Latest climb pic.

[zoed]

dunno who this Jimbo character is, but he's pretty damn hot


Jimbo flashing the technical Cent Patates, 7b+ (27) at the Biographie sector - Céüse France.
Photo by Dirk Smith.

[Chris F]

100, as in centenary?

d'oh 100 potatoes then

[Lubags]

when was gustav's pic taken? the on of "GOODWILL VAN DIE ZOELOES (Groenie Die Drakie)" i was on that climb this past weekend


An unknown soldier hoping to get GOODWILL VAN DIE ZOELOES (21) under his belt, Disciple Wall, Wonderland, Waterval Boven.
Photo by Gustav & his "new long thing".

[Gustav]

2011/08/21 - 09:24:13

[Chris F]

Aint technology wonderful!

And Lubags if that is you, do your local photographer a favour and wear a brighter T shirt! Whites and blacks and greys are no good, a nice bright blue or green would really add a bit of pow to the shot.

Unless Gustav is a good photoshopper!

[Lubags]

sadly its not me, i was on the route the day before and I wasn't wearing white either. would have been a nice pic to add to my collection

[Gustav]

Well, this is as close as I can get from the top of Tranquilitas (until I can afford my next bigger thing!), would be nice to know who it was? Looked like a Black Diamond Half Dome helmet...

<<Edit: forgot to include a closer-up crop>>

[pierre.joubert]

How long is your long thing Gustav? 400?

[Gustav]

That's very personal ... only 300.

[Lubags]

whats the story behind the latest pic (Joe Simpson on energy crisis) and how do i get my hands on the film?

[douw]

whats the story behind the latest pic (Joe Simpson on energy crisis) and how do i get my hands on the film?

No special current relevance. Was just going through and scanning some of my old slides. Found this one and kinda liked it so posted it. I was employed as a sherpa for the shoot - humped some heavy packs up and down Wolfberg! Don't think the film was ever shown here and unfortunately I don't have a copy.

I also have a couple of pics looking down on Siula Grande (Joe's nemesis) and the glacier down which he crawled taken from across the way on Yerupaja. Might post them if anyone's interested.

Douw

[Chris F]

It was one of six short films shown on the BBC as part of a 1998 series called "The Face". As far as I can recall it had some sport climbing in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam and big walling in Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada, and some others. It was pretty good viewing at the time, but I think would look pretty dated now. I know they have a copy on VHS in our local library (I don't have a VCR anymore though!) but no idea if it was ever released on DVD, might be worth looking on Amazon ebay etc if you want to see it. It might be available as a Torrent, but I'm not exactly sure what that is or indeed how you get hold of one. Something to do with seeds?

Also one of my first climbs of the Millenium!


Joe Simpson (of Touching The Void fame) following Ed February across the traverse pitch of Energy Crisis at Wolfberg during filming of the BBC production "Great Climbs" in November 1997. Photo: Douw Steyn.

[Lubags]

i found the clip but cant get it to play

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/greatclimb/archive1.shtml

[justin]

Works with my Internet Explorer, but not with Mozilla Firefox

[henkg]

Spectacular place that. Not so hard is Energy Supplement (17). Kwality exposure on the 15 traverse pitch (rail with feet just above the prominent roof). Not hard at all, but great fun. Also the 17 start and finish pitches are memorable pitches.

[Chris F]

i found the clip but cant get it to play

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/greatclimb/archive1.shtml

BBC sometimes gets funny with letting stuff be played outside the UK, esp the iPlayer. But if Justin can see it the problem may be on your side.

[micky]

Totally cool shot from Ceuse Dirk! Nice one


Ed Hamer on Carte Blanche, 8a - Céüse. Ed achieved 2nd place in the World Youth Championships held in Imst, Austria over the weekend.
Photo by www.dirksmith.smugmug.com

[vander]

Amazing photo of Clinton on some beautiful Montagu rock!


Clinton Martinengo on 'Old Man and the Sea' (29) at Heaven, Keur Kloof, Montagu
Pic by Jeremy Samson (from the book 'Cape Vertical')

[andrew p]

wowzers that is an ace pic, cool angles and cool formation; really is like a choppy sea. That route is hard! I tried expecting to walk-it, but got whooped a bit/ alot.

[justin]

Cool pic


Alex Williams crushing the last bit of the crux on "Little red riding hood" at Waterval Boven
Photo Brendon Salzer

[dirktalma]

Awesome foto Frans! Daai naweek was mal lekker

[Gustav]

Ek stem, nice foto - lekker dinamies!

[Chris F]

Has it got stuck on the hitchhiker bird? Seems to have been there for a couple of days now.

[justin]

Special for you Chris

[Chris F]

Shot Bru!

[justin]

My pleasure.

I have to ask... what is your very good reason for being in Aberdeen?

[Dark Horse]

I was also a bit worried about the hitch hiker chick, I mean hitch hiking anywhere near joburg! Is this safe?

[Chris F]

I have to ask... what is your very good reason for being in Aberdeen?

The weather!

Actually a long story, but short story is .....love

I'll email you the long story if you want a blow by blow account.

[justin]

Aha! No need for the long account, your short answer will do

[Chris F]

The main reason, but it's actually a great place to live. If you don't mid what you do, you can always get out and do something. Wet weather might be frustrating for the dedicated rock climber, but I've got bouldering on the beach 10 mins walk from the house, excellent sea cliffs, great mountain routes, a couple of small ski areas and loads of ski touring, a reasonable climbing centre, great winter climbing, loads of quality mountain biking, and a few good surf spots, all within a couple of hours drive.

Only thing it lacks is quality sport climbing in any great volume.