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Recommend catching this on iPlayer if you aren’t (or haven’t been)watching. Tucked away on bbc2 morning telly - really good adventure tv stuff.
One question for climbers - how the hell do you trust those pegs (or whatever they’re called) you stick in the rock to take your whole weight??
Crazy huh, they're called pitons
Thanks for the heads up, will check it out
Getting caught in that storm with nowhere to go was mental!
Oh.. Jesus benp1.... LOL
Pitons or pegs... They are all the same.
[i]Getting caught in that storm with nowhere to go was mental[/i]
Whole thing is mental to me! Couldn't do any of it. "Camping" on a vertical cliff? Come on! 😯
I know. Getting the campfire going must be a nightmare
Cheers for heads up. I’ll have a watch.
Only about halfway through episode 1 (thanks for the PSA) and haven't spotted any pitons yet - they seem to be using standard British trad gear, ie nuts and cams. Anyway, in the same way as pitons you trust them to hold your weight because they do - they're rated at something like 2 tonnes. The biggest issue is the bit of rock you put them in failing, which is why you put in multiple bits. I suppose you just get used to trusting them, to the point you don't even think about it (though personally I've still yet to take a lead fall on trad gear, should probably try and get that out of the way this year - I tend to climb well within my comfort zone on trad).
I'm always fascinated by the camera people, I presume they do that climb too? Scary stuff.
Caher... Spot on..... No pegs.
Its limestone..... Trad gear + Its bolted on major belays.
Is that the one on the south american tepui? The only thing I came away with was that he was not the most encouraging belayer you could hope to have. I vaguely remember he spent half the time commenting loudly to camera that if his mate fell off here, he was a gonner!
The radio podcasts are pretty good too:
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswcywhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswcyw ]Worldwide adventures with Steve Backshall[/url]
[quote=martinhutch ]The only thing I came away with was that he was not the most encouraging belayer you could hope to have. I vaguely remember he spent half the time commenting loudly to camera that if his mate fell off here, he was a gonner!
Having a bit of experience of being that side of the camera on adventure programmes, I wouldn't necessarily believe everything you see. Steve is a proper climber (something which didn't really come across in what I've watched so far, he was being made out as a bit of an amateur). Though there was one shot where he had his krab upside down (in fairness it's easy for it to twist when lead belaying, I've had it happen to me enough).
I know he can climb pretty well, and I'm sure John Arran didn't mind 'all' that much getting a running commentary on his lead... 🙂