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the shizzle => news => Topic started by: gollum on October 13, 2005, 11:58:44 am
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13/10/2005
POSTED BY: BEN MOON
STOP PRESS! RICH SIMPSON REPEATS ACTION DIRECT
Fuller story on Moon site.
Mega effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brilliant Effort from the lad. Nice one Buoux 9a.
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thats not a bad effort.
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Fine effort!! I was getting concerned that all the advanced publicity might create too much pressure, but the boy produced the goods, brilliant.
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A great effort and well done indeed, but not exactly surprising... Simpsons ticklist from the past few months is unbelievable. Something silly like 34 8a to 8c+ routes in his six weeks in the Frankenjura according to that report in the latest Friction magazine. Plus all the stuff in Buoux and the UK in between trips to Germany.
Stupidly strong and far too much talent; you reckon he would lend me some?
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Brilliant effort!!!
The guy is tooo strong!!
Violent new breed next?
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not just talent mate, a lot of fucking hard work...
Great effort to Rich. He battled against shitty conditions for weeks, and then some friendly rivalry with Dai Koyamada. I'm sure he'll give a full report when he get's a chance.
It's a fine effort from a fine climber... so, what's next??? 9a+?
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Awesome. A brilliant effort and the very least he deserves for the unbelievable effort he has put in over the (relatively few!) years. Thumbs up Rich!
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Brilliant - good effort Krankenfuhrer
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not just talent mate, a lot of fucking hard work...
True, I didn't mean to degrade his effort and persistence by any stretch, the amount of work involved goes without saying. Plus his willingness to head over there again to bag the route is something few people would do. A huge talent nonetheless.
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Yeah big up the lad. Top effort. Stay strong
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effort, what a beast :shock:
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Woooargh! thats a mega effort! good effort the Simpsonator!
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uberwaddage homie! certainly strong.
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awseome!
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very well done. :D
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Wir gratulieren!
Darf ich Sie mit meiner Sekretärin bekanntmachen...
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Lumpi ist mien hunt.
(Which I think is German for "Bon effort")
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Wir gratulieren!
Darf ich Sie mit meiner Sekretärin bekanntmachen...
nee, weil sie seit 1962 Tod ist, aba ich kenne einen jungen Mann, der du kennen lernen mussen, weil die beide Schwul sind.
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Lumpi ist mien hunt.
(Which I think is German for "Bon effort")
bollocks. is that the only german you know? i seem to remmeber you posting it on the french topic...
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A fine effort to be sure, but what's he ever done on the grit? :wink:
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A fine effort to be sure, but what's he ever done on the grit? :wink:
not as much as he should have done methinks, but as for the bransby word on the street is he's done the roof left of parolagism? E8 7a?
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The wit is really flying on this thread! Baaaaa!
A dogo fforte!
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The wit is really flying on this thread! Baaaaa!
A dogo fforte!
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
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...bransby word on the street is he's done the roof left of parolagism? E8 7a?
Have given this news a thread of it's own.
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The wit is really flying on this thread! Baaaaa!
A dogo fforte!
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
Actually, the proper form would be the colloquial: "Te audire non possum est. Musa fixa in aure sapientum est."
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Eine geile Leistung, Junge. Schade, dass man für diese Züge ein Seil auspacken muss!
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he´s a very happy young man. Didn´t take him too long either as he only had two really good days on it this trip and did it in his first session of redpoints. what a guy :!:
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Eine geile Leistung, Junge. Schade, dass man für diese Züge ein Seil auspacken muss!
jo seile sind nur fuer doofe leute, die zu viel zeit haben
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The wit is really flying on this thread! Baaaaa!
A dogo fforte!
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
Actually, the proper form would be the colloquial: "Te audire non possum est. Musa fixa in aure sapientum est."
i stand corrected. i was always shit at latin...
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Eine geile Leistung, Junge. Schade, dass man für diese Züge ein Seil auspacken muss!
jo seile sind nur fuer doofe leute, die zu viel zeit haben
Die Zeit mit ihrem stetigen Schweigen
lehrt uns mehr
als die Menschen mit ihrem stetigen Reden.
