Quote from: jwi on December 29, 2019, 08:47:27 amLots of the data on height comes from climbers IFSC pages, and as that is self-reported the heights are likely slightly exaggerated on average. (It is well known that people are amazingly willing to fib about their height and weight.)Fun little anecdote from the lattice database: with the self reported heights we gather, there's a big spike in the distribution at 183cm (...=6ft)!
Lots of the data on height comes from climbers IFSC pages, and as that is self-reported the heights are likely slightly exaggerated on average. (It is well known that people are amazingly willing to fib about their height and weight.)
Jonatan Flor has just repeated Jonathan Guadalcázar's Viaje Morfo in Taberna and suggest a downgrade from 9a+ to 8c. (The harshest downgrade I've heard of since Sasha Diguilians's Rolihlahla got downgraded from 9a to 8b.) Viaje Morfo is a link-up between two 9a, so that makes you wonder what's going on?
Eagle 4 in Saint Léger du Ventoux
You are Spot on there Rupert. What a faff with that in the mix of a hard redpoint. Lad did well to zone in on the climbing
Quote from: jwi on January 20, 2020, 04:28:27 pm Eagle 4 in Saint Léger du VentouxIt has been pointed out to me that the route is called "Eagle-4". It's a word play. Karma to anyone who figure it out.
Quote from: jwi on January 21, 2020, 12:33:59 pmIt has been pointed out to me that the route is called "Eagle-4". It's a word play. Karma to anyone who figure it out.Something to do with pulling hard maybe?"Tirez fort"?
It has been pointed out to me that the route is called "Eagle-4". It's a word play. Karma to anyone who figure it out.
4 = [fɔr] in US english ≈ [fɔʀ] fort is correct. The hyphen is called trait in French. Keep trying, took me a while. Hint: pronounce "Eagle" with the thickest french accent you can possibly imagine, then make it even thicker.
Name Grade Country N1 La Rambla 9a+ Spain 272 Papichulo 9a+ Spain 223 Biographie/Realization 9a+ France 184 Pachamama 9a+ Spain 95 Joe Mama 9a+ Spain 86 Catxasa 9a+ Spain 77 Jaws II 9a+ United States 78 Seleccio Anal 9a+ Spain 79 Ali Hulk (extension) 9a+ Spain 610 Chilam Balam 9a+ Spain 611 Corona 9a+ Germany 612 First Ley 9a+ Spain 6
Hugo Parmentier has done his first 9b, Adam Ondra's Eagle 4 in Saint Léger du Ventoux, having only done one route 9a+ or harder before (Enzo Oddo's La Moustache qui fâche).