Video: Webb-Parsons Comes to UK
Our Fine Land lays claim to some of the finest climbing in the world, and is regarded by most as the birthplace of modern mountaineering as we know it. Over the hundred and fifty or so years of climbing history that we have accumulated, the UK has received visits from some of the greatest & most accomplished international climbers, all eager to prove themselves on the test-pieces that we have on offer and to see what all the fuss is about.
In recent years this trend has continued, with visits from Team America in 2009 and Japanese wonder-kid Toru Nakajima popping over, both showing us that we’re not the only people that can climb on Our hallowed grit stone. Through to the World-beating Czech, Adam Ondra turnng up on our doorstep earlier this year, proving that our sport climbing IS pretty good after all … it’s fair to say that the scene here on the humble shores of Blighty is most definitely a far cry away from the washed-up image that is all too often depicted.
As if to further prove my point; now comes the turn of the Australian bouldering sensation, Chris Webb-Parsons. Chris has relocated to England for a short spell to test his mettle on some of our finest boulders and also to train for the Bouldering World Cup in 2012, basing himself in the Peak District, he has certainly picked the place to do it.
Webb Parsons, who was actually born in England, has climbed routes up to f8c+ (Aus 34), bouldered up to font8c+ (V16) and also won the Australian Bouldering Championships back in 2007. The fact that a world-class athlete such as this has chosen to move here shows that we truly do have some of the best climbing & training facilities on offer.
Since relocating a couple of months ago, Chris has already been busy at work and has managed to send two font8b’s Keen Roof at Raven Tor and Serenity, a classic Mike Adams problem on a limestone roof deep in the Peak District.
Below is a video from Black Diamond made by Outcrop Films, of Chris bouldering on’t'grit and also training at a particular wall in Sheffield. Recognise it? You should do.
Enjoy:
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Chris is sponsored by: Black Diamond, Moon Climbing & Australian Industrial Rope Access
