[Fiend]

Is that Bubba??

[Bubba]

Watch it sonny jim  

[BoulderHog]

desmond?

Who else? It's a form of resistance training, he clings on to your back and suggests helpful moves. Works great and gets you really strong / improves technique. You have to watch out when doing dynos though, he tends to get a bit 'frisky' if you know what I mean  :shock:

[hongkongstuey]

Just to prevent this turning into the hong-kong-stuey show

now that just ain't gonna happen! pics from last Sunday

me back on my project from last winter - have nailed all the moves now so just need the link (guess all that training over summer must have paid off)





a western climber in hk who's not nearly bald and doesn't look like Agent Smith (as you may have noticed, this is somewhat of a rarity.............)



Agent Smith   (who's leaving HK to move to Sydney this weekend - thus leaving me bouldering partnerless approx. 99% of the time  :cry: )





and finally........... the dog



and this weekend is another bank holiday (the third one in the last month! i love weird chinese holidays) - so expect more of the same soon.

[Bubba]

Shit Stu, you'd better start advertising for some more Agents to join you....can't you just clone a few off yourself like in the movie?

[cofe]

[dave]

saw these on 0frix

[cofe]

we really need to stop people overusing the saturation fader in photoshop. its unacceptable.  :roll:

[cofe]

from same site:



is this midget gem then? i always used to think the rib was called midget gem :roll:

[dave]

think so.

[cofe]

do you reckon he's checking if its raining with his rght hand?

[Graeme]

So where's that then?

[cofe]

burbage south - up and right of the first? quarry. the arete left of him is a class b5. really good.

[Graeme]

I think I know where you mean now, is that b5 the one where it isn't such a good idea to bounce off when you land?

[cofe]

I think I know where you mean now, is that b5 the one where it isn't such a good idea to bounce off when you land?

you're not wrong! for a similar theme check out the first ascent entry for The bad and the beautiful in the froggatt guide "you can fall but you must not bounce"

[Johnny Brown]

Dave wrote:


Good gay knee action from the pritch there :wink:

Bent Spoon is making that wall look hard. Its not is it?

[SA Chris]

we really need to stop people overusing the saturation fader in photoshop. its unacceptable.  :roll:

Its almost as criminal as as using crappy filters used to be.

[Ru]

Tedious beta warning:

Tis indeed midget gem, but in depth research has led me to believe the proper name is "Little Gem."

Two methods:

1. French start, RH crimp, jump into layaway seam, lay one on for the top. 7b.

2. Proper start, pull on LH low sidepull/undercut, gaston the seam RH, tricky match, same crimpy pull for the top. 7b+

Bo, and properly so.

[a dense loner]

method 1 does not exist unless in france :D

i told you lot ages n ages ago that midget gem n the rib were different probs but no one listened, no one ever does :nopity:

[hongkongstuey]

after a winter of falling off it last year, i'm happy to report this problem is now well and truely 'in the bag' - next project please..............

A video of last years miserable attempts can be found here:
http://www.hongkongclimbing.com/gallery/videos/Taipan.htm

[Fingers of a Martyr]

Nice line Stu, wot grade did it finally go at?

[tc]

Depends on your concept of God

[Fingers of a Martyr]

lol, it refers to the judo/christian god, take it to the religion thread tho tc, we'll discus it further :wink:

[hongkongstuey]

Nice line Stu, wot grade did it finally go at?

the send felt a distressingly easy V7 given the amount of time i've spent on it - used different beta for the last move than shown on the vid (matched hands on small crimp, foot into pocket on the roof and then a little slap left as opposed to an all out power throw....)

[Bubba]

Well done Stu and never mind on the easier finish - if you hadn't found it no doubt somebody else would have done and downgraded the thing later!