[Nibile]

hey who is the brit puller who was in the gym in florence recently?
i got there yesterday and was told about a joung brit who was literally tearing the holds from the walls.
i'm very curious, he is a 5.10 athlete.
ciao.

[Paul B]

more info needed but it looks like quite a few strong 'uns have been over recently for a comp.

[Nibile]

hey paul, it's quite difficult to gather serious info about anything in italy...
anyway i was told he's blond, young, british and now lives or is in switz for a long time. my curiosity was mostly about discovering he was or not a ukb'er, and whether he could do that problem i set up on the 45° wall blah blah blah...
seriously, i'm also curious because the told he absolutely hicked one very very hard circuit.

[account_inactive]

Sound like Stew
http://stewartwatsonclimbing.blogspot.com/

[Paul B]

 

bit of a monster by all accounts

[Control freak]

Not so young any more tho  . His little brother is no slouch either

[Jaspersharpe]

Not so blonde by the looks of things either. 

That's a great pic of him flashing that 8A on his blog.

[Nibile]

obviously you can never trust gianni, the gym owner.
i asked again yesterday, the guy had misteriously turned american.
now i wait for him to become spanish, then italian, then i will be told it was probably me or maybe gianni reflecting himself in a mirror while climbing.
good lord...

[GCW]

Was this him?

[Nibile]

tearing holds in many ways!!!
i really like dunne. he's done great things on grit and also abroad on limestone: could it be that his "harakiri" in el chorro still awaits a second ascent? did andrada do it?

[GCW]

All credit to Dunne, but I'll never forgive him for throwing litter into the bushes at Brownstones