[Will Hunt]

Looks very steady going at the top! Must be a brick hard first few bolts to get Fr9a.

[Doylo]

yeah the tops sposed to be French 7c

[galpinos]

Looks very steady going at the top! Must be a brick hard first few bolts to get Fr9a.

He says it's a V13 crux at the start of the vid.

[cofe]

more importantly, is that a reincarnation of the V10 he's wearing?

[Jaspersharpe]

Awesome looking route. Right up my street......... but:

Psychedelic: 8B crux + 7c = 9a

Hubble: 8B/+ crux + 7c = 8c+

Hmmmm?

It also looks easier than Hubble (three hard moves? as opposed to six) but I do realise Robinson is a fucking beast with the body of a small child to propel up the rockface so that's not saying much. Graham made it look piss also but the same rules apply. As DG had a dcent bash on the Tor's most famous asset I'd be interested to know how they compare. Can someone ask him for me please? Thanks.

[Doylo]

I'd put money on yer Hubble 8b boulder and yer Physchadelic 8b boulder being two different kettles of fish!:

[Stubbs]

more importantly, is that a reincarnation of the V10 he's wearing?

They look like a V10 with a strap - how exciting!  It's obviously too much to think that 5.10 have listened to any sort of customer feedback, so I assume they either won't produce them, or they'll make them shit somehow...

[monkey boy]

The boots were given to certain athletes to test before the jet 7s. James had some and said they were awesome. 5.10 then brought out the jet 7, oops!

Maybe they will sort it out!

[cofe]

fruits de mer

[Jaspersharpe]

I'd put money on yer Hubble 8b boulder and yer Physchadelic 8b boulder being two different kettles of fish!:

Have you seen the "Jon Cardwell and Andre Wotsit climb V14" vid on that same site?

That problem The Saddhu looks like the Rubicon warm up traverse but given 8B+. Is this what Tyler means by grade creep I wonder.........

 

[Zods Beard]

Old Skool  

Its considered unsportsman like to go out climbing without having drunk vast quantities of beer beforehand

 

Bit slow on the uptake, but this vids awesome. The yanks rather dapper hat, his caddish comments about 'grabby' brits, and Livesey's dead pan voice as he explains why he hasn't told the yank about the gear placement. Great stuff. 

[Fiend]

More old skool:

[Jaspersharpe]

That film had a lot to answer for. For years if you mentioned climbing to any non-climbers this was all they'd go on about.

Still, better than them all thinking Joe Simpson's some sort of hero I suppose!

[GCW]

I don't suppose the highlights of the Old Man of Hoy fest are floating about in the ether are they?

Being very young, I've never really seen it.

[MorganW]

another quality burd in this one...Mayan Smith-Gobat:

[robertostallioni]

I'd take the Mayan Smith-Gobat Challenge. She could bring her sister.


THAT would cause a
TALLIONI

[grumpycrumpy]

Old Skool  

Its considered unsportsman like to go out climbing without having drunk vast quantities of beer beforehand

 

Bit slow on the uptake, but this vids awesome. The yanks rather dapper hat, his caddish comments about 'grabby' brits, and Livesey's dead pan voice as he explains why he hasn't told the yank about the gear placement. Great stuff.  

Livesey certainly did have a dry sense of humour .... Does anyone else remember the episode of 'Lakeland Rock ' when he took Chris Bonington up 'Footless Crow ' .... Bonington had struggled for the whole length of the route and as he got to yet another hard move near  to the top you could hear a voice  offering to lower down a pound note as an incentive ..... 

[lagerstarfish]

Not strictly "quality", but historically interesting - Jasper will know the details
Might take a while 'till it starts playing as it's over an hour long

[r-man]

There isn't a thread for non-quality cheesey interviews with climbing superstars, but I feel the need to inflict this on everyone else:

http://www.trentofestival.it/webtv/eng/scheda.php?idFilm=325

[Clart]

There isn't a thread for non-quality cheesey interviews with climbing superstars, but I feel the need to inflict this on everyone else:

http://www.trentofestival.it/webtv/eng/scheda.php?idFilm=325

Oh my God, that was like soooo tedious, you know?

The bloke can crush but he's no Dawes when it comes to describing his climbing. That interviewer could give Jo Whiley a run for her money as well.

[r-man]

n 1995 Survival carried out the most spectacular stunt in its history: climbing Nelson's column to draw attention to the plight of the Innu. Three professional rock climbers - Johnny Dawes, Jerry Moffatt and Simon Nadin  - hung a banner from the top reading 'Canada: let the Innu live'. In a statement to the press the three said, 'As climbers we have encountered many tribal peoples throughout the world. We would like to support them and to repay some of the help they have given us during our adventures.' The stunt received press coverage around the world.

[neil h]

this is pretty quality

http://bleau.info/calvaire/


a nice little video of the guys demolishing the calvaire cave in font

[Fiend]

LOL, that's pretty cool. For some strange reason I'd have expected them to knock it down rather than lift it up...

[Sloper]

[Vitamin K]

Not strictly "quality", but historically interesting - Jasper will know the details
Might take a while 'till it starts playing as it's over an hour long

That was a quality weekend though - blagged a free pizza in a restaurant on the Saturday after my mates convinced the waitress that I was through to the final and that it be a good way to celebrate...I had to pretend to be French, but it worked.

Didier Raboutou (sp) impressed all with no visible panty line in his lycra, but Jerry of course stole the show.

Went to Caley on the Sunday morning with some students crashing at a mates house and they all applauded when one of us got to top of a problem (just like at the comp) - it was a glimpse of the future and highly amusing.