[hongkongstuey]

http://bishopbouldering.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambrosia-2nd-ascent-by-alex-honnold.html

[SA Chris]

Devon knows how he does it. Good work.

[Moo]

Significant repeat?

[Bernard Jefferies]

Impressive! Standing on top of that boulder is scary enough

[Ethan]

Very impressive repeat for sure

[hongkongstuey]

not quite sure what the bloke in the red t-shirt is planning to do if he lobs from here - run away would be my suggestion...

[Fatboy]

Holy... sh*tballs... 

[Richie Crouch]

Highball suicide teabagging was about to commence 

[Palomides]

That is simultaneously one of the most impressive and dismaying photos I've seen for a while.

Can we start calling this sort of behaviour "Deathballing" ?

"Highballing" doesn't quite sound serious enough, "OMFGballing" doesn't look right, "ShitYourPantsballing" is a bit long, "Awesomeballing" is just too American, "RunAwayRunAwayballing" and "I'mNotGoingUpThereballing" can only be applied to not actually doing any climbing, "Optimisticballing" isn't macho enough,  "SHIT!!!111balling" is probably some kind of perversion I'm happily unaware of, "Idiotballing", "Nutcaseballing" and "Fruitcakeballing" are rather disrespectful, and the ethics police won't allow the use of old-school "soloing" in the presence of anything more than a single beer-towel.

Red t-shirt spotting man probably saw the photo afterwards and went "what the fuck was I doing with my arms". He deserves a medal and a lie-down in a dark room.

[slackline]

That is simultaneously one of the most impressive and dismaying photos I've seen for a while.

Can we start calling this sort of behaviour "Deathballing" ?

"Highballing" doesn't quite sound serious enough, "OMFGballing" doesn't look right, "ShitYourPantsballing" is a bit long, "Awesomeballing" is just too American, "RunAwayRunAwayballing" and "I'mNotGoingUpThereballing" can only be applied to not actually doing any climbing, "Optimisticballing" isn't macho enough,  "SHIT!!!111balling" is probably some kind of perversion I'm happily unaware of, "Idiotballing", "Nutcaseballing" and "Fruitcakeballing" are rather disrespectful, and the ethics police won't allow the use of old-school "soloing" in the presence of anything more than a single beer-towel.

Red t-shirt spotting man probably saw the photo afterwards and went "what the fuck was I doing with my arms". He deserves a medal and a lie-down in a dark room.

What about just calling it a solo  ?

[GCW]

"Highballing" doesn't quite sound serious enough, "OMFGballing" doesn't look right, "ShitYourPantsballing" is a bit long, "Awesomeballing" is just too American, "RunAwayRunAwayballing" and "I'mNotGoingUpThereballing" can only be applied to not actually doing any climbing, "Optimisticballing" isn't macho enough,  "SHIT!!!111balling" is probably some kind of perversion I'm happily unaware of, "Idiotballing", "Nutcaseballing" and "Fruitcakeballing" are rather disrespectful, and the ethics police won't allow the use of old-school "soloing" in the presence of anything more than a single beer-towel.

What about just calling it a solo  ?

[Wipey Why]

not quite sure what the bloke in the red t-shirt is planning to do if he lobs from here - run away would be my suggestion...

[slackline]

"Highballing" doesn't quite sound serious enough, "OMFGballing" doesn't look right, "ShitYourPantsballing" is a bit long, "Awesomeballing" is just too American, "RunAwayRunAwayballing" and "I'mNotGoingUpThereballing" can only be applied to not actually doing any climbing, "Optimisticballing" isn't macho enough,  "SHIT!!!111balling" is probably some kind of perversion I'm happily unaware of, "Idiotballing", "Nutcaseballing" and "Fruitcakeballing" are rather disrespectful, and the ethics police won't allow the use of old-school "soloing" in the presence of anything more than a single beer-towel.

What about just calling it a solo  ?

[GCW]

I fought the law and the law won!

 

[Ged]

Is this the thing that George Ullrich climbs the top part of, after using  a ladder for the bottom epart in "call it what you want"?   Looks like it, just seems weird they don't mention it in progression

[Stubbs]

just seems weird they don't mention it in progression

It was mentioned in the news items at the time, but TBH he did use a ladder to get past the 8A boulder problem to solo the 7b+ route bit (which he prepracticed?) So not particularly awe inspiring to mention next to the rest of progression n'est ce pas?

Honnold is a monster, wonder what he's got in store next...

[Paul B]

What would they have mentioned it as, one of the most contrived style of climbing a highball ever?

[Jaspersharpe]

I'm not sure what the point of "doing" a route like that would be let alone reporting it? Be like aiding the start of Revelations and then soloing the rest (after top roping it). Or am I missing something?
 

[slackline]

I'm not sure what the point of "doing" a route like that would be let alone reporting it? Be like aiding the start of Revelations and then soloing the rest (after top roping it). Or am I missing something?
 

He was enjoying himself? 

[The Sausage]

Isn't it called headpointing? Althoughall the pads mean it's probably not this either. Maybe, pre-practiced high-balling?

[Fiend]

I'm not sure what the point of "doing" a route like that would be let alone reporting it? Be like aiding the start of Revelations and then soloing the rest (after top roping it). Or am I missing something?
 

Or more like, doing that to Careless Torque. I wouldn't consider it an ascent at all, not even an aided one (although if you skyhooked up the start of something...)

[Fiend]

Highball suicide teabagging

P.S. This is the obvious new genre name 

[Ged]

It's just that they go on about it being the "next level".  Surely an 8a boulder problem isn't the next level, so i presumed he meant the top bit for it's outrageous height and difficulty combination, which had already been done (albeit without doing th start).  I know doing the start obviously adds to the difficulty of doing the rest of it, and I know climbing half a route with a ladder is a bit weird, but fair play to him he never claims it's anything other than that, and he still does that scary top bit pretty smoothly which Jorgeson seems to think is pretty full on?

[Jaspersharpe]

It's just that they go on about it being the "next level".

They're American.