In reply to ROFFER:
> (In reply to Gordon Stainforth)
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> I haven't seen the Old Man Of Hoy film but couldn't agree more. I found it hugely inspirational and everyone involved deserves high praise. I even enjoyed the bits between the climbing as they helped to give the whole thing a sense of place and character.
Yes, that last point raised it far beyond any previous climbing broadcast.
But the main point is that everything that is most important about climbing, as I have understood it and experienced it, was so well demonstrated here: the gutsiness, the uncertainty, the teamwork, the banter, the humour, the adrenaline, the physicality ...