Sports Climbing New Olympic Sport? (16 Dec 2010)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »For the exponents of 'watching paint dry' there apparently, is to be a new Olympic Sport - Sports Climbing - so-called. Yes, in 2020, Sports Climbing is to be introduced another International competition the British will never win - no ...
Internet References (24 Jan 2007)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »Wholesale advertising by the British Mountaineering Council along with the Sports Council's able assistance - Sport for All - enticing young people into climbing - the quick way, is one of the main reasons for the increase in climbing participation ...
Broken Climbing Harness (9 Nov 2006)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »Apparently, there is shock and horror (November 2006) over the fact that a climbing harness broke, plunging one of America's finest climbers to his death. Climbing harnesses have broken before and climbers have 'fallen-out-of' their climbing 'sit harnesses'. But it ...
Vixen Tor – Shock
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »28 February, 2005: Apparently, there is 'shock and anger' at the Ramblers Association over the descision of the Dartmoor Planing Inspectrate to keep an access ban at Vixtor Tor. Not the best-man-won no, shock and anger. Perhaps if the Association ...
Bill Wilson (26 Dec 2004)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »Bill Wilson bill.wilson@minorplanet.com on the 30 September, 2003, wrote to me via e-mail: 'Mr Rupar is quite obviously a racist Bigot who's comments could not possibly be taken seriously, given his embedded hatred of the english. Let us hope that ...
Risk Acknowledgement (17 May 2004)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »On the 12 February, 2004 Lyndon Gill wrote in Rockfax - Bloody Scouts Need Rescuing: ' I agree that there has been a fair amount of cronyism in professional guiding and instructing. There is still some evidence around today especially ...
What Sort of F*****g Idiot Are You? (6 Mar 2006)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »Was the title of the unsolicitied e-mail received from Tim Howard at 14:36 on the 23 February, 2004: ´You aver, without advanced argument or evidence, that all the incidents referred to on your web page ¨Are the Guides to blame?¨ ...
Walter Bonatti – Must Read Book
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »Walter Bonatti's latest Book: 'The Mountains of My Life', is a must-read for genuin climbers / mountaineers.
The Enticement of Children to Rock Climb (1 Dec 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »After years of enticing young peolpe (no lower age limit) to sample climbing on artificial climbing walls and rock climbing outdoors, the BMC isnow backpeddling on its responsibility to those young persons. After advertising aimed at youngsters, the BMC then ...
Shock: Climber cuts partners rope (20 Oct 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc | No Comments »Shock and horror was expressed today (20 Oct 2003) when it was revealed that the film: Touching the Void was finally to be released. Apparently,it has been deemed acceptable in certain climbing quarters, in fact by the climbing establishment as ...