Quality Bouldering Videos (part I) (Read 2102385 times)

a dense loner · June 23, 2013, 03:20:28 pm

It's horrific

abarro81 · June 23, 2013, 03:41:19 pm

I rewatched island 1 again the other day. Prefered it to first time around, you can tell they were editing with a fair amount of junk footage tho. I am biased, since I totally love loup and ceuse...

neil h · June 24, 2013, 09:14:06 am

last teaser for you guys

r-man · June 24, 2013, 11:24:21 am

Another trailer

r-man · June 27, 2013, 02:39:27 am

JackAus · June 27, 2013, 04:21:32 am

Having been there last week, I can confirm that the cave is fucking long...

Also, for anyone wondering thats a V9 into a V11 into a V9 into a V11.

a dense loner · June 27, 2013, 10:45:01 am

It's not jack but thanks all the same

T_B · June 27, 2013, 11:02:20 am

Never seen someone shake out off their own toe hook

JackAus · June 27, 2013, 11:05:20 am

Quote from: a dense loner on June 27, 2013, 10:45:01 am

It's not jack but thanks all the same

Not what? Long or the 4 problems?

GCW · June 27, 2013, 11:41:45 am

Isn't it X-Treme Cool (V9), Sleepy Hollow (V12), Cave Man (V9), and Dead Can’t Dance (V11) but with a new start and finish? As much as it makes my finger bleed to type V grades

EDIT:

Quote from: http://www.climb.org.au/index.php?page_id=10&action=area&area_id=204

The long standing open project linking the entire Hollow Mountain Cave end to end. Start as for X-Treme Cool (V9), and keep climbing into all of Sleepy Hollow (V12), Cave Girl (V8/9), Dead Can't Dance (V11) - finishing up Rave Heart. Route grade of 36/37

......with a new start and finish......

a dense loner · June 27, 2013, 11:58:57 am

Speaking to one of ascent ironists, sorry apple spell check thing but I like it so will use it, who's about 3ft away. It is a v9, v11,v9,v11 like jack said so I stand corrected, caveat of the start may be v8. The direct version start is v4/5 instead of 9, he still has no idea why this would be graded harder than original

r-man · June 27, 2013, 12:18:37 pm

James's blog post.

GCW · June 27, 2013, 12:32:22 pm

It's academic anyway, it's a route

JackAus · June 27, 2013, 01:42:17 pm

Quote from: GCW on June 27, 2013, 12:32:22 pm

It's academic anyway, it's a route

Gets 35/36 (9a/+) as a route grade...

And Sleepy Hollow hasn't gotten V12 in a long time. Widely accepted as V11 these days.

Start looks the same. Don't know why it would be V4/5?

The only V4 in the cave starts where his first rest is and heads away from the camera...

But the Wheel finishes up Rave Heart whereas the direct finishes up Dead Can't Dance. Looking at the guide and topos, it doesn't look like a direct finish at all...

a dense loner · June 27, 2013, 01:56:06 pm

Start looks same to me too must have meant end, however he's left for work now so can't check. I do remember lots of swearing when direct was done, which is no help to anyone.
Very impressive to watch James sprint through the problems

JackAus · June 27, 2013, 02:34:15 pm

I'm just pissed I'm not down there now...

Pebblespanker · June 28, 2013, 10:11:30 am

Quote from: SA Chris on June 20, 2013, 09:55:34 am

'tis the season! Another Rocklands vid as per that bloke from the unpronounceables in the Font vid above.

Enjoyed the vid and also interesting to see lots of night sequences (one at 4am!), just wondered is there any issue with African wildlife at night... any chance might you meet something a little more challenging than a fox or a deranged sheep like in the UK??

I only ask because I know folk who have been carp fishing in SA (at Klaseris Dam near Kruger) - one morning they found large leopard prints all round their rods.... only a few feet from where they were sleeping in tents - nearly kacked themselves when they realised what could have met if they had had to go for a dump in the night! They also stopped asking why they could not fish through the night.

SA Chris · June 28, 2013, 10:55:21 am

Leopards can be found anywhere, there were sightings in the Magaliesberg kloofs (gorges) where we used to go climbing. No doubt there are a few in the Cedarberg, but they are generally very shy unless cornered / confronted. Other than that encountering anything toothy larger than a fox would be unusual, just got the usual snakes and spiders to worry about.

http://www.cederberg.com/wilderness.php

see bottom para

miso soup · June 30, 2013, 12:13:27 am

Shauna on Nothin But Sunshine!

http://island.io/39o0sVEo

(We can't imbed stuff on Island, eh?)

r-man · June 30, 2013, 01:11:41 am

No, but you can embed the vimeo version...

miso soup · June 30, 2013, 05:00:26 am

Nice work, I didn't even think to check.

So it's been a few days now and we haven't heard any more of the predicted female send train, what's going on over there? Is it raining or something? :p

r-man · July 01, 2013, 03:30:12 pm

Fiend · July 01, 2013, 04:50:14 pm

Very nice, love the snow, and the top-out!

miso soup · July 02, 2013, 01:56:16 am

Nalle's new line in Magic Wood.

http://vimeo.com/69487213#

JackAus · July 02, 2013, 07:12:25 am

Nice line and repeat from Castle Hill.

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Zac Orme has made the second ascent of one of Flock Hill's hardest problems - Moby Dick. This line was written off as too unlikely prior to Chris Sharma's visit, but he gave it a concerted effort and was getting close when his trip ran out. It took a few more years for an FA to eventuate, but James Morris finally pieced it together in 2012, finding a path through the slopey bulge with just a few minimal runnel features for assistance.

With the help of several feet of snow granting cold dry conditions Zac has managed a repeat and suggested it's more V12 than V11. Compared to the steep but hold-strewn testpieces in Europe and the States this ones a real doozy.