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#475 Re: Ondrawad
September 08, 2011, 09:39:52 pm
jeepers creepers

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#476 Re: Ondrawad
October 04, 2011, 11:31:52 am
Apparently he's crushed Magic Wood into Neutrinos...

Practice of the wild - 8C
Dark matter - 8B+/C
Remembrance Of Things Past - 8B+

And some easy stuff - Four 8A+s and an 8A!

From the other channel - http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=64366

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#477 Re: Ondrawad
October 04, 2011, 11:35:21 am
Neutrinos? No wonder the news travelled fast.

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#478 Re: Ondrawad
October 04, 2011, 01:52:52 pm
i think its safe to call him one of the world's best boulderers now. He matched Woods 3 days on Practice and halved Robinson's time on Monkey Wedding

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#479 Re: Ondrawad
October 05, 2011, 12:24:32 pm
What does Ondra mean when he says he's 'basically weak'?! Who is he comparing himself to, as he's matching the feats of the world's best boulderers? Animal strong.

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#480 Re: Ondrawad
October 05, 2011, 12:37:53 pm
What does Ondra mean when he says he's 'basically weak'?! Who is he comparing himself to, as he's matching the feats of the world's best boulderers? Animal strong.

Orangutans. He reckons that orangutans are the perfect climbing animal, with a power to weight ratio that compares favourably with that of a Caterham 7 and a predictably massive ape index.

In the pub last week he was speculating that if orangutans weren't ginger or threatened with extinction that they would always be a far greater force in world bouldering than he is. Under current conditions he predicted he could overtake them within 3 - 4 seasons.


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#481 Re: Ondrawad
October 05, 2011, 12:41:03 pm
Probably compared to how he feels he could be.

As in when assessing his abilities as a climber, technique, route reading, stamina etc are nearer to what he feels his top level than his raw power which is still way off what it could be.

Scary if you think about it.

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#482 Re: Ondrawad
October 05, 2011, 01:47:27 pm
Probably compared to how he feels he could be.

As in when assessing his abilities as a climber, technique, route reading, stamina etc are nearer to what he feels his top level than his raw power which is still way off what it could be.

Scary if you think about it.

Good point Jasper, and also it's worth bearing in mind that when he said that I don't think he'd climbed harder than 9a+ and 8B+. Now he's done multiple 9bs and is consistently doing 8Cs as quickly as anyone in the world, so maybe he'd be forced to admit that he's not quite as 'weak' as he used to be. (!)

Who knows, he might even be able to do a one armer now.....

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#483 Re: Ondrawad
October 05, 2011, 03:00:59 pm
Scary if you think about it.

I wish I was as weak as he is.

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#484 Re: Ondrawad
October 09, 2011, 10:26:14 pm
But what has he done on offwidth roof cracks?

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#485 Re: Ondrawad
October 09, 2011, 10:43:58 pm
But what has he done on offwidth roof cracks?

Ondra climbing a crack implies the holds on the face aren't good enough for him to pull on.

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#486 Re: Ondrawad
October 09, 2011, 11:09:46 pm
when he says hes weak he just means he cant do one armers and stuff like that but his technique, height and finger strength all make up for that lack of pure brute strength

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#487 Re: Ondrawad
October 24, 2011, 12:52:38 pm
Not really news but thought this was a good vid of him bouldering with a few punters.


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#488 Re: Ondrawad
October 24, 2011, 09:25:40 pm
It really looked like nothing there challenged him much at all. Hes so far ahead of the pack, hes got to be capable of a Font 9a or a Gaskins 8c.

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#489 Re: Ondrawad
October 24, 2011, 10:39:47 pm
Hes so far ahead of the pack, hes got to be capable of a Font 9a or a Gaskins 8c.

He looked the most clinical, but Woods looked much stronger than the rest - just didn't have the lank for a few problems. Comps are fun, but not sure you can draw many conclusions from several wads competing to make the least mistakes on problems well below their max.

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#490 Re: Ondrawad
October 24, 2011, 11:31:09 pm
yeah woods looke beasty on that last problem, very malcolm smith.. would have been nice to see the worlds strongest fight it out on some narly steep stuff not balls on string and sideways double dynos

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#491 Re: Ondrawad
October 25, 2011, 12:29:38 am
ondra's technique with wood's strength, cool video all strong as hell!

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#492 Ondrawad
October 25, 2011, 07:31:12 am
Hes so far ahead of the pack, hes got to be capable of a Font 9a or a Gaskins 8c.

He looked the most clinical, but Woods looked much stronger than the rest - just didn't have the lank for a few problems. Comps are fun, but not sure you can draw many conclusions from several wads competing to make the least mistakes on problems well below their max.

They were given two hours the day before to work all the problems... No quarantine etc.. So quite different from normal comps.. An interesting format.. The competitors said they preferred it to regular format...

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#493 Re: Ondrawad
October 25, 2011, 10:45:15 am
I know. Hence my comments.

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#494 Re: Ondrawad
October 25, 2011, 12:56:34 pm
Most impressive thing for me is that he was competing against specialists who've been training almost solely for bouldering, while he's specifically avoided that while his body matured.

What's he going to be capable of this time next year after a bit of :weakbench:?    :dance1:
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#495 Re: Ondrawad
October 25, 2011, 01:53:43 pm
bouldering...he's specifically avoided that while his body matured.

Why do you say that? Ondra has been bouldering hard for years, both outdoors and in training.

Quote from: Ondra, march 2010
I train on couple of small bouldering walls, where I train endurance and bouldering power as well. I rarely climb indoor with rope because there are not good walls enough in the city.

http://www.baurock.ru/interview2/ondra_eng.htm
« Last Edit: October 25, 2011, 01:59:03 pm by r-man »

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#496 Re: Ondrawad
October 26, 2011, 08:35:11 am
Ondra's sister climbs 8b+ (and his dad does an 8a):

http://www.czechclimbing.com/clanek.php?key=9752



I don't see the family resemblence myself.

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#497 Re: Ondrawad
October 26, 2011, 11:19:53 am
 :oops:

I'll check my vague rememberings next time...

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#498 Re: Ondrawad
November 09, 2011, 08:05:09 am
Ondra's sister climbs 8b+ (and his dad does an 8a):

http://www.czechclimbing.com/clanek.php?key=9752



I don't see the family resemblence myself.

He got the climbing talent AND the looks!

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#499 Re: Ondrawad
November 14, 2011, 09:20:59 am

 

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