T - fly to Miami. In the bar that evening John Lithgow greets me with the words "Andrew, we met last year." (true story).
No, has to be exactly 20 minutes on the nose, not a second more or less. Only way it works, I'm afraid.
Quote from: fried on June 28, 2015, 06:53:56 pmSu - Rocher canon, i did some light blue probs at the beginning of the circuit. I remember doing this at Easter and thinking it was great. As were the other blues in that little section.
Su - Rocher canon, i did some light blue probs at the beginning of the circuit.
Quote from: andy popp on June 29, 2015, 01:36:27 pmT - fly to Miami. In the bar that evening John Lithgow greets me with the words "Andrew, we met last year." (true story).wad tick
Quote from: GuyVG on June 29, 2015, 02:11:04 pmQuote from: andy popp on June 29, 2015, 01:36:27 pmT - fly to Miami. In the bar that evening John Lithgow greets me with the words "Andrew, we met last year." (true story).wad tickAnd I think a bit more context is required?
As well as being one of the most blatant humble brags ever, I of course obscured the fact that we are actually (very) slightly acquainted.
I've done sets of 20 minutes, sets of 15 at a higher intensity and sets of 10 at an even higher one, I've done whole sets moving at a low intensity with barely any pump, sets of climbing with a buzz in the forearms and sets of getting pretty pumped then shaking out then getting pumped again, it all seems to work.
I got on with leading the main event and can honestly say I have never been repeatedly closer to falling off a route that I've not fallen off in 20 years of climbing. I had breaking foot holds and hand holds (during both cruxes), a lot of marginal on off moves and a full on pump by the final steep layback which consisted of me shouting the word NO over and over due to the prospect of blowing it all after everything. There was a huge scream at the top from me. What a route.
Good work on Highway One. A route that always appealed to me yet intimidated me, due to looking exactly as you describe. I usually chickened out and did the slabs on the left instead, much friendlier.
If you read UKC comments, you aren't the only one who has had similar experiences.