[SA Chris]

Surprised this hasn't cropped up anywhere else (that I've seen)

http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/andy-kirkpatrick-solos-sea-of-dreams-on-el-cap

Significant and a bit bonkers!

Edit - was reported on UKC

[andy popp]

Here ya' go.  This is an incredible achievement - typical of the Brit scene to know nothing about it.

http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/isabelle-faus-sends-amandla-v14?A=WebApp&CCID=5851&Page=2&Items=500

Also - I was wondering where Fred had got to.  Looks like he's up to his old tricks again.

I've always thought this looked like a really beautiful thing; the epitome of a boulder problem.

[CJDavies]

Your not wrong Andy.  It's awesome - a proper finger test.

That guy looks like Leroy Desroy, who I think may have sent this some time ago?  I could be wrong about that.  They should get him over to Pex - he'd have a great time.

[SA Chris]

That guy looks like Leroy Desroy

It's Nacho Sanchez, who lived in Sheffield for a while?

[Durbs]

Good effort Ms Faus, whoever she is.

I thought she was DG's missus, but appears to be Chad Greedy's lady. Not that I wish to in anyway identify a lady by who she is going out with, but she climbs in strong circles

[36chambers]

Good effort Ms Faus, whoever she is.

I thought she was DG's missus, but appears to be Chad Greedy's lady. Not that I wish to in anyway identify a lady by who she is going out with, but she climbs in strong circles

DG's girlfriend isn't quite a wad, she climbs around 6C

[peewee]

Think it's worth a mention that James Noble has done Golden Shadow in Rocklands 

[bendavison]

Beast!

[James Malloch]

Alex Megos repeated Ondra's "Thors Hammer", 9a+, in the Flatanger Cave yesterday.

Said it felt hard compared to other routes of the grade.

Source was his facebook which I can't link to at the moment. Reported on UKC also.

[Andy B]

Think it's worth a mention that James Noble has done Golden Shadow in Rocklands 

With the original (better and harder) left hand finish too.

[a dense loner]

Hard for 9a+! Great comment

Go Joble 

[jwi]

Alex Megos repeated Ondra's "Thors Hammer", 9a+, in the Flatanger Cave yesterday.

Said it felt hard compared to other routes of the grade.

BÄÄÄM!!! First repeat of "Thors Hammer" 9a+ in the Flatanger Cave is done! Felt harder then the other routes I've done in that grade. Took me 3 days to link the over 60m pitch which is always between 55 and 85 degrees steep! 38min climbing time... felt like a 10k run! [...]

Source

[SA Chris]

3 days - hardly a siege!

[a dense loner]

What a pic!

[dave]

That stamina gonna pay dividends on the Joker for sure.

[moose]

Alex Megos repeated Ondra's "Thors Hammer", 9a+, in the Flatanger Cave yesterday.
Said it felt hard compared to other routes of the grade.

looks like we might have to wait a while for Change to be repeated then?!

[Doylo]

Why's that? He did a hard 9a+ in 3 days. He's not scraped the surface of seiging yet.

[moose]

true, though I suspect that it's a non-linear case of effort vs reward to make that step up.  Also didn't Ondra say that Change was pretty much perfectly suited to his style and flexibility - the most Ondra-esque route possible - so it might be even harder for the grade.

[Doylo]

Well I'm guessing Megos wouldn't mind doing a few 9bs first.  If he can be arsed spending more than 3 days on something.

[bigtuboflard]

I'd be well chuffed if 9a+ felt like a 10k run....

[Fiend]

You need to get worse at running then!

[James Malloch]

The other channel reported that ondra had said it could be "easy 9b" so perhaps the three days are justified...

[GCW]

I'd be well chuffed if 9a+ felt like a 10k run....

I'd be well chuffed if a 10k run took me 38 minutes!!!!!!!!

[bendavison]

true, though I suspect that it's a non-linear case of effort vs reward to make that step up.

I think it took Ondra more than 3 days to do Thors Hammer, which he did the same year as Change.

[Three Nine]

Different doing a FA tho