[SA Chris]

I need to start work on my prototype lager lamp. I reckon it will sell by the thousand. Ok, hundred. OK, maybe a dozen.

[nik at work]

My eldest ( led his first route yesterday evening. Proud dad moment.
(I'm afraid to say Fiend that it was a head point ascent of a non cutting edge route with pre-placed gear, sorry)

[Will Hunt]

Back around

 

[Muenchener]

When M jnr onsighted his first sport route (aged 6 iirc) he needed both hands to get the rope into a quickdraw. Good job it was a slab otherwise he might have weighted the gear 

[rich d]

in the middle of all this trouble with immigrants coming up north, stealing our routes and putting bolts in afterwards - there is some good news

I scored a lava lamp from the RSPCA charity shop today for £4 - and it works just fine

re

fucking

zult

 

Is it any good for lantern sessions?

[GCW]

My eldest ( led his first route yesterday evening. Proud dad moment.
(I'm afraid to say Fiend that it was a head point ascent of a non cutting edge route with pre-placed gear, sorry)

Go D-Unit, you'll be burning the old man off soon.   

[Nibile]

Retro yyfy claim.
Watching some deadlifting technique videos yesterday, and then checking my own ones, I found out that while I thought I was deadlifting, I was in reality Romanian Deadlifting.
Stiff legs, high hips and little quads activation.
Big pulling with lats, hamstrings, glutes and erector spinae.
So, my PB of +2BW being made with a RDL, I yesyesfuckingyessed hard, because of course it's thougher than normal DL.
The devil is in the details.

[a dense loner]

The DL record holder lifts like that nibs, I thought you'd have known. Says he doesn't know why but always felt easier, the only thing you needed was a stronger back 

[Nibile]

Ahahahah! And he could probably bicep curl my RDL weight!
On a side note, I would like to let you all know that hill sprints are the dogs' bollocks.
I've gotten back into them, and with lighter shoes and better form, I feel like Bolt.
Only a bit faster.

[SA Chris]

the dogs' bollocks.
...... I feel like Bolt.

Dog's bollocks indeed

[lagerstarfish]

I feel like Bolt.
Only a bit shorter

fixed

[Nibile]

Ppppppffffft! What has he done on grit?
And in Parisella's?
And most of all, on my board?
Easy life Usain, setting WR in sprints in front of adoring crowds and making money! But what about measuring wooden edges by 1/10th of a millimeter to check progress?
Tsk, he doesn't know what hard work is.
 

[Falling Down]

Jazz Guitar: II V I Progression in G with Gmaj7, Gmaj6, Amin7, Amin6, D13b5b9. Proper yoga chords in 3/4 with walking bass and Dorian G solo.  (Maybe 7c equivalent?) 

[SA Chris]

But can you play jazz flute?

[Falling Down]

No

[tomtom]

But can you play jazz flute?

That's one for room 101 shirley... Flute is a great sounding instrument - but not breathlessly puffed to fit asthmaticly into some bastardised format.

[lagerstarfish]

but jazz funk flute is ace

eg.



and Herbie Mann of course

[tomtom]

That sounds more like funk flute to me... But wouldn't want to flau-n-t my wind credentials...

[SA Chris]

But can you play jazz flute?

That's one for room 101 shirley... Flute is a great sounding instrument - but not breathlessly puffed to fit asthmaticly into some bastardised format.

Sorry, obscure Anchorman reference

[cheque]

I completed 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell yesterday morning- my partner and I hit our target of 100 pitches each- 1409 metres of ascent. It was hard but so much fun and I seem to already be repressing the memories of the lowest points!

Also, the reception of Stonnis continues to exceed my expectations! 

[sherlock]

Bloody good effort! I was completely stuffed after 17 easy problems at Torridon yesterday.
But on another YYFY,the midges appear to have sacked it off for the season

[SA Chris]

the midges appear to have sacked it off for the season

Great! Are you  sure it wasn't just a conditions blip? Need to get there soon.

[sherlock]

the midges appear to have sacked it off for the season

Great! Are you  sure it wasn't just a conditions blip? Need to get there soon.

Well it's always possible I suppose but  they were pretty bad on Sat. then it was a pretty cold night,an almost frost.Sunday was breezy at times but with zero activity during long periods of still air.
I'll keep you posted

[Nibile]

Yesterday I did something I hadn't done in a while, took an afternoon off from work and went climbing.
Got there, warmed up, spotted my girlfriend on a problem and then went to the project.
Followed my girlfriend's advice and choose a different foothold for the crux, tried the move in isolation and then fired it first go. A ten years long siege was over.
Brilliant. After a brief stop for a slice of pizza not to leave the anabolic window unused (I had climbed a total of three minutes probably in the whole afternoon) we were back home in time for a dinner based on a bucket of "dolce e forte" that went down with a few G&T's. Good times.

dave1 by Nibile, on Flickr

dave2 by Nibile, on Flickr

dave3 by Nibile, on Flickr

dave4 by Nibile, on Flickr

[andy_e]

Congratulations beast, although I fear a trend of pink headbands may well be soon to hit British boulderers... Now you can stop messing around with this bouldering nonsense and go back to training!