Jason James Gairn
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And so we come full circle. Really glad you enjoyed it. Bit of a twit on the door. climbing walls are great fun, but the adventures happen on the crags and mountains. Uk climbing is excellent. The alps are mind blowing. Hope you take it up regular like.
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The Cenotaph Corner incident in picture form.
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Reggae and bluebeat hits from the 60's
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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From the album: Greatest Hits Vol.4
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Hi Steve, Nice set of pics, I have one or two on my profile, I think (will check) What are the routes that have captured your imagination in the pass? It's very possible to get obsesed with a route, especially if it's beyond your abilities. Since the Corner, I've gone on to harder grades, but because it was my first E1, and because it is an amazing route anyway, it is probably my fave. That and Flying butress direct at Stanage. I solo's it once for a dare! I dont get much time to climb or indeed train or for that matter diet:001_smile: Oh and the long hair and Lycra thing is very 1987. And French mostly. The Northern grit climbers wear jeans and have the hair of policemen.
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Yea 41, Its very basic, I think there are training providers out there who can give a more contemporary and comprehensive course in modern rigging techniques. Maybe without NPTC accreditation. No slight towards assessors and trainers at NPTC. its the syllabus thats a little weak. IMO
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See that SRT ascent at the end? That's nuts isn't it. I know a caver who and his team had to scale 1000m cliff in Russia to find a cave enterance on the side of the cliff. It was a 2000m drop inside to the cavern floor. Great expedition funded by the russians. I got a load of titanium Krabs out it. I hat caving. Any one done it? In fact don't bother, this is a rock climbing thread. Thanks Jonsie for the DO footage. Crazy Indian
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Thanks for that. i remember it now. A bit of an Osman moment there as well.
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It takes 14 camera shots to get the late great Dan Osman to the top. Assuming they only had one camera, thats 14 climbs to get that. Multiple cam positions would have been visible, but at best 5 ascents. There's no denying that man had rock charisma though. It's no surprise that he's dead now, not from climbing but from his own take on bungee jumping. Proper nutter. Fast climbing thread?
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Messiah? ah...Jason..Jah son. son of the creator. son of god. jesus. Michael jackson?
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E11 reminds me of my first E1, Don't laugh. It was cenotaph corner in the Llanberis pass. I bailed out at the crux on the first attempt and ripped two bits of gear out. My belayer shot up to meet me. we had to laugh as everyone on the walls either side were laughing already. one guy peeled off because he was laughing so much which caused another two to do the same. All 4 of us were at our cruxes. classic cliff action. E11! wow!
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dave macleod. nice guy by all accounts and that climb is completely off the hook. nice post.
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I had to google that arcane term Ed and the answers involved having dinner parties and buying conservatories.
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Jamie that is very cool indeed. but that link is going nowhere. Can you post a simpler one?
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I post me in atree for the first time just to show, hey once I did this shyte, and you rip my innards out with planting trowels. I couldn't find abetter pic to illustrate the point with, so i posted that one. That branch was strong enough to not require that technique. Yes and it was a 300ft limbwalk, a km above shark infested sulphuric acid, i was off my face on premium grade owsley acid.
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For inspiration and just for the joy of it here is Chris Sharma, previously mentioned. [ame] [/ame]And this ladies and gentlemen is the great johnny dawes back in the eighties. This man was my inspiration for climbing and the film this is a trailer for, was always playing in my house. Interestingly enough, he makes the connection between gritstone climbing and tree climbing in the film. [ame] [/ame]
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A subtle technique, assuming your Anchor is above you is to put an inwards facing force (towards the trunk) onto the skinny branch rather than down towards the ground. This assumes that there is something to get afoot hold with. Think this might be the first pic of me ever actually in a tree to appear on here. from about 6 years ago. It's not super skinny but shows what i mean. i think.
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I'm a big fan of what I think is called `parallel learning'. I have a friend who is a fairly well accomplished jazz saxophone player in London. To improve his feeling and technique on his instrument, he makes furniture in his workshop. I believe that an appreciation of sculpture and painting can inform a tree surgeons sense of aesthetics, at the end of the day our work is judged so much on what it looks like. Rock climbing is a very close relative of tree climbing and taking part in it can only improve ones game. I'd encourage everyone to have ago, be it in a rock wall environment or if your lucky enough to live in the right place, on real rock out in the elements. For me the vicious and unforgiving gritstone of Derbyshire has always captivated me.
