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Title: big steve comes good
Post by: dave on March 02, 2004, 10:17:20 pm: http://www.planetfear.com/climbing/movies/elderstatesman.wmv

bouldering on a rope.

mclure: "i think i was psyched"

i think you fucking were steve. :shock:
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Bubba on March 02, 2004, 10:41:32 pm: Sweet video.... "Watch those last great problems fall" he says, sounds like a man on a mission.

From a big steady wide bridge to suddenly flying around the arete on shite holds - fine looking moves.
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: dave on March 02, 2004, 11:27:06 pm: i just can't belive moves like that finally fell to the shortest man in climbing.
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: squeek on March 03, 2004, 09:16:59 am: Quote from: "dave"
i just can't belive moves like that finally fell to the shortest man in climbing.

But you could probably believe they fell to the best :D

Awesome effort, I'll have to watch the video tonight when I get back.
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Mike_H on March 03, 2004, 09:27:25 am: Just watched the video, wild moves! :shock:

Top effort by Steve.
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: T.H. on March 03, 2004, 09:49:44 am: I've said it before and I'll say it again, ropes aren't to be trusted. I've got palpitations and come out in a cold sweat just from looking at that. :(
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: irish si on March 03, 2004, 03:33:56 pm: well impressive bit of climbing, pity the crack is there, but the route had to be done init. not to sure how he got scared though considering this is tame compared to his big wall foray in the summer!
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Adam Lincoln on March 03, 2004, 03:36:53 pm: Quote from: "irish si"
well impressive bit of climbing, pity the crack is there, but the route had to be done init. not to sure how he got scared though considering this is tame compared to his big wall foray in the summer!

Indeed! From the videos ive seen of his Greenland trip, looks well scarey!

(See you have finally bit the bullit and registered Si ;-) )
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: dave on March 03, 2004, 03:41:59 pm: lets face it, ukb registration is MANDATORY for certain sheff postcodes.
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: irish si on March 03, 2004, 04:00:49 pm: listen, ive tried so hard not to get sucked in, but because of ukb ive essentially lost chris upstairs, so i gotto get involved!!!!
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Adam Lincoln on March 03, 2004, 04:03:27 pm: Quote from: "irish si"
listen, ive tried so hard not to get sucked in, but because of ukb ive essentially lost chris upstairs, so i gotto get involved!!!!

Is that what he's telling you he's doing?!

More likely bashing the granny pr0n :roll:
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Jim on March 03, 2004, 04:22:56 pm: did you get brad pitt t'other day si? after being robbed at the jug
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: irish si on March 03, 2004, 04:24:35 pm: na, its quite funny ive had the jug a few times, dont really know why i cant hold it, bit of a mental thing...next go init.
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Doylo on March 03, 2004, 06:23:47 pm: Quote from: "the owen"
Quote from: "Adam Lincoln"
Quote from: "irish si"
listen, ive tried so hard not to get sucked in, but because of ukb ive essentially lost chris upstairs, so i gotto get involved!!!!

Is that what he's telling you he's doing?!

More likely bashing the granny pr0n :roll:

Hardly! In that house it's a group activity!

g

Don't knock it till you've tried it (as my granny used to say!)
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: Adam Lincoln on March 30, 2004, 11:22:14 am: Been repeated on Sunday by Dunning apparantly
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: c.j.d. on March 31, 2004, 10:23:24 am: Good to see your pulling down Steve (Dunning), now it Welsh season, come down and give us a call. There some mighty fine shit needs repeating over here!
Title: big steve comes good
Post by: mireeves on April 10, 2004, 09:16:28 pm: Sorry I'll try and move it of the monkey polishing, and back to the Elderstatesman. I too saw the video and was wildly disapointed with it, not the quality of the film but the quality of the route, essentially it looked like HVS crack to a hands off rest, one Hard, no Very hard move (I'll give him that) with gear above you feet!, Swing don't let go and then romp up jugs to the top.

Personally I'd have preferred to see him working some 9a, so I could see this man on his top form playing his game.

I sound pretty negative there, its just I feel this ascent has been over rated just because its a new line on grit. Just because its new or hard doesn't neccessarily make it quality, although if it was a boulder problem I'd have packed my pad already.