[JR]

Big M dispatched the big link today :eek3: .  He called it Pilgrimage and said he thought it was Fr9a.
Effort Malc!

[dave]

fucxking hell, got yourself a new celabrity friend or summert john?

big props to Malc - onother big aid route freed!

 I'd like to see all the swiss 8c boys bummed on the big link! so whats F9a in real money?

[Doylo]

where did you hear that John?

[Buoux 8C]

Hope he has done it, its really a good effort. Nice one malc.

Ithink its supposed to be around font 8b but not really sure, sounds hard for 8b, i think i heard ben had said it was font 8b or summit, after coming really close years ago. but may be wrong.

Best giving it a french grade and 9a sounds hard enough.

have to get some fo these spainiards over test their fitness out in it.

[Rhys]

Bon fucking effort!

[Steve Crowe]

Yes I spoke to Malcolm today and he has confirmed that the Big Link is now Pilgrimage. He feels that F9a is more appropriate than V14.  

Story and pictures here:

http://www.climbonline.co.uk/news.htm

Steve

[Fingers of a Martyr]

nice one malc, fucking excellent effort.

[Bonjoy]

 :worthy:  

[Andy F]

I saw Malc just after he'd done it, and it's fair to say he was a bit chuffed. Incredible effort by the man, the determination is inspirational.

Andy F

[Doylo]

historic news, congrats malc, his dedication on that thing was well impressive.  :worthy: I doubt its the same grade as Director's cut, defo a bit harder.

[Andy F]

Speaking to Malc yesterday when he came down to LPT, he said a route grade of F9a was more appropriate as there was nothing harder than Font 7c+ on it, just long sections hard climbing, more like a sport route than a boulder problem

Andy F

[Buoux 8C]

Hi Andy, Whats he try down at LPT? or was he just looking.

[Jim]

Well done Malc for having the sense to give it a sport grade. Oh and well done for doing it as well

[dave]

to be honest i stll think a bouldering grade makes most sense. afterall its a boulder problem.

[Jim]

depends on your idea of a boulder problem

[unclesomebody]

uh oh, not the old boulder problem/route grade issue... i think you just need to think with more versatility.  A grade is simple to give an idea of the difficulty of climbing a certain piece of rock.  Whatever grade describes the said piece of rock with the best accuracy is fine, no matter what the grade is normally used for.  

Anyway, this is a mighty fine effort, and it would be really interesting to hear from the big man himself about his thoughts on the problem...

[dave]

has anyone read the equivalent cocktalk thread about the big link?

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=93508

the way that thread went speaks volumes about that forum! deary me.

[jimbo]

I saw that dave and like yourself i thought what a fuckiin bunch of fuckin cnuts. its emabarassing....

[fatboySlimfast]

i actually posted further down cos it was annoying me so much, wat a bunch of twats

[a dense loner]

nice one malc. :rocker2:

cocktalk, really :roll:

[Pantontino]

Saw Malc on Marine drive last night. He had just flashed Muscle Beach downstairs, said he was going up to the Lakes. Watch yer projects Greg, Nigel, TC, the big man is coming!

[dazzler]

regarding the rocktalk thread, i had  alook and i think it's a case of that forum being less elitist/specialised than this one. This is dedicated to bouldering after all and rocktalk is more open to non-bouldering types. you might think they're talking c~ck but they are intitled to there opinions whether you agree with them or not. You lot do sound a bit elitist soemtimes. Take it easy!

[Bubba]

I don't go round dissing and pulling apart the achievements of mountaineers, or windsurfers, or of any other branch of a sport that I'm not familiar with, so people who don't know fuck all about bouldering shouldn't start giving grief to somebody who pulls off a major bouldering ascent.

[dave]

its nowt to do with people not being "bouldering types", its about some people being blinkered cocks. I'm not an alpine or greater ranges type, but i don't go around websites making out that type of climbing is of no value when a new alpine route is claimed!

[Bubba]

Great minds  :wink:

[a dense loner]

think alike, fools seldom differ :wink:

[Bonjoy]

Is your first name Bobby by any chance?

[fatboySlimfast]

No thats his middle
first name ahreet

i posted because its people spouting on Again about how trad climbing is deemed more worthy than bouldering. That really fucks me off, i do trad, sport, winter etc None are more worthy because in some way a percieved danger aspect makes them more valid. Malc is a dedicated man who isnt earning a fortune from being sponsered, in fact i used to work with him on the ropes.
(imagine steve redgrave taking some time from his busy training to go to some god forsaken crap hole in east anglia to pull some industrial safety nets into place to earn enough money to carry on rowing)

[dave]

check this shit:
http://www.benmoon.co.uk/html/features/pilgrimage.html

this is fucking ace. pretty mundane vid up to the comedy shakout - shit me i'm gonna be watching that all afternoon - excellent. nice one malc.

[cofe]

oh. my. god.

do you reckon he was pleased then.........

[dave]

i bet some walker passed by and quipped "theres a path round the back you know love".

[Fingers of a Martyr]

hilarious. loving the comedy shake out with the sly clip of ben. one of the many examples of why he's in my opinion the best boulderer ever.

[squeek]

That shake out is ridiculous!

[dave]

watch it in slmo - the guy in the pink shirt looks nowt like ben moon.

[David S]

Looks a bit like Mark Reeves to me

[Fingers of a Martyr]

oh shit aye, it pure looked like ben from the back. same hairdo.

[a dense loner]

wasn't it butch?