troll route last night. 11 days of hard and cold graft just to climb the last 50m. Stripping ropes today. Down tomorrow

Ella Kirkpatrick
Well done dad !!! You finally did it!!!!!!!


That says it all. What a guy.

Title: Re: Andy Kirkp
Post by: Muenchener on January 27, 2013, 12:41:00 pm

Bloody hell. I vaguely recall a Mark Twight quote something to the effect that "if your main worry is whether you're going to fall off, it's cragging. If your main worry is what's going to fall on you, it's alpinism".

And if your main worry is whether you can get get up the route before the whole bloody route falls down all around you?

Title: Re: Andy Kirkp
Post by: chillax on January 27, 2013, 11:44:26 pm

Quote from: Muenchener on January 27, 2013, 12:41:00 pm

And if your main worry is whether you can get get up the route before the whole bloody route falls down all around you?

You're probably Mick Fowler. Well done Andy.

Title: Re: Andy Kirkp
Post by: slackline on February 01, 2013, 06:48:51 am

Great write up from Andy here (http://andy-kirkpatrick.com/blog/view/winter_ascent_of_suser_gjennon_harryland_troll_wall_norway)

Hadn't realised his partners had never climbed, let alone done big walls before!

Title: Re: Andy Kirkp
Post by: psychomansam on February 01, 2013, 10:48:32 am

If you want to understand about "the last 50 metres"

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxHull-Andy-Kirkpatrick-The-W (http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxHull-Andy-Kirkpatrick-The-W)