Climbers

A stalwart of the 1980s climbing scene in Llanberis.

https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-final-pitch.html

Remember one of his stories about soloing on slate. He used to solo listening to music on a Walkman. Can’t remember which one but he was soloing an E5 and then disaster struck - the tape ran out!. He said turning the tape over was the crux. [1]

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,30612.msg608272.html#msg608272

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFlRcHNdSw/

[2] Extract from the film Valley Uprising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9emEs55tM

[3] The Life of Warren J. "Batso" Harding by Burr Snider, originally published in The San Francisco Examiner 9th March 1986. Republished by climbing.com 15th June 2012 https://www.climbing.com/people/the-life-of-warren-andquot-batsoandquot-harding/

[4] Warren Harding 1924 - 2002 by Colin Wells, On The Edge 116, page 18.