[rodma]

It's got a suspicious "let's make this photo look arty to disguise the fact it's faked" vibe going down.

yup, there is something about it. my immediate thought was that it's a video still, cos i could post a similar picture if i did the same. the one with gill is so clearly static, he's looking down his body checking his form, toes perfectly pointed, not (although maybe I'm being unfair here) having the appearance of swinging up into the position and slowly failing.

[slackline]

Guess thats one of the differences shooting outdoors in broad daylight with a decent film camera v's indoors in a poorly lit room with a shit digital camera will result in.

[Nibile]

The white line around head, arm, and right leg seems strange.
I only say so because I am as envious as a man can be.

[SA Chris]

It's got a suspicious "let's make this photo look arty to disguise the fact it's faked" vibe going down.

I suspect it's just taken with a shit device and then made to look even shitter.

Also known as "using instagram".

[andy_e]

You've "liked" numerous photos of mine on Bacefook that I've instagrammanated. 

[Oldmanmatt]

I kid you not...

This lad made a front lever, on the sloped monos of a BM 2000 and held it (3-4 seconds at least), using only his little fingers.

Ellis Butler-Barker.

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[Nibile]

Strong name, strong lad.

[SA Chris]

The power of having 3 surnames.

[Nibile]

Three? I take Ellis is his first name. Damn the pinkie front lever really sets you apart. Damn.

[Oldmanmatt]

Ellis is his first name.
He's off to Leeds today for the GB Team trials.
Good luck Ellis!

[Nibile]

Judging from the pic, I'd say more good luck to the others.
Good luck everyone.

[SA Chris]

Three? I take Ellis is his first name.

Sorry, old joke; Harrison Ford has two surnames and no first name (Ellis can be a surname too)

Anyway, good luck to the lad

[Nibile]

 

[Tommy]

Pinky front levers are really not very hard. Me and weak-boy Whittaker can do them and that categorically means they're no harder than 7B. Sorry!

Index mono front levers, that I saw Ed Hamer doing..... well that's a whole different ball game.

[Monolith]

Pinky front levers are really not very hard. Me and weak-boy Whittaker can do them and that categorically means they're no harder than 7B. Sorry!

Index mono front levers, that I saw Ed Hamer doing..... well that's a whole different ball game.

Really?! Genuine disbelief! I've not tried to do these (and there would be no point presently as I simply couldn't do either of them).

The range of what individual people excel at on the BM2000 perplexes me. I can pretty much take a lunch hour on small crimp back two when regularly climbing/training but have only ever for a short period been any good at anything involving the sloping pockets. 

[Nibile]

Index mono front levers, that I saw Ed Hamer doing..... well that's a whole different ball game.

What?
That's the opposite for me! I can do index monos front levers but I'm nowhere close to pinkies... Or by "index mono" you mean just one index mono???!!!

[Tommy]

Monolith: basically that's why beastmaker feats can have absolutely no relevance to real climbing (of course in many instances they do have relevance though) in certain circumstances.

Nibile: yeah single index! I can't touch (I'd need about 20kg assist) for the index, but pinkies are nice and comfy, if somewhat prone to injury. That's funny you find it the other way round!

Sorry.... re-read above. I mean "a single index mono on each hand". Not a 1-arm front lever!

[tomtom]

That's all that pex crimp training Mono I'm the opposite, fine at open hands and the slopers, log on the thin stuff.

[tomtom]

I trailed the BM iFern app and as part of my feedback I mentioned how I could barely do the 5+ warm up routine yet Bpuldered consistently in the low 7's...

It's a great bit of kit the BM but grades are strictly personal I recon. Amazing efforts by both Nibs and the young lad in the pic above - it amazes me what people can do!

[Sasquatch]

I wanna do the party tricks too...... 

Can't even hang the mono's or do a front lever, much less do both at the same time......

[andyd]

Pinky front levers are really not very hard.

Agreed. Trivial really. I believe that some sponsored heros can do them in 5.10 trainers!

[nik at work]

Pinky mono front lever easy

Tommy you're crack-a-lackin' my friend. I'm with Nibs, the pinky is the finger I can't even get close to hanging but can front lever all the others. In fact I think index is probably easier than ring finger. Mind you I do have stupidly weak pinkies (back two?), which rather backs up TomToms BM grades are personal theory.

[Stubbs]

Right, that's it I'm off to climb some offwidths to improve my finger strength!

[Tommy]

So to sum up....

I can do pinkies: they're not very hard
Nik can do index: they're not very hard

Nibs can't be included in results as he's strong 

I think we might all have to refer back to Malc's one armer. There is no ambiguity there.

[SA Chris]

Can't even hang the mono's or do a front lever, much less do both at the same time......

I think that's due to being built the size of a medium grizzly bear. Not an elf or a strip of bacon.