The BMC have put together this short film about his experience on the Welsh Slate. He spent the day with the enigmatic Johnny Dawes, who described Alex's climbing style as 'like a really elegant mechanic.'
Fokin bear grylls , will people stop bringing him up on climbing sites.....bad enough stopping at a local shop for some water before heading heading to my local crag and getting members of the public banging on about him.
Nothing at Gogarth would have been as fingery as Manic Strain... or at least that I can think of. Guess maybe because Hazel's shoulder is still bad the single pitch slate made more sense.
He says in the film it's because slate is unique in the world so he wanted to try it. I know we bang on about Gogarth being unique as a rock type it isn't.
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