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#100 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 06:28:32 pm
I grade climbs either easy - can do.
Or impossible - can't do.
It's simple, no need for fancy numbers or letters.

No middle ground?

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#101 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 06:44:59 pm
No middle ground?

No, need really.
As others have said why sit on the fence.
Middle ground would be just that, sitting on the fence?
My way a bit like John gills "B" grades but more streamlined...

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#102 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 07:00:16 pm
I grade climbs either easy - can do.
Or impossible - can't do.
It's simple, no need for fancy numbers or letters.

that's just loser talk

for wood climbers there is just "done" and "not done yet"

the numbers and letters for rock are to help people train for wood

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#103 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 07:31:20 pm
that's just loser talk
for wood climbers there is just "done" and "not done yet"
the numbers and letters for rock are to help people train for wood

Lagers, is this the John "Dunne" grading system.
He was/is a great climber.
Just simply Duune/notDunne. :)
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#104 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 07:42:41 pm
Jens' take on it all is quite amusing. He seems quite distressed by the uncertainty.

Has Jens taken down the original Megos Hubble story? I enjoyed reading the comments yesterday, but can't seem to find them today.

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#105 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 07:47:06 pm
Jens' take on it all is quite amusing. He seems quite distressed by the uncertainty.

Has Jens taken down the original Megos Hubble story? I enjoyed reading the comments yesterday, but can't seem to find them today.

I think its still there!

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#106 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 07:55:29 pm
Is Jens in some kind of Schrödingers box where Hubble is and is not 9a? I haven't seen/ found the comments.

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#107 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 08:06:30 pm
Jens' take on it all is quite amusing. He seems quite distressed by the uncertainty.

Has Jens taken down the original Megos Hubble story? I enjoyed reading the comments yesterday, but can't seem to find them today.

I think its still there!

cheers, yeah it's still there. I previously had GBR selected as the country code and the Hubble news doesn't appear in that feed...

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#108 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 08:38:35 pm
Is Jens in some kind of Schrödingers box where Hubble is and is not 9a? I haven't seen/ found the comments.

Jens attacks UKC and says he finds it strange that they don't report the grade as 8c+/9a before suggesting the grade of 8c+ (9a).

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#109 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 08:39:58 pm
Which I think is more than 8c+ and less than 8c+/9a.

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#110 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 08:58:09 pm
I like the conspiracy theory that he hinted at 8c+ to keep Action as the first 9a :-\

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#111 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 10:53:44 pm
 It's easy. Hubble is 8c+ liquid Ambar is 8c, action direct is 8c+/9a.
Germany is similar France is a bit easier and Spain is overgraded. It always worked before and appears to be the same now

And routes that you have to be strong for are more worthy than ones that just need entail fortitude.

The UK and peak in particular should not have anything that could be called soft or easy for the grade period. Upgrading things will mean we have.

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#112 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 03, 2016, 11:36:54 pm
Is Jens in some kind of Schrödingers box where Hubble is and is not 9a? I haven't seen/ found the comments.

Jens attacks UKC and says he finds it strange that they don't report the grade as 8c+/9a before suggesting the grade of 8c+ (9a).

Cheers. I like how the thread of Wheelbarrows climbing Wheel Of Life is pretty much about Hubble again  :slap:

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#113 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 04, 2016, 10:23:41 am
Rubbernecking is a human trait, but every time you click on eight eye you are a part of the problem.

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#114 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 04, 2016, 06:38:36 pm
I find it a fascinating experiment in the power of having the biggest database whilst making sure every single other thing is as crap as possible.

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#115 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 04, 2016, 07:33:16 pm
I find it a fascinating experiment in the power of having the biggest database whilst making sure every single other thing is as crap as possible.


A bit like iTunes...

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#116 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 12:54:39 am
He's done Northern Lights now, Mega. hope he does some of the hard stuff on LPT.

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#118 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 08:35:23 am
Interesting how it took him longer than Realization...

He's done Northern Lights now, Mega. hope he does some of the hard stuff on LPT.

Shame it's not Diamond season.

Anyone know if he's actually coming to Wales?

Edit: Should this just be changed into a "Megoswad" thread?

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#119 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 08:49:58 am
Eighth try of the day? And that's from falling 2/3 of the way up. That's the thing I find most astonishing, I don't know anyone who has more than four RPs a day even on short stuff

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#120 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 11:04:58 am
What teaboy said

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#121 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 12:05:46 pm
All your friends are lazy. Jules regularly has 7-8 redpoint goes on her projects. And quite regularly succeeds at the end of the day.


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#122 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 12:41:18 pm
Grest news!
Looks like I chose the right time to be in charge of the news of an online climbing mag!
STOP PRESS!
 :2thumbsup:

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#123 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 02:11:10 pm
I am suprised not that he had enough gas in the tank for 8 redpoints, he has climbed full time for his whole life it seems, but that he had enough skin, from what I gather northern lights is utterly savage on the tips.   

On the hubble grade he seemed pretty unambiguous, it is 8c+ in his opinion.

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#124 Re: Megos does Hubble
June 05, 2016, 02:41:36 pm
He basically said mid 8c+. If he thought 9a he'd probably have said. World likely to keep spinning either way.

 

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