Comments on: Friday Links: Duathalons, Groovy Shoesy, Voyagers, Hell & Back http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html talking about outdoor adventure... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:18:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Ayton http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61188 Dave Ayton Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:56:26 +0000 http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61188 Me too .... sounds good! Me too …. sounds good!

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61186 Robin Blandford Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:50:49 +0000 http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61186 Looking forward to hearing about it! Looking forward to hearing about it!

]]> By: Aisling http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61184 Aisling Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:24:28 +0000 http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61184 I'm off to the Duathlon now! It's raining so should be extra fun! (Athletics Ireland had a fantastic awards ceremony last night, great event! I plan on blogging about that later as I was there and brought my camera!) I’m off to the Duathlon now! It’s raining so should be extra fun! (Athletics Ireland had a fantastic awards ceremony last night, great event! I plan on blogging about that later as I was there and brought my camera!)

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61107 Robin Blandford Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:49:51 +0000 http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61107 I'm so watching that tonight! Pudsey's Children In Need has lost a viewer! I’m so watching that tonight! Pudsey’s Children In Need has lost a viewer!

]]> By: Ayton http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61104 Ayton Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:21:38 +0000 http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/11/friday-links-duathalons-groovy-shoesy-voyagers-hell-back.html#comment-61104 After watching "to Hell and Back" a couple of weeks ago i have no choice but to recommend it to everyone! Go and download it now! It shows the other end of the spectrum of hard trad climbing - where E11 pushed physical difficulty above reasonable protection - this film shows MacLeod having to come to terms with poor weather conditions, access, remoteness, friable rock, and the ever present risk that if he did fall his marginal gear (a few free-hanging skyhooks on crimps and a cam wedged behind a loose flake... below the crux!) would rip and end up landing on him!! It explores the feelings and thoughts of his wife and all the film crew present - and i was left feeling why?! Why go through that?! Then i remembered what it's like to have found a piece of unclimbed rock that no-one had ever been on - the drive to piece it all together and lead it, claiming it as your own blinds or numbs you to the dangers! Dave only seemed to truly realise what was at stake once on the lead, above the crux on the 'rest' hold where he could finally try and calm his nerves, recover his finger strength, remember his sequence for the climbing above and wait.... Well, you're just gonna have to watch it to find out aren't you?! Dave A After watching “to Hell and Back” a couple of weeks ago i have no choice but to recommend it to everyone! Go and download it now! It shows the other end of the spectrum of hard trad climbing - where E11 pushed physical difficulty above reasonable protection - this film shows MacLeod having to come to terms with poor weather conditions, access, remoteness, friable rock, and the ever present risk that if he did fall his marginal gear (a few free-hanging skyhooks on crimps and a cam wedged behind a loose flake… below the crux!) would rip and end up landing on him!! It explores the feelings and thoughts of his wife and all the film crew present - and i was left feeling why?! Why go through that?! Then i remembered what it’s like to have found a piece of unclimbed rock that no-one had ever been on - the drive to piece it all together and lead it, claiming it as your own blinds or numbs you to the dangers! Dave only seemed to truly realise what was at stake once on the lead, above the crux on the ‘rest’ hold where he could finally try and calm his nerves, recover his finger strength, remember his sequence for the climbing above and wait…. Well, you’re just gonna have to watch it to find out aren’t you?!

Dave A

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