[Will Hunt]

I notice no-ones ever accused you of being strong though Will 

Only 'cos they know I'll deck 'em if they do 

[Will Hunt]

see you in action youth.

Woop! Roll on Saturday! Maggers comes South!

[andy_e]

Maggers comes South!

Note to self: vacate yorkshire. Fathers, lock up your sons.

[magpie]

 

[Andy F]

I notice no-ones ever accused you of being strong though Will 

Only 'cos they know I'll deck 'em if they do 

I said strong, not good looking

[andy_e]

yeah exactly.

[Munkii]

i'm a midget (not for my age) and constantly get pissed of when people can do mves i can't just 'coz they're taller than me. i end up having to dyno them. (the moves not the people  )

i woldn't call them lanky, just complain that i'm short.

[Johnny Brown]

Their Span is the maximum distance they can generate between the fingertips of their left and right hands.
Their Reach is the maximum distance they can reach while using a given set of holds.
A climbers Reach is therefore always equal to (or more often) less than their Span.

no. span is horizontal distance between fingertips. reach is how high you can reach up a flat wall off the floor. the two are therefore not always related.

with technique though, you can reach through a span or span through a reach. its all about working with what you've got. with neither you should be at a disadvantage, but it doesn't seem to be borne out in practice.

[soapy]

ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

[slackline]

....

JB, PM'd you but no reply (yet).

Were you in the Queens Arms in Bottallack on the evening of Friday 31st October just gone?

[Johnny Brown]

Arggh. Yes I was. Nice steak it was too. Dense must be using my log in, I missed the new message alert. Were you at the table back left? Looked like climbers...

edit: I haven't received a pm.

[slackline]

Thought I recognised you from the pics in here, but didn't want to interupt. 

That was us in who came in and sat in the back left with the greyhound.

Will say hello if I pass you again (live in Sheffield myself, possibly pass you riding down from Fulwood as I'm cycling up there to work some mornings?)

Shit just realised I sound like JB's stalker 

[Duma]

reach is how high you can reach up a flat wall off the floor.

That's what I thought as well - thanks JB

[lagerstarfish]

no. span is horizontal distance between fingertips. reach is how high you can reach up a flat wall off the floor. the two are therefore not always related.

I think you are confusing reach with Reach^TM here.

[a dense loner]

no i've not been using your log in. i've got other people to stalk

[Yossarian]

Foundry Greg had a +12 ape if I remember correctly!

can he peel bananas with his feet by any chance?

Foundry Greg is a sick man and you're not much better...

Fucking apes.

[IanP]

Its completely obvious that being tall is not an advantage for climbing since short people are stronger (and there's science to prove it) - reaching past moves if you're tall(ish) is just good technique 

Short people only moan about taller people 'lanking' moves because they feel inadequate. 

[Fiend]

So are you short or tall, Ian?

[SA Chris]

science

I believe the word you are looking for is SCIENCE, not science.

[Johnny Brown]

So are you short or tall, Ian?

Ha ha. I wonder?

Will say hello if I pass you again (live in Sheffield myself, possibly pass you riding down from Fulwood as I'm cycling up there to work some mornings?)

Yes, that's me too. Give us a wave next time. I don't work every week though.

Yes you do sound a bit like a stalker.

[magpie]

short people are stronger (and there's science to prove it)

Magpie: Going against SCIENCE since ages ago 

[Andy F]

So are you short or tall, Ian?

Oh he's tall. Relative to me I mean. But that makes most people tall...

[Serpico]

So are you short or tall, Ian?

Oh he's tall. Relative to me I mean. But that makes most people tall...

Lots of people are tall, but Ian is lanky.
...as well he knows.