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| Had my first go on a climbing wall today, two ascents up a 60 foot wall. First time I've ever used
| rope and harness. It was kinda fun. Didn't feel as good as real rock though.
|
| Paul

Effort rating?? Photos?? Come on Paul, you can do better than that! ;o)

Ste

Paul Saunders said:

Had my first go on a climbing wall today, two ascents up a 60 foot wall. First time I've ever used
rope and harness. It was kinda fun. Didn't feel as good as real rock though.

Get yourself on some real rock then!

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"Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:bqt8hr$ucj$1 @newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk:

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Apparently he's dropped a few Nikons and lenses into the sea.

So if he's sufficiently unfocused to drop (several?) Nikons how can you be sure he wont drop you
too?? I made the mistake once of climbing with a guy who read Lord of the Rings whilst on belay
instead of watching out for me hurtling past him. Luckily I didn't - but neither did I climb with
him again!

Was this because of his poor taste in reading matter?

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ste © said:

Effort rating??

I guess that would be about 0.4 points. :-)

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Photos??

I have photos of the wall, but not with me on it. :-(

Paul
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Simon Caldwell said:

Get yourself on some real rock then!

That's the plan. I gather that proper rock climbing with ropes is basically a two person activity,
so it's not the sort of thing I can do on my own, especially without any equipment. However, I have
recently become friendly with a climber.

As was pointed out to me, practicing on a climbing wall is a good way of building up arm strength
(not to mention rope techniques) in a comfortable environment. More convenient than learning in
typical winter weather.

Paul
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Paul Saunders said:

As was pointed out to me, practicing on a climbing wall is a good way of building up arm strength
(not to mention rope techniques) in a comfortable environment. More convenient than learning in
typical winter weather.

True. Of course having built up the arm strength, you then need to learn the good footwork which
(and lower grades at least) wi;l make that arm strength largely unnecessary!

Be warned though, climbing is addictive, and climbing with photographic equipment is not easy!

S.

Simon Caldwell said:

True. Of course having built up the arm strength, you then need to learn the good footwork which
(and lower grades at least) wi;l make that arm strength largely unnecessary!

Yes, it's already obvious that my footwork needs work.

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Be warned though, climbing is addictive, and climbing with photographic equipment is not easy!

I know, another clash of interests. My new friend is a climbing photographer by the way. He spends a
lot of time taking photographs from the end of a rope. Apparently he's dropped a few Nikons and
lenses into the sea.

Paul
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"Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:bqt8hr$ucj$1
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Quoted message said:

Apparently he's dropped a few Nikons and lenses into the sea.

So if he's sufficiently unfocused to drop (several?) Nikons how can you be sure he wont drop you
too?? I made the mistake once of climbing with a guy who read Lord of the Rings whilst on belay
instead of watching out for me hurtling past him. Luckily I didn't - but neither did I climb with
him again!

Stuart

Stuart Mann said:

So if he's sufficiently unfocused to drop (several?) Nikons

Two.

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how can you be sure he wont drop you too??

Interesting question. I shall enquire further. I doubt it's lack of focus though. He works with many
top climbers, photographing first ascents, and apparently gets into very awkward situations. His
photos are published regularly in the climbing mags and he's recently spent a lot of time hanging
from the roof of sea caves making a video.

Paul
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"Paul Saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:bqt8hr$ucj$1 @newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk:

Quoted message said:

Apparently he's dropped a few Nikons and lenses into the sea.

So if he's sufficiently unfocused to drop (several?) Nikons how can you be sure he wont drop you
too?? I made the mistake once of climbing with a guy who read Lord of the Rings whilst on belay
instead of watching out for me hurtling past him. Luckily I didn't - but neither did I climb with
him again!

Was this because of his poor taste in reading matter?

The book encourages a belief that it is possible for a friend to fall unroped into a vast chasm and
subsequently return from the dead! I didn't share that conviction!

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Was this because of his poor taste in reading matter?

Come on, where else would they have got all the route names from?

Richard Webb

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His photos are published regularly in the climbing mags and he's recently spent a lot of time
hanging from the roof of sea caves making a video.

Hmm, sounds interesting... which cave, one of the Gower ones?

Stuart Mann wrote

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The book encourages a belief that it is possible for a friend to fall unroped into a vast chasm
and subsequently return from the dead!

It certainly encourages a belief that a securely tied rope has the capacity magically untie itself.
Not a desriable property of a climbing rope unless

a) abolutely predicatble. OR
b) said rope also achieves state of turgidity in response to the wail of a tiktiri (although this
probably asks a little too much of the belay!)

Chris

Simon Caldwell said:

Quoted message said:

he's recently spent a lot of time hanging from the roof of sea caves making a video.

Hmm, sounds interesting... which cave, one of the Gower ones?

No, Pembrokeshire. The video is called "Sea Fever - Classic Climbs of Pembroke". It's a double video
featuring 14 separate films with 28 different climbers, running time 3.5 hours. It costs £22.99 plus
£2.75 p&p. I believe it's going on sale this week. They plan to release it on DVD soon at £26.99.

If you or anyone else is interested, email me and I'll send you more details.

Paul
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