Like others I found it an absolute delight to watch this, there is no one like JD, a complete one off and watching him climb is not dissimilar to being moved by a great piece of music or drama. Canny marketing by Scarpa here as well, these shoes will be flying out of the door!
Why would you call modern climbing shoes "boots" ??? By (wiki) definition: A boot, plural boots, is a type of specific footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf.
Like others I found it an absolute delight to watch this, there is no one like JD, a complete one off and watching him climb is not dissimilar to being moved by a great piece of music or drama. Canny marketing by Scarpa here as well, these shoes will be flying out of the door!
What a fkng MANIAC! Balance, fluidity, discipline and a set of ginormous, hand crafted, diamond hard balls…….this man has it all and a smile.
You never lose it! The two John’s... each a different gritstone era on their own. Awesome.
Great to see old Johnny still out there.. He was my hero when I started 20 or so years ago.
I'd watch hours and hours of this tbh.
What a great little vid 👍
Anything with Dawes in 👌
Couldn’t agree more 😁
Great video, lovely to see British traditional climbing and Johnny.
absolute legend and the tweed jacket!!! need more Dawes in my life!
Country Gentleman 🤵
Thinking of Johnny Dawes got me up many a slab in my time...
Great video
A living legend.
Indeed 👊
I'm watching it again, and again.
He used to show up to Sheffield parties in a tweed jacket. That cannot be the same one!!!
I think he has a cupboard full of them! 😄
Nice vid guys. Johnny has given more that anyone to modern climbing🤙
Cheers Talo...he is indeed a legend!
interesting clipping technique at 6:15
Absolute Legend Thanks Johnny
That's that, Lord Dawes.
Still got a solid head on him
Incredible stuff!
Fantastic 💪🏼😉👍🏼
Best climing video ever.
Glad u enjoyed it!
He's the real GOAT! For real!
How should you size the scarpa chimera?
Who want's a pair of Chimera's after that? Me!
You should buy a pair. It's an awesome shoe! Does everything really well and has no weak points. Been using them for 3 years now. :D
The technical footholds master king !!
thats it 👊
Those climbing shoes look like they have something in common with ballet shoes.
Magic!
Fantastic!
1:42 :O
1:18 pardon?? The Scarpa Chimera is made out of goat and lion!? haha, no way. someone, please clarify
He‘s totally right. Except that he forgot to mention that a third of them is also made out of snake. ;)
Oafach a Hundling, der Johnny👍
HUMAN GOATTTTT
Yesss! 🙌
Because walking horizontally became too mainstream 😋😉
Very british, indeed
Chalk Companies hate this trick...
Chimeras are winged dragons that don’t have arms, so it’s a great name for these shoes along with his climbing technique.
Amazing film, total legend and genius, no one climbs like Mr Dawes. Thank you for making this feeling inspired now.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a pair of calves
Johnny Dawes could climb in gumboots. Impeccable technique.
JD and I were at Burbage 2 days ago doing iced up slabs no hands in wellies .
Why would you call modern climbing shoes "boots" ???
By (wiki) definition:
A boot, plural boots, is a type of specific footwear. Most boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle, while some also cover some part of the lower calf.
Back in the day they were commonly referred to as boots...
@@EpicTV yeah, because back then they were actually boots, now it doesn't make sense...
@@inductivethinking don't lose sleep over it.
@@inductivethinking our boy here really fretting over slang existing.