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#12250 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 09:41:57 am
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I don't understand the current trend of hard bouldering in a baseball cap. I would find that bloody annoying and make hard bouldering significantly harder - bashing on the rock, obscuring my vision etc.

I know trends often don't make sense (e.g. beanie and shirtless) but this one seems actively detrimental.

That aside, looks like Sean is on a strong run of form at the moment. Good to see the 9A club broadening.

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#12251 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 10:27:53 am
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I don't understand the current trend of hard bouldering in a baseball cap. I would find that bloody annoying and make hard bouldering significantly harder - bashing on the rock, obscuring my vision etc.
I'm a bit disappointed that these young-uns haven't started bouldering in full samurai armour. They seem strong enough for it not to be a problem for them.

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#12252 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 10:43:49 am
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I don't understand the current trend of hard bouldering in a baseball cap. I would find that bloody annoying and make hard bouldering significantly harder - bashing on the rock, obscuring my vision etc

I’m in my mid 40’s and boulder in a cap most of the time in the summer to protect my ginger fivehead from the sun. My face never seems to get close enough to the rock for the peak to hit it, maybe this is poor technique on my part!

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#12253 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 10:57:53 am
People can climb in helmets, so a baseball cap should be trivial.

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#12254 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 11:49:07 am
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I don't understand the current trend of hard bouldering in a baseball cap. I would find that bloody annoying and make hard bouldering significantly harder - bashing on the rock, obscuring my vision etc.
I'm a bit disappointed that these young-uns haven't started bouldering in full samurai armour. They seem strong enough for it not to be a problem for them.

:agree:

Definitely liking that style.

Shirtless + beanie makes perfect rational sense if you tend to get very warm hands, but also have a cold head e.g. shaved / bald. T-shirt on with just shorts tho - bewildering.

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#12255 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 12:36:02 pm
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I don't understand the current trend of hard bouldering in a baseball cap. I would find that bloody annoying and make hard bouldering significantly harder - bashing on the rock, obscuring my vision etc.

He was topping out into a sun in the face position by the looks of it

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#12256 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 05:11:31 pm
People can climb in helmets, so a baseball cap should be trivial.

It's the peak sticking out that's the issue - this isn't really the case with a helmet. I've gotten on boulders still wearing a cap and found it annoying, though perhaps it's only on something vertical/slabby where your face is right up against the rock. Anyway seems like it's just me!

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#12257 Re: significant repeats
November 23, 2024, 05:22:41 pm
Well considering he smashed out a 9A FA & an 8C+ I don't think a cap is much of an issue.

I have a big bald head & often climb in my running hat a Patagonia duckbill, short peak, soft & flexible.

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#12258 Re: significant repeats
November 25, 2024, 08:43:41 am
Prudence Morgan-Wood has flashed Aromas del Cabezón 8b at Cabezon de Oro near Alicante. She said probably more like 8a+/b and other opinions seem around the same level, but still one of the hardest first go efforts ever by a British woman. Waddage.

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#12259 Re: significant repeats
November 25, 2024, 09:53:24 am
I'm a bit disappointed that these young-uns haven't started bouldering in full samurai armour.

Probably more appropriate for when he did Shaolin

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#12260 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 07:13:42 am
While waiting for her main project to dry Chaehyun Seo has onsighted Fish Eye 8c at Oliana. Janja, Laura Rogora and Chaehyun Seo are the only women to have onsighted multiple 8cs and Kasja Rosen is the only other woman to have onsighted 8c so it is very much the top level (until Janja spends more than a few days outside).

https://www.instagram.com/p/DC2nZkStEHs/?img_index=1

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#12261 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 11:33:30 am

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#12262 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 12:45:43 pm
Kasja Rosen

Kajsa Rosén

Thanks, I was literally staring at the list as I wrote that so no excuses other than stupidity  :oops:

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#12263 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 01:18:20 pm
In ten years in France not a single colleague ever spelled my family name correctly.

Copy+paste exist for a reason 😉

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#12264 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 02:25:02 pm
In ten years in France not a single colleague ever spelled my family name correctly.

?!?! Your name is incredibly simple.

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#12265 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 02:28:18 pm
Yeah it's just "i" right? Easy

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#12266 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 03:32:15 pm
In ten years in France not a single colleague ever spelled my family name correctly.

?!?! Your name is incredibly simple.

My given name is simple enough.  My family name doesn't compute in French (or Spanish ) so people just throw together a bunch of letters in random order.

I once had a lady at social security hang up on me after being unable to type in what I spelled out.

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#12267 Re: significant repeats
November 27, 2024, 04:36:42 pm
Yeah it's just "i" right? Easy

I think it's "wi" actually...

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#12268 Re: significant repeats
November 28, 2024, 07:28:53 am
A bit outside the usual, but Oliver Tippett has spent this year ticking his way through seemingly all the hard aid routes Yosemite has to offer. All solo.

Zenyatta Mondatta
Atlantis
Tempest
Reticent Wall
Sea of Dreams
Virginia
Zodiac
Native Son
Neptune

Bet he's placed his fair share of marginal beaks, sketchy pegs and thin hooks. He's got a entertaining youtube channel as well, where entertaining = 30ft falls on to a hook.

https://www.youtube.com/@olivertippett/videos

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/showlog.php?id=255269&sort=x&country=&crag=&gradetype=5&partner=&year=&season=&hide_dnf=1&newfilter=1&nresults=100&pg=1

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#12269 Re: significant repeats
November 30, 2024, 10:33:35 am
Good few days for Josh Ibbertson in Red River Gorge with flashes of Omaha Beach 8b+, Transworld Depravity 8b+ and God's Own Stone 8b+.

Rhos Frugniet has also redpointed God's Own Stone.

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#12270 Re: significant repeats
November 30, 2024, 11:24:56 pm
Aid climbing on ukb, never thought I'd see the day!

I think it might be the highest density of hard el cap aid solos ever.

I think he's also closing in on having done the largest number of different el cap routes solo.

Fwiw I think a couple of those listed were with partners, e.g. Atlantis.

I wonder if he's done more distinct el cap solos than all other brits put together. On reflection, seems unlikely, but I bet it's not that far off!

 

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