85 Escape Route

Posted on: April 25, 2014


Nick Bullock on Hung like a Hamster (E5), Craig Dorys, Llewyn Penninsula, North Wales. Bullock calls Stevie Haston's nearby route, Melody (HXS/E9), "absolutely brilliant in a crazy, deadly, lunatic-laughing sort of way." [Photo] Ray Wood

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Midway through his forties, as British climber Nick Bullock attempts a fragile sea-cliff route, he becomes increasingly aware of the finite nature of life and the hazardous promise of youth.

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