Ω In this (second) edition of media watch, we bring you a report of the (now) infamous Peter Allison incident at Flock Hill:
http://www.softrock.co.nz/mg/index.php?page=21
Powerband notes that this report differs markedly from Peter’s own account of events. In particular, Peter has noted:
- his attempt to climb Trifecta Middle V13? was not a “filming exercise”.
- no blow torches were used; on the rock, on Bevan or on anything else.
- neither the fire engines, nor the crack SAR team made it anywhere near the accident site; they just drove up and down the road at the bottom of Flock Hill beeping their horns.
- as to the inadequacy of the lighting, in an unfortunate coincidence, all mood lighting and table lamps had been removed from Flock Hill the previous week; and the paramedic winched from the helicopter apparently forgot his torch.
So don’t believe everything you read on the interweb; especially not on this site Ω
Is it just me or is the underlying tone in that report suggesting both that bouldering is lame but at the same time Pete and co. were under-equipped for the ‘conditions’? I repeat, alpine climbers are the crybabies.
I heard they baulked at having to walk UP the hill carrying all their stuff to rescue Pete
wow. I sometimes wonder what the point is of providing a report on an event if you’re just going to make stuff up
“Despite derision from Pete the Radness, suggesting it can’t possibly be harder than V10 because it’s not steep enough”, “Justin Wood has ventured the title The Missing Shade of Blue”… - Yeah, so do I.
Que? What is your point Pete? You are too subtle for my feeble brain. I stand by my right to misquote people who weren’t actually present and Justin was talking about the Hume Roof…