[SA Chris]

http://www.stonecountry.co.uk/

also news of hard first ascents  :shock: and  :roll:

[Fiend]

Cheers for posting that, looks like a good find in a sweet location.

As for the new ascents, definitely more  :roll: than  :shock: with a fair bit of  :huh:  :eek2: and a hint of  :freak: mixed in...

[SA Chris]

Indeed, plus a  :!:  and a  :?:

[Jim]

Mal Smith has climbed the link-up of Pongo sit-start and In Bloom to finish up Slap Happy to pip Dave Macleod to Super Size Me V13. This oft-eyed and desperate-in-reverse problem. was climbed in his Malc's unfussy powerful style and with the usual humility and lack of noise. However, this must be seen as a significant Scottish addition to world bouldering.

Didn't know this had gone down, was watching Macleod trying this when I was up there t'other month. very impressive feat

[Mr.Burns]

Good site me thinks.. I may completely revise my training methods though!

[Stubbs]

Go out and find a 50 kg rock to hug.... open your own new v15's - training made simple!

[Mr.Burns]

Go out and find a 50 kg rock to hug

...first you must strap it to your back and carry it home.

[Stubbs]

Of course - that sounds harder than the actual training - i wonder how you would go about strapping an almost spherical boulder to your back... duct tape?

[Mr.Burns]

I think you have to wedge it in between your shoulder blades and strain as if on opposing gastons really hard, that should hold the rock in place. A couple of wraps with the duct tape is also advised. Straining hard enough to keep the rock in place could lead to having an accident so take spare underpants when out selecting a training rock!!

[Falling Down]

Reminded me of the summer training that the guys who surf big waves in Hawaii get under their belt.. When it's flat in the summer, go to Makaha or Sharks Cove.. free dive to 34/40ft to the floor, pick up a big rock and run along the sea bed with it toill you can't carry it any longer then swim back to the surface gasping for air... repeat..



Impressive to say the least...

[Mr.Burns]

Thats wicked!!! I guess you drop it before swimming to the surface? I wonder if SOC got his rock from the bottom of the sea?

[SA Chris]

I guess you drop it before swimming to the surface?

Do you think?   :roll:

[Jim]

pretty impressive if you didn't

[Falling Down]

I wonder if SOC got his rock from the bottom of the sea?

Nah... it looks like a hold that got pulled off one the V15s... more  :roll:

[Fingers of a Martyr]

http://www.stonecountry.co.uk/html/body_skye.html

theres a short film of Si climbing there as well

[Stubbs]

Sweet, a film of him climbing after injury, and not doing anything harder than V5 - the perfect way to answer his critics....

[Mr.Burns]

I hope you're not suggesting he didn't rock climb the V12 and V13?  :wink:

Still, a nice little movie non the less.

[webbo]

I hope you're not suggesting he didn't rock climb the V12 and V13?  :wink:

god its ages since we've had a si thread and my life has been quite meaningless as a result.

[Fiend]

Let me guess, it's black and white and grainy and doesn't show fuck all of actually climbing any mega-hard lines??

[Fiend]

Okay it's colour and grainy-ish and doesn't show fuck all of actually climbing any mega-hard lines...

[tc]

You surely didn't expect that it would?

[andy_e]

that's not bad film...  looks a nice line. just found out how to get wmv files to work on the school computers! :D

[webbo]

it would be hell of a let down if he turns out to be some super gentic freak who can climb v15 30ft above deadly landing.i hope he turns out to be an 80 year old who needs assistance with toileting.

[andy_e]

sorry, freak it is!

[Stubbs]

sorry, freak it is!

on what basis?