Did Macleod tick Binnein Shuas project?

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 JLS 03 Oct 2019

So, does anyone know if Dave Macleod ticked / backed off / fell off his Binnein Shuas project...?

youtube.com/watch?v=NMsT3qyV8us&

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 JMarkW 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

been waiting to see as well!

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 henwardian 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> So, does anyone know if Dave Macleod ticked / backed off / fell off his Binnein Shuas project...?

A few people know, but I'm sure he'll post something himself when he's ready to put something out there.

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OP JLS 03 Oct 2019
In reply to henwardian:

>"I'm sure he'll post something himself when he's ready"

Hopefully not via a spiritualist medium.

 PhilMW 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Hopefully if he did, the footage will be good!!!

 Kees 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Indeed, checking his instagram, facbook and youtube page every minute now. Hope nothing bad happened.

 ebdon 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Is this up the middle of the fortress? I saw a fixed line around there last autumn and it made me scared just looking the line it was on, huge blank sections between good looking features and wildly steep throughout...

OP JLS 03 Oct 2019
In reply to Kees:

> Indeed, checking his instagram, facbook and youtube page every minute now. Hope nothing bad happened.


I hopefully the melodramatic prelude video was just hyperbole and he knew that really it was a done deal...

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OP JLS 03 Oct 2019
In reply to ebdon:

I've no idea where it goes but expect it doesn't lack neither difficulty nor scariness...

 Arms Cliff 03 Oct 2019
In reply to ebdon:

There’s a great vid of him rigging the line to practice on a shunt on his YouTube. Even that looks terrifying! 

In reply to JLS:

Wouldn't be surprised if he was on it today, probs last window for the season.

 Michael Gordon 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> I hopefully the melodramatic prelude video was just hyperbole and he knew that really it was a done deal...

I think the point he was making in that video was that regarding it as a 'done deal' wouldn't be giving enough respect to a serious route and would perhaps make him more likely to fall of it. Got to say, it looked desperate on the wee bit of footage of him linking it on the shunt!  

 Arms Cliff 03 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> I hopefully the melodramatic prelude video was just hyperbole and he knew that really it was a done deal...

I find the honesty in Dave’s vids interesting and refreshing. It’s rare that you get such an insight into the thought process behind these things from someone who has the vocabulary to accurately describe it. 

In reply to JLS:

I noticed Dave commented on Neil Gresham’s most recent Instagram post 2 hours ago. So it’s great to see he’s still alive at least!

OP JLS 03 Oct 2019
In reply to Arms Cliff:

Don’t get me wrong, I think Dave is great. His list of achievements is endless and speaks for itself. That said, my perception is, he can be prone to sometimes, “laying it on a bit thick”. By that I don’t mean overstating the dangers involved, but rather, understating his preparedness. Like I say, it’s only one opinion.

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 Offwidth 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Really? The man is a training guru and his preparation on hard routes comes across as meticulous to me.

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 Kees 04 Oct 2019
In reply to CameronDotSmith:

That's a relieve that he is still alive. Maybe not kicking....

 Suncream 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

He posted this message on YouTube about an hour ago:

"Hey everyone, thanks for all your messages over the past couple of days. It has been a bit of a crazy week but I live to post another YouTube video! New video coming Saturday afternoon."

OP JLS 04 Oct 2019
In reply to Suncream:

>"He posted this message on YouTube about an hour ago:"

For the moment I'll assume all is well and the message wasn't typed with a keyboard activated by blowing into a straw.

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OP JLS 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

14 Dislikes and counting.

Seems Mr MacLeod is held in such esteem as to be beyond any criticism.

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 Arms Cliff 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

I think your criticism might stand up to more scrutiny if Dave hadn’t crocked himself so many times falling off things!

OP JLS 04 Oct 2019
In reply to Arms Cliff:

> I think your criticism might stand up to more scrutiny if Dave hadn’t crocked himself so many times falling off things!


Once you set aside falling off skateboards and once being dropped, has he really “crocked” himself all that much?

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 Michael Hood 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

I think maybe Dave is trying to avoid falling into complacency (and the risks that come from that) and the "it only happens to other people" trap that we all too easily fall into. I think he appreciates that yes, it could actually happen to him, even after he's done everything he can to reduce the risk and to exactly know where the risky area (on the route) is.

And with that in mind, even though to us he appears to have done a massive amount of preparation, maybe he always feels underprepared. Maybe that's just his character. Just imagine what a blog by Jerry about a similar scenario would have been like

 danm 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Yes, he badly smashed his ankle when taking Nat out on one of her first trad climbing days I think? He fell off something hard and bold.

 Fellover 04 Oct 2019
In reply to danm:

> Yes, he badly smashed his ankle when taking Nat out on one of her first trad climbing days I think? He fell off something hard and bold.

Hold fast hold true I think.

 Arms Cliff 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> Once you set aside falling off skateboards and once being dropped, has he really “crocked” himself all that much?

I’ve not read his accident book, but there’s Hold Fast Hold True and didn’t he also break his ankle at this very crag? 

I guess it’s hard to have any evidence to the counter (he’s obviously understating his confidence as he’s not killed himself yet for example), but I really don’t get any inkling that he is being anything but honest. I’m not going to go back through the vlogs but it seemed like he’d only linked the route a couple of times, and the potential outcome of not getting through the crux section didn’t sound great! 

