the roof (Read 11927 times)

Nibile · January 21, 2008, 08:24:20 pm

sent.
this afternoon, all alone, under grey skies.

Houdini · January 21, 2008, 08:49:24 pm

Sorry Nibz,

Enigma machine broken; my psychic is on holiday; and there are too many roofs on Planet Earth to hazard a close guess . . . In Italy?

No wait! You said grey skies (sound of cogs whirring) Eureka!! You're in Wales!

Nibile · January 21, 2008, 08:54:36 pm

sorry houdini,
in my mind there was only one roof...
yes, italy. a long standing project, one line that i dreamt about climbing for years and years. today it just went. i have some nice footage, just the time to edit...

Houdini · January 21, 2008, 09:02:25 pm

Fear not!

I have found a recipe in the Maleus Malificarum and w/just a touch more mandrake and ah . . . yes . . . a badger's toe . . . I shall have the power of third sight!

(storms clouds brew moodily in the distance)

* * *

(a raven calls ominously before lightning strikes it out of the sky)

* * *

Monolith · January 21, 2008, 09:16:08 pm

Awesome Lore, but one question - No 'yes yes fucking yes'? What gives warrior?

Dr T · January 21, 2008, 09:40:02 pm

if a nibile sends a problem alone in the woods.... does anyone hear his screams?

GCW · January 21, 2008, 09:44:51 pm

No, but you can hear one hand slapping.

Nice one Nibs, I eagerly await the video.

Nibile · January 22, 2008, 07:39:32 am

Quote from: Dr T on January 21, 2008, 09:40:02 pm

if a nibile sends a problem alone in the woods.... does anyone hear his screams?

Jaspersharpe · January 22, 2008, 07:43:15 am

Brilliant.

Scouse D · January 22, 2008, 09:14:57 am

Nice one nibs

slackline · January 22, 2008, 09:49:49 am

Schmooove

andy popp · January 22, 2008, 09:55:26 am

I think we all heard that. Brilliant!

Stu Littlefair · January 22, 2008, 10:07:57 am

What a legend!

Houdini · January 22, 2008, 10:08:18 am

Now that's magic! [Must've been the Badger's toe . . . ]

SA Chris · January 22, 2008, 10:31:23 am

Nice one Nibs. At least you don't show your emotions!!

Fiend · January 22, 2008, 10:59:08 am

That's what I like about modern bouldering. The calmness, the restraint, the triumph of subtley over flamboyance.

Piss funny video, Mr T. Very errrr....colourful....outfit too.

SA Chris · January 22, 2008, 11:47:17 am

And I hope you cleaned those donk lines afterwards?

Dr T · January 22, 2008, 01:28:15 pm

Quote from: Nibile on January 22, 2008, 07:39:32 am

Quote from: Dr T on January 21, 2008, 09:40:02 pm
if a nibile sends a problem alone in the woods.... does anyone hear his screams?

if there's a video camera there then certainly - psyche....

dave · January 22, 2008, 01:46:10 pm

nice one nibs, that looks well brown.

(did that shirt you're wearing come in a tin with a brush?).

GCW · January 22, 2008, 02:22:17 pm

Wow. Nice one Nibs.

andy popp · January 22, 2008, 02:42:04 pm

Meant to ask if it was a first ascent Nibs?

Houdini · January 22, 2008, 05:05:26 pm

I'd wager not.

I'd just like to say how much I like the new shorn Nibz: he really suits a mohican. But I'm a traditionalist: long hair for ladies; short hair for men.

GCW · January 22, 2008, 05:16:11 pm

Quote from: Houdini on January 22, 2008, 05:05:26 pm

But I'm a traditionalist: long hair for ladies; short hair pour homme.

I see, that's why you keep your hair short then?

Houdini · January 22, 2008, 05:19:06 pm

Absolutely

Nibile · January 22, 2008, 08:20:49 pm

thankyou guys, i was a little bit ashamed about it but tried to post it anyway...

and...
yes, i brushed the tickmarks away, as every good climber should do, and...
yes, it was a first ascent, and...
YES YES FUCKING YES!!!

Houdini · January 22, 2008, 09:33:17 pm

8A/8A+ ? Guess. Name ? May I suggest Mohawk?

lagerstarfish · January 23, 2008, 09:00:26 am

Quote from: Houdini on January 22, 2008, 09:33:17 pm

8A/8A+ ? Guess

H8 ?

