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#1275 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 05:41:46 pm
Stop hating on the G. :clown:

Love to all the G's  :-*

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#1276 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 05:52:22 pm

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#1277 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 06:35:13 pm
Oh, so in the "real world" people get two hours of sleep, then get on Hubble in poor conditions getting to the last hold several times, all before hopping on a plane?
If that wasn't being a great ambassador of climbing, I don't know what it could be.

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#1278 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 07:14:29 pm
Lazy cunt Ondra and shame on Gresham for letting people know. Wankers.

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#1279 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 07:56:14 pm
To be fair to Adam I remember Blackpool Sam going to font and not doing anything

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#1280 Re: Ondrawad
April 30, 2014, 09:57:19 pm
Sorry for my slight sarcasm, ondra is clearly a hero of the first order and it is great he is still keen to climb other people's hard routes ( hubble is clearly nails).  The ambassador thing just seemed a bit silly

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#1281 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 09:23:58 am
The ambassador thing just seemed a bit silly

+1. There are loads of people out there who do a hell of a lot more, and received a lot less accolades for their effort.

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#1282 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 10:21:05 am
The ambassador thing just seemed a bit silly

I agree, but in the context of them both being sponsored by La Sportiva (and others) its clear why it was said.

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#1283 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 10:53:33 am
I agree, but in the context of them both being sponsored by La Sportiva (and others) its clear why it was said.

Yes absolutely, is it depressing that that is the first thing that popped into my cynical little brain too?

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#1284 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 11:16:30 am
is it depressing that that is the first thing that popped into my cynical little brain too?

Not to me.

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#1285 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 12:54:02 pm
I agree, but in the context of them both being sponsored by La Sportiva (and others) its clear why it was said.

Yes absolutely, is it depressing that that is the first thing that popped into my cynical little brain too?

That hadn't crossed my mind. More cynical than me, impressive!

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#1286 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 03:28:04 pm
Who are these people that do a hell of a lot more than ondra? The mans a climber and he happens to be, quite easily arguably, the best on earth.

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#1287 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 04:05:06 pm
Fuck me, so now what people are saying is that Ondra and Gresham are both doing their jobs well. Again, shame on them! This isn't cynicism it's plain stupid.

And what Dense said.

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#1288 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 04:47:21 pm
I'm confused by the timeline now, did he do all the E7 on-sights after work on the same day he didn't do Hubble?  That would be more impressive than any of it, I don't even go to the wall after two hours sleep and a day at work.

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#1289 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 05:11:07 pm
Come on Jasper-Dense, I think you're missing the point being made which is that yes, Ondra is one of the great 'ambassadors' of climbing, but it's not because of relative trivialites like going to the tor early in the morning after a flight. He should be doing that sort of thing.  Plenty of people considered 'ambassadors' out there who don't crank 9 or 8 anything, it's not all about climbing hard. More often the sort of selfless work to improve something outside the self or devotion to mastery for the sake of mastery. I think that's what jars with some (not me) in that tweet - it implies to be considered an ambassador is to get up early and try hard after a flight - that someone else paid for - whilst on a quick work trip (which you're getting paid for). Not exactly selfless.

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#1290 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 06:13:39 pm
I'm not arguing about any of that, grades are meaningless as well. I don't care if he climbs 2a the point, well not even a point, was he's a climber and he took it upon himself to go climbing. After his sponsors had paid for him to come here on a flying visit for work, he didn't need to go and try Hubble he didn't need to go to millstone. He could have got someone with ID to buy him a nice pint and just gone home after a job well done. But he did what most people would do ie climb after/before work, he just did it earlier and better than anyone else would/could have done.
I've not heard him doing anything else since leaving hathersage, so did he get to the airport ok?

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#1291 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 07:10:23 pm
I'm confused by the timeline now, did he do all the E7 on-sights after work on the same day he didn't do Hubble?  That would be more impressive than any of it, I don't even go to the wall after two hours sleep and a day at work.

Yes and yes

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#1292 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 07:37:06 pm
I'm confused by the timeline now, did he do all the E7 on-sights after work on the same day he didn't do Hubble?  That would be more impressive than any of it, I don't even go to the wall after two hours sleep and a day at work.

Yes and yes

What about the airport?

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#1293 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 07:49:59 pm
All of this aside its still Hubble 3 Ondra 0

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#1294 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 07:59:54 pm
Has everyone missed the bombshell in that write-up or am i grossly out of touch and it is old news?

AFAIK it is the first time that it gets 'confirmed' that Hubble is 9a. I know, he hasn't done it yet, it was humid and hot, etc. but...  :worms:

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#1295 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 08:04:21 pm
He said it was 9a last time he tried it too.

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#1296 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 08:07:26 pm
Has everyone missed the bombshell in that write-up or am i grossly out of touch and it is old news?

AFAIK it is the first time that it gets 'confirmed' that Hubble is 9a. I know, he hasn't done it yet, it was humid and hot, etc. but...  :worms:

Its in the draft of the definitive guide at 9a so it must be definitive 9a.

The only person that questioned it was Grimer but apparently he's shit on undercuts.

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#1297 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 08:12:41 pm
All right. I thought last time he said it was 'likely' 9a. All i can find is The world's first 8c+, which could be easily even 9a in my opinion

Oh well, back under my bridge

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#1298 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 08:25:57 pm
All right. I thought last time he said it was 'likely' 9a. All i can find is The world's first 8c+, which could be easily even 9a in my opinion

Oh well, back under my bridge

Big question is whether it is Font 8B+

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#1299 Re: Ondrawad
May 01, 2014, 08:59:34 pm
Nobody ever questioned the 8B+ grade. Or E10 7b actually.

 

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