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After only one real session... crikey, what a beast! Very well done indeed (for whatever the approbation of complete stranges is worth).
Whatever next though? He certainly doesn't seem to like taking easy options when it comes to breaking through grades. Liquid Amber, Hubble and Action Direct all have reputations as "full value" - I don't think any of them attract complaints of polish anyway! Have any of the >9a routes got the requisite classic status... or will he have to make his own?
Off to watch the perky-pinky video for a bit of inspiration / worship....
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would have thought that realisation was a fully classic 9a+ or whatever it is, but of course being longer does it have the same power-kudos as these uber-gnarly shorter routes?
would have thought contenders aught to include that gaskins thing at giggleswizzle, evolution, the fly, and must be some crazy loskoy 9s'a tucked away in austria. and of course the brandenberg gate project, and that project line next to caviar?
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I guess Realisation is the nearest to a classic 9a+ there is. Though I see what you mean about power kudos. I mean anybody at this level is an absolute waddage but, personally, I still have more interest in those who climb stuff requring depraved quantities of power rather than the ability to delay being pumped (Gaskins rather than "wheel of life" stylee). Second ascent of Akira maybe!?
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I doubt Akira will get a second ascent. Rumour has it that Dani Andrada went over to try it and quickly managed all the moves, but on a return visit Rhouling had sika'd some positive holds to make them into slopers :shock: . Understandably Andrada bagged off trying it.
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BTW did you get the ascent on fillum Doylo? :P
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(http://ukbouldering.com/media/images/actionDirect.jpg)
(thanks to Richie Patterson at Wild Country (http://www.wildcountry.co.uk/) for the picture)
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is he biting his nails cos he's nervous? or does he have some parsley stuck between his teeth?
looks steep, i'm guessing it's tilted about 90deg counterclockwise.
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Yeah, those trees must be growing at an odd angle, or do you think it's some rapid photoshop work?
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must be bonjoy...
amateur.
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Dai Koyomada has just made the 7th Ascent. Great effort from (probably) the strongest little man around! " 5 ascents in 15 years... then 2 ascents in one week... awesome.
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Hey Unkle.
Nice one Rich, amazing effort you beast!
I'm shit with history but is this the first British ascent of a 9a outside of Britain?
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That last post was from me, forget that foley is logged on automatically.
Nice one once again Rich, must feel amazing.
Huff
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i think you are right Huff, first 9a for a brit abroad.
on a different note huff, a different thread talked about malc closing a number 2 iron. Thats f***ing impressive. Basically closing 200lbs.
cant remember what you said you got on your physio test, was it 160lbs?
there is a number 3 and 4 iron crush. The number 4 has only been closed by either 3 or 4 people
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I think i got 170lbs grip after icing...
Yeah, read that too, thought you'd know what a number 2 iron is. I heard there are two brothers in the states who've closed a number 4.
First brit to do 9a abroad eh, thats impressive...
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i once hit a 4 iron over 400yds. was always hooking or slicing woods. 2 iron never had enough loft. it's all in the hips.
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i once hit a 4 iron over 400yds.
Amazing! What happened, did the head come off? How far did the ball go? Did it strike anybody's foot?
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i'd just like to point out i'm not actually a golfer, i'm a hockey player.
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BTW did you get the ascent on fillum Doylo? :P
I reckon he probably did:
https://www.moonclimbing.com/index.php?form_action=photo_detail&photo_id=55&offset=36
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so dai wasn't injured then?
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watch this space for the film!
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I doubt Akira will get a second ascent. Rumour has it that Dani Andrada went over to try it and quickly managed all the moves, but on a return visit Rhouling had sika'd some positive holds to make them into slopers :shock: . Understandably Andrada bagged off trying it.
