[dave]

i can't concentrate on the rock with that whole red-shirt schindlers list vibe going on.

[TomP]

Strange rock. Looks like concrete. The holds look rather large for 8C too but what do I know..........

I was thinking the same thing. The holds and moves look was too easy for 8c but I suppose you can't judge it until you have actually seen or tried it. Maybe it's one of these cases of over inflated grades on the continent but they guy has done other hard things so I assume he knows what he's talking about.

[Adam Lincoln]

The holds look rather large for 8C

Jonny jugs!

[monkey boy]

The holds look rather large for 8C

Jonny jugs!

Just jugs!! 

Like tom says though franz has done hard stuff in a variety of areas (except south lakes) so maybe............... G11 i reckon though!

[clm]

A) he doesnt even follow the ramp all the way
B) 8C - made by 8B productions
C)  i like his warm up at the end - i hope he runs like that.

[r-man]

[Jaspersharpe]

This should really be in the chuffing thread save the fact that it doesn't require a rope.

[Tommy]

What's he doing at the start? That thing's got finger jams on it....... Tut, tut. He could be resting off those 

Flippin impressive bit of climbing - so long! Everytime he got to a big hold I thought it's over, then he'd quest off again! Nice find.

[Dr T]

witness the fitness.............

[r-man]

http://www.chalkjunkie.at/video.htm

[Richie Crouch]

Was about to link the same vid robin 

Any idea what the tune is?

[clm]

Shit the bed - that 8b+ thing is outrageous.
A new cave of justice??

and i would suggest that if thats 8b+ the one at the top of the page may not be 8c

[Drew]

http://www.chalkjunkie.at/video.htm

Fucking frames! It's shit on a 9" screen!

[r-man]

http://www.chalkjunkie.at/video.htm

Fucking frames! It's shit on a 9" screen!

If you're using mozilla, right click on the top frame (outside the video) and choose This Frame > Show Only This Frame. Then resize to suit using ctrl and + or -.

I imagine something similar will also work for IE.

[Moo]

you know i'd just like to throw out an apology to franz I mean all the guy did was climb a boulder problem then grade that as best he could based on his own experience of climbing other boulder problems. so franz if you read this then sorry we really are all sorry its just a cynical englishness shining through

ps, have you tried shadowplay?

[Doylo]

Strange rock. Looks like concrete. The holds look rather large for 8C too but what do I know..........

standard foreign 8c it is then.

[r-man]

http://www.deadpointmag.com/dpm-hd/17-carlo-traversi-on-sunseeker

[TomP]

  Sunseeker looks amazing. Surely one of the most perfect ramp lines around

[chummer]

Surely one of the most perfect ramp lines around

you've, er, obviously not seen the rampline on the roadside face of the Cromlech boulders have ya Tom..? 

[andy_e]

   That top-out with no spotters? no ta...

[RASTATA]

love Dave fancy footwork 

[neil h]

This month has been so hot 30+ most days. so I decided to re kindle my love affair with the forest by choosing to climb some of the best the forest has to offer, so I made a list of the 15 of the most classic (according to bleau.info stats), most climbed routes of the forest, mainly low 7's and the clasiic mary rose. These are all good climbs to do when its really hot.......

Hopefully this will give you some inspiration to come climbing in the summer months........


enjoy.........

[Dr T]

four down eleven to go...
excellent dose as ever 

[r-man]

By the magic of intertextuality, I give you...Ukbouldering and Franz Widmer in conversation

The holds look rather large for 8C too but what do I know...

Beside a few nice problems that I opened out there it is definitely Kryptos which is the hardest and one of the most beautiful lines.

The holds and moves look too easy for 8c but I suppose you can't judge it until you have actually seen or tried it.

A friend of mine, who discovered the whole area, showed me the line a few years ago. I tried it already by then, but it was too hard. Last automne I went back and I found a good solution. But still I couldn't link it together. The problem was to match a very poor slopy hold in about the middle of a slopy edge that leads from a sitstart to the top of the boulder.

This spring I went back and I felt stronger than before, having done as well quite a few other problems in the 8B range. Last Sunday I finally made it through Kryptos.

Just jugs!

It felt not easy and think it is one of the hardest problems I've ever done. That's why I suggest 8C.

may not be 8c

It's a tough grade as I know. But for me it seems right and I'm open to hear what other people think.

Jonny Jugs!

Who is this Jonny? I must seek him out and learn from the master. I am ready and willing to forsake all material possessions and take a solemn oath never to unleash the crimp of G upon unarmed women. I also promise to teach Markus Bock how to climb.

http://bjornpohl.blogspot.com/2009/05/widmer-on-kryptos.html

[Percy B]