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Kim Carrigan BOOK 24-Feb-2017 At 12:44:43 AM Andy P

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On 20/02/2017 ima.seriousyoungliza wrote:
>On 14/02/2016 Andy P wrote:
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>> ONE: Kim was inspirational to many of 'my gen'
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>In what ways ?
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>> TWO: Did a few routes en France with Kim in the eighties ,,, nice bloke.
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>How do you mean he was a ' nice bloke ' ?
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> THREE: AP ...instead of whinging like a one-brain-cell-aussie ... can you please
>elaborate on ur post from one year ago ...
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1/. He climbed harder routes at the time when Jerry Moffatt & I were starting out and Big Ron was tops in UK. Ron would've out-run him on the sea cliffs or grit on a daily basis but your hero was 'exotic' as he was from a land barely known up there. This wa glamour and 'inspirational'.
'Carrigan's Groove' on Pen Twyn was a variant on My & JM's 16/17yr old kids' 'Mayfair' coz he couldn't do it.
Old 'Crags' mag sub-headline "Bruce Bounces" ... check it out. Admittedly I followed Redhead on the 2nd ascent and made the third but how could anyone fail on that!!? It was p*ss as a 19yr old just very (VERY) run out.

2/. Errr ,,, he was a very pleasant and personable chap that's all, no more to say.

3/. What? Whinge, me? About something from a year ago ,,, ?

Have to dash ima..... but thanks for the momentary diversion from more pressing issues.

Book? Your own personal fantasy or a KC w*nkfest where 99.5% of modern (indoor) climbers wouldn't even know who the heck you're constantly banging on about?

Keep living the dream....!