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#2000 Re: Ondrawad
October 11, 2019, 10:47:28 am
Cheers. Might be a bit depressing to watch given the current weather lol.

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#2001 Re: Ondrawad
October 14, 2019, 10:06:35 pm
Cheers for those fatneck. I get the impression they might not be strictly with Sender's blessings but what the heck, a brilliant watch, especially as I'd somehow completely forgotten about the climbs featured. You're right about the visualisation - and it's inspired me to try to visualise better when I need to do so. And the moves on that vert project, jeez, had me wincing.  :o

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#2002 Re: Ondrawad
October 15, 2019, 06:48:23 am
And the moves on that vert project, jeez, had me wincing.  :o

My thoughts exactly - is that the least likely 9b in the world to get a repeat? Looked horrendous, impressive determination.

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#2003 Re: Ondrawad
October 15, 2019, 07:46:27 am
My thoughts exactly - is that the least likely 9b in the world to get a repeat? Looked horrendous, impressive determination.

Possibly, but wierdness tends to attract someone who is really good at that style. The meltdown for instance. Ondra's pretty flexible but he's big with fat fingers. I could imagine a lighter (and possibly a shorter, depending on the reaches) climber, with thinner fingers getting on with those moves better. However it is in canada, which reduces the chance of a repeat.

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#2004 Re: Ondrawad
October 15, 2019, 12:43:45 pm
Damn... Last night I saved those video links for later viewing. They have now been taken down for copyright reasons :/

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#2005 Re: Ondrawad
October 15, 2019, 01:26:08 pm
Damn... Last night I saved those video links for later viewing. They have now been taken down for copyright reasons :/

They are on the over-caffeinated sugary drink company website

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#2006 Re: Ondrawad
October 15, 2019, 01:38:04 pm
They are on the over-caffeinated sugary drink company website

Cool, didn’t realise that there was Reel Rock stuff freely available on there.

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#2007 Re: Ondrawad
October 21, 2019, 08:27:15 pm
Good to see the ondrawad still has time for scatty limestone caves.


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#2008 Re: Ondrawad
October 21, 2019, 09:29:45 pm
I love the appearance of his granny and grandad at the crag (complete with large box of produce from their garden). That needs to become the new "driving to the crag."

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#2009 Re: Ondrawad
October 22, 2019, 10:58:51 am
So good, love the post credits explaining of dabbing to his grandma too!

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#2010 Re: Ondrawad
October 22, 2019, 12:42:29 pm
So good, love the post credits explaining of dabbing to his grandma too!

The perfect clip to show to anyone who's been in the bring out your dabs thread

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#2011 Re: Ondrawad
October 25, 2019, 12:56:07 pm
That was appalling. The venue / problem that is. Almost as bad as Ben's Roof or Parisellas or some other god awful seeping choss inverted urinal trench of slippery rubble  :sick: .

The video was nice tho, seeing his charmingly normal grandparents watching the usual world class performance  :)

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#2012 Re: Ondrawad
October 25, 2019, 07:11:27 pm


Well that's my point. I'm sure Acephale is lovely but, like Malham, I'm pretty sure that in terms of 9b hosting venues it has a below average passing trade of 9b climbers, which reduces the relative chances of a repeat. Out of interest, I checked out the 20-odd 9bs Ondra's done - in terms of the number of logged ascents on 8a.nu, Acephale is the 4th least popular venue, the others being a crag in Czech and 2 in the south of France. I know that's a really rough and ready measure of the chance of a 9b repeat but it supports my feeling that, however popular Acephale is in absolute terms, in relative terms it is less likely to see a 9b repeat than the average 9b hosting crag.
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#2013 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 08:21:05 am

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#2014 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 04:31:29 pm
I bet the majority of the worlds elite king line seeking boulderers look on sneering at Ondras mega hard lime chossfests in Czech. But the man just likes pulling down on anything and everything .

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#2015 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 04:40:38 pm
Who doesn't like lime chossfests anyway?!

 :tumble:

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#2016 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 04:53:07 pm
Who doesn't like lime chossfests anyway?!

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#2017 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 05:05:59 pm
Anyone with the slightest sense of dignity, taste, and aesthetic appreciation  :chair:

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#2018 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 05:15:12 pm
It’s possible to appreciate both a microwave Lasagne and Michelin starred fine dining.

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#2019 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 05:33:53 pm
I reckon he can sense unsent climbs; crimps within 10 miles that haven't been crushed into submission make him feel itchy.  He has to climb them, no matter how lacking in any tactile or aesthetic qualitity, otherwise the sensation makes him antsy and he can't concentrate on his visualisation and yoga.

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#2020 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 05:49:26 pm
It’s possible to appreciate both a microwave Lasagne and Michelin starred fine dining.

Superb

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#2021 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 07:14:30 pm
It’s possible to appreciate both a microwave Lasagne and Michelin starred fine dining.

The one time I posted something with EXACTLY the same fucking message about the breadth of food experiences, all the fucking knobends on here jumped down my throat like I'd raped their dogs in front of them.

In fact I'd almost punter you for the fact you'll inevitably get away with it, but it's not your fault they're morons.

Grotty limestone caves are still shit tho. More like microwaved building site rubble than microwave lasagne.

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#2022 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 07:32:35 pm
It’s possible to appreciate both a microwave Lasagne and Michelin starred fine dining.

The one time I posted something with EXACTLY the same fucking message about the breadth of food experiences, all the fucking knobends on here jumped down my throat like I'd raped their dogs in front of them.

In fact I'd almost punter you for the fact you'll inevitably get away with it, but it's not your fault they're morons.

Grotty limestone caves are still shit tho. More like microwaved building site rubble than microwave lasagne.
Nought wrong with raping dogs.

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#2023 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 07:39:39 pm
Grotty limestone caves are still too hard for me though.

Fixed.

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#2024 Re: Ondrawad
November 15, 2019, 08:30:20 pm
Hey everything is too hard for me, I'd rather fail on something appealing tho.

Hang on a sec that might not be true. Maybe I should give failing in grotty caves a go, then I can walk away happy that I didn't do anything.

 

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