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#25 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 06:18:17 pm
Get uninjured, been injured since 09 now.

Climb stuff.

Stay uninjured.

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#26 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 07:02:26 pm
1. Louis Armstrong int' cave
2. Finish big 4 in Font
3. Get to Magic Wood and destroy Body Count, NES pt1, Electric Boogie
4. Get no more points/speeding/parking tickets!
5. Climb something harder than 7C on grit
6. Do some structured training instead of just relying on slowly getting better at climbing
7. Win the UKB FF!

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#27 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 07:42:09 pm
I think you will Nige. My list was pretty optimistic as i have some strange illness and in reality if i'm still alive come Feb i'll be chuffed

As long as I can tick all those from my armchair I'll be fine, given that I don't actually climb anymore. Seriously though it would be unfair to expire by Feb, as it would rob me of any possible chance to upstage you if I ever make a comeback.

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#28 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 08:10:14 pm
I think you will Nige. My list was pretty optimistic as i have some strange illness and in reality if i'm still alive come Feb i'll be chuffed

As long as I can tick all those from my armchair I'll be fine, given that I don't actually climb anymore. Seriously though it would be unfair to expire by Feb, as it would rob me of any possible chance to upstage you if I ever make a comeback.

I'm going to have sex with your girlfriend
« Last Edit: December 26, 2011, 08:25:26 pm by Doylo »

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#29 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 09:15:53 pm
Climb 8b+ before Doylo.
Do Doylo's two new route projects on NWales lime. Before Doylo.
Do The Brute on the Diamond, before Doylo.
Do more boulder problem 7c and above in N wales than Doylo.
Put in less time than Doylo on Liquid Ambar, and yet do better links.
Take fewer holidays, gets tiresome when money no object.
I'm going to have sex with your girlfriend

So Nige is one step ahead of you already then     :P  (I hope...)

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#30 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 09:52:40 pm
The Lynch or Threadbare LH start

Wow both of those are frikkin' nails for 7b+! (And I heard a hold has come off the crux of Threadbare, the LH start was tough for 7b+ to start with).

Good luck....

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#31 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 10:03:12 pm
For the third year running... 7A

Unearth and develop some more Lancs esoterica.

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#32 Re: Aims for 2012
December 26, 2011, 10:08:13 pm
climb font 7a, not ones I've already done.

climb font 7a in font.

lose 8 pounds / 2 inches off my waist line... achieved by drinking less.

get a new job.... outside of the NHS.

buy an RV, tour west coast of france bodyboarding with the family.

learn to lie a bike flat in the air.

use a small free ride bike in the alps... with the skills to ride faster and gain ability to ride the trails - not just brake down the hill on a DH rig.

find my perfect descent off kinder, and film it.

do a route.

be less stressed, count my blessings and listen to my kids.



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#33 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 11:37:22 am


 :boxing: The Beast

Other than that, stop looking for new stuff and enjoy some classics.

All, of course providing there is any time left over after enjoying spending  time with my kids

Hose

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#34 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 01:37:54 pm

1. Get a job which isn't really boring and have enough money to do more trips away.
2. Tuppence, Nemesis, Bricktop
3. Go more places in the UK I haven't been
4. Do some 7Bs and 7B+s
5. Burn off people who are better than me by the power of sheer awkwardness
6. Make Barrows' life a living hell

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#35 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 02:53:26 pm
1. Get some more 7C's
2. Do some 7C+'s and hopefully an 8A
3. Do some more sport outdoors hopefully do 8a outdoors
Specific routes
1. FUCKING ROCKATROCITY!!!!
2. Lou ferrino
3. Cave problem SS at Raven tor (and hopefully into bashers righthand)
4. The press
5. Raindogs (although I've never actually been to malham)
Theres probably loads more but I can't really remember

oh and get accepted for my PhD application

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#36 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 03:08:20 pm
Get a first. (or at least a good 2.1)
onsight 7b+/c
do some uk 8as
Chimes of Freedom
more 7Cs, on lime and grit
hopefully 7C+
Old-school road trip to Buoux, Verdon & Ceuse in summer/autumn. Do some exciting multipitches.
Do some hardish-but-safe trad without groundfall potential.
Do some daft link up projects in Cheddar.

Try harder than last year not to get injured - no training when sleep-deprived, no dangerous routes.

hows about this for a bit of competition.

1. End 2012 ahead of i_a_c on 8a.poo :jaw:

shall we wager a beer?

