[jwi]

According to 8a.nu, Toru Nakajima has repeated The Big Island, among other things (including an 8b flash).

[slackline]

According to 8a.nu, Toru Nakajima has repeated The Big Island, among other things (including an 8b flash).

Tommy tweeted this yesterday...

The Traphouse Short 8B Flash, Sideways Daze 8B, Satan I Helvet 8B, Elephunk 8B, Gecko assis 8B+, The Traphouse 8B+, Big Island 8C

No doubt simply whats up on 8a.nu (but I don't even bother looking at 8a.nu, candidate for the worst organised site out there).

[jwi]

Thanks, I spent a few seconds trying to find the original source, but got sidetracked when I start wondering how to write his given name (it is 徹 by the way)

[Doylo]

Le Proue 8b flashed in cresciano by Jorg Verhoeven. One hell of a flash that!

[Nizza]

Dave Mason has done Superman, great effort. Vid here:

[Doylo]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

[andy_e]

Two hard limestone ascents! Grit season is over! That means I'll have the grit all to myself again! Good effort both.

[dave]

Dave Mason has done Superman, great effort. Vid here:

Fuck careless torque, THIS is news.

[willackers]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

That's a shame

[slackline]

Can you not still do it without knee bars and take whatever grade you think it is? 

[Doylo]

Can you not still do it without knee bars and take whatever grade you think it is? 

[GCW]

Dave Mason has done Superman, great effort. Vid here:

Fuck careless torque, THIS is news.

2nd repeat after Tim Clifford?   

[TomP]

Nice one Dave! Good to see some limey crush!

Please correct me if I'm wrong and it would be really interesting to know but as I understand it, the following have done it since breakage:

Martin smith
Sharik Walker
Mick Adams
nacho
Micky P
Chris WP
Markus bock?

[dave]

Didn't we conclude from the video Nacho had actually done superwoman?

[Nike Air]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

That's a shame

Good effort
Though does this mean that if this this same skill is applied on the 9a abroad, ie finding more knee bar rests than previous folk have that a down grade will happen in that case too??

[Wood FT]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

That's a shame

Good effort
Though does this mean that if this this same skill is applied on the 9a abroad, ie finding more knee bar rests than previous folk have that a down grade will happen in that case too??

 

[Doylo]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

That's a shame

Good effort
Though does this mean that if this this same skill is applied on the 9a abroad, ie finding more knee bar rests than previous folk have that a down grade will happen in that case too??

it should if it makes it a grade easier! Most people just take the tick and run though...

[abarro81]

What Doyle said. (I include myself in most people)

(If you're asking with reference to my blogged intentions on Abyss then 1. I don't know I've not done it 2. All the knees I found in my 2 days on it aren't new - at least Graham and Raczynski used them and pads) In my experience the Euros, and particuarly the Yanks, have a habit of being better than us at this shit so there's less chance of one of us finding lots of new tricks than over here.

[petejh]

Great. All we need now is a Dead Fit Knee-Barring Birds Who Go Cheating thread so we can ban it for being sexist. (Good effort btw!!)

[Dr T]

According to 8a.nu, Toru Nakajima has repeated The Big Island, among other things (including an 8b flash).

So has Schulte

[jwi]

According to 8a.nu, Toru Nakajima has repeated The Big Island, among other things (including an 8b flash).

So has Schulte

Inspiring! Ties in nicely with the recent thread on Long term projecteering

My resolve is unshakeable, thankfully," wrote Schulte in "Origin of Species," an article he published in the December 2011 issue of Rock and Ice. "I know I'll climb the thing sometime, maybe next season, and until I do, I get to work on one of the best climbs I've ever tried."

[Jaspersharpe]

Dave Mason has done Superman, great effort. Vid here:

Amazing effort! 

[slackline]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

More

[Wood FT]

Barrows has done the 2nd ascent of Malc Smiths Pilgrimage in Parisella's. Pretty significant as the first ascent was back in 2004. It took Malc a significant amount of effort and was likely F9a/+ with his sequence. Barrows reckons it was F8c+ for him with kneebar trickery and rests.

More

I've seen this image before in a dream, but I had an axe, they just kept appearing. . . .

nice one Chris, great sequence

[Paul B]

Dave Mason has done Superman, great effort. Vid here.

Nice one Dave but I really hope that video doesn't make it over onto the other channel.