Quality Bouldering Videos (part I) (Read 2100969 times)

r-man · December 19, 2013, 04:02:59 pm

I talked to a girl who was employed on the Africa hot rock tour for 10months. Out of all the countries they went to, she reckoned Zimbabwe was the best for climbing - boulders everywhere. Malawi looks amazing though!

fatneck · December 20, 2013, 11:06:21 am

Swedish beasts crushing in Font... Interesting sound track too!

Haroun S · December 20, 2013, 11:25:58 am

Thanks for sharing the link to my latest video :-)

I wish I knews about Malawi Gold before going there...

The kids were really something. Many of them are orphans of parents who died from AIDS. Unfortunately on this trip we did not have the time to cover the stories of the people we met but I we have the chance to go there again we will definitely include their story in the video, in addition to exploring deeper in the boulder fields.

The bouldering there is something quite special. You will not find AAA quality rock. It varies greatly from one boulder to another. In most areas though you can develop a lot of easy bouldering. You need to search a lot more for hard stuff but it's there. The lake is fun but alos the worst rock of the trip. The rock next to the water is not worth a trip in my opinion, the whole slope going down to the lake is covered with boulders. They might be great further from the water but the boulders and plants make it extremely hard to progress (would take a whole day to go 200m up the slope...

I am making an article with practicle information about climbing in Malawi for 8a.nu. Should be available in a couple weeks tops!

Cheers,
Haroun

slackline · December 23, 2013, 07:56:29 am

cofe · December 23, 2013, 12:14:29 pm

Ben's film of Smiling Buttress now up on British Media Council TV.

r-man · December 23, 2013, 12:22:52 pm

Wow. Too easy.

GCW · December 23, 2013, 12:48:12 pm

Is font 8a/b the nearest to a grade suggestion there is?

fatneck · December 24, 2013, 01:05:50 pm

Had this on DVD a number of years ago, nice little film...

Bouldering starts at circa 20 minutes in...

benpritch · December 24, 2013, 01:50:12 pm

Quote from: GCW on December 23, 2013, 12:48:12 pm

Is font 8a/b the nearest to a grade suggestion there is?

Ty said somewhere between font 8a and font 8b.

fatneck · December 30, 2013, 01:41:30 pm

Think this makes it into the quality section...

Richie Crouch · December 30, 2013, 04:04:09 pm

Really enjoyed that Si, looking forward to the next 4 installments.

Duma · December 30, 2013, 09:15:21 pm

Appetite for Destruction looks fucking king!

(have to admit I watched the first minute and a half of this thinking "shit, where does northumberland hide all this amazing rock!" before the accents made me twig

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Plattsy · December 30, 2013, 09:48:39 pm

That Koh Tao vid brought back memories. God knows how they climbed as much as they did. The granite just chewed my hands up and the mosquitos were intense. There is a guide on the wiki which is now a broken link. I'll fix it when I get chance.

Duma · December 30, 2013, 10:00:07 pm

think Jase has just about got to the QBV standard, La Pedriza looks lush! Also featuring our very own cha1n.

Probes · December 30, 2013, 10:21:08 pm

Looks great. Also fantastic version of stairway, very nicely done.

fatneck · December 31, 2013, 01:33:34 pm

Enjoyed that Duma!

Not sure where this goes really but it made me chuckle...

http://vimeo.com/soill/holdseverywhere

tomtom · December 31, 2013, 02:02:48 pm

Superb Duma - really enjoyed that.

slackline · December 31, 2013, 02:38:03 pm

Quote from: Probes on December 30, 2013, 10:21:08 pm

Also fantastic version of stairway, very nicely done.

http://rodrigoygabriela.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-japan

Probes · January 01, 2014, 05:00:24 pm

Quote from: slackline on December 31, 2013, 02:38:03 pm

Quote from: Probes on December 30, 2013, 10:21:08 pm
Also fantastic version of stairway, very nicely done.

http://rodrigoygabriela.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-japan

Never heard of them... that's a cracking version of one on there also