This link was posted on ukc. Article by some bloke who went to see Rouhling do the moves on Akira and came away with a very different impression than he'd expected... http://climbing.com/current/fredrouhling/
(http://climbing.com/current/CLB-0407-FRED-06.jpg)
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This link was posted on ukc....
ahem! (http://ukbouldering.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=2359&highlight=roughling) ;)
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Sorry Bubba, missed that one! As ever ukb is a year ahead of ukc. Though it's a great shame that uka.com went bust.
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so dai wasn't injured then?
Maybe he only injured one finger and used one of the four others from that hand. Which finger do people use on monos, and which on action directe then? I have to know.
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Though it's a great shame that uka.com went bust.
:lol:
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Dai injured his ring finger on his right hand (i think), so he just used his front 2 fingers instead! For the mono's you use your middle finger and how many mono's you use depends on your sequence...
back to impressive grip strength feats: http://www.castledarkmoor.com/strongman/fryingpan.WMV
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Where the hell did you find that?!
Jus did a google search:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mashmonster.htm
Check out the vid's of these Mash monsters...must be harder than it looks to close that thing!
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you've got me going now. the following lifted from
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/par15.htm
'Training Your Crushing Grip:
To train for maximum crushing grip strength, there are some simple methods available. The most cost effective manner in which to train crushing strength is with "hand grippers" that you attempt to close by squeezing the handles. Most of us have seen the little plastic grippers at the sporting goods store. Unfortunately, I'm not talking about that kind. Ironmind Enterprises sells a set of grippers called "Captains of Crush" grippers ($19.95 ea, order info) in a series of five difficulty levels. Here is a quick breakdown of the grippers and their difficulty level:
* Trainer: 100 lb pressure
* Number One: 140 lb pressure
* Number Two: 195 lb pressure
* Number Three: 280 lb pressure
* Number Four: 360 lb pressure
These grippers have set the standard for testing crushing grip strength. To put things in perspective, fewer than 100 men in the world have successfully closed the #3 gripper with one hand. Most guys can't close the #1 on the first try and fewer will close the #2. So far, ONE man (JB Kinney) has closed the #4 gripper under authenticated conditions. (View the complete list here.)'
Vid of a guy from Diesel crew trying a number 2...
http://www.mashmonster.com/jeddjohnsonmmg2a.wmv
This is a shit but very funny video of the 'Diesel Crew' hitting some 'pull up variations...diesel stylee!' (don't watch unless you have sound!)
http://www.dieselcrew.com/VIDEOS/pullup%20variations.wmv
I'd start worrying Rich, one of these guys manages THREE PULLUPS IN A ROW! :shock: :?
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Magnus Samuelsson
Arms Magnus arms has rendered him the top position in the world in the event Arm over Arm. Very few, if any, can beat him in events demanding arm strength. At this, Magnus is quite simply the best
Shoulder/Chest Thanks to his immensely strong upper body, Magnus is always among the best at pressing events His best bench press is 270 kg!
Back/legs Magnus has developed this muscle groups during the later years, And is now often in the top three in events such as The Yoke, Truck pull and Carry&Drag. These muscle groups have together with his incredible arm strength rendered him the nickname "King of Stones" among strongmen.
His mind Magnus is known to have a very strong mind in competing. Should his enormous strength run out, he can keep going on sheer willpower. The heavier it gets, the better Magnus likes it…
Hands Magnus has tremendous gripping power, he was among the first 20 people in the world to fully close the Captains of Crush no 3 gripper.
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I know I posted this elsewhere, but hey.
Purchase good handgrippers. I don't mean those plastic grippers you get at K-Mart, I mean something like Captains Of Crush, Beef Builders, HeavyGrips, etc. I'd go with the Captains of Crush since they are the gold standard for grippers. They come in the following sizes.
Guide - 60 lbs - Twice as strong as a store-bought hand gripper, in all likelihood you will be able to close this with each hand, but not casually for endless reps while watching TV or on a roadtrip like you could with the smaller sporting goods store handgrippers, which rate at 30-40 lbs.
