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Dave Birkett
is a brilliant climber and certainly one of the finest
the Lake District (UK?...the world!) has ever
produced. Recently immortalised on celluloid in Posing
Productions 2006 film 'Set In Stone' (winner
of Best Film at Kendal Mountain Film Festival 2006)
which chronicle's Dave's natural flare for interesting
new lines produced on the mountain crags (and saving
stray sheep!).
Born into a legacy
of great Lakeland climbers, Dave's grandfather Jim, was
responsible for a host of Lakeland classics, including
Overhanging Bastion etc etc as well as climbing possibly
the first E1 in the country in 1941 with Harlots Face.
Dave's uncle is Bill Birkett author of numerous books on
mountain routes in the Lake district
Dave is a
fantastic climber and a full time worker to boot which
makes his achievements on many of the more remote crags,
which take an amazing amount of time to complete, even
more remarkable.
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