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#900 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 10:16:46 am
 :lol:

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#901 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 10:45:56 am
 :slap:


I did say it was the latest though

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#903 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 10:50:46 am
doublefail.

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#904 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 10:54:22 am
It's all going off. 4 people have flashed 8c+ and 17 8c+s have been flashed. 14 of those by Ondra, one each for the other three.  :look:

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#905 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 11:09:31 am
doublefail.

"Latest" as in late. Geddit ?

Where's my coat..


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#906 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 11:21:05 am
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Adam is regarding it as a "lifetime project." Sources state that the new line has approximately four V14 boulder problems on it.

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#907 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 12:15:17 pm
So, four goes to flash each single boulder problem, plus a few ones to link them, plus some days of poor conditions...
Project climbed by Christmas?  :2thumbsup:

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#908 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 12:44:10 pm
As an act of charity, I think Ondra should install intermediate belays between each boulder problem.  That way he would bring a life-time ground-up ascent within the grasp of mere punters like Sharma, Robinson etc!

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#909 Re: Ondrawad
November 07, 2012, 01:01:57 pm
I wonder if it would be possible to combine portaledge and trampoline technology to give each one a decent landing. Although you probably wouldn't want to bounce off the trampoline.

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#910 Re: Ondrawad
November 12, 2012, 12:18:04 pm


Some good footage of Ondra going animal on the Southern Smoke Direct flash at the end of that video and some footage of Woods and Lachat working it for comparison...he's definitely on another level

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#911 Re: Ondrawad
November 12, 2012, 12:53:04 pm
I think the correct term is "beast mode". The difference between Lachat trying it and Ondra doing it (first go) is quite marked. And Lachat is no slouch.

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#912 Re: Ondrawad
November 12, 2012, 01:38:18 pm
Nice video.

Ondra tries really hard but then that is what it takes to climb Fontainebleu 8b.

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#913 Re: Ondrawad
November 13, 2012, 11:21:13 am


Comes across as a nice and increasingly eloquent guy. I like that he was inspired for 2 years to try Pure Imagination, I respect that.

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#914 Re: Ondrawad
November 13, 2012, 04:51:02 pm
Comes across as a nice and increasingly eloquent guy.
Yeah, let's hope he stays off the weed and doesn't end up a babbling/ vocabulary-constrained stoner like the entire late 90's/ 00's generation of hard US climbers.

And when exactly did he find time to nail English anyway?

And Italian, cutlurewad

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#915 Re: Ondrawad
November 13, 2012, 05:07:00 pm
Dura Dura next .... :bounce:

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#916 Re: Ondrawad
November 13, 2012, 05:47:27 pm
The transformation will be complete when he drops the term 'smashed it in' into his next interview.

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#917 Ondrawad
November 13, 2012, 06:56:43 pm
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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#918 Re: Ondrawad
November 14, 2012, 07:51:55 am

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#919 Re: Ondrawad
November 19, 2012, 11:22:20 am
Don't know if someone already posted this somewhere, but it's worth seeing again anyway. An amazing bit of onsighting:

http://vimeo.com/channels/blackdiamond/53636034

For comparison, someone fairly handy having a battle on that top bit:


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#920 Re: Ondrawad
November 19, 2012, 11:36:17 am
Jesus, ridiculous! I couldn't help fantasising about the mother of all screams if he had dropped the last move  ;D

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#921 Re: Ondrawad
November 19, 2012, 12:04:35 pm
The transformation will be complete when he drops the term 'smashed it in' into his next interview.

I'd love to see a series of interviews in the Gulio Geordio style.

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#922 Re: Ondrawad
November 19, 2012, 03:07:49 pm
Don't know if someone already posted this somewhere, but it's worth seeing again anyway. An amazing bit of onsighting:

http://vimeo.com/channels/blackdiamond/53636034

Bloody great, shows just how ace onsighting is and just how ace Ondra is (and the route for that matter). I love his committment to some of the bad holds moves. Also shows how utterly important not being scared of falling is - whould he have had the strength for the crux if he'd clipped before it??

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#923 Re: Ondrawad
November 19, 2012, 03:19:37 pm
Don't know if someone already posted this somewhere, but it's worth seeing again anyway. An amazing bit of onsighting:

http://vimeo.com/channels/blackdiamond/53636034

Bloody great, shows just how ace onsighting is and just how ace Ondra is (and the route for that matter). I love his committment to some of the bad holds moves. Also shows how utterly important not being scared of falling is - whould he have had the strength for the crux if he'd clipped before it??

Yes i don't think anyone who's scared of falling off could onsight 8c+!

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#924 Re: Ondrawad
November 19, 2012, 03:25:58 pm
whould he have had the strength for the crux if he'd clipped before it??

He didn't exactly looked boxed out of his mind to be fair...

 

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