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Postby Jargon on Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:31 am

brilliant quote from the bbc:
On Kilimanjaro there's none of what mountaineers call "technical climbing" - moments where you find yourself rummaging for an ice axe as you cling on to an overhang.
Makes me feel sorry for the guy from the BMC who they also quote in the article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7919100.stm
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Postby Ricardo on Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:16 am

"Seven days up and FOUR days down"?? Do they crawl on their bellies or what? :shock:
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Postby JP on Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:01 pm

Ricardo wrote:"Seven days up and FOUR days down"?? Do they crawl on their bellies or what? :shock:


Chris Moyles is the one on the right in the photo...
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Postby Saz_m on Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:31 pm

I think the article's quite good! It's not written for mountaineers and is quite light-hearted. Coulda been worse!
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Postby Jargon on Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:07 pm

true but it just conjoured a wonderful image in my head, of the BBCs idea of technical climbing as some cross between vertical limit and the opening scene of mission impossible 2(i think) - which is i guess where they got the idea from!
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Postby mwicks1968 on Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:05 pm

I like the idea of "rummaging for an ice axe", particularly on an over-hang - they'll be dry-tooling their way up then? There are a few "tools" going I see, so they'll be alright then.

Can I fossick (copyright Boris Johnson) around for a Friend then?
Mike Wicks - "Heavy Showers"
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Postby Andy on Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:16 pm

Ricardo wrote:"Seven days up and FOUR days down"?? Do they crawl on their bellies or what? :shock:


Its been done in just over 8 hours, if that makes you happy!
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