Most excellent !

Top effort well done!

Congrats on the onsight and thanks for another quality video!

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! More on the way!

bon effort!

Yep…it was E6 back in the day…pads and the likes defo round it out at E5… cool it was onsight. seem to remember we top roped it once… and piled ru cksaks and a couple of ropes as “ 1984 landing pads."

@BrainSpecialist

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you would have used pads if they'd be around!

my guy hung on forever great send

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

I think you've found the secret to trad😂 some routes have taken me over an hour, hanging on forever is the way🤙

Well done acknowledging the pads/spotters. As mentioned below, its E6 without the pads 😉 Interesting question, what's harder, Nosferatu with pads, or The Nock without? Would be good to get your opinion.

@sinad153

2 жыл бұрын

It's not E6 even without pads Dave.

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, I'll give it a go when the weather clears up, thanks for the suggestion!

It's E6 without the pads, E4 with; but still nicely done.

@davidthomas1424

2 жыл бұрын

Damn. You copied my post. 😉

Spicy 6A+? 🤣jk nice one dude

I have also onsighted nosferatu with no pads. ( in those days we didn't have pads & I don't like pads

@sinadin6732

2 жыл бұрын

Using pads on routes is cheating.

I'm kinda surprised you were carrying nuts, is that just force of habit or did you think you might place some?

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeremy, I didn't know if there might have been some smallp placements along the way I hadn't spotted, nuts are pretty light anyway!

I tried this back in Feb '98 without spotters and mats. I found the boulder part not too bad, if I remember rightly (I mean, I did it many times), but couldn't get the top move as I'm only 165 cm. Yeah, same heigh as Johnny Dawes, but he's not human!

@mikelea3406

2 жыл бұрын

A pretty similar experience for me but done in the 80’s, similarity in that equally i’m 165 but topped out and have subsequently soloed on quite a few occasions since (need to undercut the top break!)

@nickcharnley9639

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikelea3406 cool! I'm sure I tried the undercut but it just didn't work. In the end the disappointment of nailing the bouldering bit (in a different way than my mate Simon Nadin who was taller) but then failing the top got to me!

@mikelea3406

2 жыл бұрын

Well would be difficult to keep up with Si in any respects. There are some circumstances where height can hinder success and ref Si - despite protracted attempts, Thing on a Spring always evaded me! Some you win, some you loose…..

@nickcharnley9639

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikelea3406 ahhhh, should have said. It's not that Simon Nadin, it's the other one from Sheffield. He was still a handy climber in his day, he managed E8, which isn't bad!

@MartinBenson1

Жыл бұрын

I flashed it on solo in 97 without pads or spotters.

It's not even E6 without pads. You can have hard E3 for this ascent.

@rickyclimbs1552

Жыл бұрын

Fair comment

So why no helmet on anyone there? Not the climber or belayer has one on.

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right, I should be wearing one, I just forgot in all the working myself up beforehand, well spotted!

@andybarker7372

2 жыл бұрын

No helmet, no pads, no sticky boots when I did the first ascent 😂

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

@@andybarker7372 we've got things easy these days!! big respect for the vision of everyone putting up early hard trad routes.

@simonnadin7295

2 жыл бұрын

@@andybarker7372 That's a good effort for 1980.

Have my children 🤯😍😍 E6! That's like almost as hard as Yosemite, have you seen free solo

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

Free solo with Alex handhold is my favourite film!, I love the bit where he climbs that rock!

This is mega wtf

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta find some more low hanging e6's now👌

@PeakDistrictBouldering

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickyclimbs1552 Life Assurance?

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

@@PeakDistrictBouldering I'll have a look, cheers!

@sinad153

2 жыл бұрын

No it isn't, it's pathetic. Five pads and three spotters is ridiculous.

Mate, there's no fuckin' way that's E6 even without pads. With the three pads you used you'd be lucky to get E4. EDIT. You used FIVE PADS? This is a joke.

@rickyclimbs1552

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't fancy breaking my legs for no particular reason lol

@josephmullett5427

2 жыл бұрын

Lookout everybody the ethics police are about

@markus4969

Жыл бұрын

Si have you even done it?? I’d like to see the proof of you doing it without pads before making this kinda comment!