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Title: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: mrjonathanr on October 13, 2013, 08:11:59 pm: Only asking 'cos it appears Steck has soloed it....
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/13/ueli-steck-annapurna-greatest-himalayan-ascent (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/13/ueli-steck-annapurna-greatest-himalayan-ascent)
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: kelvin on October 13, 2013, 08:22:43 pm: 9a+ according to the Sunday Sport :jaw:
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: petejh on October 13, 2013, 08:23:30 pm: Did it ground up, effort.
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Jaspersharpe on October 13, 2013, 08:29:35 pm: Is this the second ascent after Rich Simpson's casual solo on his way back from the New York marathon?
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: petejh on October 13, 2013, 08:59:26 pm: Simpson would've KO'd those sherpas. 16 high-altitude fights undefeated
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Muenchener on October 13, 2013, 09:22:26 pm: Quote from: Jaspersharpe on October 13, 2013, 08:29:35 pm
Is this the second ascent after Rich Simpson's casual solo on his way back from the New York marathon?

Nah. Third. First was Dobber "not afraid of a few Sherpas" Whiilans and Dougal "not Stevie" Haston

Quote from: petejh on October 13, 2013, 08:59:26 pm
Simpson would've KO'd those sherpas. 16 high-altitude fights undefeated

see above
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: jwi on October 14, 2013, 03:35:38 pm: Don't know, but it doesn't look that steep

(http://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/Annapurna/Annapurna%20Sanctuary%202/slides/308%20Full%20View%20Of%20South%20face%20Of%20Annapurna%20Early%20Morning%20From%20Annapurna%20Sanctuary%20Base%20Camp.jpg)

A bit of a high ball though
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: T_B on October 14, 2013, 03:50:04 pm: Word on the street is he used a heel-toe that was out of the bounds on the upper rock band. So maybe not that impressive after all.
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Wood FT on October 14, 2013, 03:55:11 pm: can't claim it with all that snow, he's only kidding himself
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: rich d on October 14, 2013, 04:01:02 pm: Quote from: T_B on October 14, 2013, 03:50:04 pm
Word on the street is he used a heel-toe that was out of the bounds on the upper rock band. So maybe not that impressive after all.

back around then
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Durbs on October 14, 2013, 04:07:03 pm: Multiple hands-off rests as well, so not even that endurance-y.
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: slackline on October 14, 2013, 04:20:52 pm: He did lose a glove (http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=41296) though (lucky he wasn't swept off!), any idea if that changes the grade?
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: petejh on October 14, 2013, 04:41:30 pm: He's given it a personal grade:
Fun: 8. Suffer: 5. Risk: 7.
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: tomtom on October 14, 2013, 04:52:28 pm: Quote from: petejh on October 14, 2013, 04:41:30 pm
He's given it a personal grade:
Fun: 8. Suffer: 5. Risk: 7.

Whats that in V grades?
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Stubbs on October 14, 2013, 06:30:53 pm: We all know the best climber is the one having the most fun, so I wonder how Steck's Fun8 compares to that one guy who took the medal up Everest, he must have been having more fun because he could send texts and everything!
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Muenchener on October 14, 2013, 07:27:02 pm: Quote from: slackline on October 14, 2013, 04:20:52 pm
He did lose a glove (http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=41296) though (lucky he wasn't swept off!), any idea if that changes the grade?

Na, Herzog lost both of his on the FA, it's the traditional style on that boulder
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: lagerstarfish on October 15, 2013, 08:35:23 am: did he do it from the sitter or just the low start?

I'm waiting for video evidence before accepting that he didn't dab the mat on the first move

apparently the visiting foreign climber who witnessed it had a video camera and even though it was dark (due to early start) it should be possible to see his feet missing the mat
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: andy_e on October 17, 2013, 02:25:14 pm: Did he cycle out from Sheffield at 4am because the buses hadn't started running yet?
Title: Re: What's Annapurna S Face in Font Grades?
Post by: Mal_Meech on October 17, 2013, 04:46:48 pm: Video evidence did you say...
Ueli Steck - Annapurna South Face - Quick Edit from Nepal on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/76978752)