...dangling off Indian Face, on a shunt, no shoes...

One of my favourites.

Trad climbing is holding us back? Maybe we should get knee pads, glue holds on and bolt everything, then we'd be up there with the best, as long as we worked the route first.

In climbing that's called getting a whipper and it hurts, but a lot less than landing on ground.

The bit when he asked Claire to come give him a belay reminded me of an 80's style public warning advert 😂

The legend that is Johnny Dawes

Brilliant

Is that Pete's mum on the belay? That's mad

My older brother Bill was called up in 1939 to the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots B Company to Glencorse Barracks where they were given very basic training before being sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium. To fight against more experienced Nazi forces. They fought in the retreat to the beeches of Dunkirk and were very lucky to be rescued by the Royal Navy and were landed in Hull. There their numbers were made up to those who were lost at Dunkirk.They received training in the Yorkshire Dales area and were shipped out to India and fought the Japanese in Burma jungles for four years. He had great respect for the Gurkhas that were also fighting alongside them.Eventually the were the last to be brought home and became known as the unforgotten army. Many years later I met a former officer of the Royals at a welcome home parade on the Royal Mile I took a photograph of him after I asked his permission and said that my brother had been a Royal Scot who was proud to have served his regiment. This Officer said that the 1st Battalion certainly had certainly had their share of WW2. I took the picture later up to Dreghorn Barracks and spoke to the Duty Officer and asked if he knew this Gentleman, he identified him gave me his title and home address in Haddington.I sent the photograph to him and he replied with a thank you for having sent his photograph. Attending a bar lunch with former R.A.F. Officers in the Royal Scots Hotel one of them was personal friends with him. David Nisbet former R.S. Officer interviewed earlier I know having worked with his Dad Bruce with Bruce Lindsay Oils at Granton Depot. Small world. 👍

My older brother Bill was called up in 1939 to the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots B Company to Glencorse Barracks where they were given very basic training before being sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France and Belgium. To fight against more experienced Nazi forces. They fought in the retreat to the beeches of Dunkirk and were very lucky to be rescued by the Royal Navy and were landed in Hull. There their numbers were made up to those who were lost at Dunkirk.They received training in the Yorkshire Dales area and were shipped out to India and fought the Japanese in Burma jungles for four years. He had great respect for the Gurkhas that were also fighting alongside them.Eventually the were the last to be brought home and became known as the unforgotten army. Many years later I met a former officer of the Royals at a welcome home parade on the Royal Mile I took a photograph of him after I asked his permission and said that my brother had been a Royal Scot who was proud to have served his regiment. This Officer said that the 1st Battalion certainly had certainly had their share of WW2. I took the picture later up to Dreghorn Barracks and spoke to the Duty Officer and asked if he knew this Gentleman, he identified him gave me his title and home address in Haddington.I sent the photograph to him and he replied with a thank you for having sent his photograph. Attending a bar lunch with former R.A.F. Officers in the Royal Scots Hotel one of them was personal friends with him. David Nisbet former R.S. Officer interviewed earlier I know having worked with his Dad Bruce with Bruce Lindsay Oils at Granton Depot. Small world. 👍

In slow motion you can see there is something under the trouser...think it is a blue screen hidden toprope....fake like 99% of climbing they look so weak, not in shape, without colour in their face....

Anyone know the music in the beginning?

what is the first route called that Will fell off?

17yo Pete! What a madlad! 🤟

Proud

That dude is literally stuck in a rock and a hard place

Great video - what is the music playing please - it's really good but no mention of it

*E11 7a is a big time grade* Does anyone know if there’s been a repeat & has the grade stayed the test?

Long past time that Dave MacCleod arrives in The Valley (Yosemite) and tick off a few El Cap Big Wall’s. Something tells me he’d kick some ass

Saw jonny at stanage today teaching. What a legend, alas...I'll never be good enough to do one of his routes😅.

* ***ANYONE REMMEMBER DINO AKA SCOTT MARTIN 1969 TO 73...??

****VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS/ ROYAL SCOTS...! TRANSFERED TO MY BROTHERS, REGIMENY ROYAL SCOTS..THEY WERE LIKE THE BOY 👦 SCOUTS AFTER THE STRICT DISAPLINE IN THE GUARDS...BEEN AN JUNIOUR BEFORE I JOINED R.S. WAS PICKED ON BECAUSE OF THIS...*** ""

That looks like really miserable fun🤷🏽‍♂️

rad

Fabulous filmed climb. Made it look easy. But it’s not. 👍👍

what time is the fall at ?

Nice send! Much better belaying than Dave's first accent. The hard catch when he fell from the top hold was nasty. Hurt his ankle because the belayer was tied down. Bad plan. This soft catch with the belayer flying up was much nicer took loads of the swing out of it.

Oh no knee scum is my first choice normally. Only now am I finding out it’s a desperation last resort.

The belayer suffering as much as the climber…

where can i watch this movie?

Met some Royal Scots in Sennelager Germany about '86. Utter morons.

That's insane!

Best bit of climbing film ever. You really get a sense of what petes feeling.

Okay this is amazing, but I didn't understand why not place some gear in the cracks after the crux section? Seems like an enormous runout with terrible consequences...

A pleasure to watch such a talented climber 😀

Nice climb. Piss easy route though

This is the epitome of faffing and I'm here for it

11:52 that's one TINY protection....

'Tis poetry to my ears! 🤣

That scream at the end is absolutely elating. Always puts a smile on my face

I remember watching Eric Jones soloing it on BBC TV and I felt much more gripped than when actually climbing it. We did Cemetery Gates, Spectre and Diagonal in one day and I remember driving my motorbike back to South Wales - would've been better to wait a few hours to let the adrenalin subside. All last century, when 'the Gates' was graded HVS 5a.

Is that Hazel Findlay's voice in the background?

chills

I love this soooo much. incredible filming. love the sound choices as well. What a monster of self-assurance Dave is..

No mention of the HLI ?

Only one i respected in the royal family and still is ANNE.

Used, always.

Gin Palace by Craig Smith .

my favourite thing about this is when all the Americans said it didn’t count because they used pre placed protection they just went and re did it lol

The half 5 morning start is terrifying enough