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1. DezB - Member 

   Recommend catching this on iPlayer if you aren’t (or haven’t been)watching. Tucked away on bbc2 morning telly - really good adventure tv stuff.
   One question for climbers - how the hell do you trust those pegs (or whatever they’re called) you stick in the rock to take your whole weight??

   Posted 4 hours ago #
2. benp1 - Member 

   Crazy huh, they're called pitons

   Thanks for the heads up, will check it out

   Posted 3 hours ago #
3. Ming the Merciless - Member 

   Getting caught in that storm with nowhere to go was mental!

   Posted 3 hours ago #
4. Simon_Semtex - Member 

   Oh.. Jesus benp1.... LOL

   Pitons or pegs... They are all the same.

   Posted 3 hours ago #
5. DezB - Member 

   Getting caught in that storm with nowhere to go was mental

   Whole thing is mental to me! Couldn't do any of it. "Camping" on a vertical cliff? Come on!

   Posted 3 hours ago #
6. jambourgie - Member 

   I know. Getting the campfire going must be a nightmare

   Posted 3 hours ago #

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7. deadlydarcy - Member 

   Cheers for heads up. I’ll have a watch.

   Posted 2 hours ago #
8. aracer - Member 

   Only about halfway through episode 1 (thanks for the PSA) and haven't spotted any pitons yet - they seem to be using standard British trad gear, ie nuts and cams. Anyway, in the same way as pitons you trust them to hold your weight because they do - they're rated at something like 2 tonnes. The biggest issue is the bit of rock you put them in failing, which is why you put in multiple bits. I suppose you just get used to trusting them, to the point you don't even think about it (though personally I've still yet to take a lead fall on trad gear, should probably try and get that out of the way this year - I tend to climb well within my comfort zone on trad).

   Posted 2 hours ago #
9. Caher - Member 

   I'm always fascinated by the camera people, I presume they do that climb too? Scary stuff.

   Posted 2 hours ago #
10. Simon_Semtex - Member 

    Caher... Spot on..... No pegs.

    Its limestone..... Trad gear + Its bolted on major belays.

    Posted 2 hours ago #
11. martinhutch - Member 

    Is that the one on the south american tepui? The only thing I came away with was that he was not the most encouraging belayer you could hope to have. I vaguely remember he spent half the time commenting loudly to camera that if his mate fell off here, he was a gonner!

    Posted 1 hour ago #
12. stwhannah - Member 

    The radio podcasts are pretty good too:
    Worldwide adventures with Steve Backshall

    Posted 17 minutes ago #

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