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Tracing the Edge Episode 6 with Colin Haley, plus New Dirtbag Diaries Short

The Cleanest Line yesterday | Reads 1 (cached version)
Colin Haley used the Cascades as a springboard onto the world's hardest-to-reach summits. The range's fickle weather, arduous approaches and complex glaciers were perfect tests. Summit by summit Haley connected the dots until multi-day outings like Mount Shuksan and Mount...

Tracing the Edge Episode 6 with Colin Haley, plus New Dirtbag Diaries Short

The Cleanest Line yesterday | Reads 1 (cached version)
Colin Haley used the Cascades as a springboard onto the world's hardest-to-reach summits. The range's fickle weather, arduous approaches and complex glaciers were perfect tests. Summit by summit Haley connected the dots until multi-day outings like Mount Shuksan and Mount...

Ultra Tough

The Cleanest Line 4 days ago | Reads 0 (cached version)
There’s a great saying that goes, “If you don’t travel, you stagnate.” I think the idea also applies to engaging ourselves with people beyond our usual crowd. We can so easily get stuck in our own little circles, which also...

Ultra Tough

The Cleanest Line 4 days ago | Reads 2 (cached version)
There’s a great saying that goes, “If you don’t travel, you stagnate.” I think the idea also applies to engaging ourselves with people beyond our usual crowd. We can so easily get stuck in our own little circles, which also...

Jag e inte bitter!

The Umeå Show 5 days ago | Reads 2 (cached version)
Slutet av förra veckan präglades av surfande på Yr.no. Hur skulle helgen väder bli?Torsdagen yr-spaning gav följande utslag:Mosjön. Kanon lördag, regn söndag. Hm..
Umeå. Regn lördag, bra döndag. Aha..
Västanbäck, regn lördag, hyfsat söndag. Ok.Ok, helgens plan. Mosjön lördag, Västanbäck söndag. Nice!Fredagens yr-spaningen gav:Mosj&oum ...

The Great Climb success!

Dave MacLeod Climbing 5 days ago | Reads 11 (cached version)

We pulled off The Great Climb!
All 55 of us were just a little ecstatic last night and we partied in Glen Scaladale until we dropped. Every one of the usual suspects on the team of producers, outside broadcast production team, climbers, riggers, runners, presenters, medics, environmental consultants and many more were chosen for this project because they absolutely were THE person to rely on to come up with the goods when everything had to happen.
If you watched the program, you saw some of the problems we dealt with as climbers to get to the top - a painful ankle and wet rock. But you won’t have seen all the equally hard work, good judgement calls and quick thinking that made it all happen behind the camera. I’ve got to admit I felt a bit emotional when we got to the top. It was just so great that everyones hard graft, gambles and input paid off in style.

We’re over the moon that so many of you on here, Twitter (#thegreatclimb) and my Facebook said you enjoyed it. First up, some questions answered:
I think there was a blip for a while, but it’s available for download on iplayer until Sept 4th, right here. It’ll also be on DVD fairly shortly. And when it does, you’ll find it on my shop as soon as it’s out. The triple 5 trip (myself and Tim, 5 new routes, 5 islands, in 5 days) which would would have seen in case of disaster on the live day, will be coming to the BBC TV screens shortly and also DVD. I’ll keep you posted on this.
Tim climbed amazingly yesterday. He’s an amazing athlete in every way. Not only did he cruise pitch 1 and kept it together when things got ‘a bit spicy’ on pitch 3, but his lead of the soaking wet, slimy overhanging wall at the end was an exemplary display of climbing skill and mental composure.
For me it was a tough day. By the sounds of it, it showed on camera too. I took as much analgesic as I could, but my right foot hurt on nearly every move. Adrenaline provided 100% pain relief that lasted through the crucial pitch 2. But after that I was using most or all of my ‘reserve’ to get me through it. It seemed pretty unlikely we’d get to the top without falling off, succumbing to ankle pain, swearing on live TV or generally failing for some other reason. But with 30 seconds to go after 5.5 hours live, I finished seconding the final pitch and the whoops rang back and forth across Glen Uladail.
I’ll post up some more stills and thoughts from our experience shortly, but for now here are some from the fun and games last night.
Ace climbing cameramen Paul (Diff) Diffley and Joe French. Although so much action happened on the live day itself, for both myself and Joe this was a whole summer of work. Joe was a great source of counsel as we spent weeks on the island, me trying to choose the right line for the broadcast and Joe filming and editing most of the Harris features. Diff was ‘polecam’ on the live day and must have abs of steel after holding a 3 metre pole steady while dangling in the wind for an entire day.

