[mr chaz]

Ha, no secrets other than a distinct lack of sport climbing prior to this summer. Oh and maybe a bit of beginner's luck, 'tis my first season on peak limestone 

[Nibile]

YYFY!
Not only the book I translated, "Echoes" by Nick Bullock, is about to be published, but I had the confirmation that it will have my Preface to the Italian Edition!
Grinning like a mofo.

[Fiend]

Skillz! Now go do some more one arm stunts

[Eddies]

Last night was my last after work session this year due to holiday next week, clocks changing and the start of winter training.
After a summer of sport climbing I needed to learn to crimp again and get some power back into my arms, so I decided to find a boulder problem to get strong on.
Ive spent Tue Wed and Thurs for the past two weeks working 'Ovine' AKA 'Mutton Busting standing'. Gus drove over from Sheffield to Blackwell dale to bring extra psyche to the evening, and it all paid off!

Its a top notch boulder problem on great quality limestone. Felt very hard for 7B, deffo more like 7B+ for me until the magic of the send... slow-mo, weightless, hit the sweet spot of every hold, no adjustments or slips... YYFY   

[a dense loner]

7B? I always thought it was supposed to be 7B+, at least that's what it got shown to me as as well as feeling it!

[Nibile]

Oh come on Dense, is 7b+ the only grade you know and see?
 

[a dense loner]

Quality grade all round 

[Jaspersharpe]

It's the perfect grade because it proves V grades are nonsense.

[lagerstarfish]

where is Houdini and his extensive knowledge of V8+





?

[lagerstarfish]

is 7b+ the same as Welford 7b?

[Eddies]

To be fair 7B/7B+ on peak limestone is worth benchmark 7C on peak grit!?

[Doylo]

Not if you're good on limestone and crap on grit 

[Richie Crouch]

Not if you're good on limestone and crap on grit 

 

Can't think of any grit 7C's easier than bens roof!

[abarro81]

I could o sime grit 7cs when I couldn't touch Ben's

[Moo]

The Sun,

Tall person climbs harder on grit shocker

Epic TV:

You won't believe how easy this tall person makes this climb look, it's INCREDIBLE

[Mike Tyson]

Nothing groundbreaking, but managed to tick off a nemesis at Kentmere today. Cave problem 7A+, all my training appears to be paying off finally! Great afternoon out with good friends, what more can you ask for?

[a dense loner]

Soapy tit wank and blow job?

[Mike Tyson]

Apart from those obvious two   

[tomtom]

If you're offering Dense - I'd have to go with Kentmere

[Doylo]

A good felch to top the day off.

[a dense loner]

Don't know what you're missing tomtom, my moobs are quite generous 

[Monolith]

I sense a Photoshop opportunity...

[tomtom]

Don't know what you're missing tomtom, my moobs are quite generous 

Hairy?

[fatdoc]

Soapy tit wank and blow job?

Best post of the year???

Slightly bizzare, purile, glib, funny, simple... Perfect

[Nibile]

Finally good news bike wise.
I took it to another mechanic, this time one who's been working with 2 strokes since childhood, having also been an official member of KTM cross team.
Anyway, no electric problem!
At first, there was a sort of fiber who'd been sucked into the fuel tubes and then into the carb; then I came to know that the tank has two fuel taps that are at opposite ends, and with a particular structure that needs always an almost full tank; finally, that I have to change my driving style, from easy going around with high gear and low revs, to a little less easy going around, with low gear and high revs...
It's like being 16 again, the surge of power and revs after 5/6000/7000 revs and the whistle when I downshift (no engine brake...) is so cool.
Shame I can't show off in front of school anymore... Not that I've ever done it...