Dave Graham On The Road In The U.K.

Dave Graham On The Road In The U.K.

Posted October 16, 2008 at 10:19 am · Comments { 7 } · Photo: Keith Sharples

Fresh off a successful late summer sending spree in Rifle, CO Dave Graham has once again headed back to Europe.  This time he is giving a series of lectures in the United Kingdom and of course checking out some of the climbing along the way.

In the past, the U.K.’s reputation for horrendously unreliable fickle weather conditions has had a tendency to keep American strongmos from checking out all the hard climbing offered there.  Try to think of any notable U.S. climber sending any hard sport routes or boulder problems in the UK recently and you win a prize.  With that in mind, it should be interesting to see how Graham fares (provided the weather cooperates).  Odds are he will do pretty well if he has the chance.

If first impressions are worth anything, he seems to be off to a good start.  Check out the blog of U.K. photog Keith Sharples for a report on Dave’s first visit to Raven Tor where he flashed a V10 boulder problem and made good progress on Ben Moon’s famous 5.14c Hubble despite sloppy conditions. 

Dave Graham attempting Ben Moon’s Hubble (5.14c) at Raven Tor

Dave Graham trying Hubble (5.14c)

Photo:  Keith Sharple

Apparently Graham already enjoys the U.K. so much that he is considering moving to Sheffield, England?

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  • peter

    Sick! Looks as though Mr. Graham has been putting on a bit of muscle. I’m totally psyched to be studying in London at some point during this whole college experience and having all those classic, classic lines just a couple hours away.

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  • http://dreaminvertical.wordpress.com/ Luke

    Sweet! I wonder if he is going to try some of the unrepeated Steve McClure routes…. Could be interesting.

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  • http://mountainsandwater.blogspot.com/ peter b

    Having lived in Sheffield myself ages ago, I can attest to the bad weather. I would not recommend moving there however unless you have another reason besides climbing. There is a wealth of great climbing nearby but I think Dave would be done there very quickly. But you never can tell…

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  • TimS

    A lot of Steve Mac’s routes are wet at the moment, but the ones at Raven Tor may have dried out, however there’s more rain forecast for the weekend – horrendously unreliable was right!

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  • http://www.pembaservesblog.com steve schultz

    Hey Brian, I keep thinking that Kevin Jorgenson and Matt Segal are over in England now, or soon to be at least. It’s definitely not on many climbers lists though.

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  • http://climbingnarc.com Climbing Narcissist

    Kevin Jorgeson, Matt Segal and Alex Honnold are in England right now. Check out Matt’s blog:

    http://mattsegal.com

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