Not that many lurk here any more, but...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6944130.stm

"The Great Climb
Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins
The BBC's most ambitious climbing outside broadcast for 40 years. Eight of 
the world's best climbers scale the massive Shelter Stone and Hell's Lum 
rock faces. [S]
The Great Climb was due to go ahead on BBC2 Scotland from 1300 - 1905 BST on 
Saturday, 18 August, but was postponed because of bad weather.
It is now scheduled to take place on BBC2 Scotland from 1300 - 1905 BST on 
Sunday, 19 August. Part of the live broadcast will also be on BBC2 Network 
and the BBC HD channel between 1725 - 1835 BST. The climb will be streamed 
live at bbc.co.uk/greatclimb"

Not sure whether this means it will be transmitted in England tomorrow, or 
not!

Steve P

PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
(Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
tonight.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> Not that many lurk here any more, but...

More lurking than posting Steve. :o)

> "The Great Climb
> Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins

Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn the
telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ta for the reminder.

Sean
x

Sean wrote:

> Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn
> the telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ah.  Guess not then. :o)

On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
> on Crackstone Rib.

I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.

robotiser@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
>> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
>> on Crackstone Rib.
> 
> I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
> dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.
> 
> 
Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not 
what would classed as dangerous.

Roy.

On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
> what would classed as dangerous.

Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> Not that many lurk here any more, but...

More lurking than posting Steve. :o)

> "The Great Climb
> Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins

Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn the
telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ta for the reminder.

Sean
x

Sean wrote:

> Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn
> the telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ah.  Guess not then. :o)

On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
> on Crackstone Rib.

I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.

robotiser@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
>> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
>> on Crackstone Rib.
> 
> I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
> dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.
> 
> 
Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not 
what would classed as dangerous.

Roy.

On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
> what would classed as dangerous.

Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

wrote in message 
news:1187468152.763951.30990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
>> what would classed as dangerous.
>
> Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
> safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
> that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
> heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

Not sure about web sites, but there are plenty of books you could get from 
your local library on rock climbing for beginners.  Or, if Sean has time on 
his hands, he could write you an eloquent essay ;-)

Steve P

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> Not that many lurk here any more, but...

More lurking than posting Steve. :o)

> "The Great Climb
> Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins

Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn the
telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ta for the reminder.

Sean
x

Sean wrote:

> Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn
> the telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ah.  Guess not then. :o)

On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
> on Crackstone Rib.

I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.

robotiser@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
>> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
>> on Crackstone Rib.
> 
> I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
> dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.
> 
> 
Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not 
what would classed as dangerous.

Roy.

On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
> what would classed as dangerous.

Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

wrote in message 
news:1187468152.763951.30990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
>> what would classed as dangerous.
>
> Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
> safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
> that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
> heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

Not sure about web sites, but there are plenty of books you could get from 
your local library on rock climbing for beginners.  Or, if Sean has time on 
his hands, he could write you an eloquent essay ;-)

Steve P

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> Not that many lurk here any more, but...

More lurking than posting Steve. :o)

> "The Great Climb
> Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins

Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn the
telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ta for the reminder.

Sean
x

Sean wrote:

> Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn
> the telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ah.  Guess not then. :o)

On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
> on Crackstone Rib.

I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.

robotiser@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
>> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
>> on Crackstone Rib.
> 
> I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
> dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.
> 
> 
Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not 
what would classed as dangerous.

Roy.

On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
> what would classed as dangerous.

Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

wrote in message 
news:1187468152.763951.30990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
>> what would classed as dangerous.
>
> Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
> safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
> that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
> heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

Not sure about web sites, but there are plenty of books you could get from 
your local library on rock climbing for beginners.  Or, if Sean has time on 
his hands, he could write you an eloquent essay ;-)

Steve P

The climb will be streamed
> live at bbc.co.uk/greatclimb"
>

This has now been cancelled due to back weather, they'll have a 30min
available online of what they managed to film yesterday (Sat)

Dave

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> Not that many lurk here any more, but...

More lurking than posting Steve. :o)

> "The Great Climb
> Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins

Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn the
telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ta for the reminder.

Sean
x

Sean wrote:

> Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn
> the telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ah.  Guess not then. :o)

On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
> on Crackstone Rib.

I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.

robotiser@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
>> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
>> on Crackstone Rib.
> 
> I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
> dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.
> 
> 
Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not 
what would classed as dangerous.

Roy.

On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
> what would classed as dangerous.

Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

wrote in message 
news:1187468152.763951.30990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
>> what would classed as dangerous.
>
> Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
> safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
> that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
> heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

Not sure about web sites, but there are plenty of books you could get from 
your local library on rock climbing for beginners.  Or, if Sean has time on 
his hands, he could write you an eloquent essay ;-)

Steve P

The climb will be streamed
> live at bbc.co.uk/greatclimb"
>

This has now been cancelled due to back weather, they'll have a 30min
available online of what they managed to film yesterday (Sat)

Dave

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> 
> PS Thought Julia Bradbury made a "good effort" for a novice on the Ultimate 
> (Shirley some mishtake? - Ed) Climbs with the boy Tim last night - repeated 
> tonight.
> 
> 
> 

Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3 
climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent 
on Crackstone Rib.

Roy.

Steve Pardoe wrote:

> Not that many lurk here any more, but...

More lurking than posting Steve. :o)

> "The Great Climb
> Sat 18 Aug, 5:25 pm - 6:35 pm  70mins

Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn the
telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ta for the reminder.

Sean
x

Sean wrote:

> Just in the nick of time.  I'd forgotten all about it, I'll go and turn
> the telly on and see if they managed to do anything today.

Ah.  Guess not then. :o)

On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
> on Crackstone Rib.

I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.

robotiser@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2:42 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Shame they called it "Ultimate" but yes, if those were her first 3
>> climbs she did extremely well. I thought she looked remarkably competent
>> on Crackstone Rib.
> 
> I'm watching the repeat. Can someone please tell me that this isn't as
> dangerous as it looks!!! I'm not a rock climber.
> 
> 
Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not 
what would classed as dangerous.

Roy.

On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
> what would classed as dangerous.

Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

wrote in message 
news:1187468152.763951.30990@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 18, 9:00 pm, Roy <roy@somedomainsomewhere> wrote:
>> Well apart from a wee bit of loose rock on the Old Man, no these are not
>> what would classed as dangerous.
>
> Are there any websites that describe how people climb such rocks with
> safety? For example, how you anchor the ropes in case of a fall? Not
> that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
> heights), but I'd like to know more about how it works.

Not sure about web sites, but there are plenty of books you could get from 
your local library on rock climbing for beginners.  Or, if Sean has time on 
his hands, he could write you an eloquent essay ;-)

Steve P

The climb will be streamed
> live at bbc.co.uk/greatclimb"
>

This has now been cancelled due to back weather, they'll have a 30min
available online of what they managed to film yesterday (Sat)

Dave

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:15:52 -0700, "robotiser@googlemail.com"
 wrote:

>Not that I'm planning to go rock climbing (sorry, just too scared of
>heights)

Being scared of heights was *why* I started climbing!

-- 
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk