Island of Hoy
[VIDEO] Dave MacLeod on „The Long Hope“ (E11, 7a)
St John's head on the Island of Hoy is a wild and remote 1150 foot sea cliff. 40 years after the first ascent, one of the World's top climbers, Dave MacLeod, sets out to climb the cliff in a single day, finishing with a new desperately hard final pitch up the headwall.






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