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John Arran - Climber
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John Arran
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From on-sight soloing 5.11 in Colorado to headpointing
E10 on gritstone, from E7 on-sight new-routes in Pembroke
to hard bigwall free climbing in Venezuela, John is undoubtedly
one of the most accomplished all-round climbers in the
world.
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John in
action in the jungles of Venezuela
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His testpiece route 'Doctor Dolittle' at Curbar is
ranked as tough as any in England and remains unrepeated,
as do most of his hard new routes throughout England,
Scotland, Wales and around the world.
In 1997 he teamed up with Dave Turnbull to free-climb
'The Long Hope Route', Ed Drummond's 27 year-old epic
adventure on the huge and sometimes tottering seacliffs
of Hoy in the Orkneys, succeeding where many illustrious
climbers before them had retreated.
Since then John has spent much of
his time heading to far off lands with his wife Anne,
finding and freeclimbing hard and big new routes in
places such as Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Iran, China and as shown
here a 25-pitch E7 in the jungle of Venezuela.
Click here to READ MORE
about John's climbing achievements.
John writes photo-feature articles for magazines in
the UK and overseas. Click
here to read some of his work online.
John also acts as a legal expert in disputes concerning
climbing incidents in the UK, particularly in indoor
climbing centres. Click here
for more information.
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