Which, from some points of view, risks being made banal by its mind-blowing numbers and above all the frequency with which Ondra himself manages to send. But this certainly is anything but banal, on the contrary! And there can be no doubt that what Ondra has shown us during these last fortnight is the start of the future.
Your going to upset the Gaskinites!
With all these 9b's under his belt, he'll be better placed to grade Overshadow if he comes back
Quote from: north_country_boy on March 28, 2011, 05:58:14 pmWith all these 9b's under his belt, he'll be better placed to grade Overshadow if he comes back Keith said he's planning to come back in a few weeks
"Ondrawad" "Ondrawatch" "Ondrawadtch"
Am I the only one who is a bit confused as to what a "Circa" is?
There was a pic in climber of ondra standing under VNB with a cheeky smile.I wouldn't try this route if i was ondra.why if you can climb amazing 50 metre routes with font 8b+ on them would you want to pull on a two move route on razors that the first ascentionist (font 8c climber)had to spend 100 days on
Quote from: north_country_boy on March 28, 2011, 05:58:14 pmWith all these 9b's under his belt, he'll be better placed to grade Overshadow if he comes back Was thinking about this. It's pretty amazing that Ondra is so far ahead of the game that he's acting as a one man boy grade calibrator for the World. Finally we're able to see where routes really stand in history (Open Air being the perfect example) as he also seems pretty good at realising what is hard because it's hard and what just isn't his style. From what he's said already, Steve's routes stand the test and Overshadow may actually be 9b. Which is interesting.It's also interesting that people are talking about "the next level" as if it's a movement in standards created by a general shift in ability rather than one kid being so much better than everyone else. I realise there are other very talented youngsters coming through (Enzo Oddo, Geoffrey Flanburglaries etc) but Ondra is so far ahead at the moment, I don't think climbing has ever witnessed anything like it. Knocking over 9b projects in a few days and warming down with an 8c+ onsight is incomprehensible. When he does eventually spend some time on something you can see it standing unrepeated for decades.
Uh? how come there are two "thumbsup" emoticons in the list but both use the same bbcode? I prefer http://ukbouldering.com/board/Smileys/ukbCustom/thumbsup2.gif tohttp://ukbouldering.com/board/Smileys/ukbCustom/thumbsup.gif