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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

BBC and Climbing: The Python Perspective

Writing yesterday about the BBC's forthcoming "Great Climb" broadcast from Cairngorm, Scotland, reminded me of another legendary ascent that was filmed for television: the ill-fated attempt on the North Face of Uxbridge Road.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

HA!
I've ssen a lot of Monty Python's work, but not this clip.
How terrific :)

Onions Amoung Us said...

lol.. ya gotta love the Brits sense of humour.

Angelo said...

It'd be harder to climb it these days - you'd probably need an oxygen mask.