UKBouldering.com

The origin of the sit start. (Read 1380 times)

Big Frank

Offline
  • ****
  • forum abuser
  • Posts: 547
  • Karma: +0/-0
The origin of the sit start.
October 09, 2003, 02:07:42 pm
I believe the first sit start ever climbed was by Mr E. Frederic Smythe
in 1907, on the famous "Who Gives a Damn" boulder at Laddow Rocks.  He
wrote a very amusing article about it the that year's Alpine Club Journal.

 

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal