Old Man of Hoy

Published by Henrik , 3 April 2014, 19h32. This page has been displayed 507 times.

On 8-9 July 1967, 15 million people watched one of the most audacious BBC outside broadcasts ever undertaken - the climbing of the 'Old Man of Hoy'. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYfxQBE9QkI



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kopfsalat says:
Sent 4 April 2014, 08h00
> As academic Paul Gilchrist has described the groundbreaking event: "It connected an armchair audience with the elite of a sport subculture intent on conquering [...] [a] spectacular geological treasure[s]".

da hat sich nicht viel geändert seither.

Dino says:
Sent 4 April 2014, 08h31
Danke für den Link!

Uns fehlt noch ein Tourenbericht hier auf Hikr vom Old Man.
War schon mal jemand da? ;)


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