OP JLS 04 Oct 2019
In reply to Arms Cliff:

Yeah, looks like I'm not going to win this one. I might as well accept that Dave has never succumb to the temptation to spice up social media output.

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 timparkin 04 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> Yeah, looks like I'm not going to win this one. I might as well accept that Dave has never succumbed to the temptation to spice up social media output.

I think he's happy to play some of the 'bait' game with titles, etc. But not so much in the real content. I can forgive the first (it's part of the game) but glad he doesn't do the second. 

 Xavierpercy 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Alex1:

Thanks for posting that. Dave’s films are really good. The route, the climbing and his thoughts and emotions all feature.

In reply to Xavierpercy:

Just so inspiring. I hope and expect a huge number of young climbers will be fired up by this.

 Andy Moles 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Alex1:

I liked his chat about having all the negative thoughts, letting them pass and giving it full effort anyway.

Also liked Masa's practice belay jumps!

Looks like there's a carabiner hanging by the lower crux but he doesn't clip it, wonder what that's for? Is it just a carabiner shaped bit of lichen?

OP JLS 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Andy Moles:

I assume the unused crab was part of the top-rope practice setup he talked about. If you were falling off the crux while practicing you’d need some thing to hold the rope into the crag otherwise you’d swing out into space and not be able to work the moves. I assume its position means it’s too hard to place/clip on the actual lead.

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 Robert Durran 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Alex1:

Really enjoyed that. Sounded like a load of geese were flying past while he was on the top bit!

 JMarkW 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:

> Just so inspiring. I hope and expect a huge number of young climbers will be fired up by this.

There's an old climber fired up by this as well!!

 C Witter 05 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Cracking. Would love to have seen even more of the route/climbing. But, it was good video and looks like a fantastic achievement!

 Shani 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Alex1:

Seriously impressive stuff from DM.

 Wimlands 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Robert Durran:

Loved the geese !

 Duncan Beard 05 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

Excellent news that he has done it, really enjoyed watching the vid. I've got more into watching Dave's stuff in the last few months despite the fact that I only lead VS (on a good day).

 Michael Hood 05 Oct 2019
In reply to Alex1:

Impressive that he still went climbing on what looked (weather wise) that it was going to be a pretty shit day. I suppose he's doing stuff that's so steep that it stays dry

 aln 06 Oct 2019
In reply to Robert Durran:

> Sounded like a load of geese were flying past while he was on the top bit!

It also sounded like there was a wee bird tweeting throughout the film, right beside the camera. Unless it was the camera making the noise.

 MischaHY 07 Oct 2019
In reply to aln:

That was the shutter, I think. 

 Jon Read 07 Oct 2019
In reply to MischaHY:

Focus confirmation actually -- bloody annoying, and I speak as a photographer; it's the sort of thing I would definitely be turning off if taking pictures of a hard headpoint.

 Dave MacLeod 07 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> Don’t get me wrong, I think Dave is great. His list of achievements is endless and speaks for itself. That said, my perception is, he can be prone to sometimes, “laying it on a bit thick”. By that I don’t mean overstating the dangers involved, but rather, understating his preparedness. Like I say, it’s only one opinion.

I feel like leading E10 is the definition of laying it on thick. It is for me anyway. Focusing on the worst case scenarios is preparing. It's essential.

 Dave MacLeod 07 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> I hopefully the melodramatic prelude video was just hyperbole and he knew that really it was a done deal...

That is a bit harsh.

 Dave MacLeod 07 Oct 2019
In reply to JLS:

> Once you set aside falling off skateboards and once being dropped, has he really “crocked” himself all that much?

Well I suppose its all relative. What would qualify as a suitable injury in your book?

 Dave MacLeod 07 Oct 2019
In reply to Andy Moles:

> Looks like there's a carabiner hanging by the lower crux but he doesn't clip it, wonder what that's for? Is it just a carabiner shaped bit of lichen?

That just held the rope in for working the crux (quite overhanging). It would never hold body weight so no point clipping. I didn't get time to remove it before leading since the rain was coming so I set up a top rope but just pulled it before I got the chance to actually use it.

 TobyA 07 Oct 2019
In reply to Dave MacLeod:

That's interesting - I watch the video on my phone (so small screen) and kept thinking "is that a krab or just a trick of the light making a bit of rock look like a krab?" So I know my eyes were not deceiving me!

Well done. Looks an amazing climb! Binnein Shuas seems to keep giving with quality hard routes! 

OP JLS 07 Oct 2019
In reply to Dave MacLeod:

> "That is a bit harsh."


I thought it was more of a backhanded compliment myself.

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 subtle 07 Oct 2019
In reply to Dave MacLeod:

> That is a bit harsh.

I concur. Now, go chop his bolts from Blantyre Towers, that'll show him  

 bouldery bits 07 Oct 2019
In reply to Dave MacLeod:

> That is a bit harsh.

Are you new around here Dave? We don't actually do any climbing. We just criticise people we're jealous of and buy things.

Good effort like. Also, I'm enjoying your youtubes and I loved your Ramsay round film with Alicia. 

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