[lagerstarfish]

is this the same Sudan that's next door to South Sudan?

[csurfleet]

Yup. Lovely neighbours and all that...

[BobbyBear]

Just one YES...
After 8 weeks of indoor, done first V0s outdoors 2 @ RAC 2 @ PEX, beginner shit maybe but made me happy.

[andy popp]

That's all that matters.

[Muenchener]

Just one YES...
After 8 weeks of indoor, done first V0s outdoors 2 @ RAC 2 @ PEX, beginner shit maybe but made me happy.

There is no beginner shit at Pex. Well done.

[Jim Pope]

Did revelations the other day. No big deal in the scheme of things, but I was pretty chuffed.

[Nibile]

Would you prefer it to be reported in the Significant Repeats thread or in a thread of its own?

[tomtom]

Good effort \o/

[andy popp]

Nicely done, on and off the rock.

[a dense loner]

Strong first post Jim! Good man

[Oldmanmatt]

Did revelations the other day. No big deal in the scheme of things, but I was pretty chuffed.

And Mr Pope wins.

[Nibile]

Really!
 

[Jaspersharpe]

Excellent.

[sherlock]

 

[petejh]

 Effort! 

[Fiend]

LOL people are actually taking it seriously?

[danm]

You've got to admit, if it is a troll it's perfectly done.

[Fiend]

Well as soon as I saw there were new posts in the YYFY thread I knew it would be a """Jim Pope""" post without even clicking. Blindingly obvious if slightly amusing.

[Wood FT]

I'd like to think it was Jim, the few times I've met him it's like he's got an old head on young shoulders. Good effort, on both counts.

[Duma]

Well, Bonjoy has outed me in the karma stats so...
Sorry, just a bit of fun. And if Jim ever does want to join he can start out with a bunch of positive karma.

[SA Chris]

I've met him it's like he's got an old head on young shoulders.

A bit like someone with a small head on large shoulders?

[tomtom]

I've met him it's like he's got an old head on young shoulders.

A bit like someone with a small head on large shoulders?

Is Jim Pope Patrick Vieira?

[Fultonius]

I cleaned a tonne of moss off a couple of boulders by Vallorcine crag a month or so ago. Went yesterday to finish off cleaning and get stuck in.

My first objective got slowly harder as the pile of once-attached rocks was growing larger...

Just as I was going to give up I realised I could start from the left (not such a pure line, but fun moves). After figuring out the body-tension intensive start I had a few goes linking into the standing start (which I'd done earlier). No dice. Couldn't latch the crux move.

Went back up in cooler conditions, took a saw with me to cut away a dead tree to open up another fun problem. Got that one ticked pretty quick - not particularly difficult, only around Font 6B, steep with heel hooks, arete slapping and a few jugs. Worthwhile, but not classic.

Then went back round to the main mission. This time the start moves felt more striaghtforward. After doing the start twice I moved the pads and linked the full thing, not without a sketchy, hurried re-chalk as I was slipping of a rounded edge. Always fun with a slopey landing, no spotters and a pad with less padding than, well, something not very padded. Grade wise - not sure, ~Font 6C.

The original intended start still felt desperate. It has holds, but it's horizontal. I'm not very good at projecting on boulders, so I'm not sure I'll figure it out. Maybe take some others up and get a group sesh on it.

[SA Chris]

Or just wait til it gets covered in snow....

Nice one, but no tick without video evidence.

[Fultonius]

Just wait till the EM-5 arrives - then I an capture all my flailing, foot slipping poor technique in HD!