Old Man of Hoy (1992)

[@_Ben4810]

I seem to remember in the mid-80's Joe re-climbed Hoy stack for BBC TV with his daughter Zoe...It was fantastic to watch, the banter between father & daughter was amazing, so much so that it launched Zoe into an all-too-brief tv presenting career...she was brilliant at it also.

[@teddy1066]

Climbed VDiff at night and that was harrowing. Couldn’t imagine HVS in the dark!

[@rjones6219]

I remember this broadcast as I watched it live. As for Joe brown, I recall that he once did a roof job for my grandmother. She told him he was a better climber than a roofer :)

[@thewiseoldbird]

Thank you so much for this. I vividly remember watching the live broadcast as a 10 year old but had no idea of what a pioneering event this was. This is the Old BBC at its best.

[@llywnogmawr5853]

RIP TOM PATEY

[@josephinebennington7247]

2023, and as gripping today as 1967. Let’s not forget the cameramen who climbed alongside them. Never mentioned, just as skilled and brave. How did the last man get off, anyone?

[@peterjohnston377]

I'm afraid this puts in in mind of Monty Python's 'North Face of the Ealing Road' sketch - 'I shall put a peg in now, cause if I fall from here, I shall get a nasty bang'...

[@bigdave6591]

That's the best film I've watched in a long time I met Chris bonnington several months ago and he was a absolute gentleman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@teammillcourtclimbing9675]

RIP Joe, your still the best climber ever!

[@thevelvetskyandstars]

Remarkable effort all round.

[@avrolancaster6987]

Fantastic stuff.

[@bjaminbjamin]

absolute classic film and route!

[@jimmywrangles]

Excellent upload.

[@inkblack6256]

Wonderful.

[@macman5467]

BBC we need a DVD of the whole series !

[@minchmoorramblers6856]

My mate climbed this as part of a trio about 5 years ago. I got invited but felt it was pushing my climbing abilities a little bit. I’m happy to bumble along on a VS. Now my mate has gone even further than the Old Man and climbs up to E5. I think the Old Man is an E1. If I pushed myself I’m sure I could climb an E1 somewhere single pitch. I like to climb in a more relaxed manner usually though.

[@vivekraychowdhury4348]

The climb and the climbers -legend, and the BBC logistical set up is nothing short of a pioneering survey work in the subcontinent.

[@borderlands6606]

Now the climbers would have a GoPro on their head, and there'd be a couple of people with long lenses on the ground. The BBC wouldn't cover it because it didn't tick diversity boxes, and surveys would predict it was too long and boring to satisfy advertisers. Yet 53 years after the climb, and 28 years after this programme was made, people are still watching.

[@EdiDrums]

'The change in the kinds of programmes we see in the schedules, the competition now between four networks...' 45:36

[@GunjectTV]

can you watch my Videos in my channel?

[@stevenhalliday7297]

When they reached the top 3 year old Ueli Stek was waiting for them.

[@rocnoir4233]

Ian Clough at 11:47

[@trucktalkvideos]

Love that Bedford TK

[@michaellakey3565]

Why wasn't the great Don Whillams included?

[@m00nsplitter72]

Imagine a time when the BBC was free from ideologically purposed content and political bias. Perhaps there never was, but now there is not even a pretence of anything other.

[@hutchmusician]

But how much was all the equipment worth?

[@AlbertaClimber]

I don't know why this is titled (1992) when it was actually 1967

[@FeatherCharm436]

Because this is a 1992 programme looking back on the 1967 climb (and the 1967 BBC programme).

[@leewilliams6174]

Stondende leibooshnick brava

[@34hedgehog]

Why didn't they just helicopter the stuff in?

[@Younghead]

Are you serious, I'm sure you can notice that it was filmed in the 60s when there was only 2 or 3 t.v. channels. The risk was too big and expensive for a helicopter, the weather, fuel, landing in such an developed spot. They didn't even master filming back then, i could go on I'm sure you see the bigger picture..

[@theedscape8002]

@@Younghead They couldn't even manage to put the tents up properly.

[@mrgrimsdale5265]

No consideration for the environment in those days. Churning up the peat and burning the heather!!!