I immediately asked her to marry me and she said no.
Quote from: shark on January 14, 2021, 11:19:17 amI immediately asked her to marry me and she said no.:D Did this turn into a siege?
Not in the same vein, but we were doing Cioch Direct on Skye, coming to the end if the third to last pitch it started to rain, I racked up and proceeded to lead the last two pitches together, some of which was in a sheltered corner, until I an out of rope about 10m from the top and hastily set up a half hanging belay on a slab, and brought her up. By now the entire slab was running with water, a complete west coast downpour. She got to the belay, and we had the choice of swapping at the belay and feeding ropes through, so she cursed loudly, grabbed a few bits of gear off me, climbed up, placed one cam in the only placement we could see getting soaked up sleeves etc in the process, and basically swam the rest of the way up this crappy crack, violently cursing the rock, the weather and me as she went.Possibly one for the epics thread...
Quote from: tomtom on January 14, 2021, 12:17:41 pmQuote from: shark on January 14, 2021, 11:19:17 amI immediately asked her to marry me and she said no.:D Did this turn into a siege? Yep. Used all my sales training and played the numbers game. Figured she only had to say yes once.
DT topping out Sardine - solo
Matt Birch climbing anything
Oh yeah, that reminds me of the time when 8c Jee did Zoo York in about 6 goes, barely looked like he was even trying!
I got closer and noted it was a certain regular poster of this parish.
I'm beginning to think I've never really witnessed the kind of impressive that people are mostly talking about here - near super human physical strength or endurance. Never witnessed 8c or 8B being climbed (possibly not even 8b+ or 8A+). Even the one genuine foreign wad I've climbed with - Ellie Cheveux - was clearly quite human on the day I spent with him. I feel like I've missed out!
Quote from: andy popp on January 15, 2021, 11:41:20 amI'm beginning to think I've never really witnessed the kind of impressive that people are mostly talking about here - near super human physical strength or endurance. Never witnessed 8c or 8B being climbed (possibly not even 8b+ or 8A+). Even the one genuine foreign wad I've climbed with - Ellie Cheveux - was clearly quite human on the day I spent with him. I feel like I've missed out!I think the proliferation of videos of the hardest routes, and Instagram videos of people doing pinky one-armers on miniscule edges has made displays of strength quite passé. Watching a wad cruise an 8c is just another day in the office for them. For me, the climbing that impresses me most and that I love to watch falls under into a few categories: a fight where the climber is digging very deep and leaving nothing in reserve; or a display of exceptional boldness or commitment; or a demonstration of mastery - making the climbing seem effortless.