June 1969 - Ceunant Mountaineering Club

LII(E Af-,L TP.UECLIMBING STORIESLike all true clinbiag stories oaly the facts have 5""o ghanged ia or€erthat a loag eetablished tradition renaias unbrokeaIf you thought you glinpsed tJrrough gaPs lB the successive sqaIls of lashinghail and rain driving ia froa a grey storny sea, fiYe tiny figures figbtingagaiast the wi:rd, preca,riously stnrggling to dislodge ar eaoraous boulderrith a piece of, railway track froo the cregt of a knifo edged ridge overhangingthe ragiag sea f00 ft. below, have no fearl vhat you snoked ras aotaffecting your faculties on this occasioa.The piece of British RaiI had to be hauled laboriotlsly up tihe buaclreals offeet of oId quarry face, leadi.g to the ridge at the top. Erou oue jitteryhancl to aaother it was passed, over each successive difficulty oE tbe deconposingfaca, until at last the iatrepltl trundlers ulth fanatical and crazedglea.rae la their eyes reached tbeir beckoaing objective. Earlier re hadcra,sh landed at the bottoa of all tbis 1q1 iB lronsrs Geman f1yfug vehicle.To t'ha vest, aotrhing could be geeo frou trhe ridge except tbe sea far belov,-11