Hiya. I'm trying to write about climbing places as a sort of bohemia in some ways. 'Boho' culture seems more of a product or a brand nowadays, and it is said that bohemia is always more about nostalgia and memory than presence and participation. But when and where are /were the climbing bohemias, their meeting places and characters? Places where people live to climb, even if it means living on very scant means, forgoing 'proper' jobs etc? 'Valley Uprising' and 'Statement' seem to give some clues. In retrospect (of course) Llanberis always felt a bit like that to me, with Pete's Eats as a hub, perhaps, alongside the Vaynol and other pubs in the area, and there was a rich cast of recognisable heroes and villains. But then, I was a visitor, a voyeur - an outsider. Are there still hubs around the world where folk who 'drop out' can commit to their climbing and hang out, long term?
(Apologies - this message also in 'Pub talk' earlier, but perhaps it fits better here)
Pete