'The Edge' 100 Years of Scottish Mountaineering (part 6 of 6)
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2014
- Footage of climbers on Mega Route X on Ben Nevis and White Magic in the Cairngorms. Part 6 of 'The Edge' 100 years of Scottish Mountaineering copied from an old 1994 VHS video tape TV recording which is no longer available...
Happy memories of my flat in Glasgow, everyone gathered round the telly to see this before we went to the pub for climbing club night! Well done Ron for archiving this!
Fantastic. I backed out and failed on the second pitch of White Magic back in 95. I'm even gladder I did after watching this, than I was at the time. I backed off for a number of reasons, abject terror being the main one, but often wondered if I might have pulled it off with a supreme effort. Now I know I'd have failed convincingly, probably spectacularly and possibly fataly . That penultimate overlap was defiantly beyond me back then, and I doubt I could even do the fist pitch now, even after my imaginary Hollywood grade personal trainer has spent six months prepping me on an exact gymnasium replica. Outstanding little movie. Full marks to the participants and many thanks for posting... ;-)
Met Dave Cuthbertson in a hit in Switzerland 😊. Loved these films, recognised him from this year's before.
First I have seen of them.
Gripping stuff !
The axes used hint at circa 1980s/1990s; curved but not as fancy as modern ones.
On White Magic Rab and Graham are using Mountain Tech Vertage ice axes which were great axes at the time and much easier for ice climbing compared to older traditional curved axes. This before the likes of Quarks and handled leashless axes which made ice routes at least two grades easier as well as mixed climbs much easier as long as you could hang on!
I think Cubby is using Pyrana's or Chacal's but could be wrong as my own axes at the time were Mountain Tech Technical axes or Vertages, though I also had Grivel axes but can't remember what they were called!
@@RonWalkerCairngormGuides I think they're Simond Piranha. I bought the slightly curved ones in 94 ( grey hammer, neon green axe ) and one of my climbing mates had a straight shafted pair in neon pink from a year or two earlier.
I watched & taped this series as a student c. 95-ish when it aired but my VHS has long expired. Thanks for uploading them !