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shootin' the shit / Re: U-S-A! The American Politics Thread.

« Last post by andy popp on Yesterday at 07:30:28 pm »

Would be really nice to have some context to that. Anyone have a video of it?

Context would really be just Trump's normal rally performance: free association, digression, bragging, lying, and incoherence. It doesn't need to make any sense. I actually know (through family) someone who was there - they have a condo in the town. All the Jersey shore beach towns are very white, but Wildwood is also pretty rednecky, and very Trumpy (in a pretty solidly Democratic state).

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by crimpinainteasy on Yesterday at 06:45:08 pm »

First person to climb V15 twice in a day (half day?).

Scratch that, actually been done a few times! Not many times though..

Ondra Fa'd two 8C's and an 8B in a day back a couple years back. https://www.instagram.com/p/B44J_8YJq0Q/?utm_source=ig_embed
Shawn Rabatou also climbed Story of three Worlds twice in a session becuase he dabbed on the a tree the first time he climbed it.

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news / Re: The inevitable E grade thread

« Last post by andy popp on Yesterday at 06:34:07 pm »

This is also all rather abstract when we actually use grades in context. Even if we simply have a picture with a line drawn on it and no description, when we are actually stood beneath a crag we take in a range of visual clues that help us make sense of a combination of letters and numbers on the page: does the rock look solid; does it look compact and hard to protect; how tall is the cliff; how steep; are the lines obvious or hard to read, etc. etc. Of course, having a guide book description adds even more information.

Ah, well that's all good as long as you are using grades for their primary purpose: to give information on difficulty to the aspirant ascentionist.

Silly me!

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by SA Chris on Yesterday at 06:33:16 pm »

First person to climb V15 twice in a day (half day?).

Scratch that, actually been done a few times! Not many times though..

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news / Re: The inevitable E grade thread

« Last post by andy moles on Yesterday at 06:02:37 pm »

Bit of an absurd comparison to make, was what I was getting at. At least apples and oranges are both similarly-sized spherical fruit.

Apologies, re-reading your post I agree with the general point.

Though my impression is that hard E-grades are not always graded for the hypothetical on-sight attempt - listening to what various people climbing those routes have said or written, it doesn't always seem to be a consideration. In Dave Mac's recent-ish video on how he grades routes, for example, he didn't even touch on it.

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power club / Re: Power Club 752 6 - 12 May 2024

« Last post by monkoffunk on Yesterday at 05:58:10 pm »

M - Yoga
T - Yoga
W - Yoga
T - 5k run. Been a little lax about keeping this regular. First in just under a month. Felt so good in evening after.
F - Elbow physio exercises. Yoga.
S - Nothing.
S - Yoga

Basically a rest week. Not sure when I’ll get chance to get out again, but hopefully do some more training this week.

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news / Re: The inevitable E grade thread

« Last post by Tom de Gay on Yesterday at 05:37:24 pm »

Bit of an absurd comparison to make, was what I was getting at. At least apples and oranges are both similarly-sized spherical fruit.

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music, art and culture / Re: TV/iplayer must watches

« Last post by Oldmanmatt on Yesterday at 05:35:59 pm »

I am certain, that (barring some undisclosed mental health issues) the writers of the new season of Dr Who, are on Acid.

Still, made me smile.

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shootin' the shit / Re: U-S-A! The American Politics Thread.

« Last post by Bradders on Yesterday at 05:28:28 pm »

Would be really nice to have some context to that. Anyone have a video of it?

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music, art and culture / Re: The right to counter-protest

« Last post by stone on Yesterday at 04:52:24 pm »

I've just heard a really interesting BBC R4 program where Anwar Akhtar interviews (amongst others) protestors and counter-protestors in Leeds University. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zk1s