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A Dream of White Horses...

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 jon 16 Oct 2019

While looking through this week's photos I came across a wonderful tale of fate - see the comment here: https://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/dbpage.php?id=334644 It seemed too good to leave it hidden in the photos section where most folk might just miss it... I hope birks3746 and Neil Foster won't mind me drawing attention to it. I wonder how many other fascinating stories have managed to escape our attention in this way - I'm sure there must be some out there...

 galpinos 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Cheers Jon. Made me a smile whilst having my morning cuppa, a lovely start to the day.

 Baron Weasel 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

And it's a great photo! 

 Andy Hardy 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Like #15 was from me - great story

 Dave Garnett 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

A great story and completely in character for Maurice.  Despite being 70 he can still reach further than me and has nerves of steel! 

And, having made a nostalgic ascent of Suspension Bridge Arete at my old stamping ground with my son recently, I can endorse the sentiment that it doesn't get any better.

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 Birks 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Glad it wasn't just me who was delighted to see Neil's comments! A perfect example of what's brilliant about the climbing community! My mum is digging out some old negatives of their day out with Neil, I hope to be able to share these soon! Climbing with a 70yr old brings its own unique challenges (diminishing hearing/eyesight, a wandering attention span and insistence of errors in guidebook descriptions) but its so much fun!

I've another photo of the crux pitch in the soaking wet conditions on Corvus of my mum and me separated by about 40yrs, same spot, gear placements and position which I'll post dig out and post at some point!

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 pneame 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

That was pretty neat - great story. 

 andyman666999 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Brilliant. 

 bouldery bits 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

What a fab story. 

I hope I'm still enjoying wild places at that age.

Wonderful. 

 Misha 16 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Nice story and amusing to see even Neil used to be inexperienced...

 Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 16 Oct 2019
In reply to Birks:

Great tale,

Chris

OP jon 17 Oct 2019
In reply to Birks:

> My mum is digging out some old negatives of their day out with Neil, I hope to be able to share these soon!

Well I certainly look forward to those!

 Birks 18 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Just submitted a few photos of the day in 1981!

 Neil Foster Global Crag Moderator 19 Oct 2019
In reply to Birks:

An easy mistake to make given my reputation for sartorial elegance, but I don’t think this photo is me.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/dbpage.php?id=334990

Don’t remember any of those clothes, and I think that person is wearing glasses.

It could be that there was a team on Wen, though my memory of such details is a little hazy.

I do remember Mo led the last pitch, and I went last, so he will be bringing up Sarah (White?) in the other photos.

I’ll look up the actual date when we get back to the UK, but it certainly feels like a long time ago! Sufficiently long that when we woke to rain on the Sunday, rather than head to The Beacon, we donned waterproofs and went and did Lockwood’s Chimney....

Great days!

Neil

 Neil Foster Global Crag Moderator 30 Oct 2019
In reply to jon:

Just back home and checked my (very) old climbing diary.

It was 27/10/79 when I did DOWH with Maurice and Sarah - so just over 40 years ago!

I'd been climbing less than a year, and my diary confirms it was my first ever sea cliff route.

Where did all those years go.....?

Neil

 ian caton 03 Nov 2019
In reply to Neil Foster:

Longer than a year surely? 😊

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