中島徹さんのインスタグラム写真 - (中島徹Instagram)「I can't believe that 10years have passed since my first trip, also my best trip in my life, to the Gritstone. Moreover, first ascent of Black Out in Burbage South is the best climb in my climbing life for sure. I always climb while dreaming I can climb rock like that moment. Now I can speak and write English better than I used to be. I want to revisit there, want to climb with my benefactors, and want to express what I experienced and felt 10yrars ago, and now. #Repost @petewhittaker01 (@get_repost) ・・・ Came back across this photo recently, from 10 years ago (actually a photo of a print out, because I'm not sure where the original file is) It's Toru @saruzaemon9 on the first ascent of Black Out at Burbage South. . I think Toru's visit to The Peak was the most impressive spree of Gritstone climbing ever. He came over from Japan in his school summer holidays, at just 15 years old. He came alone, knowing nobody and not speaking much English. I remember meeting him for the first time and we mainly did charades to communicate, however communication was easy, because his only goal was to climb on The Grit. An 18 year old me and @alex_ekins climbed with him, belayed, spotted, took video and photos, as he delicately floated over the gritstone with ease. . I think what made his trip so impressive was his age, independence, standard of climbing, time of the year and of course his ability and determination. . He showed respect to the Gritstone working up to the routes he did, and the gritstone repaid him back. He managed multiple repeats of testpieces. Second ascents. A Double E9 day. And the most impressive climb, the first ascent of the route pictured here, Black Out, which is still unrepeated. . I remember we were the only ones at Burbage South that day and it was pretty special to witness this one. . I'll try and dig out the video of this one!」6月26日 20時05分