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Program on next week:
Wednesday 24 October
8:00pm - 9:00pm
BBC2 Scotland
Portrait of a world famous climber's obsession with a new route through the Cairngorm mountains. Dave MacLeod had previously been denied the chance to climb up live on BBC Scotland due to bad weather.
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Dave MacLeod's gives his account of the climb up Hell's Lum in the Cairngorms (the one that he was going to do in last weekend's canceled "Great Climb").
A fall from anywhere on the second half of pitch one is unlikely to be survivable.
Well done, Dave. Link to Dave's blog.
Dave MacLeod's posted his account of the weekend's canceled "The Great Climb". The post title "The Great Frustration" says it all. Link
PS, if you haven't seen them, there are some archived video clips on the BBC site (link), including a "sequence, shot in the Cairngorms and featuring the Cairngorm MRT and the crew from RAF Lossiemouth, shows what happened on a particularly difficult day in the northern corries."
Well, he's got a blog, he's called MacLeod, but there any similarities end. Have a look at his site and see his climbs. I have difficulty climbing out of bed in the morning!
He also has another blog at onlineclimbingcoach.blogspot.com
If you haven't already got the recorder set - there's a day of live climbing on BBC2 in the Cairngorms. As it seems to be mainly BBC2 Scotland, out of the Chosen Nation, have a look on Sky channels.
Just back from a taster session at Transition Extreme. What a rush! I've never known my fingertips to have been given such a workout. 15 quid for a full hour and a half of bouldering and climbing; including shoes, harness and helmet (and chalk if needed). Great instruction, no rushing.
The belaying was easier than on the winter skills course, as the climber was above, rather than below me.
Handholds are smaller in real life than on the telly. And there are different type of grips. I managed about half-way up the orange wall in the climbing wall photo before the nerves kicked in, and my upper body froze. Hey ho. I've just got to keep pushing the comfort level.
Good luck to Jim, who's off to the Inn Pinn soon.
