CRAGS 13: PETE LIVESEY

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Blakey

Trad climber

Sierra Vista

Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 12, 2012 - 05:44pm PT

Some more esoteric nostalgia. Some of the old guard on here probably knew Pete quite well. He was an iconic figure in the 70s. I only ever saw him climbing twice, once, on Castle Rock in the Lakes, in a snowstorm racing up The Ghost, and secondly when he was climbing Bitter Oasis on Goat Crag. Both of these accompanied by his then partner, and author of the piece, John Sheard.

Sheard also wrote an excellent account of climbing in the valley -'Pilgrimage', which is in Meyer's Yosemite Rock Climber.

Livesy a superb all round athlete, was taken by cancer in 1998. John Sheard, himself a fine climber continues to play the game today.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Nov 12, 2012 - 06:13pm PT

Some more, please? May I have some more?

Great groove you're in, bloke.

Andy Fielding

Trad climber

Nov 12, 2012 - 08:03pm PT

Crags 1 was A3 in size and came folded over. No staples holding it together in those days. That was 1976 and as a 15 year old the amount of exposed female flesh inside was enough for me to keep it hiden from my mother! The front cover was a picture of Tegness Pinnacle in the Peak District, which looked over 100' tall from the angle it was taken but in reality was only about 20'. Do you have a copy? I think I cleared mine out years ago. Some great articles in those days. The one below was from one of the first few but not sure which.

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Nov 12, 2012 - 08:48pm PT

Thanks! I liked Pete a lot. A very funny guy too!

guido

Trad climber

Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific

Nov 12, 2012 - 09:01pm PT

Whoa!

Blakey is on a roll guys, get it while you can. This is a rare opportunity for us Yanks to visualize the climbing scene on the other side of the Atlantic. Talk about history!

With a little twist of some Valley experience.

I see Blakey as our British version of Steve Grossman, feeding us all this wonderful tidbits one morsel at a time. A lot of the early Valley climbers, circa 60s and 70s made it a point to visit and climb some of the great Classics.

Ah, if only we had the Pub scene as they have in England.