Sport - 80 lbs - A step up from the Guide, however you should be able to close it for at least one rep, which would be about average hand strength. It's called the sport because it's a size generally used by athletes to get the clicks out of their hands before playing their sport.
Trainer - 100 lbs - A step up from the Sport, and the first in the heavy section of the CoC. A good many, however not a majority, should be able to close this on the first try. For serious grip training, start here.
Number 1 - 140 lbs - Buy this if you have mastered the Trainer or you have unusually strong hands. Very few people will be able to close this on the first try, however, it has been done. This is a gripper good for bar bets.
Number 2 - 195 lbs - Coming in at just shy of 200 lbs, this CoC will provide a challenge for nearly everybody, however being able to close this gripper for reps is far from unattainable. This gripper is excellent for bar bets, and has the bonus feature of being able to embarass Joe Cool at your gym.
Number 3 - 280 lbs - A giant leap to the next gripper, this is the one that determines whether or not you are elite. Only 110 or so men have been able to close this in the past decade. If you can close this, you are given a special certifficate signifying that you have impressive grip strength. This gripper was handed to various top bodybuilders at the Arnold Expo, and only one was able to close it. This will win just about every bar bet.
Number 4 - 365 lbs - Only five men have ever closed this gripper. If you can close it on your first try, then you apparently are Superman in disguise. An excellent training tool for Clark Kent and the top goal for us normal humans. If you want an otherworldly grip, set your sights on this. This will win every bar bet.
Has anyone ever had a go on one of those dynamometer grip-strength test thingies? I had a go on one when I was getting physio after breaking my wrist.
(http://www.nexgenergo.com/ergonomics/images/baseline1a.jpg)
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:lol: Just found this on the web. This'll really sort the men from the mice:
http://www.ugobasile.com/0e92c5-2.htm?OpenDocument
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More gripping stuff here:
This third test is of utmost importance for the wrestlers' future career, especially for those who will adopt the yotsu style (wrestling body to body with a grip on the mawashi). In this test the grip of potential recruits is evaluated, trying to determine how well they will be able to grab their opponent's mawashi so that he will not be able to break their hold. To do that, the NSK uses a little hand-held apparatus, as shown in the pictures. The candidate has to close his fist as strong as he can, and the apparatus registers the maximal deployed force.
(http://www.lemondedusumo.com/english/MDS8_tests_pics/image016.jpg)For your information, common mortals have a grip strength of 50 kgf, but the greatest mawashi specialists largely surpass that value. Currently Kaio is the uncontested master as far as the grip is concerned, with100 kgf for his left and 110 kgf for his right hand. Able to crush an apple in his hand, Kaio doubtlessly boasts the most powerful fists in Sumo history. But the grip is not everything... On the contrary, with an average grip force of 50 kgf for both hands one can have a fine purely yotsu career, as demonstrated by the 66th Yokozuna Wakanohana, who was able to compensate for it by the strength of his legs!
(http://www.lemondedusumo.com/english/MDS8_tests_pics/image020.jpg)
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Dai Koyomada has just made the 7th Ascent. Great effort from (probably) the strongest little man around! " 5 ascents in 15 years... then 2 ascents in one week... awesome.
First interview/press release of Dai Koyamada after his send on FreakClimbing.com (http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=812)
He said he did it with his sequence.
It's incredible how many sequences you can get out of 11 moves!
:lol:
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Action Direct gets its 8th ascent. 3rd in a week! This time by Markus Bock.
Reported on 8a.nu
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must be getting trade route status... fine effort all concerned. i'm gonna go hang off some mono's Im inspired!
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Action Direct gets its 8th ascent. 3rd in a week! This time by Markus Bock.
Reported on 8a.nu
Markus has just released an interview on FreakClimbing.com (http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=822)
:lol:
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Freakclimbing want to get a few more ads and links crammed in around the content ;)
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you're telling me! i thought i was gonna have a fit with all those things flashing about! makes it really difficult to read...
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The emails they send are quite irritating too, e.g. :-
Hey gringos,
ready for the weekend?!?
