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#1250 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 04:09:11 pm

(to save you loading up the twitter link)

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#1251 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 04:10:12 pm
And reading Horns thread further down - you can chat about it with him if you give him a lift to Heathrow this evening!!

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#1252 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 04:19:38 pm

No banana costume no tick  :rtfm:

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#1253 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 05:39:34 pm
He had an hour on Hubble this morning , kept falling off the last move but was so pushed for time he didn't have chance to have decent rests between go's.

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#1254 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 05:48:29 pm

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#1255 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 06:11:49 pm
 :smart:

Masters Edge, Balance It Is, Messiah and the Knock, not bad for an afternoons cragging in less than ideal conditions.

J

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#1256 Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 06:40:17 pm
I'd just like to confirm that I also didn't do Hubble today.

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#1257 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 06:46:08 pm

I'd just like to confirm that I also didn't do Hubble today.

Was that you trying it in a Banana suit?

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#1258 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 06:50:57 pm
Dunno how Ondra does it. If I had groups of people following me about waiting to see whether or not I fail on a route it would put me right off my stroke. Even at my punter level I could learn a thing or two about putting the ego aside sometimes and just giving things a shot.   

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#1259 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 07:10:18 pm
Enough of this, can anyone confirm that Adam got to the airport safely?

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#1260 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 07:30:32 pm
:smart:

Masters Edge, Balance It Is, Messiah and the Knock, not bad for an afternoons cragging in less than ideal conditions.

J

Not much of a drama when you climb 9b+

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#1261 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 08:22:29 pm
So, how many people round here have had one of their routes repeated by the Ondrawad.....    :whistle:

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#1262 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 08:31:34 pm
He did messiah and another E7 at least according to @lyonequipment

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#1263 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 08:56:19 pm
Maybe Master's Edge or Balance It Is?

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#1264 Re: Ondrawad
April 26, 2014, 09:22:10 pm
:smart:

Masters Edge, Balance It Is, Messiah and the Knock, not bad for an afternoons cragging in less than ideal conditions.

J

Not much of a drama when you climb 9b+

Or 8b+?

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#1265 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 07:00:25 am
Neil Gresham's Facebook status -

"It was inevitable that it would leak on Twitter that Adam Ondra tried Hubble during his 1-day visit to the Peak. To call it a quick play would be an understatement. After a late slideshow in London on the Friday night, we arrived in Hathersage at 3am and were up at 5.30 to sneak in a 2 hour Raventor hit before work duties commenced. It was raining, humid and warm and a crucial foothold required repeated drying. But in an absurd feat of 'interval style' redpointing, he hit the last hold 3 times in a row, with ten minute rests between burns. Last time he visited the UK, his priority was his repeat of Overshadow 9a+ and this time it was sponsorship commitments. His eagerness to visit the tor against all odds sums up just how much he rates British climbing. Adam paid tribute to Hubble, confirming that it was 9a and similar in difficulty to Action Directe. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest ambassadors this sport has ever seen."

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#1266 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 11:04:33 am
Word is that as a warm up he bolt to bolted up Mutation.

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#1267 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 12:26:13 pm
Mutation is surely the big 2nd ascent to do in the UK. 1999 it was put up wasn't it?

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#1268 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 01:05:58 pm
'98 I think.

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#1269 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 03:06:36 pm

Neil Gresham's Facebook status -

"It was inevitable that it would leak on Twitter that Adam Ondra tried Hubble during his 1-day visit to the Peak. To call it a quick play would be an understatement. After a late slideshow in London on the Friday night, we arrived in Hathersage at 3am and were up at 5.30 to sneak in a 2 hour Raventor hit before work duties commenced. It was raining, humid and warm and a crucial foothold required repeated drying. But in an absurd feat of 'interval style' redpointing, he hit the last hold 3 times in a row, with ten minute rests between burns. Last time he visited the UK, his priority was his repeat of Overshadow 9a+ and this time it was sponsorship commitments. His eagerness to visit the tor against all odds sums up just how much he rates British climbing. Adam paid tribute to Hubble, confirming that it was 9a and similar in difficulty to Action Directe. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest ambassadors this sport has ever seen."

Hyperbolic twaddle anyone?
Is this not describing "getting in a quick session before work?"

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#1270 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 03:13:34 pm

Neil Gresham's Facebook status -

"It was inevitable that it would leak on Twitter that Adam Ondra tried Hubble during his 1-day visit to the Peak. To call it a quick play would be an understatement. After a late slideshow in London on the Friday night, we arrived in Hathersage at 3am and were up at 5.30 to sneak in a 2 hour Raventor hit before work duties commenced. It was raining, humid and warm and a crucial foothold required repeated drying. But in an absurd feat of 'interval style' redpointing, he hit the last hold 3 times in a row, with ten minute rests between burns. Last time he visited the UK, his priority was his repeat of Overshadow 9a+ and this time it was sponsorship commitments. His eagerness to visit the tor against all odds sums up just how much he rates British climbing. Adam paid tribute to Hubble, confirming that it was 9a and similar in difficulty to Action Directe. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest ambassadors this sport has ever seen."

Hyperbolic twaddle anyone?
Is this not describing "getting in a quick session before work?"

+1

Getting in quick sessions and fitting climbing around life is something most of us find normal...

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#1271 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 03:25:32 pm
In my opinion, he is one of the greatest ambassadors this sport has ever seen."

Oh ambassador you do spoil us!

Dealing with limited time and shit connies, welcome to the real world.

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#1272 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 03:55:23 pm
Come on guys, Gresham's post might come across as overly fawning, but he was obviously blown away by Ondra's performance/psyche. And it's not like he hasn't seen a few decent climbers o'er the years.

As someone who is massively time pressured I'm still impressed that he dragged his ar*e out of bed after just a few hours sleep to try it before a day of presumably having to be personable with the general public.

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#1273 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 05:27:41 pm
I agree with T_B. Great effort by Ondra (I'd have got a few more hours kip instead) and Greshams' write up is good.

I thought I was cynical, poor show!

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#1274 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 05:29:14 pm
Stop hating on the G. :clown:

 

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