It's fair enough to call foul on this in the context of films 'supposedly' paying homage to classic test-pieces. If Anna Stohr had found a minging crimp to tek her way around the dyno on Rose et le Vampire, and found a way of missing out the rose move we'd all think it was a load of shit. Same here with Hubble.
Send and kneepads apart, I found it a generally bad video badly realized and presumptuously conceived. During the interview it seemeed to me that neither Ben nor Sean had really anything to say each other apart from usual, trivial stuff. I don't like to hear pro climbers complain about poor conditions or bad gear or little time. I think that Hubble had been an extremely proud choice, so the least they could do was to do everything to make a good video. I mean, five ascents. Five. Moon was Moon. Malc had to build a replica, Gaskins, idem. And these guys think that just because he wins WC events, McColl can have a chance? Really? Who cares about an edited video about someone having good goes (if they were good goes and not single/couple moves), when it's for a world wide production from a world wide sponsor? I believe in the P Rule: perfect planning prevents piss poor performance.
I'm pretty sure I'd have more chance on plenty of 9bs than on Hubble.
Has Dunning ever really been to the Tor ?
I don't really agree with most of the posters who've lambasted Sean over this. We want to fly you over to England and try Hubble. Cool far out when do I get to fire the rig? Why does he need a deep desire to climb it? He's being paid to try it, of course he wants to put in a good show cos he's a professional athlete. His job is going round the world trying hard routes on plastic and rock, and a few boulder probs. Everybody and their dog has an excuse for not doing something, why would he be any different? As for him and Ben not having much to say to each other, what? It's not a chatshow!I too thought it was the worst one they did, but I thought the others were very good this was only decent.
Quote from: abarro81 on August 21, 2014, 12:02:07 pmI'm pretty sure I'd have more chance on plenty of 9bs than on Hubble.Didn't Steve Dunning do the start and undercut match a lanky way? Use the length then throw a kneebar in for the last moves and hey presto!
Are you seriously suggesting to me that he should sit at an airport and read up on the history of a route?
Are you seriously suggesting to me that he should sit at an airport and read up on the history of a route? He prob knows the history but I don't see what you're getting at? If there's a knee bar there he's gonna try and use it. I'm surprised at you since you're one of the peeps that talks about using anything and everything and it's not your fault if climbers of yesteryear had no technique. It's a route not an eliminate boulder prob