Ace cameraman #3 Ben Pritchard of Slackjaw looking a bit wired. Check out the youtube of his brilliant short film Splinter.

Myself and BBC executive producer David Harron. Thanks for taking a big gamble of on us making it happen after a huge amount of effort, time and budget failed on our last attempt on the Great Climb three years ago.

Dougie and Heather. Everyone told me Dougie did a fine job of timing and managing comment on the action from both himself and the commentary team. Not an easy job when you aren’t a climber yourself! Everyone, not least myself benefitted from Heather’s positive encouragement through the ups and downs of the week.

Stephen Venables, the man himself, Garth and director Ian Russell. 4 very cool-headed individuals in their respective fields of expertise.
Getting the chance to be involved in a production like this, no matter what role you play in it, is an unmissable experience. You learn so much, from so many different people about how to up your game. So when it comes around to doing your own bit, you somehow magically end up making a 110% effort yourself. 

Dave MacLeod

My book - 9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes

Introducing Tracing the Edge a Ten-Part Video Series featuring Gerry Lopez, Colin Haley & Krissy Moehl

The Cleanest Line 1 week ago | Reads 1 (cached version)
[Tracing the Edge playlist, kick back and watch episodes 1-5. Video: Fitz Cahall & Bryan Smith] Our friend Fitz Cahall, who you know from The Dirtbag Diaries, and his partner Bryan Smith have created a new 10-part video series, Tracing...

Introducing Tracing the Edge a Ten-Part Video Series featuring Gerry Lopez, Colin Haley & Krissy Moehl

The Cleanest Line 1 week ago | Reads 1 (cached version)
[Tracing the Edge playlist, kick back and watch episodes 1-5. Video: Fitz Cahall & Bryan Smith] Our friend Fitz Cahall, who you know from The Dirtbag Diaries, and his partner Bryan Smith have created a new 10-part video series, Tracing...

What do you do when you can’t climb?

Dave MacLeod Climbing 1 week ago | Reads 12 (cached version)

Find another way.
Well, I’m partially on my way to full able bodied status again after two days resting up, so I can walk with some pain and stand on footholds no problem so long as the twist doesn’t stretch my stitches too much. And that’s on a half dose of analgesic. Promising.
Today I thought it was a good time to start letting my ankle know it’s going to have a long day on Saturday, as well as get some training in to tick over instead of rapid fitness loss sitting on my bum.
I did this traverse about 7 times until a hold broke and I got really quite soaking in the resultant bog-splat. I went back for another 5 reps later this evening, after a cup of tea.
Even though my ankle was throbbing after this, it’s great progress. Yesterday morning when I got out of bed it was too painful to weight it even for a second.

PS: I wrote the above last night, better again this morning. Check out what the Sun have to say about our live climb!

Dave MacLeod

My book - 9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes

Talk About Your Dream Expedition, Win a NOLS Trip

The Cleanest Line 1 week ago | Reads 5 (cached version)
Let’s put this in the simplest possible terms: If you can pick up a video camera and press "record," you have a chance to win a kick-ass trip. It really is almost too easy: all you have to do is...

Talk About Your Dream Expedition, Win a NOLS Trip

The Cleanest Line 1 week ago | Reads 1 (cached version)
Let’s put this in the simplest possible terms: If you can pick up a video camera and press "record," you have a chance to win a kick-ass trip. It really is almost too easy: all you have to do is...

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