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Law unto himself - The Official Review 1-Dec-2014 At 2:54:44 PM White Trash

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On 1/12/2014 Dave C wrote:
>SYL = Serious Young Lizards, Kim's projected name for the ring route.
>Saw him fall off the last hard move around March '85 with Wolfgang Gullich
>holding the ropes ( I actually have a rather dark slide with him on the
>finishing holds where you gain the upper slab.) I think he actually got
>onto the slab and slipped on one occasion the following summer as well.
>
>Failing on the ring route was not the only reason Kim walked away BTW,
>he was offered a plum job by Mammut in Switzerland starting in early 1986
>so once his motivation with his last project dropped he pointed Stefan
>Glowacz at it shortly before he left.
>The wally posting all the shite on this thread is right about one thing,
>A Carrigan book would definitely be worth a read, I always liked his writing.

Thank you Dave C for clearing that up for me.