Change Log for John Cunningham

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20th Jan 2025

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29th May 2025

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21 29th May 2025 17:06:36 remus ascent Carnivore notes_pretty
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<blockquote> <p>Oh, that was a laugh. Whillans will never forgive me for that. I met him in Glencoe when he was on his honeymoon. He asked if I fancied a climb. I said yes, but told him that he'd have to lead as I wasn't climbing very well - it was still early in the year and I wasn't really fit.</p> </blockquote> <p>He'd been trying the route with Charlie Vigano, but they hadn't got too far because peregrine falcon or some such bird was barring the way. So Whillans had gone to Fort William and bought a catapult and bombarded the 'carnivore' into submission. That's where I came in. I had most of the equipment, whereas Whillans didn't have too much. So we set off, with him leading, using my gear. When I came to follow, I found that every protection peg and karabiner that was mine was placed in an awkward corner and was often impossible to get out, while the ones that were easy were always his.</p> <blockquote> <p>"Christ!" I thought, "this won't do. I'm losing all my gear." So every time I lost one of my pegs or karabiners I put one of his in my pocket. Well, we couldn't finish the route that day — we failed just below the final overhanging section. Whillans drove another of my pegs in up to the hilt, clipped on another of my karabiners, and abseiled off. So I put another of his in my pocket. When we got down there was a little heap of my gear left, but hardly any of his.</p> <p>"That's odd, Jock," he said, looking at the pile, "I could have sworn it was your gear I was knocking in up there." A month later, I came back with Noon and did the route, finishing by a line I'd spotted as I was abseiling off. I also managed to recover quite a bit of the gear we'd left in.</p> <p>Whillans was really choked, and his wife was too - but I thought it was a fair cop, don't you? [1]</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Mountain 14 (1971), page 25 <a href="/library/9610/mountain-14">/library/9610/mountain-14</a></p>
22 29th May 2025 17:06:36 remus ascent Carnivore notes
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> Oh, that was a laugh. Whillans will never forgive me for that. I met him in Glencoe when he was on his honeymoon. He asked if I fancied a climb. I said yes, but told him that he'd have to lead as I wasn't climbing very well - it was still early in the year and I wasn't really fit. He'd been trying the route with Charlie Vigano, but they hadn't got too far because peregrine falcon or some such bird was barring the way. So Whillans had gone to Fort William and bought a catapult and bombarded the 'carnivore' into submission. That's where I came in. I had most of the equipment, whereas Whillans didn't have too much. So we set off, with him leading, using my gear. When I came to follow, I found that every protection peg and karabiner that was mine was placed in an awkward corner and was often impossible to get out, while the ones that were easy were always his. > "Christ!" I thought, "this won't do. I'm losing all my gear." So every time I lost one of my pegs or karabiners I put one of his in my pocket. Well, we couldn't finish the route that day — we failed just below the final overhanging section. Whillans drove another of my pegs in up to the hilt, clipped on another of my karabiners, and abseiled off. So I put another of his in my pocket. When we got down there was a little heap of my gear left, but hardly any of his. > "That's odd, Jock," he said, looking at the pile, "I could have sworn it was your gear I was knocking in up there." A month later, I came back with Noon and did the route, finishing by a line I'd spotted as I was abseiling off. I also managed to recover quite a bit of the gear we'd left in. > Whillans was really choked, and his wife was too - but I thought it was a fair cop, don't you? [1] ### References [1] Mountain 14 (1971), page 25 [/library/9610/mountain-14](/library/9610/mountain-14)
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+> Oh, that was a laugh. Whillans will never forgive me for that. I met him in Glencoe when he was on his honeymoon. He asked if I fancied a climb. I said yes, but told him that he'd have to lead as I wasn't climbing very well - it was still early in the year and I wasn't really fit.
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+He'd been trying the route with Charlie Vigano, but they hadn't got too far because peregrine falcon or some such bird was barring the way. So Whillans had gone to Fort William and bought a catapult and bombarded the 'carnivore' into submission. That's where I came in. I had most of the equipment, whereas Whillans didn't have too much. So we set off, with him leading, using my gear. When I came to follow, I found that every protection peg and karabiner that was mine was placed in an awkward corner and was often impossible to get out, while the ones that were easy were always his.
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+> "Christ!" I thought, "this won't do. I'm losing all my gear." So every time I lost one of my pegs or karabiners I put one of his in my pocket. Well, we couldn't finish the route that day — we failed just below the final overhanging section. Whillans drove another of my pegs in up to the hilt, clipped on another of my karabiners, and abseiled off. So I put another of his in my pocket. When we got down there was a little heap of my
+gear left, but hardly any of his.
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+> "That's odd, Jock," he said, looking at the pile, "I could have sworn it was your gear I was knocking in up there." A month later, I came back with Noon and did the route, finishing by a line I'd spotted as I was abseiling off. I also managed to recover quite a bit of the gear we'd left in.
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+> Whillans was really choked, and his wife was too - but I thought it was a fair cop, don't you? [1]
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+### References
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+[1] Mountain 14 (1971), page 25 [/library/9610/mountain-14](/library/9610/mountain-14)
23 29th May 2025 17:06:36 remus ascent Carnivore climber_id
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26 29th May 2025 17:01:34 remus ascent King Kong Ascent #
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27 29th May 2025 17:01:34 remus ascent King Kong notes_pretty
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<h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Mountain 14 (1971), page 25 <a href="/library/9610/mountain-14">/library/9610/mountain-14</a></p>
28 29th May 2025 17:01:34 remus ascent King Kong ascent_type_id
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29 29th May 2025 17:01:34 remus ascent King Kong climber_id
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30 29th May 2025 17:01:34 remus ascent King Kong climb_id
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32 29th May 2025 17:01:34 remus ascent King Kong notes
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### References [1] Mountain 14 (1971), page 25 [/library/9610/mountain-14](/library/9610/mountain-14)
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33 20th January 2025 16:10:17 remus - - notes
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### References [1] Connor, J. (1999). Creagh Dhu Climber: The Life and Times of John Cunningham. United Kingdom: Ernest Press.
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+[1] Connor, J. (1999). Creagh Dhu Climber: The Life and Times of John Cunningham. United Kingdom: Ernest Press.
34 20th January 2025 16:10:17 remus - - notes_pretty
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<h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Connor, J. (1999). Creagh Dhu Climber: The Life and Times of John Cunningham. United Kingdom: Ernest Press.</p>
35 20th January 2025 16:09:33 remus - - Date of Death
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36 20th January 2025 16:09:20 remus - - Date of Birth
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1927-11-23
37 20th January 2025 16:09:05 remus - - Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crabbe_Cunningham
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