Well, get a bit of extra motivation with our series "the protagonists insights" as usual... FROM CLIMBERS TO CLIMBERS!
This time we went for Markus Bock and his impressions on Action Directe!
http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=822
Enjoy your climbing!
- FreakClimbing.com Staff
Who proofs their output?
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The emails they send are quite irritating too, e.g. :-
Hey Dobbin,
here we are I'm a member of FreakClimbing staff.
Cheers for the feedback about the flashy stuff etc.
With regard to the newsletter, if U don't consider it useful or in line with your comunicative standards, you can simply unsubscribe yourself.
Any other comment is welcome :wink:
Climb well!
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Cheers! :D - I think its the trans atlantic language variation rearing its head...
You yanks mean well but sound insincere :wink:
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Cheers! :D - I think its the trans atlantic language variation rearing its head...
You yanks mean well but sound insincere :wink:
Next time I'll send you a video-newsletter so you can check out my expression when saying things :lol:
Jocking dobbin!
Sorry man, but I got English from experience and not in my genes :wink:
Anyway, given your suggestion I'll try to take out those flashy stuff!
how are conditions down there in UK at present?
good for a bit of bouldering action?
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PS: don't you enjoy when you read our news with a bit of continental shity english?
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:lol: Hey, its all good! :lol:
I am loving to see all the news good on the freak climbing. :wink:
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for sure... dat is supercool
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Some good pics of action directe up on courtesy of Alex (pigeon) Messenger,
http://www.snowfire.co.uk/action/
was a little dark for the photo shoot but still have some interesting pics also look out for Chris Doyles amateur action directe/frankenjura pr0n dvd. Thanks rich
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Nice pics Rich!
Well you have busted out everything else hard in Europe isn't it about time you got on Walk Away? It was dry yesterday, and 11 degrees today.
Prime meat?
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(http://www.snowfire.co.uk/action/images/dsc_0269_toned_digital.jpg)
Well cool.
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Nice pics Rich!
Well you have busted out everything else hard in Europe isn’t it about time you got on Walk Away? It was dry yesterday, and 11 degrees today.
Prime meat?
There's more to life than the lakes...
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Well cool.
Indeed. Some very nice photos. Although it makes you wonder why this tendonitis-fest is the most popular F9a on the planet :shock:
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have you no pulse?! obviously if you've actually seen it then you'll realise it looks like one of the most improbable things in the world. damn fine effort to anyone who can drag their sorry ass up it.
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Where is the 1-5-9 tee from?! I must have one!
(perhaps I should just get 1-4-7 though, do you have to be able to do 1-5-9?)
Fantastic pics and fantastic effort. I want to go back and do slingshot (8a+ to the right) just to say I have done a route at WadKopf. (spelling mistake deliberate!)
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I want to go back and do slingshot (8a+ to the right)
Slimline, and me too.
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Bollocks. There is a route called SLingshot somewhere in the jura though isnt there?
Andy has done slimline.
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I think it has many repeats for a few reasons... it is the oldest standing 9a route. It has been tried by every single good climber. What you don't hear in the news is about who goes to actually try routes, even though failure is most interesting. Literally any climber who is capable of 9a has tried this route, and only 8 have succeeded. I would even say that Action Directe has had more people try it than any other hard route in the world. This is why it APPEARS to have had more repeats than most. the other thing is that Action is not shit, it is actually very good, so people want to go to try it, unlike some other 9a routes that I won't mention.
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and its not really long, its a proper power 9a.
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Oh yeah I can see about the quality and sense of history. It's the campussing on vicious looking mono-pockets that had me wondering :wink:
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(perhaps I should just get 1-4-7 though, do you have to be able to do 1-5-9?)
if this was so panto's shop would be out of business :wink:
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sweet pics, the pidgeon proves his photographic pedigree once again. Its not an easy route to get good pics of.