Good effort Nibs. Inspirational stuff.

Houdini · January 23, 2008, 09:59:34 am

Quote from: lagerstarfish on January 23, 2008, 09:00:26 am

Quote from: Houdini on January 22, 2008, 09:33:17 pm
8A/8A+ ? Guess

H8 ?

Good effort Nibs. Inspirational stuff.

Is obviously harder than H8/H8+. H12/H12+ @ a guess.

Richie Crouch · January 23, 2008, 11:04:33 am

Haha absolute genious! Well done Lore you animal, obviously the new look is a strong one, may have to try and copy it for Magic Wood this year

BenF · January 23, 2008, 12:06:54 pm

Quote from: Richie Crouch on January 23, 2008, 11:04:33 am

may have to try and copy it for Magic Wood this year

I fuckin' hope you do.

Oh yeah, and a belated well done to Nibile.

You gonna meet up in Magic again this summer? Should be a few of us there early in August. Hopefully it won't rain quite like last year.

andy_e · January 23, 2008, 03:32:07 pm

Good effort you animal!

Nibile · January 23, 2008, 11:48:27 pm

guys thankyou really, it's nice to share some happiness.

Houdini · January 23, 2008, 11:50:50 pm

Time to put yo ass on the platter Nibz

I want a name & a number, pour favour . . .

Nibile · January 24, 2008, 12:46:30 pm

so...
grade:
i think it's somewhere around 8a. the moves are hard, and the first one is hard and very very precarious, you can never lose your feet (except for the big dyno, and that is a big swing). briefly, i think it's hard and around 8a.
name:
i'm not sure i'll give it a name. on houdini's suggestion i was thinking about "l'ultimo dei mohicani" ("the last of a mohicans"), but maybe i will wait until i (hopefully) do the harder line. it goes the same, except that doesn't dyno right to the good flake, but stays under the roof and takes a very small edge for right hand, and then goes, somehow, to the good and final hold. that will be alot harder and a real real challenge for everyone.

ok, i'm bracing...

Jim · January 24, 2008, 01:18:25 pm

Which crag is it Nibs... or is it a secret?

Houdini · January 24, 2008, 01:33:13 pm

Perhaps The First of the Mohicans is more appropriate?

Nibile · January 24, 2008, 01:41:38 pm

GODDAMMIT YES.

Nibile · January 24, 2008, 01:44:54 pm

jim,
it's not secret at all, just private. it's a small crag we call "chiesina" (small church) near the mount amiata, here in southern tuscany. i always give the tour to visiting climbers, uncle has been there and sent hard.

Jim · January 24, 2008, 01:54:23 pm

nice. I look forward to visiting some time

SA Chris · January 24, 2008, 02:07:39 pm

Quote from: Nibile on January 24, 2008, 12:46:30 pm

i'm not sure i'll give it a name. on houdini's suggestion i was thinking about "l'ultimo dei mohicani" ("the last of a mohicans"), but maybe i will wait until i (hopefully) do the harder line. it goes the same, except that doesn't dyno right to the good flake, but stays under the roof and takes a very small edge for right hand, and then goes, somehow, to the good and final hold. that will be alot harder and a real real challenge for everyone.

Sounds a bit eliminate judging from the vid. Looks like a great line already, worthy of the name.

Jaspersharpe · January 24, 2008, 02:15:34 pm

Quote from: Houdini on January 24, 2008, 01:33:13 pm

Perhaps The First of the Mohicans is more appropriate?

Great name.

cowboyhat · January 24, 2008, 06:14:53 pm

That thermal top thing is well plastic, where is it from?

a dense loner · January 24, 2008, 07:40:28 pm

i don't think you'd give it quite the same look

Nibile · January 24, 2008, 10:28:26 pm

the top is from "falke", i think they come from somewhere north, sweden or something. some of the best spent money in my life...

GCW · January 24, 2008, 10:32:50 pm

Quote from: Nibile on January 24, 2008, 10:28:26 pm

the top is from "falke", i think they come from somewhere north, sweden or something. some of the best spent money in my life...

Apart from the fiver you spent in the coiffeur.

Nibile · January 25, 2008, 09:40:35 pm

no no...
i did my mohawk all by myself!!!

Houdini · January 25, 2008, 09:48:04 pm

Awesome.

I've done my own hair for a decade . . .

. . . And I'm gorgeous!

*hollow laughter reverberates through the hills*

the roof (Read 11927 times)

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