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#25 Brass Monkeys
February 16, 2012, 04:05:12 pm
If you get right hand onsloper instead of crimp the swing is way easier to hold as its a bit more undercutty to kill it.
Is that Beta?
Or have you been in the ring with Sloper, for a couple of rounds.

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#26 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 16, 2012, 05:07:13 pm
Unlike something like Jason's Undercut at Burbage (which is still nails for 6 footers and for some bizarre reason has been downgraded in the new guidebook?!), Brass Monkeys seems to be a bit of a gift unless you are v short. As a previous poster says, it's might even be more like 7b if you can reach out for the decent hold with yer left. Just look at how many folk have done it, compared to (the far more impressive looking IMHO) Golden Path, not a stone's throw away  :-\

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#27 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 16, 2012, 05:33:18 pm
I guess most giants aren't so big as to accept things may be piss for the tall...

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#28 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 16, 2012, 06:24:34 pm
If you get right hand onsloper instead of crimp the swing is way easier to hold as its a bit more undercutty to kill it.
Is that Beta?
Or have you been in the ring with Sloper, for a couple of rounds.

Saw 3 sends the other week and all 3 used the sloper. Seems like the crimp might be desolving a bit so in the past might  have been easier with it but not so much these days (at least that's what we thought).

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#29 Brass Monkeys
February 16, 2012, 08:58:16 pm
If you get right hand onsloper instead of crimp the swing is way easier to hold as its a bit more undercutty to kill it.
Is that Beta?
Or have you been in the ring with Sloper, for a couple of rounds.

Saw 3 sends the other week and all 3 used the sloper. Seems like the crimp might be desolving a bit so in the past might  have been easier with it but not so much these days (at least that's what we thought).

I was jesting, it just sounded like the description of a boxing match...Against Sloper...

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#30 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 16, 2012, 09:43:35 pm
having had three sessions trying to hold the swing with my rh on the crimp i had written it off. went back and used the lower sloper as previously said, and did it in 20 minutes. makes the swing so so much easier, such good beta it felt like cheating  :) definately low end if not 7b+ using this beta.

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#31 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 19, 2012, 08:26:31 am
Will be there in a couple of hours!

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#32 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 26, 2012, 05:28:16 pm
I vote 7b+ with the sloper beta.

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#33 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 26, 2012, 05:59:58 pm
What sloper is this?

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#34 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 26, 2012, 06:21:55 pm
Something on the lip of the downhill face, ie a bit further back from the crimp for your right. You can see it in that recent vid Nathan (I think) uploaded.

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#35 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 26, 2012, 06:22:36 pm
What sloper is this?

The one Leeroy uses in

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#36 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 26, 2012, 06:24:35 pm
It's a different proposition with that beta

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#37 Re: Brass Monkeys
February 26, 2012, 06:52:15 pm
It's a different proposition with that beta

Agreed. Feels much easier then Mossatrocity using that beta.

 

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