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themountainworld.blogspot.com - 10/30/2009

Friday Morning Time Waster: 43 Years Ago on Ben Nevis

— themountainworld.blogspot.com — John Cunningham soloing a pastiche of routes on Ben Nevis in 1976. This understated, beautiful film was... shot by Charles Grosbeck and produced by Yvon Chouinard. Watching Cunningham's speed and technique, it's easy to see why Scottish climbing and ... (more) Friday Morning Time Waster: 43 Years Ago on Ben Nevis

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thegoat.backcountry.com - 11/3/2009

1974 Soloing with Johnny Cunningham

— thegoat.backcountry.com — This is a 1974 film of Johnny Cunningham soloing some routes on Ben Nevis in Scotland. It... was shot by Charles Grosbeck and produced by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Cunningham died four years later in a tragic accident when a wave ... (more) 1974 Soloing with Johnny Cunningham

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Dave MacLeod Climbing:  Nevis soloing in winter with Cunningham

Dave MacLeod Climbing:  Nevis soloing in winter with Cunningham

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RT @cleanestline Rare footage shot by Yvon Chouinard featuring John Cunningham climbing on Ben Nevis. http://tinyurl.com/yjr49j5 11/25/2009

Lovely vid of Cunningham climbing Ben Nevis in 1976. Motorbike to the climb. I was 3 when he was doing this. http://tinyurl.com/yjr49j5 11/20/2009

RT @johnzopfi: RT @cleanestline footage shot by Yvon Chouinard featuring John Cunningham climbing on Ben Nevis. http://tinyurl.com/yjr49j5 11/20/2009

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Nevis soloing in winter with Cunningham
Dave MacLeod Climbing — Nice video of John Cunningham soloing on the Ben in the mid 1970's. Thanks to Paul Cunningham for sharing that. I'd seen this before at the Ice Men gathering I hosted a few years ago at the Fort William Mountain festival with Yvon Chouinard (who shot the film), Jimmy Marshall and Hamish McInnes. It was nice to see it again and watching it made me think how little ...

Nevis soloing in winter with Cunningham
Dave MacLeod Climbing — Nice video of John Cunningham soloing on the Ben in the mid 1970's. Thanks to Paul Cunningham for sharing that. I'd seen this before at the Ice Men gathering I hosted a few years ago at the Fort William Mountain festival with Yvon Chouinard (who shot the film), Jimmy Marshall and Hamish McInnes. It was nice to see it again and watching it made me think how little ...

Friday Morning Time Waster: 43 Years Ago on Ben Nevis
The Mountain World — John Cunningham soloing a pastiche of routes on Ben Nevis in 1976. This understated, beautiful film was shot by Charles Grosbeck and produced by Yvon Chouinard. Watching Cunningham's speed and technique, it's easy to see why Scottish climbing and equipment were so influential on the development of modern ice climbing. Tragically, Cunningham died in 1980 when a wave swept him into the sea below the cliffs of Anglesey. ...

1974 Soloing with Johnny Cunningham
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1974 Soloing with Johnny Cunningham
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Friday Mountain Video
OUTDOORSmagic — If it's Friday then clearly it must be time for the Friday Matinee , our regular helping of online streaming mountain video and this week, it being wintry and all out there, we thought we'd usher in the weekend with some clips of full-on S cottish winter mountaineering to whet your appetite. To kick things off, here's a nice video of an ascent of the classic Point Five Gully on Ben Nevis. Steep and beautiful. More Point Five and other in this Scottish Winter assortment complete with proper buried in spindrift moments of authenticity... Makes you want to go climbing. And last but not last, proper scary mixed climbing on 'The Secret', Ben Nevis... Scary, ...