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Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 23, 2019, 08:40:10 am
Does anyone know where I can find a short video example of someone doing an egyptian? Preferably someone good and female eg Shauna, Mina?

Ideally in a problem rather than Neil G instructional vid etc

It is to model to a female PE student. I have trawled YouTube to no avail. Thanks.

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#1 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 23, 2019, 08:55:01 am
Lots of egyptian's generally used for beta on this problem.


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#2 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 23, 2019, 09:06:30 am


1:56 on here (plus, I'd imagine, a few other times later in the video on the same move)

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#3 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 23, 2019, 09:23:15 pm
Cheers guys, that's very helpful. If any others come to mind that would be great too.

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#4 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 09:35:23 am

Anything featuring Nic sellers from the 90s should provide ample supply.

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#5 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 09:43:39 am
Cheers guys, that's very helpful. If any others come to mind that would be great too.

Watch a few Ondra vids - he is a fan of the deep drop knee.

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#6 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 10:48:28 am
Lucy Creamer on Ben's Roof on Stick It.

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#7 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 02:37:51 pm
Does this fit the bill?


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#8 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 03:03:19 pm
And plenty more here:


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#9 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 05:38:34 pm
The Tuppence Egyptian - Ellis shows how its done:


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#10 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 24, 2019, 06:13:26 pm
Judging by that video Tuppence looks about E1 5b!

Thanks all for the posts, some useful examples there. The exam board (Edexcel) stipulate that the candidate has to video themselves and evaluate their performance against ‘an expert’ performing the same technique so looking for a specific (female) example. There’s a few of Shauna in the World Cup Finals in this video but the others are helpful to watch too



Obviously really clear examples by Shauna, Mina et al are ideal. Further examples very welcome!

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#13 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 27, 2019, 10:37:11 pm
Glad i don't have to demonstrate that to pass an exam.

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#14 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 09:03:35 am
I much prefer the term ‘drop knee’ I thing it’s more literal and explanatory. Have you guys read the ukclimbing article on issues such as race, patriarchy, gender etc in route names and climbing in general? Some very important issues made there and while I think there was some over sensitivity, I do believe use of the expressions ‘Egyptian’  Or ‘gypo’ should be brought into the 21st century
« Last Edit: June 28, 2019, 09:13:06 am by JCorbot »

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#15 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 10:19:15 am
Why is egyptian offensive?

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#16 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 10:55:16 am
"Gypsy" is a contraction of Egyptian, reflecting the (old) mistaken belief that the Romani originated in Egypt. The further contraction Gypo is obviously offensive. However, I don't think the climbing term has any relationship to this at all.

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#17 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:05:49 am
Thanks Andy, didn’t realise that but it makes sense. I think I’ll stick to drop knee just to be on the safe side

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#18 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:34:35 am
I assume the climbing etymology stems from the hieroglyph of a dancing person, which could be deemed as offensive as portraying an entire nation by its stereotype.


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#19 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:42:33 am
I assume the climbing etymology stems from the hieroglyph of a dancing person

I've always thought this yet I can't recall ever seeing a heiroglyph of anyone with their legs in the drop knee position.

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#20 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:45:49 am
A lot of stylised images based on hieroglyphs do. Assuming these are based on actual hieroglyphs, then some of these do too.

That's where I'm stopping, this is getting worryingly close to *shudder* archaeology...

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#21 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:54:03 am
I assume the climbing etymology stems from the hieroglyph of a dancing person

I've always thought this yet I can't recall ever seeing a heiroglyph of anyone with their legs in the drop knee position.

Me too, I just couldn't be bothered going there earlier. I've no idea if the position appears in ancient Egyptian wall painting either. Where it does appear is in popular culture as the Sand Dance, e.g.:



And then on up to the 80s and The Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian," which was probably the direct inspiration for the climbing term.

This tradition is undoubtedly super colonialist/orientalist/racist, but whether or not any of that really attaches to the climbing term I don't know.

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#22 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:55:37 am
Archaeology, Quaternary geoscience... pretty much the same innit?

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#23 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 11:57:32 am
You're the one digging up artefacts...

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#24 Re: Good examples of an Egyptian?
June 28, 2019, 12:11:23 pm
I know we're only five posts in but, for what it's worth, I suspect that JCorbot is something of a troll account. My sincere apologies if that's not the case, Mr/Ms Bot.

 

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