Well that’s the rumour. If true can anyone confirm and give the background.
Is that why he only did day 1 at CWIF?
Flashing 30/30 qualifiers and then dropping out is a brilliant way to assert dominance. Semis not even worth his time?
(or are we making it far more political than it is).
There should have been a place for Will in the team even if he decided not to compete for a while - if he is climbing hard outdoors, it will benefit him and GB Climbing in the long term. He is one of only a small handful of world-class climbers in the GB setup.
Quote from: wasbeen on March 21, 2022, 01:42:38 pmThere should have been a place for Will in the team even if he decided not to compete for a while - if he is climbing hard outdoors, it will benefit him and GB Climbing in the long term. He is one of only a small handful of world-class climbers in the GB setup.Out of interest, what do you think would be the benefits of him being on the squad if he's not planning on competing? Presumably there's costs associated with having someone on the team so why not put that money towards someone who is actually planning on doing comps?
Well I think that might be a first for UK climbing, someone’s PR person responding on their behalf! Although Jerry probably got there first in the ‘90’s 😄
I like to imagine Bird briefing Will, as he pulls on for his 20th set of 4x4s in his secure underground training facility, on the social media reaction to their latest stunt. Will, cackling as he wipes the sweat from his brow, before bellowing TOWEL! Ya useless feck!
I suspect he has chosen not to be in the team as it simply offers no benefits, which is a pretty damning indictment.
Quote from: wasbeen on March 21, 2022, 01:42:38 pmI suspect he has chosen not to be in the team as it simply offers no benefits, which is a pretty damning indictment.I'm not sure why this is a damning indictment if he wants to go climb outside? I'm not aware of Bouin being on the French team for the sake of it, or Woods in the US, or those youngish strong Spanish 9b crushers who don't climb inside much and whose names I always get mixed up (Jorge and the other guy)? Or are they "in the team system" as it were in order to get something from it and I've missed that? Should GBClimbing be putting Josh Ibbo into the team system somehow even if he's not doing comps because he's likely to be world class on rock in the next few years? What would they give him? Money to go climb outside? I'm a bit confused about what you're advocating... P.s. I think Remus was asking what the benefit to the team would be of funding someone who wasn't doing comps, not what the benefits to Will could be, especially given that he still trains with team members down the School etc.
Yep, nailed it. That is the exact dynamic between us.
- GB Climbing. Will won the boulder selection event for Moscow World Champs last year but wasn't selected for the squad so go figure but guess we need to respect the process that GB are trying to put in place.