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#37 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 03:20:15 pm
Put less time into worrying about work and more into being in the Peak
High Plains Drifter & Morning Dove White @ Bishop
Climb 7b in Font
Climb 7c on Peak grit
Actually manage to do the crux move (and whole route) on Sardine, and also Tin Of @ The Tor
Start working Ben's Roof @ The Tor (and hopefully do it one day)
Start warming up and warming down properly before I do some serious damage

 :dance1: Game on!



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#38 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 03:48:31 pm
hows about this for a bit of competition.

1. End 2012 ahead of i_a_c on 8a.poo :jaw:

shall we wager a beer?

It is ON!  :boxing:

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#39 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 04:35:58 pm
The Lynch or Threadbare LH start

Wow both of those are frikkin' nails for 7b+! (And I heard a hold has come off the crux of Threadbare, the LH start was tough for 7b+ to start with).

Good luck....

Any recommendations for soft 7b+'s in the SW then? I really should venture a bit further afield than Torbryan and Ansteys...

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#40 Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 05:07:31 pm
The Lynch or Threadbare LH start

Wow both of those are frikkin' nails for 7b+! (And I heard a hold has come off the crux of Threadbare, the LH start was tough for 7b+ to start with).

Good luck....

Any recommendations for soft 7b+'s in the SW then? I really should venture a bit further afield than Torbryan and Ansteys...

Don't sell your self short!
The worst that can happen is you don't finish...

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#41 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 05:36:49 pm
The Lynch or Threadbare LH start

Wow both of those are frikkin' nails for 7b+! (And I heard a hold has come off the crux of Threadbare, the LH start was tough for 7b+ to start with).

Good luck....

Any recommendations for soft 7b+'s in the SW then? I really should venture a bit further afield than Torbryan and Ansteys...

I dunno, they are two of the best crags in the country IMHO.... but House Burning Down at Cheddar is both awesome and much easier. Playboys also at Cheddar is nice crimpy wall climbing. If you want a real change from Torbryan and Ansteys in the SW, you could try the quarried granite at Cheesewring - Slingshot and Rampage are both 7b in the guide and 7b+ on ukc, both amazing. (slingshot is harder I think! god knows about grades on granite though, everything feels hard and weird at first)

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#42 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 07:52:02 pm
3. Cave problem SS at Raven tor (and hopefully into bashers righthand)

Let's Get Ready To Rumbleweed is a fine aim for anyone!

Climb 7c on Peak grit

Start working Ben's Roof @ The Tor (and hopefully do it one day)

I know someone you should climb with more.

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#43 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 08:19:32 pm
Climb 8A again, originally aimed to do this at age 40 but by then had given up, so six years later will have to make do with 8A at 45.

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#44 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 09:36:14 pm
Font 6C
f7a indoors or out (both would be ideal)


specific
Bjorn again
Slopey Traverse
Ripple wall
and get my 3 FAs done

gonna be hard but i will do it

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#45 Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 09:46:19 pm
Font 6C
f7a indoors or out (both would be ideal)


specific
Bjorn again
Slopey Traverse
Ripple wall
and get my 3 FAs done

gonna be hard but i will do it

Gotta say, ripple wall's a bit of a sod. There have been days when it has pissed me off right royally.. And others where it seems so straight forward.

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#46 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 10:04:45 pm
Good to know that about Ripple wall. And I hear the crux is getting off the ground gotta say the few times I've tried it I agree

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#47 Re: Aims for 2012
December 27, 2011, 10:20:19 pm
Climb 7c on Peak grit

Start working Ben's Roof @ The Tor (and hopefully do it one day)

I know someone you should climb with more.


Best get training then so your old bird monster doesn't burn me off 

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#48 Re: Aims for 2012
December 28, 2011, 12:45:19 am
boulder 7a everywhere.
boulder higher than 7a on the grit.
E3 routes.
A few routes on the gritlist.
Spend time on the lime doing sport. (7b)
Unless going to Windy Ledge, dont even consider going to stoney middleton, i cant have my blossoming love affair with limestone ruined by stoney showing me what it eventually becomes.....

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#49 Re: Aims for 2012
December 28, 2011, 12:51:28 am
Beautiful Gecko and Shazam Sit - Bishop
The Practitioner and 101 Ways To Fling Poo - Leavenworth
The Summoning - Squamish
Climb somewhere with my mates from back home, miss you guys....

 

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