[Terrace Ghost]

Fred's v15 in South Africa repeated by Tony Lamiche

[r-man]

Big news indeed! This being the problem originally graded V16, and containing "the hardest move he [Fred] has ever done."

http://dropkneeclimbing.blogspot.com/2006/12/just-because.html



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Some good SA shots on Tony's blog gallery:

http://tonylamiche.info/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=61

http://tonylamiche.petzlteam.com/index.php/post/2008/06/09/South-Africa

This one looks amazing:

[unclesomebody]

wow. The concentration of beastliness in this thread is immense... Nicole, Lamiche, TerraceGhost...  So who suggested the v15 grade? Lamiche?  God, He's such a beast. I have a whole lotta love for Lamiche and Nicole (and you terraceghost!).

Thanks for the news.

[Terrace Ghost]

 

cheers beast

i think putting me in that list though is like saying Armstrong, Landis, Bishton

[Moo]

whats the sketch with amandala? totally got under my radar that one

[Terrace Ghost]

http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,56,0,1,interviews.html

nice little interview with the neanderthal himself


has anyone been to Murgtal in swiss? the second page shows the man on an 8c+ called Entlinge

[r-man]

Perhaps the V16 grade for Amandala was pure speculation on behalf of the previously linked blogger. I found this:

Ce probème fut ouvert en 2005 et n'a jamais vraiment reçus de cotation (à mes recherches).  La seule chose que j'ai trouvé serait la cote de V15/8c!  Nicole a dit un jour que cette ligne était la plus dure qu'il avait fait, mais c'était avant Terremer (V15/8c).

Translattion: This probem was opened in 2005 and has never really received listing (my research).The only thing I found is the symbol of V15/8c!
 Nicole once said that this line was the hardest he had done, but that was before Terremer (V15/8c).

http://www.stikkit.tk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=322:rocklands&catid=41:BLOC&Itemid=69

[r-man]

Another shot of Amandala:



Fred Fred Fred...

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://www.fiveten.pl/index_pl.php%3Fcms%3D3%26team%3D6&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dentlinge%2B%2522fred%2Bnicole%2522%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3D0BH%26sa%3DN

http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,14,0,1,news.html

http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=People&rop=showcontent&pid=16

http://www.8a.nu/?IncPage=http%3A//www.8a.nu/articles/ShowArticle.aspx%3FArticleId%3D3568

How's this for a CV?

Terremer 8C + (V15/16) - 2006
Entlinge 8C + (V15/V16)
Terre de Sienne 8C - 2005
El Techo de los tres B 8C - 2005
Golden Shadow 8C
Amandala 8C
New base line 8C Magic Wood
Dreamtime 8C Cresciano
Black Eagle SD 8C Rocklands
 Dipende 8C
8C Poinçeunneur des lilas 8C
Monkey Wedding 8C

The toughest routes:
La Chimère 9a/9a +
Bain de Sang 9a Saint Loup
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I was talking to someone a while ago about the era when everyone wished they could be as strong as Ben Moon. I was told Ben wished he was as strong as Malc, and Malc wished he was as strong as Fred...

[Percy B]

i think putting me in that list though is like saying Armstrong, Landis, Bishton

Which means you think that Lamiche only has one testicle, Fred Nicole is on drugs, and you have a full head of hair like myself. Dream on, baldy!

[Fiend]

Those are some mighty fine numbers...

Looks like a nice bit of rock, would be good to see a video of it I think.

[Paz]

It's nice to see the spot lgiht on Fred again.  Are there access issues with this one - SA could really do with an Allemansratten. 

[Terrace Ghost]

i think putting me in that list though is like saying Armstrong, Landis, Bishton

Which means you think that Lamiche only has one testicle, Fred Nicole is on drugs, and you have a full head of hair like myself. Dream on, baldy!

Bishton, i have never thought about Lamiche's testicles no matter what you may think. 

[BenF]

Anyone been to Murgtal in swiss? the second page shows the man on an 8c+ called Entlinge

I've spent an afternoon at Murgtal.  Lovely spot in a beautiful valley that is easy to access from the motorway.  Unfortunately we got rained off after a few hours but the climbing is nice on a range of holds but mainly edges.  There is lots of potential hidden in the woods there and it's also a great spot for lower grade climbers with accessible problems near the road.  The few harder things that I did do were all good and the other ones that I scoped out looked like they had quality moves.  I'd say its worth a visit when driving to say Magic from Zurich. 

[Micky]

Pics courtesy of toni's blog

[Micky]

Also for those intersted, some pics of fred on entlinge i found a while back.

[r-man]

Good finds! Here's another:

[Nibile]

must be hard judging by fred's overbite...
the man is a living legend.

[dave]

this looks like a good effort but the naming of the problem leave something to be desired: we've already got The Mandala, so why would we want just Amandala? Bad effort fred, bad effort.

[Micky]

Actually its not called Amandala but Amandla. Apparently the name comes from an old apartheid term in south africa meaning "power to the people".

[richdraws]

Amandla is a Xhosa and Zulu word meaning "power". The word was a popular rallying cry in the days of resistance against Apartheid, used by the African National Congress and its allies. The leader of a group would call out "Amandla!" and the crowd would respond with "Awethu"[1] or "Ngawethu!"[2] (To us), completing the South African version of the rallying cry Power to the People![3]. The word is still associated with struggles against oppression.

Mandla, which is derived from "amandla", is also a common first name in South Africa.

[Paz]

Cool.  so Dave was wrong to suggest it was about a scouse bird called Amanda then. 

[SA Chris]

Amandla is a Xhosa and Zulu word meaning "power". The word was a popular rallying cry in the days of resistance against Apartheid, used by the African National Congress and its allies. The leader of a group would call out "Amandla!" and the crowd would respond with "Awethu"[1] or "Ngawethu!"[2] (To us), completing the South African version of the rallying cry Power to the People![3]. The word is still associated with struggles against oppression.

Not to be confused with Umkhonto we Sizwe (the spear of the nation) who are the military section of the ANC, and a Paarl Rock route HK Stu and I climbed in the last days of the last millenium.

[Fiend]

Not a bad route eh, seem to recall it was quite tough. Paarl is awesome.

[SA Chris]

Aye, lot steeper than it looked. I had first shot and failed dismally, then HK Stu did good and I seconded. Splinter of the Mind's Eye is also awesome. There has been loads of development since you were there btw. Some nice bolted slab routes, and Little Dutch Boy has had the old bolts (that were made from a bed frame) removed and has been rebolted a bit more safely.

[Fiend]

LDB had new bolts when we were there. I did it with a Big Dutch Girl.

*sigh* I'm missing climbing in exciting foreign venues.