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Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 05:43:22 pm
If my source is correct...............today by the ever weak McClure :o

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#1 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 05:48:30 pm
I'm surprised your source noticed, as she was chatting to my source all the way through the ascent ;).

It all looked pretty smooth and steady, if I didn't know what it was, I would never have guessed it was as hard as it is from watching Steve on it!

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#2 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 05:56:22 pm
he's such a punter. as he almost ticked the crag?

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#3 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 06:05:45 pm
Effort.

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#4 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 06:21:06 pm
not bad for a punter. Good skills.

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#5 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 09:32:05 pm
Wow. How many punters have done this now?

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#6 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 09:50:55 pm
moon
smith
jah-skins
dunning
troy mclure

any more?

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#7 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 09:53:26 pm
Did Simpson do it or not? (I dunno, I'm just asking).

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#8 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 10:00:32 pm
I think he did. knew i must have missed someone.

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#9 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 11:21:18 pm
 :bow:


good to see any video... not seen it done and it would be cool to see..


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#10 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 11:38:21 pm
good to see any video... not seen it done and it would be cool to see..

You need to buy the 80's, Birth of Extreme!

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#11 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 11:42:04 pm
no.

I want to see the whole thing, filmed move by move, with the most recent ascent.

god knows why.. never ever been on my radar.. curiousity I suppose.

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#12 Re: Hubble repeat
August 06, 2009, 11:49:42 pm
NO! YOU WANT TO WATCH BEN MOON DOING HIS ROUTE, AND DOING IT IN ALMOST CERTAINLY THE LEAST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE!

 :P

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#13 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 08:47:04 am
didn't some renegade bullshitter claim an ascent of hubble a few years ago. not si o' but I think it was someone of a similar fantasy calibre. can't remember the name. anyone remember?

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#14 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:02:06 am
I believe it is this horseshit of which you speak.

NO! YOU WANT TO WATCH BEN MOON DOING HIS ROUTE, AND DOING IT IN ALMOST CERTAINLY THE LEAST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE!

 :P

People shouldn't underestimate how much harder Ben's fucked up way of doing the crux was than the completely logical way that everyone else has (I presume) used since. Hubble is considered hard for 8c+. Ben's way must have been more like 9a. Or put another way it's an 8B boulder problem but Ben's way was 8B+ fo sho.

Oh and good effort Steve.  :bow:

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#15 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:31:02 am
I'm pretty sure that Steve did the Hubble crux the same way as Ben because he found it easier than the other way. At least that was the way he'd been working it. I'm stoked for him. Only my route left and he's ticked the Tor...

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#16 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:33:38 am
has he done jehovakill then? thats not dry very often by the look of it. (or that E5 traverse?).

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#17 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:34:30 am
I'm pretty sure that Steve did the Hubble crux the same way as Ben because he found it easier than the other way. At least that was the way he'd been working it.

He's quite small though isn't he? I can see how it might make sense if you're shorter but certainly not if you're Ben's height.

Actually, no I can't. So he did it with both feet on?

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#18 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:39:44 am
Yes, both feet on.

He did Jehovahkill years ago. It actually used to dry out back in the day. When I did it in 2002 ish it had been dry all summer.

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#19 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:42:35 am
i think we should seriously consider renaming the crag after him. Steven Tor? Raven McTor? Steven McRaven? Macca?

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#20 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:43:10 am
Yes, both feet on.

 :o

Well that's even more  :bow:  :bow: then. Can't believe he found it easier that way!

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#21 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:46:06 am
Yes, both feet on.

He did Jehovahkill years ago. It actually used to dry out back in the day. When I did it in 2002 ish it had been dry all summer.

nice. how about hooligan?

has he done all the bouldering too?

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#22 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:50:09 am
And Hooligan? I thought that had only had two ascents or something?

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#23 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:57:13 am
what about hooligan?

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#24 Re: Hubble repeat
August 07, 2009, 09:58:45 am
And Hooligan? I thought that had only had two ascents or something?

Yeah, good point. Forgot about that. There's that Jerry E7 too.

 

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