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| The annotated picture: climbing Nelson’s column The annotated picture: climbing Nelson’s column | |
| (about 17 hours later) | |
| 1 The climber | 1 The climber |
| Luke Jones, a 30-year-old former rope-access technician who now works for Greenpeace full-time, has previously climbed on to the roofs of Parliament and the National Gallery. He is currently on bail after being arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage, although he says he caused none. No previous climber of Nelson’s column has been prosecuted for it. | Luke Jones, a 30-year-old former rope-access technician who now works for Greenpeace full-time, has previously climbed on to the roofs of Parliament and the National Gallery. He is currently on bail after being arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage, although he says he caused none. No previous climber of Nelson’s column has been prosecuted for it. |
| 2 The partner | 2 The partner |
| Hidden behind this carving of a coil of rope is Ali Garrigan, Jones’s team-mate for this climb. She is holding the end of the yellow line that would have caught him if he had fallen. In 2013, she climbed the Shard. | Hidden behind this carving of a coil of rope is Ali Garrigan, Jones’s team-mate for this climb. She is holding the end of the yellow line that would have caught him if he had fallen. In 2013, she climbed the Shard. |
| 3 The technique | 3 The technique |
| Beginning at 4am, Jones and Garrigan used a 15-metre ladder to reach the base of the column itself, then “aid climbed” up its lightning conductor and free climbed over the floral capital. The most technically difficult part of the climb was the statue itself, however. Jones chose a route up Nelson’s right leg, then on to his right arm, from where he was able to fix a sling round his neck. | Beginning at 4am, Jones and Garrigan used a 15-metre ladder to reach the base of the column itself, then “aid climbed” up its lightning conductor and free climbed over the floral capital. The most technically difficult part of the climb was the statue itself, however. Jones chose a route up Nelson’s right leg, then on to his right arm, from where he was able to fix a sling round his neck. |
| 4 The air | 4 The air |
| The air in London, and elsewhere, is what the climb was all about. Pollution levels in the capital have been illegally high for many years, and will remain so until 2025, even under the government’s reduction plans. | The air in London, and elsewhere, is what the climb was all about. Pollution levels in the capital have been illegally high for many years, and will remain so until 2025, even under the government’s reduction plans. |
| 5 The mask | 5 The mask |
| Personalised with a ship’s wheel and anchor, this specially made respirator mask was one of several placed on statues throughout London, including on Eros, Oliver Cromwell, Winston Churchill and Thierry Henry. | Personalised with a ship’s wheel and anchor, this specially made respirator mask was one of several placed on statues throughout London, including on Eros, Oliver Cromwell, Winston Churchill and Thierry Henry. |