GAIA - English Grit Climbing

All hail her Majesty. It's a wet, windy day in St. Louis. Instead of going to the Holies, I've opted to stay inside. Lotta work to do, for once.

Check out this vid from UKclimbing. There's been a lot of press about Grit climbing recently, with some kids from the US doing some famous routes over the pond. I'm sure you've seen the old/new videos of Gaia - the famous Johnny Dawes E8 6c balls to the wall climb featured in one of the Dosage flicks (Lisa Rands) and most famous for the leg-breaking fall of Jean-Minh Trin-Thieu.

This is a top-down vid of George Ullrich attempting a flash. Gaia is a route I would NEVER climb, even if it were around the corner. Look at the fall this guy takes... unbelievable. My gut lurched in sympathy when the fear monkey started clutching George's back.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1542 (scroll down)