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#50 Re: Infamous Projects
February 13, 2013, 01:08:26 pm
I'll fix the lower off for Il Pirata this weekend then.

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#51 Re: Infamous Projects
February 13, 2013, 01:10:19 pm
but I wonder why they seem to be even less popular now than they were in the past.

Is it because these type of routes are actually quite shit sport routes? Trundle to hard boulder problem or hard boulder problem to trundle is less likely to be a classic than something with sustained interest and difficulty.

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#52 Re: Infamous Projects
February 13, 2013, 01:38:20 pm
Noone's mentioned the wave at Lower Montcliffe yet.... ;)

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#53 Re: Infamous Projects
February 13, 2013, 01:45:40 pm
Obviously the type of short nails routes I was talking about don't appeal to most people who love routes rather than boulder problems, but I wonder why they seem to be even less popular now than they were in the past.

Like Paul and Stubbs says, if you want to do hard moves it's usually way more fun and less faff to go bouldering IMO. As for why they used to be more popular: probably because they accounted for a greater proportion of what had been bolted.
FRFM has an 8b+ boulder at the start doesn't it? Although it's not 'hard' in the sense that getting through that part isn't the meat of the route.

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#54 Re: Infamous Projects
February 13, 2013, 02:00:46 pm
My original comment was meant to be a joke btw.

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#55 Re: Infamous Projects
February 13, 2013, 03:58:58 pm
Despite the ducks/horses I LIKED it when we had a secret crag.

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#56 Re: Infamous Projects
October 01, 2013, 10:02:35 am
Have had a look both of the dinbren roof projects, the main middle one is an awesome line though though there just doesn't seem to be enough there to get round the lip I'd say maybe font 8c and then some. Would love to see someone strong on it. The left hand line difficulties start after the roof the holds are tiny  :shit:

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#57 Re: Infamous Projects
October 02, 2013, 08:00:46 pm
That main line is awesome. Shame it's so hard

 

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