[Monolith]

Yes Lore!! Get in!! I'm more than happy for you with this since I know how much it meant to you!

With the pink headband too. I'm claiming that ascent vicariously 

[SA Chris]

Is the problem called Dave? The pink headband and UKB hoody is definitely a fierce combination.

Nice one bruvva.

[Nibile]

 
Cheers guys! It's long and boring story that problem... And it came out a shitty one too!!! Classic.
Glad to have done it though... Definitely one that I won't go back to (he said waiting for the next Summer...).
Yes, the pink headband is well cool. It saved my ears from falling off many times... It was 6° up there yesterday and windy! Mr. Monolith himself gave it to me and I revel in its awesomeness.
On a side note, yes, now I can go back to training. 
And finally yes, the problem is called "Dave was there".

[sherlock]

Ten year siege! Great perseverance skills there Nibs 

[Will Hunt]

Ten year siege! Great perseverance skills there Nibs 

When I think of a siege, I think of an army (or indeed a climber) camped out beside their target for a long period of time, gradually wearing it down into submission.

From what I can surmise about Lore's training regime and how often he gets out onto rock, the military equivalent here is probably more akin to some bloke slapping Nib's face in a pub, and not seeing him again until, 10 years later, a tactical nuke drops on him as he unsuspectingly pops out to the shops.

[Fultonius]

... is probably more akin to some bloke slapping Nib's face in a pub, and not seeing him again until, 10 years later, a tactical nuke drops on him as he unsuspectingly pops out to the shops.
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Is it just me, or is no-one mentioning the big grey elephant looking thing in the corner? 

Photo 3 shows some pretty clear evidence of prop boulder dabbage, come on Nibs, in this day and age??  [/back around]

Joking aside, good effort! Very minor YYFY for me - it's sunny, I'm finished Uni for the day, my neck isn;t hurting and I'm off to Dumby for a session. 

[Nibile]

Ahhahahahahah!!!
That's surprisingly close to reality indeed! Thanks guys.
Ten years, yes, but the truth is different from what it may seem. I'll try to cut a long story short.
I did the top out many years ago, when there were still fooholds and the left hand crimp was much bigger. Then I spent a few years trying to find out other holds and in the process I started accidentally breaking the existing handholds and footholds so that the topout became mega hard per se.
Then I took a few years to finally identify which holds were actually useful and I came out with a sequence. Broke some more stuff in the process.
Realized that the original line (just the roof) was beyond my wildest dreams and left it for a while. But the bottom part is really cool. So I went back to it and decided to climb it - sadly - as an eliminate, choosing one single foohold of the nearby rock on the right. And that's how I climbed it yesterday.
It's cool because you have to spin 180° from releasing the toehook to lunge for the foothold, that I aptly chose to be the hardest one to use, that is quite higher than the right hand, at chest level more or less. Then it's doable.
Still better this way than chipping something.
Basically, you can climb the thing at any grade from probably 6b to probably >8b depending on what you choose to use for your feet.
So, a kind of Phyrric victory (that would have been a cool name).
There you go, this is the harsh truth about the sad reality. But you can all keep congratulating me because I like it.

[SA Chris]

I did the top out many years ago, when there were still fooholds and the left hand crimp was much bigger. Then I spent a few years trying to find out other holds and in the process I started accidentally breaking the existing handholds and footholds so that the topout became mega hard per se.
Then I took a few years to finally identify which holds were actually useful and I came out with a sequence. Broke some more stuff in the process.

This is the downside of getting ridiculously strong; you end up snapping everything.

[Nibile]

I did the top out many years ago, when there were still fooholds and the left hand crimp was much bigger. Then I spent a few years trying to find out other holds and in the process I started accidentally breaking the existing handholds and footholds so that the topout became mega hard per se.
Then I took a few years to finally identify which holds were actually useful and I came out with a sequence. Broke some more stuff in the process.

This is the downside of getting ON ridiculously strong SHITTY ROCK; you end up snapping everything.

Fixed that for you. But thank you nonetheless.
 

[tomtom]

Effort Beast \o/

Sendtember moves onto Rocktober.. (Groan)..

[nai]

Effort Beast \o/

Sendtember moves onto Rocktober.. (Groan)..

I'll raise you..... Oaktober

Hello?

Hello?


 

[tomtom]

Effort Beast \o/

Sendtember moves onto Rocktober.. (Groan)..

I'll raise you..... Oaktober

Hello?

Hello?


 

:D we possibly both need puntering

[Nibile]

 
Hadn't noticed it...

[Nibile]

Ahahahahahahahahahahahah I just climbed a project on my board! It was a mix of surprise and nonchalance, like "Oh fuck I've done it!" and "Oh yeah I've done it, so what?"
I love this shit goddammit.
 
Name suggestions?

[shurt]

Ahahahahahahahahahahahah I just climbed a project on my board! It was a mix of surprise and nonchalance, like "Oh fuck I've done it!" and "Oh yeah I've done it, so what?"
I love this shit goddammit.
 
Name suggestions?

What about 'so what'?

[Nibile]

Sold. Have a point.

[andy_e]

Unprecedented psyche levels floating around UKB at the moment! Strong!

[Nibile]

Unprecedented psyche levels floating around UKB at the moment! Strong!

Wait for a feroucious predator to get up a tree and then we'll see true psyche!

[tomtom]

Tiger willow?

[mark s]

a none climbing yyyfy
spent all week on a course as large animal rescue specialist in hampshire. started work at 0800 today and at 0801 a call came through for a horse had kicked its foot out through its horse box and was now stuck. successful rescue and a horse saved.   

[spid3rz]

A climbing YYFY, Got the Grouch at Brimham yesteday and today had a few hours at Hepburn and managed to drag myself up A Northern Soul and Titanic Arete! Pretty good weekend!!

[36chambers]

A climbing YYFY, Got the Grouch at Brimham yesteday and today had a few hours at Hepburn and managed to drag myself up A Northern Soul and Titanic Arete! Pretty good weekend!!

  I remember being so happy relieved when I successfully flopped my body onto the top of the grouch. Good work.

[TheTwig]

Had a YES, YES, FUCKING YES!!! training session this afternoon. Screw all of that incremental progress shit on the fingerboard, somehow managed to set PR's in 4 grips on my second fingerboard session of the training cycle, essentially 'skipping' 2 or 3 sessions to get to where I am. Looking forward to the winter! : ) (the top purple point was today)

[Fultonius]

Anyone want run a book on time to first injury? £5 on 6 weeks for me...  (i.e. Listen to your body,  don't just push on because it looks nice on your chart)

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[GCW]

A climbing YYFY, Got the Grouch at Brimham yesteday

The Grouch is excellent...... and frustrating.