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I think it has many repeats for a few reasons... it is the oldest standing 9a route. It has been tried by every single good climber. What you don't hear in the news is about who goes to actually try routes, even though failure is most interesting. Literally any climber who is capable of 9a has tried this route, and only 8 have succeeded. I would even say that Action Directe has had more people try it than any other hard route in the world. This is why it APPEARS to have had more repeats than most. the other thing is that Action is not shit, it is actually very good, so people want to go to try it, unlike some other 9a routes that I won't mention.
since it was originally given UIAA XI (and thus it was heavily debated as to whether it was 8c+ or 9a), is it also true that theres a fair chance that its towards the "softer" end of 9a? also that'd make sense toward explaining the repeats along with the age of the route.
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it would not explain it at all. the 8 people that have climbed this route are all monster's (with the obvious exception of buoux :wink: ). not only that they are all known for having mutant mono-strengths. if people didn't know this they just didn't know it
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since it was originally given UIAA XI (and thus it was heavily debated as to whether it was 8c+ or 9a), is it also true that theres a fair chance that its towards the "softer" end of 9a? also that'd make sense toward explaining the repeats along with the age of the route.
I would disagree with that, the reason, like Keith has explained that Action has now had 8 repeats is because it is one of the best and most impressive sport routes in the world. Along with this it is also the most famous hard route, it really has classic status amongst the worlds elite. This explains why nearly every world class sport climber has been their for some attempts. lets not forget that realisation has already seen 2 repeats in the matter of a couple of years, does that make it easier than one of mclures unrepeated 9a, or does it mean that it is just a better route that is more inspiring for most top climbers. i certianly would go for the latter.
As for the softer end of 9a, lets not forget dai Koyamdas comment that Action is by fare the hardest route he has ever climbed (a guy who has climbed 3 other 9a rotues and over 20 8c+ routes) and also comments from markus Bock who considers Action to be a hard 9a (he also has climbed 2 other 9a routes and over 20 8c+ routes).
As for me Action is the hardest thing i have climbed, for me it is a standard 9a harder than Hubble or any other 8c+ i have climbed. And although i havent climbed Any of these routes, i would say its as hard or harder than both rainshadow and Mutation both proposed 9a's in britain.
Just because the route has seen ascents from 3 climbers in one season dosent make it soft, it just means that 2 world class climbers both went to the frankenjura at the same time to attempt action directe and another one lives their and has been trying for the past 5 years. It also concludes that the weather was very good for 3 weeks which is a rarity in the frankenjura.
I feel that if action where to be soft 9a or an 8c+ then it would have had double the amount of repeats it has seen.
here is a list off the top of my head of world class climbers that have been and tryed action and not succeded.
John Gaskins
Dani Andrada
Fred Nicole
Klem Loskot
Ben Moon
Josune Beratizu
Paxti Usobiaga
Huber Brothers
Jerry Moffatt
many top french climbers,
Kilian fishuber,
Markus bendler
Sharma? i think
fred Roughling
Jb tribout
and of course keith bradbury
some list, and probably another 10 9a climbers i have forgotten about.
It really is an amzing climb.
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It certainly is an amazing climb, the buttress it climbs is staggering and the forest is really beautiful too. Its somewhere I'm fully psyched to go back to, although I think it might be one or two years before it goes down :wink:
This is such a good effort Rich, its good to see someone really pushing British sport climbing.
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as an aside, what did you think to Unplugged?
Did you think it was soft in the grade, or were you just in the right head space after the biggest tick in the world?
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and of course keith bradbury
Thats right, force it Bungle!
P.s. there are some CoC (#1&2) waiting for your fair hand to crush when you get back mate! :D
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I'm ordering some this morning - how long they take to arrive?
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Just because the route has seen ascents from 3 climbers in one season dosent make it soft, it just means that 2 world class climbers both went to the frankenjura at the same time to attempt action directe and another one lives their and has been trying for the past 5 years. about.
Nice to see the old modesty shining through :wink: Either that, or you have been living a double life for 5 years.
Superb effort though, what you got your eye on next? Or would that be telling?
