[unclesomebody]

Something Newsworthy; Got a text the other day saying he had dispatched the excellent 8B/+ Vecchia Leone, Brione, Swizterland. It's a very good looking problem, and featured in Dosage 4 and Memento. Zangerl originally climbed this and gave it 8B+ and it was subsequently repeated by Graham in 7 days then downgraded (no suprises there) to 8B. However, it has repelled some other very good climbers so it's clearly hard. Considering it's only about 6 moves it is quite a pure power problem so congrats to James. Hopefully he will crush some more before returning.

[north_country_boy]

Bon Effort! Looks awesome.....

Hows progress on the cart project looking.....?

[Rice Boy]

Nice one. The moves on that looked some of the best, especially coming off the pinch [Lowell, J. 2006].

[monkey boy]

Bon Effort! Looks awesome.....

Hows progress on the cart project looking.....?

Yeh awesome effort on an amazing line, definately would like to get out there sometime! James said the cart project is extremely hard and a bit sharp, also that he was getting back on it today! Fingers crossed he will get it before he comes home.
Again another quality line!!

[Somebody's Fool]

Monster.  It's good to see that someone is keeping the British end up now that Jim has come back home.

[nash1]

..."cart project"
Is that the one that Sharma nearly does on Dosage IV with the mad footless La Rose move. One of the most powerful things I ever saw on film (apart from that Garth Miller V11 thing on Frequent Flyers... ludicrous)
Would be cool to get a British first ascent of that baby if it is the same thing. Go for it...

[Jim]

It is the same. also the campus rose move is a bad sequence

[Somebody's Fool]

No shit.

[Jim]

more Swiss news. Ben did great shark hunt at chironico the other day.
The cart project is still a project up to now

[nash1]

What can be another sequence? Are there other holds, or do you go again with your right for the big hold?

[dave]

heel in the big hold? just thinking out loud.

[Jim]

This mans got vision beyond vision. Or is it sight beyond sight?

Thundercats pun

[cowboyhat]

Well done james. Vecchia is such a great line too, total quality.

[moose]

heel in the big hold? just thinking out loud.

also thinking out loud... crikey that'd be one hell of a nasty fall.... still, fortune favours the brave.

[dave]

nearly; fortune favours the Dave. 

you'd think that move should be ok, assuming you had more spots than a dalmation.

be a fucking good tick though to bag a problem that golden graham and chris "chris" sharma go bummed on. they'd have to be your bitch for the day. i'd have graham brushing holds for you and sharma opening stubborn jam jars.

[richdraws]

I would just want Randy Puro there cheerleading my every bowel movement.


 "Keen youth can definitely do it!" 

[Doylo]

blackLAGOON

[a dense loner]

another nice one from keenus. fortune favours the bold

[GCW]

fortune favours the bold

Fortune favours the Talented.

[moose]

and to paraphrase Garry Player... the more you practice the luckier you get...

[GCW]

Garry Player...

What's he ever done on grit?

[unclesomebody]

Vecchia Leone just got another repeat from Austrian Emanuel Moosburger.

[Teaboy]

Now you're just making up names!

[Somebody's Fool]

My research has not established his existence one way or the other.  In fact, fuel was added to the fire of doubt when it transpired his name is an anagram of Unreal Goose Bummer.  Very strange.

[unclesomebody]

But you'd have to spell his name with 2 l's for that to be the case. Clearly you know something the rest of us don't...

[Somebody's Fool]

You wha?

[unclesomebody]

Sweet Jesus, the pressure of quitting work is clearly messing with me. Please ignore anything I say at the moment (not this) because clearly I am operating at a moronic level way above the rest of the world. My apologies.

[BenF]

the pressure of quitting work is clearly messing with me.

Yeah, it's tough giving up work.

[Doylo]

I am operating at a moronic level way above the rest of the world. 

Nothing new there then

[unclesomebody]

Just wanted to add that Andrew Earl repeated this problem recently, seemingly confirming it at 8B (?). Good effort. More on his blog.

[r-man]

Good effort, but aren't there access issues at Brione?

Please DO NOT climb at Sonlerto (Dosage 3 and 4) or Brione (village area). The locals and land owners are VERY angry to say the least and have threatened to spray the boulders with grease if people climb there!!! Talks are under way between local developers and residents to try and negotiate the allowance of climbing in the winter months but sadly, so far nothing has been agreed.

These are great areas and there is a chance that access could be agreed but we all need to stay away until further notice. It would be a tragedy to lose these amazing blocs forever!

[Nibile]

"QUOD LICET IOVI NON LICET BOVI"
 

[Bonjoy]

"Gods may do what cattle may not."
Nice

[a dense loner]

fancy that, an italian going all latin on us

[Mirf]

awesome