YYFY!!! (Read 2103125 times)

Serpico · March 12, 2010, 01:54:45 pm

Quote from: shark on March 12, 2010, 01:20:44 pm

Quote from: Jeff25 on March 10, 2010, 06:50:15 pm
plus i managed a set of repeaters on the 35 slopers (with hardcore nestle) with baby in baby Bjorn --which adds roughly 3kgs.
- I wonder how many months (weeks) ill be able to do that for....

Way to go. That's how Hercules got to climb 9a in sandals picking up a calf each day as a boy until he ended up picking it up as a bull in his teens. Legend.

Surely you're thinking of Milo of Croton?

shark · March 12, 2010, 05:23:05 pm

Milo was a self-publicising imposter who ripped off Herc's training techniques and claimed them as his own.

I thought everyone knew that.

SA Chris · March 12, 2010, 05:52:44 pm

Quote from: Serpico on March 12, 2010, 01:54:45 pm

Quote from: shark on March 12, 2010, 01:20:44 pm
Quote from: Jeff25 on March 10, 2010, 06:50:15 pm
plus i managed a set of repeaters on the 35 slopers (with hardcore nestle) with baby in baby Bjorn --which adds roughly 3kgs.
- I wonder how many months (weeks) ill be able to do that for....

Way to go. That's how Hercules got to climb 9a in sandals picking up a calf each day as a boy until he ended up picking it up as a bull in his teens. Legend.

Surely you're thinking of Milo of Croton?

Where the Oil comes from??

duncan · March 12, 2010, 08:43:30 pm

Quote from: shark on March 12, 2010, 01:20:44 pm

That's how Hercules got to climb 9a in sandals picking up a calf each day as a boy until he ended up picking it up as a bull in his teens. Legend.

Shit, isn't that...?

(congratulations to Rob, Ms. Rob and Dilys)

Fiend · March 15, 2010, 09:44:57 am

YYFY, crushed Meribel and indeed most of Les Trois Vallees last week. Given I still can't walk uphill for 5 minutes without collapsing, and given how thigh intensive skiing usually feels, I'm well chuffed to be skiing as well as I ever have. Wheeeee.

willackers · March 17, 2010, 05:29:45 pm

YYFY! First 8b! Magnetic! :-D

saltbeef · March 17, 2010, 06:16:12 pm

beast!

The Sausage · March 17, 2010, 10:19:43 pm

Cofe did Western Eyes yesterday. Not sure if he wants the world to know, but there you go.
Good work Son!

Jaspersharpe · March 18, 2010, 09:12:14 am

Ah I posted that in the wrong thread.......

a dense loner · March 18, 2010, 10:13:29 pm

cofe did western eyes? thought we had another 14 days before stuff like this came out

tomtom · March 23, 2010, 07:49:24 pm

Great day at the cliff today...
Managed to get Si's Arete nailed

also repeats on DWR, Dreamland and Crucifix low traverse... four >=7a in a day is my best outing ever... Rob caught me mid slap on Si's on the successful attempt - nice picture (should have worn red!) esp the shadow under the slapping hand

Rob nearly made Jess' roof & looks good for next time!

slackline · March 23, 2010, 11:37:26 pm

Congrats on a good day out Tom

Mike Tyson · March 24, 2010, 09:02:10 pm

Not a climbing YYFY but still the best thing to happen to me in ages.

Start work next week for King Kong Climbing walls. Sweet.

slackline · March 24, 2010, 10:08:51 pm

Congrats Golt, glad its some good news after the hassle you've had.

andy_e · March 26, 2010, 12:39:55 am

Nice photo and a good tick there tomtom! good effort!

Great news for you too mike, no excuse to not get really strong now! Might come up your way in a few weeks time for a bees/bowder hit!

Mike Tyson · March 26, 2010, 09:45:12 am

Thanks chaps, hopefully this is the job I've been searching for.

Andi, give me a holla through FB or text and I'll let you know what the weather is doing. pretty pants at present.

SA Chris · March 26, 2010, 09:54:27 am

Nice one Golt

Mike Tyson · March 26, 2010, 10:08:29 am

Cheers Chris

Ethan · March 27, 2010, 04:03:55 pm

Climbed Zippy's new route "The Pinch Test" today down Rubicon, really cool one move wonder, total boulder problem.
Has this had a repeat does anyone know?

Doylo · March 27, 2010, 07:13:13 pm

effort, what grade is she? by the Inch Test by any chance?

JC · March 27, 2010, 07:22:54 pm

Quote from: Ethan on March 27, 2010, 04:03:55 pm

Climbed Zippy's new route "The Pinch Test" today down Rubicon, really cool one move wonder, total boulder problem.
Has this had a repeat does anyone know?

Its 7c+. Not by the Inch Test, its at Rubicon to the left of the Sissy. Nice one Ethan! Probably second ascent, Zippy did it near the end of last year & its only really dried out recently. What font grade do you reckon (7a+ or 7b ish)?

Ethan · March 28, 2010, 12:07:27 am

Cheers!!
Felt really hard until figured out some sneaky beta for the right hand pinch and then it went first go! Probably Font 7B but maybe easier, you'll have to get on it mate.
Syked to get over to Crunch Buttress with you soon by the way Jon, fancy a crack at Karma Killer!

JC · March 28, 2010, 06:57:09 pm

Cool sounds good. I did the 2nd (?) ascent of Karma Killer today, really good route!

Andy Harris · March 29, 2010, 11:40:34 am

Good effort Jon. As far as I know it's the 2nd ascent. I got v.close a few years ago but motivattion/conditions wained. It really is a cool route and I think a 2 move Font 7c+ or top end 8b. Seriously knarly peak style climbing.

A chequered history. It's the route that mentally broke Tony Coutts (he gave up climbing having done it & emigrated to Australia) & physically broke Steve Fearne & Robin Barker (that mono). I always thought the crux is the the u'cut move.

Amazed it's dry. Maybe I'll get motivated to get back on it.

SA Chris · March 29, 2010, 11:56:09 am

There's a name from the past. I met Tony in Font in 1996, before I moved to the UK and bouldered with him for a day. Thought I might bump into him when I was in Leeds, but our paths never crossed (clearly he spent a lot of time on the limestone, whereas I most certanly didn't). There was no internet back in them days either.. Seemed a nice bloke.