Mine hasn't turned up yet . But then I'm not surprised as I'm probably the furthest away.Hope Keith didn't put a sweetie in or it'll get confiscated by Customs........
I dunno, I bet I'm a similar weight (to Ty, not to Jim's leg) and I've yet to dispatch many of the harder classics.
(to Ty, not to Jim's leg)
me neither - guess those planes aren't flying so quickly these days...
I had the pleasure of meeting Unc tonight down at Bristol bouldering wall. You can all rest assured that your £££'s have gone to a thoroughly down to earth and lovely bloke. The sort of guy you could chat about nothing to all night.Nice one Unc. Good luck on Gecko Assis next week!
most of us would be quite good if we all weighed the same as my leg
This one time...in the school room...me and keith were alone together and you couldnt IMAGINE what he managed to do with one hand!
You can't fucking leave the house in Bristol at the moment without running into Keith.
Hello to Tyler and Keith ; and everyone concerned.I've been amazed and exited to have opportunity to see your climbs, but was finally shocked and feeling depressed about the way all the problems are done with "bad" starts. When it's not from a pad it's from many, and same for the seat-starts who are definitely not seated in the movie.It will be so easy for such strong climbers like you, or anyone, to be more concerned by the "proper" way to start a problem. It's not a trouble of ethic at all, if you consider the start by the same point of view as the end of a boulder... To do a problem, you have to exit well, so why not starting well?Starting a problem will be always better not using pad(s) and all kind of artificial elevation when possible, simply. Considering the pads just for falling could be the next goal of future generations! The thinner layer you put under your feet to start, the cleaner and harder is your climb. And finally, what counts more than the "way" you do things?...Maybe there's a "start-carpet" to be done by all the pads manufacturers! I do not like too the "paillasson" (house-entrance thing) usually used by many bleausards, as i find it too heavy and slippering a lot on forest ground. I prefer using a simple rag (legs cut from dead pants...) in dry conditions - couldn't find thinner layer and very usefull for cleaning holds too -, and the thinner carpet as you can found in cars if ground is too wet.Notice also, i don't care starting on a pad or a stone when it's really the last and only solution for me to start a boulder. And i'm really not that psyched about people starting on the pad doing jogg-style-circuit, or one problem for his own deep in the woods, as long as they never manage to appear on a media scene and giving this for example.Also please, Tyler and Keith, don't take that request specially for you! Even if your movie goes too far on this aspect for me, i can see that at differents levels (of elevation!) everywhere in the bouldering activity now.Where are we going with bouldering if we never consider clearly and properly the best way to start a boulder? Where are the limits? Are you starting on a stiff new SNAP pad, or do you prefer a mega huge Black Diamond? Ah OK, maybe the best is even a very old BBZ folded in 3?Well, I'm felling sad about making such a long text for this, and maybe it's just cause i'm an old school guy, who has climbed too much when the pads where not in the activity at all...I just hope it could be time for everyone to pay a bit more attention on the closest way to start from natural ground where all boulders stands, so maybe higher will be the achievement of bouldering.Stephan Denys.
I saw it (for free 'natch) and thought it was excellently put together, and should be a big hit on the gay fetish scene.My one moan was that it was really hard to understand just how hard the climbing is, I've felt some of the (non) holds on kheops and to see it put away like an easy pink was simply not on.Likewise Duel.9.5/10.
