Fuck being British. This is the problem with the UK Government, it doesn't represent the English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh. These are Englishmen. They have the right to be English and represented as such. When Scotland gets independence, it will signify a change. Finally, the countries which make up the mess of the UK system will have their independence. Great video.
Good film :-) One thing though - over the years I have often seen the amazing pics of Ben Moon on Agincourt from the 1980s. These were the best pictures of that era IMO. They were taken by a good friend of mine, Takashi Nakagawa. I don't think he ever made any money from them (prob not bothered), the originals were lost (maybe not bothered) and he never seems to have his work credited (prob not bothered even then and almost def now - he's a lovely person). Anyway, not having a go Andrew, just his efforts seem to be uncredited. So there, file this comment away under Who Gives A Shit :-)
Niall, can you send me his website or social? I thought I had the source materials. I'd like to remedy that if I can- even if through mentions in the description. Thanks
@@AndrewMacFarlane Cheers Andrew. We are fb friends but he has no website or anything. I wasn’t making a deal really as he is one of those not bothered sort of 🐈 cats. It just comes up every now and again and I think, Ah, there’s Takashi’s photo.
@@niallgrimes3642 They're amazing. And capturing those on film back in the day where you hoped it all comes out in the end... without the ease of taking 1000 shots in a day. I'll add his name to the description. Glad you enjoyed the short!
Always find it so wierd when routes just end randomly one third of the way up the wall... I'm like "but what about the rest of the way up"? I get that it would probably be way to hard or there are no holds up there or something, but still feels quite unsatisfying. Oh well, doesn't take away from the awesome send or the great video though! :)
Your filming and editing is getting proooooooo! I hope you get to work more with the "mainstream" climbing media and get to showcase your skills to more people!
Andrew, have you thought about making more videos of cellar board climbing--Pro Cellar Session is my favorite video you've made? There's a great woodie training culture in the UK and a movie/series about it would be awesome.
I actually have a shoot lined up for one (you read my mind). Was supposed to be doing that before this second lockdown. I've gotten really into woodie training since moving to the UK- the best 🤙
he did two pull ups and two quarter front lever, a traverse with the feet on the floor... kindergarden exercises, that was enough to climb a stair up but hubble is on another training planet....think it is faked....Ben and Jerry were far stronger
Megos said that of three 8c+ that he climbed hubble, kabaah & evolution, of the three kabaah was the hardest but he give it 8c+. Moreover he is the first to have climb Hubble and Action Directe and annonced that it was not comparable : hubble 4 hard moves and AD 14 hard moves even if the moves of hubble are harder in individual... it seems like it depend of the climber like always ^^' For me action directe all day ! But still a gnarly one this hubble !
@@gaelduprat1247 My mate Matt Wright has done all three of those and he thinks that Hubble is by far the hardest of the three. He did Kabbah super fast and evolution in about 7 sessions. Hubble took him like 17.
@@julesduffy1089 Pete Dawsom, Matt Wright, Buster Martin and more have done it and flaim that it is 9A too. It's had a natural upgrade, its not just Adam Ondra who said its 9a lol.
Buster, superb effort son. Great film as well. Brought back a lot of memories. Those moves will always be etched in my brain. Still not sure why more people don't use the Malc left leg flag on the crux though. Was the only way I could do it......
Good video, good climbing. But you really can't show this as an ascent without commenting on the three (!) preclipped draws. By watching I can maybe understand the first two, but the third looks absolutely unnecessary, thus negating the alleged ascent. But maybe there is an explanation? How did Ben Moon climb it?!?
A few people have mentioned the pre-clips and I haven't commented yet because I didn't think it was necessary, but maybe it's not so obvious to those who aren't familiar with the climb. Sooooo yes, every climber on Hubble uses these clips. The 1st clip is a directional for the belayer, the 2nd clip isn't an issue from the start, but the 3rd is necessary because it's the crux of the problem which is around a V14 boulder problem. These moves are so intense that the only time someone would be able to clip the third is from above when they are past the V14 section, but at that point, the 3rd clip is at their feet. So, everyone clips to the third because you either send or ground fall... and most of the time it will be a ground fall.