Don’t think firefight or supersize me were career definining things were they. Not like Hubble, hunger, monk life, pilgrimage or the kyloe thing. Other biggies to me were Dreamtime and 2nd overall in World Cup. Perky pinky was pretty major as well. Certainly more than the funny things in my mind.
Sorry off topic but anyone know what happened to Stonesmith?
Quote from: gme on April 01, 2018, 10:31:32 pmDon’t think firefight or supersize me were career definining things were they. Not like Hubble, hunger, monk life, pilgrimage or the kyloe thing. Other biggies to me were Dreamtime and 2nd overall in World Cup. Perky pinky was pretty major as well. Certainly more than the funny things in my mind.I wouldn't speak for anyone else, objectively they are hard problems with one or no repeats
An FA rather than a repeat, but Mike Hart did In Hell into Louis Armstrong in the cave yesterday - 8B+
Quote from: abarro81 on April 02, 2018, 01:25:22 pmAn FA rather than a repeat, but Mike Hart did In Hell into Louis Armstrong in the cave yesterday - 8B+ Fair play not doing In Hell the easy way.
Franco Cookson flashed the Dave Mac's hard slab route Apophenia at Glen Finnan (E7 6c - originally given E8 7a, but downgraded by Charlie Woodburn) over the bank holiday weekend. Probably not that significant in the grand scheme of things but as far as I'm aware it is the first hard route Franco has actually repeated, so significant in the sense that it may reassure those who have previously questioned either his ability or grading
I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that Franco flashed E7 (which is a fine effort) or the fact he found a road which leads out of the N. Yorkshire moors
Probably not that significant in the grand scheme of things
Flashing? What's that then? Seeing someone on it doing the moves? Inspecting the gear and racking accordingly? Looking at the holds, even touching them?Flashing in respect of trad shouldn't even be considered a thing in this day and age.
Flashing? What's that then? Seeing someone on it doing the moves? Inspecting the gear and racking accordingly? Looking at the holds, even touching them?
A good bit of single malt was enjoyed last night, after a magical day on @climbermacleod 's Glen Finnan slab testpiece Apophenia (E7 6c - originally given E8 7a, but I think it's been downgraded?).I've wanted to visit this bit of rock ever since I saw the video of Dave and Kev Shields on it in 2010. It looked totally my bag and the moves looked fiercely technical, fingery and bold.It would have been good to try the line Onsight had I not seen the video, but then again I probably wouldn't have had any confidence in the gear etc. So got to be happy with the flash..The crux is a fairly powerful step through, with a good bit of runout above 2 tiny micro wires, placed sideways. Everything went right and it still felt pretty scary.After what should be the crux there's a second set of hard moves gaining the groove. I ended up totally Onsight, with no idea how to climb this and burning calves. It's probably been 5 years since I did any proper Onsight climbing and this is why! Up and down, left and right, fully aware that the longer I spent there the last chance I had of getting up it. 15 minutes felt like hours, but eventually success. My first Macleod route! Stoked! Hopefully going back today for a look at the big one..