Deep Water Solo at The Quay (Read 34601 times)

T_B · July 22, 2014, 04:53:20 pm

Anyone entered? I entered with some friends from Exeter and am now feeling somewhat intimidated with there being isolation and now seemingly loads of 'pro' teams (though they don't compete with the riff raff on Saturday and automatically go through to the semis on Sunday).

7 metre wall, overhanging 40 degrees so not expecting it to be a pump-fest. 3 routes, 3 mins for an attempt and 3 mins in-between attempts. So, if you fall in on the first route, you need to be getting out of the drink sharpish.

SA Chris · July 23, 2014, 07:40:27 am

How many chalk bags you got?

Grubes · July 23, 2014, 07:51:52 am

I wanted to but it filled up before i knew it was on.
I am on the reserves list but not all that hopeful of getting a call up

Oldmanmatt · July 23, 2014, 08:27:29 am

Ha!

Our entire staff signed up.

Then all tried to book the weekend off and then all moaned like buggery when we refused to just close for the weekend...

Never work with animals, children or climbers.

abarro81 · July 23, 2014, 08:32:52 am

I'm going but part of the scarpa team so only climb the second day I think. Bit worried about the fact that it'll basically be a long boulder prob if its a 7m wall! Need to convince them to set an 80 move circuit..

SA Chris · July 23, 2014, 08:35:58 am

Is your knee pad waterproof?

Three Nine · July 23, 2014, 08:45:08 am

you are all getting Weil's disease

Gus · July 23, 2014, 01:24:09 pm

Sounds grim. V14 boulder problems above a dodgy canal.

Pull on and plop in scenes! Hopefully don't land on a bike or shopping trolley!

Will be down there but gonna do the righteous thing and go and do some actual deep water soloing instead.

Three Nine · July 23, 2014, 01:41:40 pm

Vomit ministers

T_B · July 23, 2014, 02:44:29 pm

I'm assuming they've tested the water to check that it's reasonably clean and free from shopping trolleys

I reckon 7 metres should be good fun as presumably it will be approx 10 - 14 moves, so not down to fitness, nor hopefully one's ability to compress volumes. And probably a bit more exciting to watch than watching someone on an 80-move circuit

Gus · July 23, 2014, 02:52:54 pm

Always remember that when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of you, and "umption"!

Might bring the megaphone, OOOOOOOooooooooooo, wrong handed, "N.F.Z." (no fall zone) trolley impaling scenes, Sooooooouuuuuuuup!!!!!!

SA Chris · July 23, 2014, 02:54:36 pm

Make a chalk holder out of a plastic milk bottle, waves knackering your chalk bag.

Jaspersharpe · July 23, 2014, 02:59:16 pm

Quote from: abarro81 on July 23, 2014, 08:32:52 am

I'm going but part of the scarpa team so only climb the second day I think. Bit worried about the fact that it'll basically be a long boulder prob if its a 7m wall!

Quote from: T_B on July 23, 2014, 02:44:29 pm

I reckon 7 metres should be good fun as presumably it will be approx 10 - 14 moves, so not down to fitness, nor hopefully one's ability to compress volumes.

Gus · July 23, 2014, 03:00:20 pm

Don't think they'll be having chance to chalk up!!! Plus those bottle things are whack!

SA Chris · July 23, 2014, 03:06:40 pm

I've used it on coastal DWS greasefests up here and it's worked fine?

Gus · July 23, 2014, 03:26:04 pm

But nowhere near as well as an actual chalk bag!

Wood FT · July 23, 2014, 03:30:20 pm

Quote from: Three Nine on July 23, 2014, 08:45:08 am

you are all getting Weil's disease

Good point this. Recently went on a canal boat trip (

) and folk were saying the canals are a well known for the shitting out your innards scenes.

Gus · July 23, 2014, 03:34:38 pm

Kind of wish I was entering now, the potential for heckling and rattling the competition with all this is off the scale! Like the dutch goal keeper at the world cup!!

SOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUP! You're going to die!!!!!!!!!

Jaspersharpe · July 23, 2014, 03:36:48 pm

Please tell me someone will be filming this.

T_B · July 23, 2014, 03:40:17 pm

Quote from: Gus on July 23, 2014, 03:00:20 pm

Don't think they'll be having chance to chalk up!!! Plus those bottle things are whack!

Yeah, chalk bucket might be the way to go. Plus that weird slap your thigh thing that I've seen people do in videos

. Hmm, guess that'll only work once...

Gus - I could sense a hint of jealousy

. I reckon it's gonna be well good.

Gus · July 23, 2014, 03:43:59 pm

Time for a repost of this?

SA Chris · July 24, 2014, 10:15:58 am

Quote from: Gus on July 23, 2014, 03:26:04 pm

But nowhere near as well as an actual chalk bag!

Yeah, until you get it wet. Plastic bottle you can rinse, dry, repeat.

Anyway, keen to see vid.

Oldmanmatt · July 24, 2014, 10:40:35 am

The canal at Exeter is pretty clean by canal standards. It's only a couple of K long (basically just a series of locks to by-pass the weirs put in to keep a higher water level at the old docks on the river), not one one of your great Northern industrial arteries.
That part of the river was still tidal until the weirs.

The site of the comp is where the river enters the canal and is flowing constantly, it's been "gentrified" for decades. Full of Uni students racing and training for their Coxed fours etc, canoeists, Sea Cadets etc etc etc...

Swimming in the canal is common. Used to spend hours shooting the sluices on the weirs as a boy.

Probably more danger of a Swan attack than Weils...

Decidedly more Oxbridge, than Tyne on the Exe, Old Chap!

JackAus · July 24, 2014, 02:10:12 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on July 24, 2014, 10:15:58 am

Quote from: Gus on July 23, 2014, 03:26:04 pm
But nowhere near as well as an actual chalk bag!

Yeah, until you get it wet. Plastic bottle you can rinse, dry, repeat.

Anyway, keen to see vid.

Or just make a chalk bag out of duct tape. That's what I've done...

Lopez · July 24, 2014, 02:19:43 pm

Can make a load of of them with some loaf bread bags and an old plastic folder cut into strips and stapled to make a stiffener. It works a treat and costs nought