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Title: F8a deep water solo on Little Orme
Post by: Pantontino on September 29, 2007, 04:14:05 pm

Rob Lamey has climbed an amazing F8a deep water solo on Craig y Don Lower:

Full story here:

http://www.groundupclimbing.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=202 (http://www.groundupclimbing.com/newsitem.asp?nsid=202)

Film link here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYSfu_HiiCg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYSfu_HiiCg)

Title: Re: F8a deep water solo on Little Orme
Post by: neil h on September 29, 2007, 06:01:28 pm

looks great,


one comment, i thought steve mclure was a slow climber, you need to speed up the vid a bit, 8 minutes is 2 long

Title: Re: F8a deep water solo on Little Orme
Post by: Doylo on September 29, 2007, 08:29:17 pm

nice job, visionary stuff, i've been in those waters only up to waist height and its not too pleasant, especially with dead bloated bunny rabbits floating past.

Title: Re: F8a deep water solo on Little Orme
Post by: Pantontino on September 29, 2007, 09:47:38 pm

Quote from: Doylo on September 29, 2007, 08:29:17 pm

dead bloated bunny rabbits floating past...

...having previously sky dived from the top of Little Orme. What a way to go!

Title: Re: F8a deep water solo on Little Orme
Post by: Fiend on October 01, 2007, 10:42:02 am

Nice one. The new mallorca.

Title: Re: F8a deep water solo on Little Orme
Post by: Johnny Brown on October 01, 2007, 01:10:50 pm

Enjoyed the Gogarth news on that link. Good work Si.