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#25 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
February 22, 2020, 11:01:20 am
Sport Climbing Barbie released by Mattel in advance of Tokyo Olympics

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/02/tokyo_2020_olympic_sport_climbing_barbie_doll_launched-72211

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#26 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
February 22, 2020, 04:48:06 pm
Sport Climbing Barbie released by Mattel in advance of Tokyo Olympics

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/02/tokyo_2020_olympic_sport_climbing_barbie_doll_launched-72211

They did a good job. Looks just like you Shark 😃

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#27 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
February 22, 2020, 06:04:16 pm
Sport Climbing Barbie released by Mattel in advance of Tokyo Olympics

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/02/tokyo_2020_olympic_sport_climbing_barbie_doll_launched-72211

I showed this to my 14 year old, climbing obsessed, daughter.

Eye roll of the century.

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#28 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
February 24, 2020, 09:29:54 am
https://www.bananafingers.co.uk/chalk-accessories/black-diamond/nail-clippers

Kind of fits here. Amazing thing is they are out stock.

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#29 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
February 24, 2020, 10:20:16 am
https://www.bananafingers.co.uk/chalk-accessories/black-diamond/nail-clippers

Kind of fits here. Amazing thing is they are out stock.

Reminds me of:

I wouldn't mind spending a few quid on nail clippers if they aren't made of cheese but I really don't need a logo on there

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#30 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
February 25, 2020, 10:00:08 am
Climbing and climbers have changed in my time out.
Im just glad the people i know and climbed with still hold on to the climbing i know and remember.

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I'm about half way through the article and Ondra's neck has been mentioned four times  :clap2:

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That is horrendous - let's see how many different objects from a christmas cracker we can put on a croc...

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Trying to imagine how tricky it’d be to move on a bearing in those

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Trying to imagine how tricky it’d be to move on a bearing in those

The way my back feels in the morning these days, I’d have no problem.

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I've seen that designer's stuff before, she does lots of this sort of stuff not limited to just climbing/outdoors clothes.

https://www.instagram.com/nicolemclaughlin/?hl=en

I think it is supposed to all be a bit ridiculous and tongue in cheek.

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Top pranks and jolly japes! That any small child could come up with....

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Not really weirdness - but this is probably the best place for this to go :)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/31/country-diary-boulderers-make-the-most-of-the-rocky-terrain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Double figures!

Who the Fark’s climbing F10’s? (I’m fairly certain the Ramp isn’t a V5)...

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Jim Perrin penned it.

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#43 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 01:57:50 pm
Digiulian now drives a Bentley to the crag. Apparently. Is she wearing AP in there? Is that really the market?

Also, listed in must close during lockdown:

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indoor and outdoor leisure facilities such as bowling alleys, leisure centres and gyms, sports facilities including swimming pools, golf courses and driving ranges, dance studios, stables and riding centres, soft play facilities, climbing walls and climbing centres, archery and shooting ranges, water and theme parks

Putting the result to one side for a moment at least it's proof that climbing has the attention of Whitehall.  :lol:

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#44 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 02:04:39 pm
Good spot.

A Bentley SUV no less  :lol:. Definitely the Greta Machaffie approved cross-America road trip ride.

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#45 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 03:19:14 pm
Quote from: Bentley
undefeated PanAmerican Champion since 2004

What's this all about? I had a look and it's actually a quote from her own website. Did she take part once and then never again?

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#46 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 05:14:31 pm
No idea, but this is what she's wearing for comps this season (npsfw):

https://instagram.com/p/CE7AqMqAGjJ/

It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.

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#47 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 05:16:23 pm
It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.

 :lol: :lol:

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#48 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 06:37:46 pm
Quote from: Bentley
undefeated PanAmerican Champion since 2004

My pedantry got the better of me and I had to look this up (which is actually quite difficult as the IFSC results database is so poor). It seems she was undefeated in the PanAm Youth Championships from 2004-2010. Naturally, being now an adult she will retain her undefeated status forevermore. It was interesting to see how many interviews trotted out different versions of this line without any context.

It led me to this excellent Americanism:
Quote from: some writer
Holding the world title for PanAmerican champion since 2004

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#49 Re: Re: climbing-goes-mainstream weirdness
November 02, 2020, 08:37:13 pm
No idea, but this is what she's wearing for comps this season (npsfw):

https://instagram.com/p/CE7AqMqAGjJ/

It's a relief this is all considered empowering nowadays and not just smutty dfbwgc fodder.

I don’t get it. Mainly it’s just ridiculous. Also is it the case that wearing lingerie is meant to be sexy but simultaneously not objectifying at the same time? Can someone explain it to me to bring me up to date.

 

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