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C'mon, we should get some tight Captain of Crush T's made specifically for each school session, weekly crush convention, crush newsletters etc.....follow me people, i have a vision! :D
Ordered mine from london company : http://www.londonkettlebells.com/
not arrived yet, but when it does you can rest assured i'll be doing it just like this man: http://www.mashmonster.com/jeddjohnsonmmg2a.wmv
Cue heavy thrash music...
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i worry about you huffy.
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you haven't seen his fighting videos and his selection of vests...
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LADYS AND GENTLEMEN AND SCRUFFY CLIMBERS
NUMBER 2 HAS BEEN CLOSED
by the Welsh punter himself. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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oh...and the action d discussion reminds me of the dreamtime one a while back.
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So you boys are taking training tips of Stevie Haston now? :shock: :lol:
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well, someone that fat that still climbs 8a must be doing something right :wink:
Mine are ordered. Huffmeister, I will get onto the muscle vests right away. Could you start collecting thrash metal?
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Consider it done boio!
How was the Leeds comp?
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Good. Typically leeds, not a crimp in sight :wink: , 3d climbing round volumes and technique required to succeed. It was rammed too, loads of people down. Noone clean sheeted, although Stu Watson only dropped one and I suspect that lad called dave-whose-sirname-I-dont-know may also have only dropped one. Poorly elbow didnt like it though - been sore all day today.
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Dave Buchanan?
Fairertimes about the elbow. Shouldn't you be resting m'boy, cant see a COC helping it heal?!
will leave the number two in schoolroom tonight by comments book. Anyone who manages to flash it gets a special TBA prize....
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seriously dobs leave the crunchers alone until that elbow recovers. i've pulled a muscle in my forearm extensors and gibo now can't do a pull up without his wrist hurting!!!!!
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Fucking hell. I might leave them until christmas - I'll give them to myself or something - you know, for that christmas tingle.
Meant to ring you lads this morning about boarding, was planning to go to the tor but my field agents reported in and said A) that it was wet and B) that some chavs had been and had a bonfire outside Ben's roof. Apparently the fuel for the bonfire was the trees directly opposite the roof. Theres bottles and shit everywhere by all accounts. I'll have to go down with a bin liner and collect it this week. So ended up at the school. Good session, left about 17:30.
It wasnt dave buchanan - I know him quite well.
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ah you little tinker, we just got back, would've been good to sse ya.
peas and glove
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It wasnt dave buchanan - I know him quite well.
David Suttcliffe? I think he entered last year.
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is he quite short? when the results from leeds appear I will know.
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i've pulled a muscle in my forearm extensors
another injury free year then
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was never gonna happen, i had a month off in june due totraining too hard. my forearm muscle is ok now, don't mond damaging muscles, its the tendons that screw you up. shame i now have sepsis...
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Back on the tick, can't remember if this was posted before but anyway...
...and it was a bit you were training for it! Did you do a lot of campussing?
Yes I did some campus boarding on one and two fingers: on one finger i could do 1-4-7...
Frankenjura9a interviewed on Freakclimbing.com (http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=835)
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1-4-7 on 1 finger and 1-5-8 on two. Jeez!
Makes sense though...this was the route that campussing was invented for...
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It wasnt dave buchanan - I know him quite well.
David Suttcliffe? I think he entered last year.
It was Tom Sugden, he of immense static strength and the dynoing ability of an African Elephant (sorry Tom if your reading this).
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No it wasnt! I know Tom too, he came third, the mysterious dave drew with Stu in 1st. I went today as well and totally forgot to look.
Tom is massively strong as you say, and I dont think i have ever seen him slap. :roll:
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Ok, my mistake. Whoever came second must be pretty darn strong to out-muscle Tom.
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Andy, that Elephant line was very funny and I shall be using that line all weekend. In fact I may get Tom a t-shirt with that printed on it. As you know, a joke only becomes truly funny when it has been repeated at least thirty-six times in a day.
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while you're doing that i'll buy him some food