Seriously word, who is shorter than you?
Seriously word, who is shorter than you?You want to drop it in if you did it too, casual like.
My thoughts exactly. I say chuck it in the river if it's the same grade w/o.
I turned up at the wifes work the other day and at least half the people in the room were shorter than me.
and it feels top end 8a+ via either sequence.
it feels top end 8a+ via either sequence.
Quote from: El Mocho on July 13, 2010, 07:11:31 pmI turned up at the wifes work the other day and at least half the people in the room were shorter than me.She work as a housekeeper for a residential mining co-operative?Nice tick by the way.
It feels harder than just about any other 8a+ I've done/been on in the peak and easily a grade harder than the ones I've done at the Cornice, K3 and R'n'P. What's so unthinkable about having this super classic as a low end 8b rather than an undergraded 8a+? From what I've heard Myles gave it 8b at a time when he was going well, having just pissed up Magnetic commenting that it was only 8a. Apparently Vicars reckoned 8b after his onsight. The only people I've met so far who say 8a+ are britain's best sport climber and britain's tallest sport climber.It's even more 8b than Revelations.
Rich Heap reckons it's hard 8a
However, and some people may have not noticed since, but I broke (read: exploded mid move) a large (polished, long, perfectly horizontal edge about 2inches long and 20mm deep) fairly significant foothold off it, which I thought was key to getting to, resting in, and leaving the second undercut pod, before the moves right to get the top kneebar.As all recent ascents have been post this, I suspect it wont have altered anybody's sequence (maybe Jon C remembers it?) but that section certainly seemed significantly harder without it....
Zippy offered 'hard 8a' for k3 so I think you're safe with Monumental being a touch harder?