Dan Varian
Height: |
183cm |
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Ape index: |
+4cm |
Born: |
16/07/1987 in Carlisle |
Current Location: |
Sheffield |
Been climbing for: |
9 years |
Fav 5:10 Shoe: |
Anasazi velcro, then moccasyms and Teams. |
Memorable Climbing Moment: |
Loads, mostly Trad and bouldering related |
Climbing Heroes: |
Anyone really trying hard and pushing things. But Malc, Gaskins, Mike Adams and Marcus Windisch are particularly inspiring, lots of dedication, strength and Humility are always admirable traits. |
Loves: |
Big/ hard lines, any holds except massive pinches, outside edging, pure power moves. Smart wool thermals and socks. |
Hates: |
Massive pinches, chipping, naming climbs after one's self, getting lost on the way to the crag, am fairly energy concious too so wasting it bugs me a bit. |
Fav Book: |
Lots, cult novels or classics, am currrently reading alot of non fiction. SEWTHA by David Mackay and Heat by george monbiot are really useful books. |
Fav Music: |
Even harder to pick, infact i can't as if i put one name down i feel bad for leaving some out. |
Fav Climb: |
This one is easy, Malcs Arete in Torridon, because it is perfect in every way. Arc Royal using the sequence i pigheadedly stuck with will always be special to me. |
Other Hobbies: |
Trials and freeride mtb, learning guitar, scrabble, learning foreign languages (german and Italian mostly and a little bit of french) |
Occupation: |
Run beastmaker with Ned, and teach climbing at Sheffield Uni. |
Website: |
DAN's BLOG
14th Dec 2011 5.10 recycling
Lately the dreich weather up North has been forcing me to twiddle my thumbs alot. I also needed to clear out some shoes so some old daescents of mine volunteered as donors after having a horrific bandsaw accident. a new set of anasazi velcros became the grateful recipient to create this awesome shoe. Now any fan of the velcro will know their only weakness is their uppers, as toehooking and scumming used to hurt and it'd wreck the cowdura fast. The trouble is that the shoes are so great for everything else that i end up wearing them all the time, so hopefully these shoes will work well to bust out on the specifics. I've lost my kneebar pad too in the last 2months somewhere so i made another one quick smart, and its actually far better than the last. Another old velcro saved from the bin!
This.
To this in 10 mins and for about 50p, it works as well as any other kneebar pad i've used on boulders.
Contributed by: Dan Varian
